John Deere 4455 Open Station Tractor

In this video we spend time on a an Iowa dairy farm with a 140 hp John Deere 4455 open station tractor filling a Harvestore with a 150 silo blower. This video shares the unique specifications of this open station 4455 built from 1994-1995 two years after the regular Sound-Gard 4455 was replaced by the 145 pto hp 7800.
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[@okeedokee16]

That's actually a really neat history for a popular model numbered tractor. Awesome job finding this one

[@bigtractorpower]

It was a neat find.

[@gonerydin4225]

My grandad's neighbor used to remove the glass from the SoundGard cabs and run them like that. He did not like tractor cabs at all. Tough old buzzard. LOL

[@farmerpete0768]

A very clean looking farmyard. Thanks for the informative video BTP 👏🏽

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@dustinlowry9075]

Wow Jason I been working for John Deere for long time I have never seen a 4455 with a open Top . Blow my mind great videos.

[@sevans1178]

The 4455 is probably the best tractor John Deere ever made. I can imagine this configuration would be at the top of the mark for such things as planting. I imagine it would handle a 12-row no-till planter quite nicely while giving the operator unmatched visibility and maneuverability.

[@jacksonmcwhiney8185]

The older open station deer’s look amazing

[@yesno3274]

Yeah deer looks amazing:)

[@bigtractorpower]

They sure do stand out.

[@markstengel7680]

Fun Time Friday. Oh boy my favorite era of ag equipment 1930s through early 1980s. Just love the look of John Deeres of that era. So simple to work on making maintenance easier than todays electronics in modern machinery. The tractors are well cared for, likely to be washed after each days use by the operator. Wide open spaces in that part of our great nation look so beautiful. This was a great way to end the week or the start of the weekend, watching farmers doing what they do best, grow crops & livestock. Be well to you your family & staff @ BTP 🚜🇺🇸👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you Mark. To me a John Deere is a Sound Gard. Great era in tractors. It was neat to find this 4455.

[@jessiejames1894]

Nice I love this. My uncle had this tractor. I drove one like this. The open cab tractor made it feel so different farming.

[@towstrapstoiletseats7231]

I love the sound of a tractor on a blower

[@jaredgranberry5200]

Thanks for clearing up the story of that tractor. Great video!

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@Alro451]

that 4455 sounded great with the chrome straight pipe and a good looker too.

[@johnnyh1965]

Nothing runs like a Deere and that’s a mighty fine example there for you all right there too !

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a cool tractor.

[@leodanler5268]

Good showing. Thanks

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@augustreil]

Beautiful place they have there and another young man getting the job done. Great video BTP !!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@philipharper7509]

We were able to pick up one of these rare 4455’s last year and run it on our feed mixer in southern Illinois. We love the thing and wouldn’t trade it for the world! It’s great to have a neat piece of history!

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool tractor to have. Thank you for watching.

[@ertlerik]

Neat tractor, Awesome drone footage

[@jankotze1959]

That is a unique JD indeed, did not know that, great to learn so much of the past in tractor manufacturing, very nice farm

[@jerrylong3580]

So great to see young person with a great work ethic. Kudos to you and your parents. Handles those tractors like a boss.

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@albertwilliams8919]

I been watching your videos for about 2years,, and I love them,,, please keep them coming,, I love John Deere,,, and all of the rest, thank you,,

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for being a long time viewer. 👍👍

[@ryanmercer3806]

My old man bought this tractor. Wasn’t until recently i saw this video and realized it was the same farm he bought if from.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

Interesting JD HISTORY, thank you

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. This was a neat classic to find.

[@travist6366]

Beautiful farm!

[@bigtractorpower]

👍😁

[@WhoDat-cc8zo]

Great looking tractor.

[@mrourcanada8964]

Wow that tractor looked immaculate look like they just finished redoing it and it sounded really nice too and he was starting it up and rubbing it and the drone footage was great to very very beautiful location

[@randallbyrd1973]

I enjoyed very much TY for sharing

[@brentreid7031]

Good video. Nice tractor. Thank you

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@armchairgeneral7557]

Very cool. I was raised on a farm in eastern Iowa town of dyersville. We had a 4440 with chrome stack and 2 x 4020. One 4020 was narrow row with a scoop on the front and no cab. The other 4020 was cabbed and was for grinding feed and other jobs around the farm. They were awesome and always started right up no matter how cold it was...as long as it was plugged in of course.

[@hturbo1007]

Armchair General, I live in that neck of the woods. I live near Sherrill. 👍

[@bigtractorpower]

I know Dyersville well. Just filmed the annual tractor parade there.

[@hturbo1007]

@@bigtractorpower when was the parade? I missed it again!! I was going to put my H in the parade.

[@michaelward7175]

Love your videos. You do an awesome job.

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍. Thank you for watching.

[@edwinyoder06]

Awesome video! I remember when those tractors came on the market.

[@bigtractorpower]

I do too. They really stood out with the black trim under the fenders and new decal. My neighbor bought one new and still runs it today.

[@larry4082]

Nice video.. Liked the aerial shot. Good to see young ones on the farm as well.

[@bigtractorpower]

It gives a nice view of the country side.

[@toddruss100]

love those BIG open tractors

[@bigtractorpower]

They sure do stand out.

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

Thank you

[@LaHaSi4208]

Nice old Deere... 😍💪👍

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a stand out.

[@mikkel1249]

What a great find , as always you rock . Have a nice day BTP

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching and your kind words.

[@2cylinderfarmer]

Very unique tractor! Reminds me of the Johnny cash song "One piece at a time and didnt cost me a dime" Also very clean and well kept farm they have!

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a little bit different part of John Deere history for sure.

[@mitchellmusser2670]

Love seeint old iron at work!

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍 Me too.

[@jasonknight4906]

That was a very good tractor and a great video

[@oldfarmshow]

Thank you for the videos

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@leroy4065]

One thing i like about open station tractors is the roll bar makes a good easy spot to mount a light bar

[@AndrewW-nx8zr]

Love it !.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@easchit]

Very cool unique tractor. I like the videos of unique equipment

[@bigtractorpower]

I like finding the rare classics to film. Thank you for watching.

[@jtoddjb]

God I couldn't have been born in Iowa instead of upstate NY? That drone landscape shot looks so much better than ours. The edges of every field here have houses on them getting closer and closer to the farms every year

[@bigtractorpower]

Where in NY are you. I grew up near Rochester. I hate seeing good farm land getting built up.

[@jtoddjb]

@@bigtractorpower Lower end of the Champlain valley near the border with vermont

[@jefffraser6666]

As a Canadian,I've driven lots of upper newyork state. Batavia area always has nice looking land and crops.

[@Studio23Media]

Great job with the drone footage! It really adds something great to the videos.

[@bigtractorpower]

It gives a nice view.

[@physicsfactorybynakulparas1377]

Michael Taylor hyyyuuyy7

[@TXsnowman812]

Great tractor good times

[@mariveljimenez1924]

That farmer have good farm and vig farm i like the farm good good

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@keenankelley187]

Pretty awesome

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a stand out tractor.

[@williamthomas9463]

Nice tractor! Wasn’t aware that any 4455’s were built after ‘92. Beautiful farm and I really enjoyed seeing the young men doing what I grew up doing. I didn’t think anybody started them that young anymore. But...!, those ABSOLUTELY ARE NOT the same fenders used on a 4020! You have the film right in front of you. Pay attention. Please.

[@markfick7758]

I was thinking the very same thing about those fenders but noticed that you already commented on it.

[@stuartleis9079]

That was interesting info. I did not know that about the JD 4455 Open Station model being destined for Mexico and having an 8 speed synchro etc. I never did see such a tractor. They all had cabs around here in Saskatchewan.

[@bigtractorpower]

This 4455 was an interesting find. I had not come across one until I visited this Iowa dairy farm.

[@JussiValkila]

We'll be chopping grass next week. Great video!👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. What do you chop with?

[@JussiValkila]

@@bigtractorpower Elho superluoko 1700. Very reliable chopper. We have used it 25 years with no major breakdowns.

[@dargaming379]

That’s a pretty cool tractor, a “limited edition” version of a 4455. Nice find 👍

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a rare one.

[@jeremyfreeman717]

@@bigtractorpower Not rare

[@jacobmueller9227]

At 3:31 I recognized the dealership decal on the blower. Valley Equipment, Hortonville WI. My grandpa got a lot of his equipment there. I remember riding along when I was 3 or 4 to get a brand new 4050. The salesman is still a family friend, and he gave us Packers playoff game tickets in '97 when they won the superbowl. Small world. Wonder how that blower made its way to Iowa....

[@valentusslimroast6716]

nice

[@claymannasmith155]

The 4020's also had powershift models just the synchro is more popular. Our farm has a powershift model.

[@birddog2367]

Brings back days of filling up 5 60 ft silos with corn silage

[@bigtractorpower]

That is allot of silo filling. What did you run to fill?

[@birddog2367]

bigtractorpower new Holland 3 row silage chopper with 4 silage wagons

[@michaelpayne8163]

That's quite a John deere blower other than that 55 series tractor. We run the popular case 600 blower with a 2940 deere.

[@frankmetcalf9595]

Fenders are different than 4020.

[@bradrynes525]

Thank you

[@Ticky66MN]

Looks like a beautiful farm. Thanks for sharing!

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a nice operation.

[@farmerjohnson8121]

I've never seen a open station 4455. I wouldn't have believed it, if I hadn't seen it.

[@bigtractorpower]

I had not come across one until I found this one.

[@jeremyfreeman717]

It’s two tractors put together

[@2009deerejohn]

Very cool tractor, I love the rare JD’s like that. Do uyoi have any clips of some of they hydraulic front wheel assist 20/30/40 Series JD’s? I’m sure you could make a whole video on them ;-)

[@bigtractorpower]

I filmed a hydraulic front assist 4020 last fall. I hope to find more like a 4630 or 4440.

[@DarrensTruckzs]

Would like to see a video on a 3140 open station 2 wd John deer love those tractors

[@bigtractorpower]

Me too. I just need to find on the film. I do have a 2940 filmed seeding oats.

[@DarrensTruckzs]

bigtractorpower ok righto well could always have a look at that while you work on a 3140 video.. thanks 👍

[@Gixzer04]

Bigtractorpower it’s also a two wheel unit as well. Very cool tractor. Wonder what its story is ?

[@nickkercheval2704]

Young man unloading wagons has done this before! Interesting story

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@baggefarms3795]

I know this farm and go to school with the boy in this video! Awesome to see a video on a farm around our area and with people I know!

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. It’s a small world. I was just driving down the road and stopped to ask to film. It is a nice operation.

[@edypaz9340]

I, like all is good.

[@SnowManson]

Do you have any videos showing the tobacco farming that you have mentioned in your other videos? Would be very interested to see how that is done as I'm not familiar with it at all.

[@bigtractorpower]

I have some but not the full season. I am working on it. Here is an Allis-Chalmers sprayer in tobacco m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/moO5c2WOr8xnp80

[@bigtractorpower]

A few people have pointed out the fenders. To me they look like the 4020 steel fender with plastic end caps for the lights. I guess I was wrong.

[@noelhohberger1188]

That's a beauty

[@bigtractorpower]

It sure stands out.

[@stevecri123]

Looks like there adding malasses to help ferment with more sugar

[@Fundy55]

Jason, great video but how are the fenders on the 4455 the same as the ones on a 4020?

[@bigtractorpower]

A few people have pointed out the fenders. To me they look like the 4020 steel fender with plastic end caps for the lights. I may be completely wrong.

[@nch-wf3tu]

Are these valuable/collectible?

[@travishefti1232]

Neighbor has one it's a Mexico tractor with a Mexico serial number

[@brentalbrecht4837]

Synchro range transmission came out in the 4010 first

[@ChiefAUS]

What was the product that they were harvesting? I have never heard of that crop. Thanks for the great videos you do.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a silage crop called triticale. It is kind of like rye. It is a heavy crop.

[@ChiefAUS]

@@bigtractorpower Thanks for the info.

[@lwilton]

Geeze, our new accountant says we have all these spare parts for discontinued tractors sitting in inventory and wants to charge us the scrap cost! Can't we do something with them to make some money instead!?

[@kendallhelmerslivestockand791]

Also had a p style injection pump

[@bigtractorpower]

Good detail to know.

[@chrissummers1955]

What an awesome find! I’d like to know the back story of how you found out about it.

[@bigtractorpower]

Total luck. I was driving down the road looking for something to film and spotted the farm running a 780 Hydra Push spreader. I asked if I could film the spreader because you don’t see them everyday. After the 780 I was invited to film the chopping. I was glad I stopped.

[@chrissummers1955]

bigtractorpower very cool! Keep up the good work! I don’t live anywhere near farms, so I live vicariously through your videos. Thank you.

[@jmurphy1973]

(sniffle sniffle) You're in God's country, my friend.

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

The rate at which they were feeding the blower seemed huge. And, the silo is very tall. Was the 4455 struggling to keep pace? I saw no smoke, and not enough audio to know how it was handling the load.

[@bigtractorpower]

The 4455 was not struggling in the least. All the crop was sent up with ease.

[@edreisinger5757]

150 john deere blower is the same as a 40 new holland. 38" fan that is direct 1000 rpm drive, no reduction. Those blowers will take silage faster than a 10 ' ag bagger will.

[@fernandosingh5366]

I have one of those here in Mexico 🤔

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Thank you for sharing. What implements do you use with your 4455?

[@fernandosingh5366]

@@bigtractorpower We don't use it too much right now because we got newer tractors but when my dad used they put a monosem 6 row precision planter and a John Deere mx425 disk

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@nahumdeleon8453]

Do you have any more videos on this 4455 John deere open station please upload more

[@bigtractorpower]

This is it for right now. It was filmed for a feature on the 6810 chopper. I thought it was an interesting item to feature on its own. If I can catching doing another job I would defiantly film it.

[@scruffy6151]

Nice find BTP not something you see.

[@bigtractorpower]

I like finding rare classics like this one.

[@austinalderman1478]

Good job, great tractor, but those are not 4020 fenders, 4020s never had the 30-40-55 series fenders

[@battlewilson3064]

actually the fenders came off a 4230

[@mariacastro7355]

In MEXICO it's very common

[@littlerougue]

That was almost Johnny Cash one piece at a time territory there and not a bad looking tractor in the end

[@bigtractorpower]

You were the second comment to mention Johnny Cash. 😁👍

[@littlerougue]

@@bigtractorpower one of my favorite songs and Red Ryder is my CB handle

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@farmer1129]

The 4455 is a great tractor, I'm not a fan of open station......... probably because I ate dust for years growing up..lol

[@bigtractorpower]

I get allot of requests to feature open station tractors. They look cool but an enclosed air conditioned cab is hard to beat.

[@user-jq1nn3ut5s]

Can tell just by looking at it that it doesn't have the same fenders as a 4020. As far as the transmission and rear end, neither a 4020 synchro nor a 4430 rear end would hold up to a 4455 powerplant. They may be the same design but are definitely not "the same".

[@mikehoffmann4130]

Was that at Chad and Brent Koopmans farm?

[@bigtractorpower]

👍😁

[@a.l.l.firewood8883]

Looks like a 4430 with a new hood to me lol

[@bigtractorpower]

Well that’s basically what a 4440, 4450 and 4455 where over time.

[@a.l.l.firewood8883]

bigtractorpower yep, those are my favorite tractors of all time

[@danielroachnebo]

The fenders on that 4455 are not even close to the same other than the fact they are both fenders, the fenders on the 4455 are the same fenders you would have on a open station 4030,4230,4430,4630 and they only came with one headlight and a tail light housing and had the square look to them , the 4020 fenders were rolled on the top with norrow trimmed back edge with no tail light housing.

[@AgrooTarm]

😍😍😍👍👍👏

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Philm88]

The fenders are different

[@ohioplowboyhawk6738]

The fenders on the 4455 are actually 30 series fenders not off of a 4020

[@bigtractorpower]

A few people have pointed out the fenders. To me they look like the 4020 steel fender with plastic end caps for the lights. I guess I was wrong.

[@4gauge10]

The 4455 is a very different"animal".Its the"Frankenstein"of John Deere's tractors."A piece from here,a piece from there,it has a ducks guts."(line from mad max)

[@bigtractorpower]

Defiantly a little different than a standard John Deere. The company has been known to keep older designs in production for South America and Mexico.

[@4gauge10]

@@bigtractorpower That's what you were saying in this video.I would by it,as long as it's reliable,I don't see anything wrong with it.

[@kadenguenther9227]

What town where you by

[@bigtractorpower]

Dubuque is the nearest large city.

[@karanjakamau57]

Hallo sir i have a request to make if possible, its my first time to see hay for feeding dairy cows being harvested and stored in silos, my request is, can you make a video where we can be able to watch the harvest all the way to storing in silos pls, coz in thisvideo you showed just a tiny pat and i did not get to fully understand the process or see it clearly, would be happy if you wouldconsider my request, never seen hay being stored in silos sir, be blessed

[@bigtractorpower]

I think this video I made a few weeks ago will help explain all the steps in putting up silage. The video is posted at m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4vXZaKYfMyXppI

[@noelhohberger1188]

Where in Iowa is this?

[@bigtractorpower]

Not to far from Debque.

[@willkoopmann3637]

Epworth

[@doncrap9627]

Where is this farm located

[@willkoopmann3637]

Epworth ia

[@doncrap9627]

Oh. I am familiar with that area. I am surprised you have any land to farm with all the groundhogs in that area.I thought five people what to far in the whole county.

[@tylerjansen5128]

Had a neighbor with a tractor like that all the warning labels were written in Spanish

[@edreisinger5757]

Tyler Jansen those open station 4455s were built in Mexico. We asked our local dealer about them at the time. Salesman said someone got ahold of the molds and started making parts. Thats why they were only made them one year.

[@edreisinger5757]

Those tractors were nicknamed Juan Deeres in ohio

[@tylerjansen5128]

That’s a good one, our neighbor had a decal “the Mexican” painted on the fenders when their son began pulling it at the local county fairs

[@terrellfarms1]

I remember when these came out. Someone locally bought one but it had longer axles and hub duals. They only kept if for a few years and traded up to a cob tractor. You could also get that ole syncro range transmission in the 30 series tractors. I ran a 4230 with a syncro range transmission.

[@bigtractorpower]

That is neat was one in your area.

[@essaalnjm3690]

انا من سورية لازمني جرار مستعمل دفع رباعي يفضل يكون راكب عليه جرافة من نفس هذا الموديل(جون دير)