Value of a Ford 4000

Tim Yates

Member
Have a friend whose husband passed away and she now has a Ford 4000 that she was looking to get rid of and we were trying to calculate a fair price to ask for it. It has a gas engine with the selecto speed tranny. It has like new rear tires 14.9x24,it is an industrial model from the US Navy. The sheet metal is somewhat rough especially the nose piece. Thanks for any help. Located in Virginia.
a96673.jpg

a96675.jpg

a96676.jpg

a96677.jpg

a96678.jpg
 
It's interesting that the Navy labels it as an "Industrial". That's a standard general purpose ag chassis and front axle in the pictures, and it's got the exact same model number as my '73 general purpose chassis 4000 with a gas engine and SOS transmission, , D4024E, which definitely says that it's not an industrial, at least according to Ford. I wonder how the Navy came to classify it as an industrial? It doesn't even have a loader on it.

It looks like it's a 1970 model, made May 2, 1970, during the day shift.

Good:
The tires are worth around $800.00 to $1000.00 by themselves.

Bad:
It's missing the cap for the air filter canister, but I can't tell from
the picture whether the air filter is actually in there and intact, so I hope that it hasn't been run without a good seal on the air filter, otherwise it has most likely sucked some dust in over the years and scored the cylinders. If it comes back with good numbers from a compression test then it should be ok.

As it sits, I would say that it would probably bring between $3500.00 and $5000.00 around here (southeast PA).
 
If it has a gas pedal and a heavier, fixed front axle, it might be called an industrial. But, I always tease my Navy vet buddy about how much more qualified one had to be to get into the Air Force, and apparently my ability to read was one of the differences. The i.d. tag states clearly that this weren't no Navy tractor. Have fun.

Ray
 
Prices seem to vary allot by location. Gas engine and SOS trans aren't adding any value. In my corner of the world that's probably a $3K tractor.
 
Take a closer look at the front axle and bolster... That's a straight, non-adjustable axle, under a 5000-style bolster. (like a 4400 or 4500, can't remember which offhand, but thinking 4500)
 
Given the gas engine, SOS transmission, small rear tires, lack of remote hydraulics, and non-adjustable front axle, I'd guess in the $3500 neighborhood. Tach/hour meter is probably also inoperative, since the generator has been replaced with an alternator.
Some of these things might be non-issues for some buyers, but will generally devalue the tractor.
 
(quoted from post at 15:16:48 01/14/13) Take a closer look at the front axle and bolster... That's a straight, non-adjustable axle, under a 5000-style bolster. (like a 4400 or 4500, can't remember which offhand, but thinking 4500)

Definitely not a 4500 front axle. The 4500 front axle was a cast piece that angles back on each side as it goes out from the center. I thought that I had seen the adjusting bolts when I looked at it earlier, but looking at it closer, it does look like a 4400 front axle though. They were shaped similar to the the adjustable front axle on the general purpose 4000 (upside down U), and that one has the triangular shaped support hanging down below the bolster like the 4400 as well. Oh well, the model number says it's a general purpose, but the front axle's off of a 4400. The front end could have been changed at some point. Who can tell for sure what might have been changed from the original on a 40 + year old tractor.
 
(quoted from post at 15:00:19 01/14/13) If it has a gas pedal and a heavier, fixed front axle, it might be called an industrial. But, I always tease my Navy vet buddy about how much more qualified one had to be to get into the Air Force, and apparently my ability to read was one of the differences. The i.d. tag states clearly that this weren't no Navy tractor. Have fun.

Ray

Good catch. I totally glossed over the "US AIR FORCE" at the top of that tag. I read the original post that said it was from the Navy, and my brain just slid on past the fact that the tag said Air Force instead. I was too busy reading the pertinent information about the tractor trying to figure out what it was and just ignored that part.
 
There is a black folgers coffee lid covering the hole for the air
cleaner.i did not get to start it. When I was there the battery
was weak and I did not have cables with me but I will check it
out.
 
That last picture shows it better. That's definitely a 4400 front axle, which is really the main difference between a 4000 and a 4400, so even though the model tag says it's a 4000, I would classify it as a 4400, or possibly a 4000 "converted" to a 4400, but Ford did do some strange things, especially on fleet orders, which that tractor would be from, so it is possible that it came off the assembly line as a 4000, and then they swapped out the front end at the factory before they shipped it to the Air Force. Maybe they were under a deadline to deliver and didn't have enough 4400's on hand to fill the order, so they converted some 4000's that they had on hand into 4400's to meet the deadline.
 
Maybe I'm confused, but regardless of what the Air Force called it wasn't it always a 4400? It is a D4024, so the 40 should indicate a utility tractor. If it was a regular ag 4000, wouldn't it be D1024?
 
Wow, you're right. My head's been out of it with a cold or flu or something. Sorry. Ignore all of my posts for the last day or 2.
 
Don"t worry, you made up for it with your model code file! Thanks again for sharing that with everyone.
 

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Back
Top