Inexpensive Rear Wheel Drive For Deere Combine
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When Cletus Clement, St. Anne, Ill., bought a 1991 Deere 9400 combine, he didn't or-der it with rear-wheel assist. He saved more than half the cost of a factory-ordered optional drive by fitting the new machine with rear-wheel drive components from an older Deere 7720 combine.
The final drives bolts directly onto the 9400's original spindles but Clement had to drill slightly larger holes for the tie rod ends. His 1991 model has a coupling that made it easy to plumb in the rear drive (Clement notes that newer machines do not have the coupler). The hydraulic control valve mounts where it did on the 7720, so hookup was easy. He installed a switch in the dash.
Clement says the 7720 parts are a lot heavier than those on newer machines so he feels he's better off than if he had ordered factory-equipped rear wheel assist. Total cost of the job was $5,200. He used parts from a combine salvage yard.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Cletus Clement, 6536 S. Route 1, St. Anne, Ill. 60964 (ph 815 427-6602).
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Inexpensive Rear Wheel Drive For Deere Combine COMBINES Modifications 19-1-23 When Cletus Clement, St. Anne, Ill., bought a 1991 Deere 9400 combine, he didn't or-der it with rear-wheel assist. He saved more than half the cost of a factory-ordered optional drive by fitting the new machine with rear-wheel drive components from an older Deere 7720 combine.
The final drives bolts directly onto the 9400's original spindles but Clement had to drill slightly larger holes for the tie rod ends. His 1991 model has a coupling that made it easy to plumb in the rear drive (Clement notes that newer machines do not have the coupler). The hydraulic control valve mounts where it did on the 7720, so hookup was easy. He installed a switch in the dash.
Clement says the 7720 parts are a lot heavier than those on newer machines so he feels he's better off than if he had ordered factory-equipped rear wheel assist. Total cost of the job was $5,200. He used parts from a combine salvage yard.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Cletus Clement, 6536 S. Route 1, St. Anne, Ill. 60964 (ph 815 427-6602).
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