I love the sound guard era of John Deere tractors. They were what I grew up on. We never had anything bigger then a 4440 but our neighbors did and still do run a 4955 as the main tillage and planting tractor. Great video, thanks for posting it
We ran a 4960 for around 2 decades before we updated to a newer tractor to do more jobs on the farm but I loved the tractor. Mostly a tillage tractor. We still own a 4640 and 4440 but they don’t see much use anymore since we shut down our feedlot operation
I worked at JD from the 50 series on. I loved the new smell. We put each tractor on the Dino and did a breaking procedure. Even the smell from the paint burning off the manifold is a great memory for me.
I remember the smells as well it's weird how smells trigger memories. It's also weird how all John Deere' s smell the same New. Wether it's Ag or construction or forestry. The all had the same smell when New.
Love the soundguards and will always have one on our farm. I remember growing up in the 90s here in the delta knowing planting season was in full effect because you could hear them all throughout the county. Just not the same with the newer quiet tractors.
Great video! The Generation II (Sound-Gard) tractors were arguably the toughest tractors Deere ever built, and best-looking, in my opinion. I've wanted a 4430/4440 since I was a little kid, maybe I'll find a good deal one of these days.
I farm my own part time and work full time for a good friends of mine who are larger farmers. we run 7730's 84 and 8230's, have had some R series deeres and we even have 2 late model fendts. a 720 and 930. I wouldnt lie and say that there not as good overall as the sound guard queens in this video but i will say that nothing will ever beat the soundguards in just being a timeless tractor. I love these tractors so much that i volunteer my spare time to friends of mine who still run some of these just to scratch that itch of wanting to be on one of these from time to time
I hear you. Every one of these tractors was a new model in my life time. The 4630 had been out a few years when I was born but I remember the 4850 being a big new cool tractor.
Great video. I can't believe the prices on the tractors when they came out. The first one was $27K? Doesn't seem possible that anything was that inexpensive--but at the time, that was pretty pricey. Thanks for the look back!
I'm a caseih fan but the sound guard cab changed peanut harvest in my area forever.The air conditioner was the most reliable and the engine ran cooler than other brands in peanut dust.
The great thing about these 5 series, besides refinements every generation - you could step into anyone in the dark and all the controls were in the same place. In today's stuff, that is difficult in broad daylight
again what nice finds and the history behind , there is a reason why JD is one the of only big companies that hasn't gone bankrupt. have a nice day bigtractorpower
My first job at John Deere in July 1972 was installing the SoundGard cabs on the 4030 and 4230 tractors. They were initially shipped out covered in cardboard so no one could see them.
My grandparents had a 4640 with a chrome straight pipe, and boy you knew how good the cab was when you closed the door! The 466 sounded great! The only drawback was it was an either baby when cold starting!
I remember when I was younger I had a poster of a 4960 that said “New breed of Power” I dreamed every night and asked Dad every day about owning one. It’s just wasn’t meant to be the farm economy was not good and we just couldn’t afford one. I still would love to have one they are iconic tractors right up there with the 4020
We had an 8300 and a 4960 in the early 2000's.... we could plant half the world in a day it seemed like with that pair! I think the 4960 would out pull the 8300 but the 8000 series had much better hydraulic capability. Both were fun to run and drive! Love the video @bigtractorpower would like to see the CaseIH line up from the merger to the mx series!
This is an awesome channel!! From 1987 to 1990, I worked on a farm near home. High school summers and weekends, and many nights after school. How I miss thos3 days. John Deere 1830, 4040 and 4wd 4450, loved those old tractors! To this day they still have the 4450 and say I put more hours on it than they did when it was new back in 1988! Keep up the channel
The big 50/60/70 series 4wd's used the same cab but with the side door and one piece windshield, i run a 1995 8970 with that cab and i know it was still the same in 1996 models
I always found it interesting that the largest two wheel drive tractor in the 30 series was not the nicest one with the sound guard cab ie the 4630 with 150 hp. It was actually the 6030 at 176 hp which was based on the 20 series tractors.
BTP - another great look at yesterday's big iron. I remember when these were the big tractors in the field. Now, our Magnum MX315 is considered a medium tractor. My son loved the video too while he was playing the Welker mod on Farm Sim 19. Keep 'em coming!
These are one of the best looking tractors ever made, especially when 2wd with row-crop duals on it, doesn't matter what generation. At some point they have to modificate these cabs to have two doors i here Finland because some safety regulations, that caused some problems like weakening cab, water leaking in and doors were hard to open/close. I don't know when it changed, but i think Magnum 7100 series were ok with one door. I don't know is there any 55-or 60-series sold here, i think most common could be 4230 or 4430. Of course most common JD's at 70's and 80's were 2000 and 3000 series models with sg2 cabs.
I grew up watching a 4555 bought new in the town I grew up in. The 4555 is high on my filming wish list. A farm I film at just bought one. It’s a ROPS model so it’s pretty rare.
That was an awesome video showing all the different generations of that tractor I really appreciate that it brings back so many good memories from for me from when I was on the family farm
Thank you for capturing real crap cultivation! That’s not some thing I see very often anymore. It seems like most farmers apply herbicide instead. The farmer I help slices in anhydrous which fertilize the corn but also cultivates at the same time so you get two procedures done with one pass which is awesome! The house I moved into had a six row row crop cultivator and I wish I had a tractor and some crap to use it on but it ended up going to The metal scrap yard unfortunately.
Lots of nice looking green beasts of their day. Good information about the tractors as always. Hope you & your family have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. Stay safe.
Yeah , I loved the 4960. Still not sure the transmission isn’t better than today’s power shifts, it was so smooth and quick. I miss those big Delco radios, had the big buttons and dials.
@@bigtractorpower I have a brochure that says it has 160 HP (SAE) at the flywheel, and 143.15 CV (Din) at the pto. Was this tractor sold in usa? I think they are the same with different number.
That sounds a turned up 4630. The 4630 is 150 hp. The 4930 was not sold in the US. There was a 4930 sprayer on the market here about 10 years ago. It’s neat to see tractor variations around the world.
@@bigtractorpowerYeaah, it's very cool to see tractors and machinery as they work hard until these days, anywhere in the world. By the way, congratulations on the channel!! 👍👍👍👌👌👌
You should do a video on the SoundGard series, but do it about how the cab changed over the years. Like the dash, door handle, interior color, and other luxury’s.
bigtractorpower yeah I can’t remember if there was any big differences between the 55 and 60 or not. Which one did they add the ability to shut the tractor off with the key instead of the fuel stop?
We have a 4255 we bought new in 89, 2wd with ps trans, been an excellent tractor, very efficient, starts well in the cold, just turned 2600hrs, I have zero complaints about it
@@jimpustejovsky3655 I have two 4020's that are both diesel powershifts and a 3020 utility gas powershift we purchased new as well, don't plan on letting any of them get away, thanks for the comment
Wish you showed the development inside these cabs with the gear lever and gearbox variations and even the old mechanical three point hitch changing to electronic on the very last ones [I think].