I enjoyed this promo video. I have a 455 AWS..60" deck..13 Bushnell hydraulic dump grass collection system. I bought this new in 1998 and just did my annual service yesterday. Tractor has 785 hours. She still looks like new. Was thinking how proud I was while servicing her. Just saw this on RU-vid and really enjoyed it. Thanks to poster.
Always a few around for sale but not in mint condition within a 50 mile radius of me. Tempted to get a 445 to keep my 425 company. Under $2500 in fair condition with under 1000 hours if you shop around.
Got a 425 with 1968 hours before the meter quit working several years ago. Threw a rod over 10 years ago and we rebuilt her. Thing is a tank that has been through a lot and keeps on going. Needs more than a few things to make it look pretty but still capable of working hard when needed. 60 inch deck has me spoiled. Lol
I had all the sales material as a kid growing up in the 90s (including this video) and remember seeing them at Deere dealers with my uncle. I really want a 455 when I have my own property, but I wouldn't mind a 445 either! Thats a gorgeous 445 you have, it's been kept up very well. Thank you for watching! :)
@@JDTricycler That's pretty awesome. Yeah my Grandpa had a 318 and saw the 445 sitting on the dealer floor and HAD to own it haha. I was born in 2001 so I grew up climbing around on his 445. When he got his brand new X738 this May, he threw me the keys to the 445 which I was more than grateful for. Really enjoyed the video!
My dad has the 445 he bought new. Been a great tractor. I have a gx345 and 318. Going to fix up the 318 to sell. Hoping to pick up the 445 then . He graduated to a Kubota b series with bucket.
I have a 01 455 , love the thing! Had it 20 odd years now. Runs and Mows as good today as it did new. just turned over to 800 hours. , it will be in the shed long after I am gone!
These John Deere 400 series tractors are what I call “Heirloom” tractors…if you bought one of these tractors back in the 90’s, your grandchildren are driving it now!..if well maintained, they would easily last 40+ years. They are in fact the best lawn and garden tractors ever made!..better than Simplicity…better than Cub Cadet…better than Kubota!…they were a tractor that was actually perfected the first time around and all the subsequent generations of this series are based off of it!…John Deere could re-release this series and it would still beat the competition by leaps and bounds and not break a sweat!…I had a 1995 455 for 11 years that was previously owned by a municipality and run hard all its life and it worked mint!..I could literally mow my yard which was not small for an entire season on a tank of fuel!..it needed work and leaked oil everywhere, but it worked like new with over 3700hrs on it…I gave it to my Godson last year and he has restored it to brand new condition and he’s proud as a peacock!…I missed it terribly so I just went out last week and bought an x495 which is the next generation of the 455…it’s mint with the 60” deck and she works great!..love these old product promotional videos!..
Thankfully they fixed that for '98, though it shouldn't have taken them that long. The newer Kawis are fantastic tho, they've really refined them over the last few decades.
It's amazing how influential the 400 series design has been, they really hit a home run with it. Most if not all the 400 series front attachments are compatible with every generation of machine up to the modern X700s (though the hitch itself has changed slightly). But even some of the rear attachments will fit on newer machines. I've seen people mount the old Hydraulic Dump MCS from the 400 series onto newer X series machines.
@@JDTricycler Yep Deere hit a lot of home-runs in the 90's. The 400 garden tractors, an also the 6000, 7000, and 8000 series tractors. Especially the 8000; there really doesn't seem to be much in the way of mechanical design updates in between them, and today's 8r. Just a lot of electronic updates.
Thank you! :) I've not come across any but I would imagine Deere made one for those as well, its just a matter of finding one. I'm definitely on the hunt though and if I ever find one I'll of course upload it here!
