I bought another tractor!

[Mace Canute]

This time an old John Deere 4630. Here's a WEB PIC of one...

and some information about them...

TractorData.com John Deere 4630 tractor information

 

[deerseeker001]

congrats,have fun.

 

[murphy1244]

This time an old John Deere 4630. Here's a WEB PIC of one...

and some information about them...

TractorData.com John Deere 4630 tractor information

Spose your cutting a few acres of grass with it?

 

[skyhook]

Is it a dually also?
What are you going to use it for....

 

[Mace Canute]

Is it a dually also?
What are you going to use it for....

Yes. it's also a dually, the extended axle kind where the outer hubs attach to the axle. It does need some work, the cab interior soundproofing and seat are shot and it's a wonder the rear tires are still holding air. The water pump is shot but a good working one was included in the deal as are a set of decent rear tires... we just have to change them and the rubber blocks in the coupling between the engine and hydraulic pump are shot and someone has dinked around with the fuel return line on the injectors and that has a small leak that makes a mess. Almost needless to say all the fluids and filters need changing. All in all it was a decent deal and the plan for now is to fix it and use it for a bit around my buddy's small 80 acre acreage. If it proves to be totally unsuitable, we figure we can always sell it. At 150 Hp on the pto it would make a good power source for a farmer with a large grain auger. Some of those are huge, I recently saw one for sale that was 16" diameter and 103 feet long.

 

[tcreeley]

That is one very nice tractor. Send it my way if you ever get dissatisfied with it! :laughing:

 

[DABSGT]

Mace, nice toy! Photos as you get her back in shape. Nice find

 

[DT86]

Mace, that tractor is F'ing decent boys!

The cab interior kit shouldn't be hard to find.
The dampener between the engine and pump isn't hard to find or install either if it is like my old 2355.

 

[Mace Canute]

The hour meter showed 9000 and some. The engine sounded very good when we fired it up yesterday, nice even idle with no "hunting" and very little smoke on a cold day.

 

[Mace Canute]

Mace, that tractor is F'ing decent boys!

The cab interior kit shouldn't be hard to find.
The dampener between the engine and pump isn't hard to find or install either if it is like my old 2355.

Yeah, easy fix on the rubber block pump drive and we have a bulk source for the same material the interior kite comes with and we get the "good guy" price to boot. I suspect the single most expensive fix will be the seat (hopefully).

 

[TomSeller]

This time an old John Deere 4630. Here's a WEB PIC of one...

and some information about them...

TractorData.com John Deere 4630 tractor information

Nice. I have the next size down, a 4430. Very reliable. About 8000 hrs, no rebuild. Only slight blow by.

 

[rocketfish]

Good deal. Hope it works well for you. I used to run my buddy's 4440 on his farm for just about any thing. We ran some smaller tillage equipment behind it, ran the auger cart, and used it to pull the sweet corn picker once or twice also (80 acres of sweet corn). I loved that thing. Now he has all that high-tech stuff that I'm trying to get used to. It's amazing how far they have come over the years (GPS and auto steer) who would have thunk it!?!?

 

[wmonroe]

Cool old tractor. Any more pictures or videos? Can never go wrong with a good cold start video. Lol.

 

[Msamt]

Nice! Everyone is getting stuff, I think I'll go truck shopping!

 

[TomSeller]

Nice! Everyone is getting stuff, I think I'll go truck shopping!

Get a new tractor while you are at it. Double the fun.