# Fun Facts on 40 Year old 1978 John Deere 4440 Tractors

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**Created:** [July 5, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/t/fun-facts-on-40-year-old-1978-john-deere-4440-tractors/966 "2018-07-05T01:35:46Z")\
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**’78 was a Good Year.**

 ![JD4440-IA-%2432K-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/8/80678a244d111527743348582828fdcbf75b6951.jpg)

Hard to believe John Deere’s very popular 4440 tractor model has been around 40 years now. Time flies. As a sort of Machinery Pete 4440 birthday present, here are some Fun Facts on 1978 model John Deere 4440’s:

**Average Auction Price 1978 John Deere 4440 Tractors**

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**Recent Auction Prices on 1978 John Deere 4440 Tractors**

 ![4440-1978-recent1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/e/ea074e49bba6b98b526113b97b26fef587a32593.JPG)  
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**Highest Auction Prices on 1978 John Deere 4440 Tractors**

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 ![4440-1978-highest2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/1/19da4e45513ccafdb559f74436d9b863cfbecc41.JPG)

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Here is a picture of that highest auction price '78 John Deere 4440, sold for $36,000 on a December 12, 2015 farm auction in Dwight, Neb. It had 3,361 hours, was a Quad Range and a “1 owner” tractor. It was sold by the great team at Moravec Auction Company:

![JD4440-NE-%2436K-12-12-15](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/e/e1ad6d1f9a438a8d4080305a4bc8032fc3ada6bd.png)

Here’s an interesting “Heat Map” look at where geographically 1978 model John Deere 4440 tractors have sold for $20,000 and up the past 5 years:

 ![4440-1978-last5years%2420Kandupheatmap](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/c/c29adbf18145bb3db217b8e7cea64ad09ddf6734.JPG)

Here’s a link to (9) 1978 model John Deere 4440 Tractors for sale today in 6 states, click link to view list: [https://tinyurl.com/y7naa9vp](https://tinyurl.com/y7naa9vp)

 ![4440-1978-MPcom](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/4/470022823927e0189a08ad0f9cf535db0183054f.JPG)

Hope you enjoyed this 4th of July 2018 Machinery Pete birthday present gift of Fun Facts on 40 year old 1978 John Deere 4440 Tractors 🙂

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