Re: JD 4430, 4630, 4440 comparison

Posted by RodInNS on December 29, 2005 at 18:44:55 from (142.177.84.226):

In Reply to: JD 4430, 4630, 4440 comparison posted by IAHay on December 29, 2005 at 11:39:05:

The only real info I could give you would relate to the 4440, quad range. I ran one of them a bit a year ago last summer chopping silage. The tractor was working fairly hard, and burning 8-9 gal/hour. Pound for pound, I thought it rather inefficient compared to my Ford (7710 turned to 105 hp). It (4440) was probably doing 25% more work on a little more than double the fuel. I didn't really care for the transmission either. The powershift was good, but the rest seemed rather herky jerky to me..... it was by no means a baling tractor suited to my style with that transmission.
It seems to me like that would be a lot of tractor to run a baler to begin with, although I don't know what power requirement you need for the MoCo. I think if I could get away with a 4040 or a 4240 on the mower, I'd try that to save a bit of fuel.... Size the tractor to be a little more hp than the MoCo's minimum requirement. That's a good idea, aside from fuel consumption. But I think the best fuel savings will come from either a couple series' newer green paint, or another color paint form that vintage. I don't hear too many guys rave about the fuel efficiency of the 40 series Deere's, whatever other virtues the tractors have. FWIW,

Rod

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