Jo-ker

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I am a small operator(250ac)and have been running a small 4400 diesel with a 213 flex head and 443 corn head for several years.It has
approximately 3300 hrs,has new front tires, ac and heat.This past october i spotted a 6620 at a local dealer in good shape with good belts and most important,header height control
Anyways I bought it. Now the 4400 is for sale,i have it advertized in two popular farm magazines,but not much interest so far,not one call yet. Are
these machines finished there tour of duty?Or there will be more interest next spring once crops are in the ground?Im asking $8500 or best offer
 
Just my opinion only, you are asking too much. That price will fetch a 6620 or even a 7720 around here. 7700s can be had for half that. Any of those combines are much more of a combine then a 4400.
 
Sorry im talking in canadian dollars,and im only includig the 213 flex head, also the new tires on front are BKTs, $1200 new a piece
 
I'm sorry but I think your asking to much.I just bought a 1976 4400 diesel with 1900hrs and a 16 ft head at a sale in south central ks for 2600
 
Greenenvy was the 7700 you bought for $3500 field ready? When there that cheap you have to sink $ into them to get them field ready
 
Still too high, even in Canada. Its 30 plus years old with no auto header and that hurts its value, even more so this time of year. 5k is closer to its worth. Sorry.

Ben
 
It was field ready. It had been used every year since it was new. We bought it from a ranch that ran two of them. Had close to 4,000 hrs. They sold both of them off and bought a JD 9500. Still have the combine. Cut some speciality oats with it for a couple of years and some mustard. Now it just sets around. I've seen running 7700s sell for less then a thousand but in almost every case they had a gas engine and no hydro. Still that is why I think you are a little high.
 
I tend to disagree some with the others. In Iowa my son's father in-law sold a 4420 on a farm consignment sale for $9000 with both heads 2 years ago. I have heard of others bringing $7000 to $10000 in the last year or two as well. Why???? First, they were originally ran on small farms and have not had the volume ran through them nor the hours. Therefore some are NOT WORN OUT. I have a 4420 with 2100 hours myself. Secondly, for a small operator they are SMALL and NIMBLE, something a 6620 and above is not. Small guys want to run a 4 row head. Yes, a 6620 will do that, but everything starts to get close. Thirdly, pretty much everyone has a John Deere dealer fairly close for parts verse parts for a Gleaner or Massey. True, there are Case IH dealers for parts, but not everyone wants an rotary combine and they may have been ran harder. Fourth, I think some may be going to Mexico for what I have heard. Price depends on quality. Gassers are worth scrap value. Rough, faded, and dented up 4420's a thousand or two will catch them. Average one's $3000 + or - $500. Shinny, well cared for 4420's I don't think can be commonly bought or should be bought for less than $5000. Sort of like land - they don't make any more of it. No one makes a smaller combine anymore. If a guy finds a good machine for the size of his operation with dealer support it is easily worth the higher prices. Not that an Gleaner F2, F3, Massey 550 are bad machines, but there just isn't the widespread dealer support for parts. An IH 1440 might work too, but like I said not everyone is a rotary or IH fan. As for a JD 4 row corn head - 444 or 443 prices have fallen off - $1000 or less will buy a lot of corn heads. JD 213 platforms are even less. Just my thoughts.
 
In Pennsylvania, the flex head would get $2000 by itself, and the base machine maybe $5000, so you're not too far off from prices I would have to pay if I wanted a nice one. Location, location, location you know.
 
Andy R, I also agree with you that a nice 4400 or 4420 is worth $8,500 with a 213 head. Four years ago I bought a very nice 4420 with 3200 hours which had been owned by a neighbor for 22 years who upgraded to a JD 9410. I paid $8,000 for it from my local JD dealer plus another $2,000 for a 213 head. I have used it 4 seasons on my hobby farm with no problems so far. I combine about 40 acres of wheat & oats each year. In my area small combines in good shape are getting hard to find. So $8,500 with a 213 head and a "Working Air-conditioner" is probably in line. My opinion. Al
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In my area thats a $3000-5000 combine.....Go east about 30-40 miles and theres lots of smaller grain farms and lots of fescue..It might bring over $5,000 in that area...

Back in the late 1970's,early 1980's I had several neighbors with new 4400's that ran 1200-1500 acres of wheat,milo,and soybeans a year thru their combines...They raised no corn..

The link below shows a 4400 JD for sale for $9500....You see them priced all the way from $1,500 to over $10,000....
4400 John Deere
 
Some like to pay a lot for a little. If I could get machinery hauled for nothing, I could make a killing sending stuff east.
 
First off this is the worst time of year to try to sell a combine, Everybody is done and no one is thinking about a combine right now for next year. July on is a good time to sell one because people are starting to think about one and start looking for one. Around me you would have to just about give it away to sell it, But go 50 miles East and S East of me in small farm country it will bring good money. Your price is on the high side so at least you can come down but there are people out there looking for a good machine like it for the smaller farms and in rolling ground and for small fields. It will take time and advertising but you will sell it. Bandit
 
HeyBanditfarmer,dont you think progressive farmers would start looking for a decent combine sooner?In july wouldnt you find only combines in poor shape,picked over,and left behind while good ones already sold? Thats why i bought the 6620, i new it would be off the dealers lot by Christmas
 
The guy you want to get right around harvest is the one who's got crops out in the field and either a) the guy who was supposed to custom harvest it canceled on him or b) his machine burned or otherwise took a dump that can't be fixed easy. That's just how business is.
 
Well to tell you the truth it depends on the farmer, Like if he needs to spend some money on equipment before the end of the year or not. I really don't know what a "Progressive Farmer" is but what I do know is that all farmers are alike in this respect, They want the best machine at the lowest cost plain and simple. Myself right now the last thing on my mind is a combine (it's all done and combine is in the barn) it's more on spring field work and planting and it's equipment needs, But the combine is not forgotten it's just on the back burner and if I was looking for one I would be watching for them. This time of year is a buyers market not a sellers because there is no need right now and it's hard to sell a combine this time of year. Come June July it's a sellers market because people are starting to look hard. Good and bad machines are for sale year round it just depends on what you want to pay and if you have to have it right now. Bandit
 
I'm sure location plays a huge part but I sold a late 6600 with 20' grain table that had always been shedded with about the same hours that my Brother even kept waxed at our farm sale in Kansas this spring and it only brought $2450.00. We also had a 7720 in the same condition with just at 3000 hours with a 24' grain head for $6500.00.

Funny thing is we had a worn out 220 flex head that sold by itself that brought right at $2000.00. Darn near what the complete 6600 brought.

The smaller older combines are through in this area, Central KS. People would laugh at someone here with a 4400 for sale at $8500.00, but in your area it may be the going price. Good luck at any rate - Bob
 
Just had a diesel one with a 213,444 and I think a 216 head offered to me for $3500. Heads are all average or a little below. Combine has 1900 original hours, but is having fuel issues. I'm thinking injection pump. In central mi. If it didn't have thefuel issues, I'd own it already.
 

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