I don't know what it is, but there's been guys like this around for as long as I can recall, you probably recall even longer.
At the end of the '09 season I was running my neighbors 4440, with his late model '08 JD Disc mower on 2nd cut, as a side note, I was really impressed with the mower, he showed me how to reverse and put new blades on it, darned chuck mounds on first cut always bugger em up, and you can usually see or remember them on 2nd.
Back to the 4440, something was up with the motor, I could not really hear or detect a problem, but as soon as this field was finished, it was sidlined, time for an engine overhaul, one of the local retired tractor mechanics in town, helped him sort it out, so then he's checking around, most expensive, but highest quality work is the shop within a 1/4 mile of the farm, no way he'd pay that for the most part. He got a few different quotes and ended up shipping it 60 miles west, not sure if they were Mennonites, Amish or some similar denomination or fraternal order, but it was something like that, their price was about as good as it gets until you get into cob job work, they did the motor, apparently clutch checked out, might have been recent, they also did some work on the cab, had some rusted out fenders, all in all, it came back done right and proved itself in the field. I think he got quoted from the local JD conglomerate, and they are, well somewhat reasonable, but maybe not the most popular for some, he did deal with them quite a bit, but decided for the price, the outfit further away was the best deal. I never got to run it after, but he told me what a difference afterward.
You know, not being familiar with that particular transmission, what is it officially called? Its the one with the letters and number ranges, that you can upshift or if I recall downshift like B1 - B2 without clutching. It seems like a hybrid of a powershift. When it had duals and I was using a 17' heavy disc on it, I was really careful until I understood and got the feel for that transmission, I actually got moving in the right gear/range before letting that big ole disc down, as I was not sure how in heck I would start off with it in the ground, what gear and range to use, all new to me, but it sure was interesting to learn the 4440, I used it on the gravity wagon during the oats harvest to, and it was also on the NH 315 baler, it used to see a lot of action from what I recall.
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