4400 jd

[out of luck]

i bought a 4400d john deere yesterday with a grain table but not a corn head. I'm having a hard time finding a 4 row narrow head. I was told that you could take a head from a gleaner or an IH and make it work. Is this true and if so what models should i look 4?

 

[Nathaniel Watts]

If you do that you will need an adapter. Bish has patterns to make anything you could ever want. What area are you from? 443 heads are easy to come by in NC but pricey.

 

[Heat Houser]

A 4 row wide (444) will make a 5 row narrow (543) by adding a row unit and using narrow center dividers. If you plant straight, it will work. A friend of mine upgraded to an 8 row narrow planter and did not want to upgrade combines and heads so we did the conversion. He had a late 4400 and it handled 5 rows really well. Later, he did upgrade the combine, 9510 and an 8 row head, which we built from a 643.

Bish made adapters to mount various heads on things. It may be cheaper to buy the correct head instead of the adaptor and head.

The link below is for a 443 head in Winterset Iowa (near Des Moines) $1500
Poke here, 443

 

[Clint Youse MO]

We sell a lot of 643 head a year and some 443 head and lots of 444 heads if you are patient some will come up for sale here is one we sold last month http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1564&aid=25755&lid=7143184#topoflot

 

[JMS/.MN]

Neighbor told me a cute story last week. He owned a 443 with his neighbor, who advertised it and sold it without his knowledge- for $1500! They usually go well over that here. They should not be hard to find in the Corn Belt. Just be sure the owner has title.

 

[bradk]

Where are you located?

A 443 is a VERY common head,but you have to be willing to pay up to $2K for it.

By the time you finish "adapting" another make of head on it,you'll wish you had bought a Deere head.

 

[Doug in IL]

I would find a JD head. You, for sure, don"t want a Gleaner corn head. I have a M3 Gleaner. I ran the Gleaner cornhead for one season. It was a joke. I bought a Bish adapter and now run a JD head on the M3.

 

[out of luck]

thanks to everyone. I'm in western kentucky. I think I will find a 443 deere head.

 

[jm]

one at auction in indiana 2/27/10 Bryant combine salvage yard. Located in Bryant Indiana 260-997-6940. good luck, a lot of these heads in indiana area.

 

[armand tatro]

Can you provide more information about Bish adapters and where they are located? Thank you. Armand