John Deere 4040 tractor

[Kit Basher]

This is to represent a tractor we had here on the farm for many years. It is the AMT/Ertl "John Deere 4430" kit. This is not 100% accurate, because I didn't make all the alterations (mostly engine) to convert a 4430 to a 4040.

I did make some changes. The kit comes with a full glass cab, while ours just had a canopy, so that required some alteration. I changed the control levers to reflect the Powershift transmission ours had. Our tractor had a full rack of suitcase weights on the front, so I made those. New decals for "John Deere" and "4040".

I spent many hours with my butt in the seat of this thing, so now I'll have something to remember it by. Thanks for looking.

[Jim B]

Looks awesome.  Well done.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Jim!

[vintagedragcrazy]

Very nice tractor!

vince

[Classicgas]

Very cool and well done.

[shoopdog]

Extremely nice build!

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Vince!

Thanks, Lee!

Thanks, Keith

[Bennyg]

Very nice. I would love to see them rerelease the base kit.

Ben

[ChrisR]

Looks great!!

[Kit Basher]

Thanks,  Ben!

Thanks, Chris!

[r60man]

The rack of weights looks great, impressive that you made them. I also really like the weathering on the tires. Great work, thanks for sharing!

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, John!

[GLMFAA1]

Nice job, looks good without the glass.

Did you use a slow moving vehicle triangle ?

greg

[Kit Basher]

Thanks Greg! I did put an SMV on it, but not until after I took these pix. Our tractor never left the farm, so it didn't need one, but I put it on the model to cover up those two big holes in the back of the cab.

[bbowser]

Well done!  I wish they would repop these kits, prices are high on the interweb.

[Pete J.]

Very nice build!  I've got thousands of hours on the seat of a 4520!  Dad bought one of the first ones in 68 and I drove it all summer until I went of to the Air Force and planted my backside in the seat of a KC-135 for thousands of hours.  It had an Egging Cab and a hydraulically powered swamp cooler on top.  Huge improvement over the 830 we had before that with an umbrella.  I blame part of the hearing loss I have to driving these beasts for 10 hours a day all summer.  I still remember the tinnitus I had when I shut them down at the end of the day. It lasted for a good half an hour before I could hear again.  Good memories of my childhood!

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Bruce!  I was lucky to find this one at a local auction for a reasonable price.

Edited November 29, 2018 by Kit Basher

[Kit Basher]

58 minutes ago, Pete J. said:

Very nice build!  I've got thousands of hours on the seat of a 4520!  Dad bought one of the first ones in 68 and I drove it all summer until I went of to the Air Force and planted my backside in the seat of a KC-135 for thousands of hours.  It had an Egging Cab and a hydraulically powered swamp cooler on top.  Huge improvement over the 830 we had before that with an umbrella.  I blame part of the hearing loss I have to driving these beasts for 10 hours a day all summer.  I still remember the tinnitus I had when I shut them down at the end of the day. It lasted for a good half an hour before I could hear again.  Good memories of my childhood!

Thanks, Pete!  I know what you mean about tinnitus. When I was a kid we had a 3020 with no cab, and that was nice. But my uncle had a 2510 with a tin cab and no A/C. That thing was more of an amplifier than protection. After a long day in that, my only response to a question was "Huh?".

[1930fordpickup]

NIce work. good to see another tractor. 

[redneckrigger]

Nicely done conversion! Great weathering too.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Andy!

Thanks, Tom!

[Dominik]

this is cool! like it.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Dominik!

[Scalper]

cool looking tractor. nice weathering.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Andre!