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General help and support for your Lindeman through 2010 John Deere crawler
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Post by Team Green » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:44 pm

A week from today i will have a new to me 440 dozer.

Anything i should be looking at it to make sure i'm not buying a pile of parts?
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Post by Lavoy » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:00 pm

Check finals for cracks and welds, clutch housings for the same. Check rail height, pin and bushing wear, roller and idler wear, all the usual stuff.
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Post by CELSESSER » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:22 pm

Machines this old are all just piles of parts! Some just move on their own and push dirt!!!
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Post by JD440ICD2006 » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:42 pm

Chuck, I agree that old ones are a pile of parts!
But new ones are also just a pile of parts with some assemblance of the thing called a warranty, which can be somewhat deceiving.
If you do not believe that they are a pile of parts with years of research in designed obsolescence, go price a single part for one of them. And watch how fast some parts wear out. That is the bread & butter of the machine industry.
1959 JD 440ICD w/64 Power Angle Tilt Blade
1959 JD 440ICD w/63 Manual Angle Blade
1959 JD 440IC w/602 Manual Angle Blade
1959 JD 730D W SE (many options)
1950 JD M S w/M-20 Mower
1952 JD M W
1955 FORD 640 (burns the most fuel)
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