John Deere 440 models?

[OH logger]

I saw one in the Lumberman's magazine, that sakd  448 grapple. I'd never heard of one.

there was actually 2 in there believe it or not. they called one a 448   ???

[BargeMonkey]

I saw one in the Lumberman's magazine, that sakd  448 grapple. I'd never heard of one.

there was actually 2 in there believe it or not. they called one a 448   ???

Deere made a 440C in a grapple, and a 448D, I've only ever seen 4 of them. They also made a 340D which was 4/5 the size of a 440D. Honestly if your not on flat ground I wouldnt own a 448D. 440 is a great skidder properly run but you can tip one over on the header if your not careful, I get air under back tires all the time. 😂 I've got a Polaroid hanging on the board in our shop from 1994 ??? Showing a 518C cat with all 4 wheels in the air another guy rolled sitting on a flat header.

[BargeMonkey]

I have a soft spot for 640Ds myself.  All the D models really.   I used to haul for a fellow that had a beautiful one for just a summer before he traded it away and I have an image burned into my mind of that thing standing straight the **** up in the air right outside of my windshield as he was trying to pull my loaded log truck out of the mud.   After a lot of creaking and groaning it got it. 

The winch on that thing was so nasty that you had to be very careful pulling in a scattered load because if the log hung up square on a stump (which of course happens often) you only had a second to lay off or it'd just unmercifully snap the choker chain.   

I have phenomenal luck with my 440D, it doesn't pull 460 sized hitches but was never designed to. It's got almost 12k hours on original engine and clutch. The only problem with the 640D and alot of guys have said it is the transmission, and alot of these machines have been abused so you don't quite know what your getting. I looked at that 648D with the swingboom that was in NH, nice machine but the parts from Esco scare me. The kicker with that machine was I tracked down and talked to the prior owner before the sandman got it, it came from a forester, he had parts, all the books, spare tire. When the guy sold the machine he just gave the parts and books away, that would have made the machine in my mind. 6000 deere winch is nasty, somethings going to break. The H42 winch on my Franklin would eat chokers, I've had great luck with my deere 4k winches and they aren't so bad on chain.

[snowstorm]

I had to go look at this 30K 440B on Maine craigslist and to your point just a tiny bit down the page I see a 640D with 23.1's, raised arch, and even an enclosed cab for just 20K.   

I talked to him 3-4 months ago on that machine and asked him if he would take 20k and he said NO. I ship a few more load of logs and get my final drive fixed and half tempted to go with 17k in a bag of cash and offer him 15 to start, since I was a kid I've always wanted a 640D. 😂. Wanted to haggle with me over the spare tire and chains, Ive talked to "Mainelogger" about riding up to Skowhegan together and go look at it. She needs center pins, it's not bad but needs to be gone thru. I'm seeing more and more of them around, exactly why I question someone buying a 440, not a bad sized machine but I would cut for 1 day with my timbco and it would literally take me 1 wk to clean it up. 😂 10 sliders is a man killer though.

if that is the 440 i think it is its been for sale for yrs. 15k before it was painted now 30. there is always a lawnmower or compact tractor with a for sale sign on it there. it was over priced at 15