John Deere 44 loader on 430 diesel garden tractor- walkaround and details!

I just got my 44 loader installed on my 430. Here's a project intro and some details about what's coming next for this machine. Thanks for watching and as always, ask any questions and feel free to subscribe. It helps me a lot!

Luke

[MrThomasfouraker]

Nice! Anxious to see the 44 in person.

[ganprottas]

I'm surprised they consider any of the John Deere 400 series as garden tractors. I bet them older GTs are built tougher than the modern sub-compact tractors. Sweet rig! With the loader, diesel engine, AG tires and 3PT, you'll conquer the world! Take care Luke,
Gan

[FloridaDeere]

That Thomas guy seems to know everyone. Looks cool, I did not know that the levers had extenders for the 430, but I guess that's not at all surprising considering the overall length of the 430.

[aprilgeneric]

2:58 john deere dealer id for the 445 to use a 40 loader you need 4 ply tires and atleast 200# of rear ballast with 400# of rear ballast recommended or there will be lots of problems. 90's series 400's need a reserve hydro tank of atleast 5 gallons as only the 455 has a larger hydro cooler and like cheap welders use of the loader is only good for short bursts at a time or the hydro fluid will overheat and boil. i run alot of heavy equipment all day long and yeah, everything i was told matches up with everything i experience on heavy equipment such as a Ford 4500 long bed with a barko boom arm and clam grapple slinging sections of rebar cages, 8'diax10'-50' drill casing, 2'diax2' to 8'diax4-6' drill heads, cutters/pickers, plates, generators, 1, 000-10, 000 gallon water tanks, and dewatering pumps, dirt tillings from high voltage power line construction. it applies to the cranes that pick and set the hole side wall casings & rebar cages into the power pole holes and also the dril rig mounted to the 12 wheel watson crane carrier

[MarStew]

I would add weights in the rear when any weight was in the bucket.

[tjansson]

Nice rig. I noticed that the rear fender pan was drilled for snow cab. Do you have the subframe brackets which support the cab underneath the fender pan? My friend has a 430 and I have a Cozy steel snow cab. Just need the lower brackets if you have them.

[mackendw]

hey buddy...at 2:13 in the video you show the mid mount bracket that the hydraulic pump attaches. Can you take some measurements of the size of the steel plate
that the hydraulic pump attaches to? Also, the length of the 2 side plates that connect the front plate to the rear plate and height of them? There are ears that stick out from the side of the back plate that side on the inside of the frame of the tractor I believe. anything you can share about the size of them would be very appreciated. thx

[ThatMowerMan]

I’m planning on buying a 430, could I get some tips on what to look for? Thanks.

[greasywrenchgarage]

I also put a 44 loader on my 430 and subframe was from a 420, I chose to just add I believe it was 7" of heavy wall pipe to the subframe to make it fit. I did not get the pump or bracket with mine, so I ended up making a bracket that put's the pump on the front PTO. one thing I noticed is I cannot remove the grille from my tractor with the sub-frame on, and was wondering if it was cause I converted a 420 subframe to fit, but it looks like yours is the same way?

[Huntersprojects]

You had it shipped?!? How much was that is it worth driving 2 1/2 hours for a 316 with steering breaks and dual hydraulic valves? It’s 500 bucks