These MASSIVE Old Tractors Came With Our New Airport!!! 

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volume of cylinder is V = πr²h r=2.5415 ft h=6.75 ft V= 136.97 ft^3 Density of concrete ranges quite a lot it seems, but we'll go with 140-150 lb/ft^3 for "normal concrete" So probably weighs between 19175lbs - 20546 lbs.

Who else would love to see a full restoration on both tractors???

Cleet, the 4440 is one of the all time greatest John Deeres ever made. It was the highest HP machine made by JD and still have a 540 PTO. Also, the 466T was one of the best engines ever made. You seriously have a classic on your hands.

I just love jackstands involvement, always there to help, always supportive, and has always seemed to be by Cleets side, he was a massive part in going 7s and obviously Zach and Tye have come in since but jackstand still stands by cleets side in anything he needs help for, he plays such a massive part in the channel, and I always love to see him involved

Now we're talking!! Those old 4440s are solid

The 4440 is a quad range transmission. A-B-C-D are the ranges with four forward and two reverse gears in each range. Stop to change between ranges and use the clutch to shift between the 2-3 shift. The 1-2, 3-4 and r1-r2 shifts can be made without clutching. Also when it is hard to start you can turn the wheel back and forth while cranking and it will relieve hydraulic pressure in the pump and make it easier to start.

Love the 4440! If you need any dirt work done or runway expansions! We were the guys moving earth right next door for the new group of hangers next to Game comp during your visit! Hollar if you have any questions and we would be glad to help!💪😎

9:00 tractor lives, cool af lil lizard casually crawls over fender, no one notices cuz its just normal there. Love it.

I appreciate that Cleetus invited Mike to hangout with them trying to start the tractor. He always makes sure to be respectful to his elders, include them in his projects, and listen to their wisdom. Unfortunately that is something that is not very common anymore. Keep it up Cleet!

you always find the old guys who want to hang out with you. You are cheering them up with the stuff you do and listening to their stories. Don't change Cleetus and cleetus crew.

The John Deere 4440 was apart of the Iron Horse series of tractors. 144 HP, it was extremely popular (and still is) as it is a beast of a unit! When people say "nothing runs like a deere" this is the tractor they are thinking of. It was made between 1978 and 1982. John Deere made two variants, one with a cab, and one without. The one with a cab is the most popular. The tag should be rivited somewhere on the back near the 3 point. The John Deere 4440 has a 16 speed semi-power shift transmission. 16 gears forward, and 6 gears in reverse. If properly maintained, that tractor will outlast your children. Take care of it, and it will continue to perform.

Cleet I am a field tech at a JD dealer up in Canada hit me up if you ever have any questions or if the guys ever need service info down the road. Also I highly recommend setting that unit up with an auto track system it will make whoever operates the tractor so much easier. Will let you track the tractor straight and set up your spacing so that you never miss any areas of the runway. Personally I’d recommend an ATU 300 and then you would also need a display and receiver the current models are G5 plus universal for the display and starfire 7000 receiver

I am Commercial Multi Engine Instrument, Commercial Rotorcraft/Helicopter, Private Single Engine Seaplane Pilot from Oregon. Owned my house on a 2250' lighted grass strip which I shared with 23 other homeowners. Mowed the airstrip regularly with an old Massey Ferguson tractor. We had a steel roller, but nothing like your concrete roller. It does my heart good to see you out there loving the experience just as much as I did when I was younger. Im now 67 and not flying anymore but all my flying memories are the best memories! Keep it up!

I am an Ag Leader installation tech, i autosteer all these tractors for a living, this tractor is super easy to setup and get autosteering so we can snap some perfect lines up and down the runway and make sure no spot gets missed

You need to concrete that entire runway and use it as a dual-purpose dragstrip/airport. Pocono East Stroudsburg airport up in PA does street drags on their runway.

Sod farmer here. Rolling grass is a very slow painstaking process. You want to go slow, really slow. The slower the better, but obviously if you went 2 mph you wouldnt get anything done. So 5 to 10 is the best but 10 mph is borderline too fast. Have fun! Wishing you a flat smooth grass runway!

So youve got 4 ranges A,B,Cand D and then park. Then R1-R2, 1-2, N, 3-4. R1 and R2 can be shifted between without clutching. Just move the leaver left and right. 1 and 2 can be shifted between without clutching and 3 and 4 can be shifted between without clutching. We never shifted ranges on the move so pick the one you need and go with it. But once in a range you can clutch and shift from the 1-2 to the 3-4 while on the run. The yellow lever on the left of the steering wheel is your pto. I grew up driving a 4055, 4440, 4640, and a 4750 those are some awesome tractors.

It's been 40 years since I did any farm work with tractors but if I remember right, the bushhog takes more maintenance than the tractors. We were using 1930s tricycle front end farm tractors and we were mowing brush on 2nd, 3rd and 4th year sprouts, though. The rough terrain and brush was hard on the brushhogs. Maybe that airport runway is a lot easier on everything including the tractor, the mower and the operator.

9:05 the lizard lol

18500 lbs roughly. I am a quality control manager for a cement plant and the is roughly 5.1 yards of cement. Cement is roughly 3600lbs a yard, so it's roughly 18500lbs. That depends on the mix but it would be a good estimate.

As someone who collects and restores antique tractors I would absolutely love to see those two tractors restored as original as possible. They are such amazing pieces of machine history, it would be sweet to watch them both continue to be used on the airport looking and running like brand new! Also to note the 4440 was made from 1978-1982 and made roughly 112hp, and the 2440 was made from 1976-1982 and made roughly 50hp.

4440 is a great machine, the 40 series ironhorse tractors are still kicking ass today, we had about 6 or so of them on our farm growing up, 4640's and 4840's

Love to see a restoration on these tractors nothing crazy. Some paint would go a long way

It’s crazy that I just spend 20 minutes watching 2 guys mow and roll grass. Cleet has the #1 channel on RU-vid. Such a variety and I love it!!

Former airport maintenance and "Aerodrome reporting officer / Works Safety officer". There's a lot of detail in maintaining and owning an airport. The FAA should have a manual that lists all of the requirements in design and maintenance. You previously mentioned trimming the trees off the ends of the runway to get more usable length, but just as you have requirements for maximum allowed glide slope there are also requirements for obstacle heights off the sides of the runway. We had a surveyor do his thing and he noticed a radio antenna was too tall and infringed on the runways airspace. This was past a large grass area, past the large apron and at the back of the terminal building next to a large tree. It was only JUST over height and we added it to the airport obstacle chart. But that side slope was something i had to think about when we had major works happening. Things like parking the excavator with its boom layed down low or parked further away from the runway. I'd recommend replacing those old runway markers with proper cones. Then you can let the grass grow back around them and it will look so nice. I'd also stock up on taxiway and unserviceable cones. They will come in very handy when you are ready for a fly in. A trick with the cones that you can't or dont want to peg into the ground, fill a sandbag to ¼ full, cut a hole in the top of the cone and thread the sandbag up through it. Tie a big knot so the sandbag sits just above the ground. So easy to move about and works on sealed surfaces, of course the cones won't stack afterwards unless you remove the sandbag. And the sandbag is still frangible so won't hurt the prop any more than the fibreglass cone will. Definitely get some amber beacon lights for all the vehicles that work airside and PLEASE clean that grass off the mower. Aside from holsing moisture, its a major fire risk. The bearings and gearboxs can heat up and ignite the grass. It'll take some effort now, but a battery air blower should make easy work of it if you do it right after every time you finish mowing. Oh and maybe a longer term project, but look into subsoil and subsurface watering systems. Basically leaky pipes that deliver water directly to the roots. A couple of burried moisture sensors could then control them so you always have the best looking grass.

Also would love to see a rebuild/restoration of that 4440. Maybe you could get John Deer to help sponsor it

Get that seed off the top of the mower. It will hold moisture and make it rust oit faster. Also make sure to checkntje gearbox oil on the mower as well.

Keep the RPMs of the JD 2440 at 2100 when cutting the grass to keep the PTO at the required 540 RPMs. That is a must! Additional, stay off the clutch on both tractors, don't rest your foot on it and don't rev the engine that high to get the tractor to move; use a lower gear to get moving or the clutch will not last long otherwise. Check the gear oil in the gearbox on the bush hog too. A lot of those leak and need to be refilled all the time. That is all. :) Mahindra 1526 HST 4WD & Mahindra 6075 PST 4WD in NW Alabama. My 6075 will drag a fully-loaded dump truck around in the mud like a Tonka toy.

Without knowing the exact composition of the concrete, it's difficult to say exactly how much it weighs. Density can be anywhere from 1.2 tons per cubic meter to 2.9, with about 2.4 being probably the most common. Roller is 2m by 1.55m cylinder, so 3.64m cubed; therefore roller is minimum 4.4 tons (9700lbs), maximum 10.5 tons (23,000lbs), most likely around 8.7 tons (19,000lbs). I reckon there's probably about 300 kilos (660lbs) of steel in there too, maybe more like 450kg (1000lbs). Difficult to guess without measurements but I reckon it's about 10m (33ft) of 10mm (3/8ths) I-beams, plus the tubes and stuff. So around 20,000lbs total...ish Cleeter and Squirrel restore the 4440? Would be hilarious to see a Project Prime wrap on that bad boy. Probably want some grass tires on her, so she don't tear up the runway as much as she flattens it.

❤ I think you have some good equipment for the airport. The 4440 with regular maintenance will last your lifetime unless you're trying to pull wheelies all the time lol. Cletus we know now you break yours and others stuff. Probably will not last as long if you're driving..lol

Its funny seeing cletus try and run the tractors you been running on the farm your whole life

Love to see Mike getting involved in helping Cleeter McSkeeter get things up and running! Love seeing these old heads getting the respect they deserve. 🫡

Dude those 4440s are some of the most sought-after tractors of all time. Definitely worthy of some TLC. That's a great buy

JD 4440 is great tractor one of the best . Do not forget to clean all that grass off that mower and keep it clean and do not leave that grass piled on it, it will cause it to rust faster, and grease it before every use if fittings do not take grease clean unclog or replace . If you get all fittings working and give it a pump see it move everytime before starting you will not have to worry and bearings will work and last a long time! With them sitting awhile you would benifit from having them all serviced oil change , filters oil ,fuel and hydralics and checked out, then you will know they are ready to go and you can get them on maintance schedule. That will make them start and run better and last longer. Also blow out the air screen and filter after every use, change when needed. If you do not blow them out filters will not last long and will not run as good and could cause issues. If you do not have to do not use either, once addicted they will require it to start . So try not to use it, except when air gets in fueline, filter change or a leak! I know I made allot of suggestions you probablly already know but you would be surprized how many people do not do it! If you want them to last forever maintance schedule and other suggestions will be a must!

I have a soft spot for old deere tractors. In case you hadnt figured it out already they 4440 takes 2 batteries. Put 2 new ones on it and it will fire right up. Those things are solid and that is a nice bush hog. I bet you could pick up a multi gang reel mower like golf courses use to cut the runway when needed and it would look spectacular.

These guys are living my ideal life. Pilots licenses, building a house, owning a runway with big ol' tractors. So envious!

Love an old JD. But, as someone who mows with something similar. Please clear the grass off the deck when you’re done. That PTO gearbox gets HOT and can start a fire. Been there done that. On the flip side of that, when it rains and the clippings get wet they’ll hold moisture and cause the deck to rust out. So keep it clean and you don’t need to worry about either cause and affect.

the cleetus2 channel should be filled with b-roll stuff like this. I'd watch the hell out of it and i'm probably not alone.

Cool that's a 4440 with open station 4-post ROPS. I'm actually building a custom model of one of these on my channel right now. The 4440 is arguably John Deere's best tractor of all time. One on almost every farm in the late 70s/early 80s

4440s are so good looking and robust and the cold start is just minty

Cleetus buying an old run down airfield with a bunch of old guys in it gives the same vibes as lighting McQueen in radiator springs

I just watched you guys cut grass and compact dirt for 22 minutes and still enjoyed it. 🤣 The airport is sick. I can't wait until we see the house you guys build. You guys need to do a way over edited "Cribs" episode when it's done.

9:02 the little lizard 😂😂

PLEASE as an old farmer from Idaho PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT EVER try to start while standing on the ground!!! Can't tell you how many people that have been run over while doing that. Just a little safety tip because I like you guys so much and care about your safety!!

Btw to add to my previous comment, I think you and the guys at the shop should give that old girl a makeover. Bring her back to her former glory. And that 2440 grove tractor is sweet too.

James standing right in front of the tires while cleetus is just pushing pedals and levers got my anxiety shooting through the roof

I love what you're doing with your channel, I watch it everyday. I'm a sheetmetal worker here in north alabama, I grew up on a farm that we still run today. I love america muscle cars and tractors.. please jack stand don't sharpen those blades on that bush hog..

Let's go, fully dialed, absolute unit...

Who else wants a live feed camera at The Bald Eagle Airfield for viewing pleasure 👌😎. Build a nice tower platform somewhere for viewing pleasure and maybe some R/C Plane flying 😝👏. Throw in an irrigation system and that place will be a dreamland 🥰

The mower tractor you have was a well known 2440 series. 1976-1982 generation years. What makes this one so cool is the rear orchard fenders. These fenders now days are pretty rare to find. They are sheet metal fairings that allowed branches to deflect and slide off rather than catch. The 2440 is well known in the fruit and vineyard history. Love ya cleet

That old equipment is in the condition it is due to maintenance...or the lack thereof. The rollers bearings should be greased before or after each use. The steering linkage also, on both tractors. The driveshaft for the mower PTO too. Clean the loose debris off the top of the mower deck after each use. Be a darn shame to have it catch fire. Put some new battery cables on 'em and check the tire pressures. Finally, y'all might consider installing ABC type fire extinguishers within reach of the operators station. I agree with Jackstand, raise the mower deck, remove the blades (at least a pair, possibly three) and sharpen or replace as necessary. Doesn't hurt to have a spare set on hand. Probably wouldn't hurt to replace the diesels fuel filters and put some diesel fuel treatment in the fuel tanks. Diesel Kleen® works well to keep injectors clear. Safe operations y'all, eye and ear protection. Take care of those machines as well as y'all do the racing/flying machines and y'all will be in good shape. Giddy up.

To say is in so many times I see is greatness in the works. Untimely dedication to this. It's your being to always to go do something right? Well young man you are in the realm. You have so many around you and truly you are in the wheelhouse of admiration and love. So many folks around you so dedicated in sharing their intelligence and being humble.

Who would have thought in the early days of this channel, you'd ever see Cleetus and Jackstand mowin and rollin their own airprot? Amazing.

Garrett I gotta hand it to you man, you have built one HELL of an empire my friend and you deserve every last bit of success that comes your way.

Watching Cletus figure out the 4440s transmission was hilarious. If ya want to know what trans it is it’s quad shift. Cool to see him drive a diesel.

HELL YEA BROTHER..... GREAT WAY TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON A SUNDAY

Am I the only one who wants to see the 4440 as a new project? That JD is an absolute Unit and deserves new life! My grandaddy had 2 back in TX and seeing her rumble to life in this video made me smile from ear to ear!

Jackstand is such a key asset to the channel. Love the friendship and wisdom they have. Such a great group of guys and team which is what makes them so successful and running like a well oiled machine. Cleet totally hit the jackpot with being able to buy the airfield, it will provide so much exciting content while also being able to build his dream home. Surround yourself with the right people, make them feel appreciated, and be able to go to work with your best friends everyday while continuing to keep rising and killing it. So much excitement in the pipe, between the airfield, the Camaro build, Leroy body and Consuela!

Take those relic tractors to the auction! Buy you some new hydrostatic drive tractors with loader buckets. You always need to material haul, dirt work or lift something.

JD 4440 is probably the best tractor ever built.

4440s are amazing tractors. It would also help if you had both batteries in.

Would be so cool to see that beauty returned to its original glory!

Mike is awesome! We need more of him.

Love when James is filming, great chemistry between him and Cleet. You can tell they’ve known each other for years.

2 grown men, around cool stuff all day long. As soon as the tractors come out the smiles are next level. We’re all big kids 🤣

Ohhh Everglades Equipment! Man I do love some mowing! Would love to see these restored too

Jack stand needs to learn about dead furrows. You cut the field in the shape of it or your selected area round and round and when you finish you will have uncut or worked triangles where you made your turn cutting off the corner on every corner of the field. Along with not making your final 2 passes in the center of the feild. It's basically like sewing you're filled together. You start with the corner that is nearest the exit of the field. You run at that 45° angle right down the center of that dead furrow & back to the center on one side or the other. Then you select your next corner depending on your tool and clean it up with 2 passes down the corner and back to the center of tbe field, then you work all other corners with 2 passes. On your corner nearest the exit you will have a 3 pass cut. One from the center of the field down the exit furrow and back to the center of the field then the 3rd on the way out when all other corners are done. Save lots of time and wear and tear on your equipment. Also keeps you from wasting time cleaning up your corners as you make them....

I like all the dynamics, but something nice about a good ole Jackstand and Cleeter vid, just doing work like the early days

On that 2440, the "foot throttle" you found is the "goose button". You set your throttle with the main throttle control by the steering wheel, and use that if you need a short burst of more throttle to get yourself through some mud or up a hill or something like that. Also, on both of them, the two pedals to the right are your brakes. They're independent for each wheel to help you get tighter turns. That thing that connects the two helps you brake uniformly with both wheels.

Cleetus is an old man in a young man’s body. I respect the desire to keep long running traditions going with everything u do like the freedom factory, BE Airport, the cars etc. Have fun with the aiport cleetus, it deserved an owner who cares about its history and community

That 4440 is somewhere between 78 and 82. That's what the manual at work says anyway. I work in a little warehouse with the initials JD. You're probably only about 45 minutes away when you visit De Witt.

The heritage of that airfield needs to be told. I really hope you do a history oriented video series on everyone that worked on the creation of that field and the people who have worked there over the years, and continue to work there. You can tell there is some seriously rich history in Bald Eagle Airfield - can't wait to see the Bald Eagle Nest when its finally done!

Just love how jackstand has hung with cleet these last few years and hasn’t tried to go off on his own to make his own channel like coop. Props to jackstand!! No hate to coop either just saying props to jackstand with the trust in cleet!

Seeing city boys try to drive an old tractor 🚜 i love it 😂😂😂 my paw had the 1985 4040 love driving that thing growing up.

What a unit!!! I want to see a restoration of the John Deere!

Your guess of 10 tons was amazingly close. Take care of that 4440 do not forget to cover that exhaust. That's a real gem. Wish there was 12 months of freedom. Great video as usual keep em coming!

Not gonna lie I love you involving the old timers and treating them just like they are young men again.

would love to see you give the tractor some love and a bit of a rebuild. that would be cool to see.

I drove that same model of tractor when i was a teenager, 9 or 10 hours a day, i loved it for the first month, after that not so much, lol.

The guys already on that property are so lucky Cleetus bought it. He'll respect them and their planes.

100% you should do a mini series on restoring the tractors. Those things are so cool. I really wish I was from the era where everything was about quality and not greed.

That Concrete roller weighs all of at least 22000lbs including the metal. But that is a cool unit! I can’t imagine what it would be like if that ever got stuck.

Love the 4440... Concrete weighs 21,228 lbs... another 350 lbs in steel.

I like to see how you've been so friendly with the older established guys at the airport you bought!

The John Deere 4440 was made between 1978-82 in Waterloo, Iowa. It came in two variants, the 4440 and 4440 Hi-Crop. Powered by a 7.6l 6 cylinder diesel engine outputting 112hp (drawbar) and 130hp (PTO). You can get a better idea of the year depending on the serial number and axle size, 86mm for '79 and 92mm '79 onwards. The last serial number of the first year of production was 010329.

you need to start a tractor pull build 4 big blocks{blown} on a extended john dear.. hell yeah brother

Gotta restore both them tractors so cool. Another brilliant video, into all the stuff im into and its cool asf to see you doing tractors

Ahhh just like the good ol’ days where it just Cleeter and Jackstand. 🚜 ✈️

Those tractors are minty, love 'em. The 4440 was made from 78 to 82 and they sold a bunch of them. They weigh about 12000 pounds, have about 110 hp at the drawbar and use 4-5 gallons an hour when working. That era was still peak John Deere before all the recent silliness of trying to stop people from owning their stuff. My dad's farm never had stuff that big or that new, but I personally loved anything with green paint. :)

Goodness it looks like that thing came out of bedrock,old Fred Flintstone probably had that wheel on this car

Stripes are created by the grass laying over and reflecting off the sun differently. So a normal mower only pushes it over partially that’s why it looks so defined from the roller lol

What you guys are doing for the couple of guys that are still using that airfield is absolutely amazing.

I think garret (cleeter mcskeeter) will go into history as the great humanitarian, not only does he revive old racetracks, cars, tractors, airports but he prolongs the lives of just about everyone he knows. Sam is the testament to that as #1 but mike is going to be #2 in that line. We also work 8 to ? hours a day but in our off time we watch other people work, what a fascinating time to be alive!!! Garret keep being you brother you are the king of man!!!

Would be crazy to see it all get flattened aerated and seeded nice and lush

Would've loved to see an aerial shot of the stripes. I enjoy living vicariously through your videos. Thanks.

As a coastal Canadian, the idea of being able to let a vehicle sit for a prolonged duration, and still be able to recover it, seems like magic.

Wow. Those are some solid old tractors. Your so fortunate to have those for your airfield. Please dont modify or change them. Just do a bit of restoration and maintain them and use them. I enjoyed seeing the old tractors working more than the other toys.

I'd suggest a finish mower or a flail as an upgrade to a brush hog for the runway. A 4440 would also be sufficient for a 3pt mulcher to clean up any of the tree rows out there, but thats sometning I'd rent before I bought one of my own.

🚜 Dude that thing is cool! The tractor may be have a 24v system, might want to check it…if so your truck won’t touch it to jump it off. Update….just looked it up…nah it’s 12v, so the truck would work. Some setups have two 6v bats in series.