Rummy's John Deere Page
Featuring 2-cylinder
John Deere
tractors native to the western-Piedmont of North Carolina
John Deere Model 840
General Specification:
Years Produced:
1958-1960
First Serial Number:
8400000
Last Serial Number:
8400848
Total Built:
849
Price, New:
$8100 w/starting engine
$7960 w/24v, 4-battery starting system
$8295 - Handcock 7E2 Elevating Scraper
Horsepower
(Max.)
Drawbar
PTO/Belt
6.12"x8.0" (diesel)
69.7
75.6
Engine Displacement:
6.12"x8" Engine
470.7ci
Engine Rated rpm:
1125
Wheels/Tires, Standard
Rear:
18x26
Front:
8.25x20
Length
(inches):
142.75
Height to Radiator
(inches):
81
Weight, dry
(pounds):
Tractor
10,400
Tractor & Scraper
23,200
Transmission
Speeds Forward
6
This is a JD 840 owned by Michael and James Sheets. It wouldn't fit very well on my 10,000 lbs GVW trailer, but I'd sure like to have it on my farm.
This is the same 840, but from a different perspective. It sure looks big to be a 2-cylinder.
And again, from a sightly different perspective.
More pictures on
John Deere Thirty Series Tractors
page.
Webmaster:
Byron Guyer (
bguyer@johnnypopper.com
)
Created: 3/27/97 ----- Last Update: 2/8/03
