Harvesting Soybeans! l John Deere 4420 Combine l Harvest 2022

Harvesting soybeans with a John Deere 4420! Today my friend Saul is harvesting Soybeans for the first time ever. I got to say he looked like a professional, everything went great and his grain tank looked amazing! Thank you all for watching! Happy Harvest!
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[@tommyparks4473]

That was the slowest I've ever seen a combine move. It could surely handle it a little faster. It was killing me. Lol 😆

[@jslade60]

This older machinery works just fine just because something new comes out doesn't mean you have to go and grab it because that's what everyone else is doing especially when the old equipment is doing just fine! Also good to see the next generation farmers and harvesters coming up!

[@harlandschuster2703]

That's a nice looking 4420. I spent many hours in a 1979 4400, which was very similar to the 4420. Your rotary deflector (screen in front of the fan) is not turning and is covered with soybean dirt. This will overheat your engine in a hurry...I thought I could see the temp gauge in one of the inside the cab shots, and it looked like it was running pretty high. I am very surprised you did not overheat. There are two latches on the door, one in front outside which holds it shut, and one on the bottom inside of the door. The bottom latch disengages the belt running the deflector so you can open the door without pulling the belt off. Check this latch and make sure the belt is in place and engaged. It should turn any time the engine is running. Like someone else said, I also believe your head is bolted up for small grain. The bolts take a 9/16 wrench and are removed from below the head. If your flex gauge (the thing with numbers from 1 to 4 and an orange indicating ball on the RH side of the head) is reading all the way to the top with the head off the ground, you are bolted up. I pushed a 213 head at between 3 and 4 mph in good beans, so I agree with others you are going a bit slow. Raise the reel and speed it up. You need to pull the beans across the cutter bar so that it will cut them. Running the combine full will help clean up your sample. There should be a switch up there to one side or other of the gauges in the cab that turns on the header height control. After you remove the bolts holding the cutter bar in the "up" position, turning the switch on will allow the combine to automatically control the header height. The 200 series wasn't the best head in the world, but it should be cutting much closer than it is. If can take an angle grinder with a wire brush to those flex plates to get the worst of the rust off, beans will feed in better. Also make sure all the fingers are in the auger. Time spent replacing worn sections and guards will really make a difference in how well those old heads cut. If there isn't already plastic on the skid plates, consider putting some on. It's not that big or expensive of a job, and it will make a night and day difference on how well the head goes along without pushing trash especially if the soil is damp. The 4400/4420 combine had some weak points, but over all they were a pretty decent combine.

[@markdallmann7887]

I notice the fan screen wasn't running too. Funny the motor wasn't running hot. Check the belt other rotary screen or maybe it wasn't engaged underneath.

[@paule5195]

Well said. I ran a 4420 for 20 years but there will not necessarily be an Auto Header Height Control button on it - it was an option. I have a later version and it had nothing. That grain tank extension is amazing I have never seen one like that. I would be watching local marketplace for a proper straw chopper though that spreader is going to leave a mess with beans.

[@mxyz07]

A floating feeder house makes a big difference too and if this combine has it I wonder if that was locked into place so it couldn't float which they normally are if you are threshing small grains or corn..

[@shortytari]

Yea we ran a 79 4400 with a 213 for several years. That was a soybean eating machine. If we were in good conditions and unload on the go we could easily do 30-40 acres a day. There were a few times we did over 50, but that was ideal conditions when you could start right away in the morning and run until 11-12 at night. Our 213 would cut perfect right close to the ground. Never left anything behind.

[@samwiginton40]

It is good seeing farmers using affordable equipment instead of having enormous debt plus I really enjoy using my old tractors

[@sarah_farm]

So many different ways to use pomegranates. I know your family loves to taste test all your new recipes. Your videos bring peace and happiness to my heart and your dog makes me laugh all the time. Thank you for sharing yourself and your family with us. You give us much more than we could ever give you. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

[@michaelzimmerman5958]

Glad to see the young men are using the older equipment for small acreage

[@teenagefarmer]

When I first saw the combine cutting beans I thought man that's a nice slow motion shot 😂😂😂. That's an awesome piece of equipment. Thanks for sharing.

[@Blackwellll3066]

40 year old combine harvesting soybean pretty cool after all could go buy a Scalper if ya want Cleaner bean sample

[@michaelmcconnell7958]

Thanks to Saul for letting us see his bean harvest. Thanks to you for filming it!

[@gregschlafer7557]

Sample in the wagon looked good. Thanks for the ride along.

[@teenagefarmer]

Love the old equipment

[@davidkimmel4216]

Great older combine 👍

[@colorado1088]

Sure beats picking them by hand. Surprised how easily it steered. Back in the day the farmers probably complained about how complicated these machines were just like they do today. Thanks Saul for the effort.

[@eddielittleii8919]

That was interesting, thanks.

[@dlzastera]

Love the picture at the end of the Minneapolis moline.

[@Mickjd-zb2ce]

Great to see older machines out there doing there thing who needs new stuff 👍👍

[@peacepeople9895]

Good to see you young guys in ag...nice

[@ES-zt8sj]

Thank you for taking us along on a new adventure. Welcome, Saul. You're a natural.

[@11sesquialtera]

fun video….Congrats to Saul….job well-done

[@lindgrenvalleyfarm983]

He can increase his ground speed a bunch which will help the feeding into the machine

[@lindgrenvalleyfarm983]

And speed up his reel

[@toddvandyke1023]

I love that older machinery. Beautiful scenery with the hills and Sun going down. Thank you for the great content

[@taylorkueppers8595]

❤anything farming

[@ArmpitStudios]

Oh yeah, the guy with the Minne-Mo. Great looking combine. The yellow cabs look so much better than modern blobs.

[@kevinschroeder3889]

I drive truck for a farmer. We haul ground corn, soy meal, pellets (soy hulls that are pelletized), DDG's (Distiller's Dried Grain from a ethanol plant) to five local dairies. I haul soy products out of CHS in Mankato MN every day. I see a lot of trucks from WI coming to get soy products. You guys must not have a lot of soybeans over east of the river. Always nice guys from Sconnie, donch ya know.

[@alancarlson6822]

Reel needs to be sped up and then go faster. The beans will go into the machine better and you'll get done sooner.

[@Tom-pu1xh]

I still use a 3300. Have for 20 years. Awesome combines! Your gonna love it!

[@jclint1968]

Thank you guys, nice to ride along.

[@benjohnson1082]

Spent all day overhauling the flex head on our 48 year old Gleaner. Came home to fall asleep watching you guys cut beans with nearly a similar vintage Deere.

[@georgegundersen7780]

First combine I ran was a 4400 with the same head. That was 1975 when I was 14.

[@tpfromcentralpa1692]

In addition to ground speed/reel speed/ and making sure the head isn't locked rigid, I sure would throw some money into the cutter bar on that 213, I am not a huge fan of the 200 series heads, but for as slow as the ground travel is, it is sure not cutting clean from what I can see. With the cutter bar in good shape, and good poly under it, that 4420 should push that right along at a decent clip.

[@missstarry11596]

Really great seeing older machinery 😄👍

[@jerryfischer3988]

Ahh those were the days!

[@virginiagraber9070]

WOW 👏👏👍 Thanks. (Naaman)

[@matthewdavis4081]

Awesome to see the 4420 out cutting beans. That was the second combine I owned. 4400 was a great combine too. Thanks for sharing. Don't get to see rowed beans around me here in Central Ohio.

[@gregsasser2640]

That Moline is a fine looking tractor.

[@canvids1]

Thanks so much for showing the old combine at work. The first one when I was very young I think it was a massy with no cab. Grandad let me run it on the field for a few hundred feet that is all I can remember and that would be very early 50's

[@pagrainfarmer]

Nice JD 4420. I have a 4400, which is a very similar machine. Saul could certainly go a little faster around the field. But I guess he will when he get more used to harvesting beans. Good video.

[@doncc6080]

Saul hope you have great success in your farming. Hope you can get a narrow planter in the future.

[@fullers1966]

Felt like I was watching something slow motion years ago things were slower which I think was better the way things were

[@scottlabant8406]

Great video, nice to see older equipment still being used, can repair yourself and not need a computer to reprogram. Keep up the great work!!

[@reginabraok939]

Looks like Saul bought that MM tractor you guys drove to look at. I was wondering about that. Nice sunset picture to conclude the video!

[@teenagefarmer]

Yes, I had forgotten about that

[@tomvandenbergh4127]

Heck ya. Go get em Boyz!!!

[@crazyoldbat7600]

I vaguely remember my grandfather using a 55 combine. It was gigantic! They were outside Sherry/Marshfield. That's about as far back as these old memories go.

[@chwilliams5]

I was always happy with my old Gleaner E model. Not fast but clean samples and reliable.

[@br927]

If you're looking at it that close, you better be buying it! Nothing wrong with older equipment, if it's working! And the fan on the side isn't turning, and if you go into the beans the way they are leaning down, it'll go better! It may even be one way!

[@hankelrod7315]

Many years ago I was trying to choose between a nearly new 4420 & a nearly new IH1440 for 200 acres/yr at the time. I chose😮 the 1440 & still use that same machine now - I have the last farm of beans I should finish today. My neighbors have gone through many combines - all JD - on about same acres but that 1440 still cuts faster & cleaner than what they got. They have 200K combines w/6 row heads & I now got a $15K (I keep it updated & nice) machine with 6 row head & we harvest about same bu/day/person. While they had to build bigger buildings to store their bigger combined, I still store mine in the same 40 yr old building. Only thing I wish mine had was better brakes & bigger grain tank but that’s ok, mine put $ in my bank unlike theirs.

[@farmunincorporated5132]

Heck yeah! Nice looking rig, lots of fun.

[@jwmfarms]

Tell him to raise the reel. The bats shouldn’t touch the crop, only the times. Run a little faster ground and reel speed. I’m not a fan of the green machines , but that’s one of the cleanest old combines I’ve seen in a while.

[@drknockers5716]

Awesome video

[@bigbobcob8716]

Little advice on the beans just speed the reel up a bit get more ground speed to feed them on faster it will clean up the sample if you fill the machine up

[@garlandhenry6792]

Nice,easy and slow- - - I like it !!!!

[@oldriversfarm1609]

Fantastic video! Really nice 4420!

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks for the video. Enjoyed watching. Know nothing about these combines or soybeans, but don’t know if I could tolerate that slow speed. Might put me to sleep just like cultivating young corn. 😂

[@kevinstinson3179]

Cool like older equipment to

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Very nice have a great day.

[@joelritter5230]

Thank you Saul, great seeing the older equipment still being used

[@dougtheviking6503]

Saul Thats a nice old machine .The guys below have some good incite . Rev that thing up a bit .. ..... looks like she's doing a good job . Speed her up

[@garygrandadam7849]

Hey guys, good job. Got me an old 7700 Deere with a 216 flex head for beans and small grains. Everyone who mentioned speeding up the reel and ground speed is correct. Let the reel pull those stalks in instead of pushing them over. That 213 is a flex head if I'm not mistaken. When you lifted it I didn't see the cutting bar drop down. Look to see if there are 4 bolts or so running down the center of the head from side to side. That makes the head ridged for doing small grains without having to run the head on the ground to keep the sickle bar from heating up and breaking. I like my old stuff and I'm sure that the old 4420 will sure do you right for a long time to come. Have fun and enjoy.

[@jewittellis9653]

We have a 4420 with a 216 flex head looks like the bolts are still in the pans we only put the Bolt in for wheat season so the pan doesn’t flex

[@cliffblackburn8102]

Pretty Cool 😎✌️💯💚🌱

[@richardwilkens4577]

I bought a John Deere 55 combine about a month ago can't wait to get it in the field next year

[@johnhenderson299]

That combine looks to be in good shape

[@joelzeigler1519]

I farmed with a 4400 and 18 foot bean head took 6 36 rows drive a little faster to keep it full it will work better

[@danielbutler8292]

Holy Moly speed up! Starving that thing!

[@curtisowens4588]

Hey Saul, you and Marley should start a channel nice looking beans. Marley is a cutie so much energy.

[@rebelgaming7718]

I think you guys should invest in an older John Deere combine or pill type since you guys run shelled corn also and oats

[@chadtheartist3424]

I love seeing old Deere Combines. I grew up with a 95 or 105 working fields behind my house.

[@danw6014]

Best to operate it at capacity. The best advice for adjusting cylinder I was given when I first learned was "clearance threshes and speed smashes".

[@jefferytrice9180]

Leon Shirk over here in Abbotsford might have a head.

[@8tomtoms8]

Looks like quite a bin extension on that 4420!! I like seeing the MM in the background. Great seeing Saul again, thanks for filming!!

[@robertnaughton5577]

Yes, I see that MM tractor and a corn picker. Pretty cool

[@workingwithadam]

I run my real speed a little faster then my ground speed. We have a 6620.

[@dairyfarmmidwest1615]

Nice to keep older combines taken care of and still working Saul dairy farmer to with utube? Don’t need all that electronic expensive stuff that’s hard to work on. Plus like seeing farmers in bib overalls

[@eugenespreutels8305]

That was sweet, nothing wrong with running older equipment so long as it is relaliable and you don't get in too big of hurry. With how high equipment is nowadays you have to make do with whatever you can afford.

[@brettgregorich]

We just traded our 4420 with a 443 in at Kuhls.

[@larrybruck2949]

Nice looking combine! I agree with the previous commentary.......speed up the reel and ground speed also. Looks like a lot of beans left in the field.

[@joesteck6631]

It looks like he bought that Minnie Mo from that eastern Wisconsin trip you guys took awhile back. How’s he like that beast?

[@davidwhisnant3230]

I have 4400 great machine never seen many without a straw chopper

[@denniscarte6564]

Mine doesn't have chopper either. It will cut 65 bushel per acre all day long , in second gear half way the variable speed, and the about 1 1/2 to 2 inches off the ground.

[@matthewrenshaw]

Love these old machines

[@howardhooley3408]

I ran a 4420 many a day in soybeans and corn good old combine. You do need to put your head on float and speed the reel and ground speed up

[@williammatzek4660]

Dad's john deere 45 had. a 12 ft head.4 rows of crop. First 95 had a 16 ft head 5 rows of crop. Second 95 had a 19 ft head 6 rows of crop. All were 30 inch rows. Your reel speed is slower then any of those combines.

[@greg853-b7n]

It doesn’t look like the screens running to clean the rad off . There’s a over center thing that makes a belt tight. You have to get that working or you will over heat the engine. And you might want to speed your reals up.

[@markdallmann7887]

Hi guys, I had a 4400 and then upgraded to a 4420. We cut with a 220 8 row 30 inch beans. Run it in 2nd gear with the hydro at about 1/2 Way going between 2.2 to 2.8 mph. The reel speed should p down run about 10% faster than your ground speed. I notice your running your reel way to low. Raise it 6-8 inches. I seen that you were bending the beans over before the sickle was cutting the stems. And that causes alot of loss.

[@evanevans670]

Even if the cutter bar is rigid for wheat it will cut lower than it is now. I couldn’t stand to run over that many beans. He was talking about the beans in the bin not being clean. That’s a pretty good looking field of beans to me. I’m wondering if he’s not running with the throttle wide open which would definitely affect the rpms of the cleaning fan speed. I think he’s got a pretty good machine he just needs a little guidance or an operators manual.

[@craiggarrison768]

I'm not a professional combine operator by no means but for better efficiency the combine needs to move fast enough for you to reach the combines efficiency and cleaner samples just a idea I thought saw was driving a bit slow

[@greg853-b7n]

Sure looks like a nice crop of beans

[@dougpeterson5257]

Do your friends use those soy beans for feed on their own farm? Or sell them to someone else?

[@mikecurran6528]

Is the auto-steer on the hydro-handle? Love old and new farm equipment. Very nice video.

[@marksmoot7874]

Raise your header real where you are just touching the beans and a little faster speed. Try to lower your header to about 1 inch off the ground. I have a 6600 jd they are very similar in the controls.

[@frankdeegan8974]

Give us an elevator report from the beans. Maybe.

[@Steve-t5l]

Hey. I still have that 443 corn head up here in Canada if you want it. Just pick it up and it's yours.

[@jerrytibbs1856]

There is a guy in Gilbert Iowa that has a 443 advertised on Craigslist for 2500.00.

[@michaelbergman8249]

There’s a 443 in Redwing Mn, it’s probably a bit expensive…

[@timstevens2866]

After watching other U tubers farming (How Farms Work, Millennial Farmer, Cole the Corn Star...) Looks like U r standing still but I'm sure if U could show 40 yrs before that combine was born U'd be out there with a hand scythe and a pitch fork so quite the step up!

[@PremierYachtFLL]

Speed it up

[@midwestfarmerleduc9256]

Pods,hole in lower shive that do have a hole shine that takes pods out ps you're doing fine.

[@mattheutinck6329]

Our 4400 ran a 16 ft. Head. They'll do a better job if you keep them busy. It's gentler on the beans to thresh against other beans if that makes sense. Easier to get them out of the pod without splitting or grinding them.

[@mattheutinck6329]

You should be able to drive all of the forward on the variable speed in second gear.

[@marknease1631]

Since soybeans are high in estrogen, is there a risk to you men inhaling that soybean dust?

[@Oinkasaurus]

Reel speed perfectly matches crawl speed. you sure this is you first time?

[@normangarrand1106]

The older combines were very slow concidering the ones today ,check out Laura Farms youtube channel

[@johnthompson4162]

Not an expert, but make sure your cylinder is in high side, don't open up the concave too much, open up the back sieve a little more than book says keep the corn cobs out of the front sieve, and set to what the book says, usually works great. I'm not an expert. John T.

[@karljacobson1575]

Reel speed !! Speed it up! That’s a nice old 4420! Just bat the stalk in the head!!