John Deere 455 Attachments

[Zagar]

Hello all,

I am inheriting an older John Deere 455. I'm not sure of the year on manufacture, but it runs well, and seems to be a good little machine.

I am interested in getting a 40 loader for it and a 47SB snow blower. Is there anything in particular I should be aware of when looking for these items?

Also, if anyone is selling either of these, please let me know. I've seen a CTC 4150(?) loader for the 455 that seems very nice. Any thoughts?

If there is any other information that anyone needs to give me a more informed response, please let me know. This is my first post, though I've been following and reading here for a little bit.

Thanks!

Greg

 

[bigtiller]

Welcome to TBN.

Sorry for your loss, inheriting anything has got to be the absolute worst way to acquire anything.

I gave the 47 blower a try and didn't like it. I thought it was a little to much weight for my 455. I went with the single stage 46 snowblower and was very happy with it.

 

[Zagar]

Ok, great! Thank you for the welcome and the info. I don't want to overload the machine as I don't know its full history, so I don't want to overtax the system.

 

[bigtiller]

Don't worry about that, the 47 and 46 were both a good fit for the 455. I preferred the 46 because it was lighter, making front wheel traction better while blowing and turning at the same time. It also took less weight off the rear axle when the blower was raised up.

If there is a good 47 close by with a fair price on it, buy it. I think it will blow straight through a 6" taller drift than the 46 will, without backing up and taking a second bite.

 

[ovrszd]

455s are good tractors. A few changes between the early and late models, but all were very reliable. Let us know what you decide and post pics when you can.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

My father has a 99 445 and it's been a very reliable and solid garden tractor, I used it a lot for a lot of different jobs, super handy little tractor and an awesome mower, that V twin Kal is a great engine. The only attachments he ever bought for it was a 60in belly deck and a 4ft grader blade, those tractors have a rear PTO also you just have to remove a plate and buy a adapter kit to access the rear PTO. For a 2wd lawn mower that deff lock sure comes in handy. I have found myself in 6-8in of mud on the bottom of a 40 degree or so hill with turf saver tires and managed to get myself out and back up the hill.

If you inherited it from a loss, were all sorry for that loss but treat that tractor well and you will have it for years, my dads has just over 1000 hours on it and the only thing that it's been in the shop for was a hydraulic leak in the rear, turned out to be where the deff lock goes in the rear, was a $10 part but a pain in the azz to get to so we paid someone todo it lol. Other than that just normal maintenance. Post some pics when you get a chance

 

[Zagar]

Here are some pics as requested. I didn't get a chance to clean it up much yet. It will probably be stored for the winter unless I'm able to find attachments for it before hand. It's a really clean machine... usually. It needs some polishing.

Thank you all for your help!

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Good looking machine, if I were to guess, mid to late 90’s

 

[ovrszd]

Good looking machine, if I were to guess, mid to late 90’s

Yep. Late enough to have the better steering. Bummer it don't have 3pt. But a good find still.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I just looked closer at the pics, from the looks of the hood, looks like that tractor has done some heavy mowing in tall brush, that's crazy just 46 hours on it, that liquid cooled diesel should be good for 2000+ hours.

Not sure how good the loader would be on a 455, but that tractor could handle a blower with no probs, my father has the 445 and he always pushed snow with a rear blade and no chains, that deff lock works wonders.

The 400 series tractors are capable of a ton of stuff you just have to buy the linkage and adapters for it all. For example the rear, if you got everything for the 3pt and bought the adapter to access the rear PTO you can run a rear tiller or most any smaller rear attachment.

The 400 series has enough front hydraulic hook ups for power up, down, left and right on a blower or blade.

The sky's the limit on what that little tractor can do, all I know is if you keep all the fluids changed that tractor will last a very very long time.

I personally would only set it up for mowing with a 60in belly deck and set it up for pushing or blowing snow. But like I said the sky's the limit. Very capable tractor.