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have 3 acres of turf to maintain
and I need reliable equipment
to keep up with it. I bought this 1981 John
Deere 400 super garden tractor with a
5 foot deck to perform the mowing
chores. It also pushes snow in the
winter with a 54 inch front mount dual
angle blade. And if the snow gets
really deep I have a 50 inch front
mount snowthrower for it. The tractor
and attachments need some repairs and
paint work when I acquired them.
Fortunately I really enjoy taking
things apart and making them look and
work like new again. A
vintage John Deere like this holds it's value very
well. It was done all the depreciating it's
ever going to do before I bought
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Successful Deere
hunting requires stealth. The trick is to
commando your way up to one
and get close enough to jump on the seat
before it can get away.
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This
400 has a 3 point hitch, which was an
option on a 400. Why would you want a
tractor without one? A rear PTO was
available as well but it's an oddball
800 RPM unit and only works with the
JD tiller for the 400. I wonder what
the JD engineers were smoking when
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John
Deere 400 Specifications
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- 1981
model
- 2
cylinder 19.9 HP 532 Kohler
- 2
speed hydrostatic transaxle
- Power
assist steering
- Three
spool hydraulics
- PTO
driven mower deck
- 60
inch mower deck.
- Cat
0 3 point hitch
JD 400 1
JD 400 2
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JD 400 4
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Weekend
Freedom Machines is the
best forum on the web for help and
info on John Deere garden tractors |
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Registry is the Cub Cadet
version of WFM. Same sort of
friendly helpful guys and useful
information. |
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Antique
Tractors Forum is where you can
discuss all brands and models. It's
a friendly site.. |
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This is the first 400 I ever owned and
it's been a great tractor. I bought it
from a WFM
member from Indiana.
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