Whats the value 4840 P.S. problems?

larryanderson

Well-known Member
Neighbor called wanting value of 4840 well used w power shift problems has 40% duals 3 scvs average at best? Salvage yard offered $5 K wondered what I thought.Thanks! Estimate from JD made it not fixable and was around $10K min to $15K.If it was in decent shape wouldn't be worth much over $15K.
 

I think if he took it to a consignment auction he'd get more like 7000' but whether it's worth the hassle I don't know. Around here you can't buy a salvage 4010 for under 4000.
 
A couple years ago I bought a salvage 4840 for a project. We removed the cab and motor to keep and I sold the rest to a local salvage yard for 2k. I paid $6500 for it at an auction so I basically have 4k in the cab and motor.

Richard is pretty close I think. If you are willing to take the time to part it out, I would think you could get upwards of 8-10k.

A good running A-pump 466 is worth 3-5k and the cab 3-4k. The rear outlets go for almost a grand apiece if you ever have to buy one. Front axle 1k or more, plus all the wheels and tires, sheet metal, fuel tank, etc. Here's a pic of mine after we got done with it. Boy was it heavy though. My loader tractor did not like picking that up.

49157.jpg
 
Are all 4840's PowerShift? If your neighbor is thinking of replacing it with another 4840, he might be better off fixing the one he has because he will know what he has rather than buying an almost 40 year old tractor with unknown problems and that could have the same transmission problems next month.

$5K for a salvage tractor with marginal rear tires is about 1/3 the price of a usable tractor, that sounds generous to me.
 
Larry, did deere seem know exactly what the problem was? If deere can fix it for 10k then an independent shop might be able to do it for half of that. Reason I ask is that the 4840 I bought supposedly had trans problems but when we split it apart it had a busted torsion disk. That would have been an easy fix, but I wasn't interested in saving the tractor like your friend might be.
 

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