2025 John Deere 400R

Greater fuel efficiency and lower cab noise with CommandDrive™ powertrain

With the CommandDrive powertrain, save fuel, reduce cab noise, get improved traction in challenging conditions, and cover more acres per day. CommandDrive offers the operator an Auto Mode that automatically directs the engine to run at the lowest rpm necessary to maintain ground speed and hydraulic functions and to meet the demands of the solution system.

CommandDrive also allows operators to adjust the aggressiveness of acceleration and deceleration and features an Auto Idle system that reduces engine speed to 900 rpm when the machine is in park. It all adds up to:

• 20 percent or greater fuel savings
• More acres sprayed per day, thanks to fewer fuel stops and improved traction in rough conditions
• Reduced in-cab noise levels by 3to 5 decibels
• Fewer demands on the operator

CommandDrive is base equipment on all 408R, 410R, 412R, 612R, and 616R Sprayers, as well as 400R and 600R Dry Spinner Spreaders.

Simple turnkey experience with the StarFire™ 7500 Integrated Receiver

The StarFire 7500 Receiver is the latest addition to the suite of Precision Ag Technology from John Deere. The StarFire 7500 Receiver offers greater accuracy, faster pull-in times, and season-to-season repeatability. This means less hardware, faster times recovering from a shading event, and the confidence that your guidance lines and boundaries do not shift from year to year. The integrated design further enhances the value that you have come to expect from StarFire products.

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Benefits to the StarFire 7500 with SF-RTK

• Long-term repeatability. See sales manual for geographic limitations.

• 8-minute pull-in time
• 2.5-cm (1-in.) pass-to-pass accuracy

To learn more about the StarFire 7500, visit the StarFire 7500 page.

Keep operators fresh with Comfort and Convenience packages and Visibility packages

When you’re staring down a string of 2,000-acre days, your equipment isn’t all that needs to be operating at peak – your operators need to be at their best, too. That’s why John Deere put together a range of cab packages to give you just the right features to keep your operators comfortable and efficient.

For corner-office comfort that can help make short work of the longest days, look at the Ultimate Comfort and Convenience package. The heated, ventilated ActiveSeat™ II isolates the operator from up to 90 percent of vertical movement and comes in leather with massage functions. The Ultimate package also gives you a premium XM® ready sound system with subwoofer, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, a refrigerator, and more.

When the long days turn into long nights, you’ll be glad you ordered the Ultimate Visibility package. A full 360 degrees of powerful light-emitting diode (LED) cab lighting gives you a clear view all around the machine, while eight LED service lights illuminate critical service areas.

The following table gives a quick reference of what is contained in the Visibility packages.

In addition to the Visibility packages available, the following table gives a quick reference of what is contained in the Cab Comfort and Convenience packages.

John Deere Signature Edition: the ultimate in comfort, visibility, and technology

To make the most powerful John Deere options available in one cost-effective package, 408R through 616R Sprayer models can be ordered as John Deere Signature Edition. Marked with an exclusive badge only available on the Signature Edition, this package includes:

• Ultimate Comfort and Convenience package
• Ultimate Visibility package
• ActiveSeat™ II equipment
• JDLink™ 5-year subscription
• Integrated StarFire 7500 receiver with SF-RTK
• G5^Plus CommandCenter Display and a G5 Advanced License
• Automatic Solution Control*
• BoomTrac™ Pro 2*
• ExactApply™ system*

Get all the top-of-the-line comfort features and technology options in one special edition: The John Deere Signature Edition.

For any additional mounting needs, there are part solutions available through John Deere to resolve unique mounting configuration needs.

*NOTE: Automatic Solution Control, BoomTrac Pro 2, and ExactApply system are not available on the 400R and 600R.

Wide spread widths are available with the New Leader® Dry Spinner Spreader

The DS20 and DS30 provide up to 32-m (105-ft) spread widths and the adjustable spinner assembly allows for quick, accurate settings during variable-rate applications, broadcasting materials farther and wider with consistent spread patterns, and producing industry-leading productivity.

Depending on product, you can achieve spread widths from 18.92 to 27.43 m (60 to 90 ft), but with the increased clearance of 1.74 m (68 in.) the 400R and 600R Dry Spinner Spreader can achieve spread widths from 21 to 32 m (70 to 105 ft). Added spread width increases the number of acres per day and decreases the number of passes, which also reduces fuel costs and compaction.

By maintaining spread width, operators can consistently place product throughout the fields and prevent bottlenecking of product at the row end. 

With a full spread pattern and reduced overlap through integrated technologies such as AutoTrac™ automated steering and John Deere Section Control, the 400R and 600R Dry Spinner Spreaders allow for full product coverage while reducing input costs from overlap. 

Additionally, by combining the John Deere 400R or 600R Dry Spinner Spreader chassis and the New Leader dry spinner spreader, operators can maintain spread widths even when rpms are reduced. John Deere's pressure-and-flow-compensated hydraulics allows operators to maintain spinner speed throughout each pass, while maintaining consistent spread width and pattern. This added height allows a greater trajectory at a lower spinner speed and has the ability for later season applications.

NOTE: With differences in fertilizer density, size, and crush strength a spread pattern test is the only way to measure a product's true spread width and pattern.

New Leader is a trademark of Highway Equipment Company.

New Leader® Dry Spinner Spreader offers maximum versatility

Get three-season flexibility from your application equipment with the New Leader DS20 or DS30 Dry Spinner Spreader.

The DS20 offers of up to 5.6-m3 (200 cu ft), or 6.6 tons, of dry fertilizer, while the DS30 bumps capacity to 8.5 m3 (300 cu ft), or 9 tons, of dry fertilizer. Both models feature:

• Four-hour conversion from a liquid-application setup
• Variable-rate application ranging from 34 kg/ha (75 lb/acre) to 3 tons/acre
• Spread width of up to 32 m (105 ft) thanks to the 1.83-m (72-in.) spinner height
• New Leader G4 spinner technology for a consistent spread pattern and more uniform application
• Available in single or the MultApplier (dual product bins) in both the 304 stainless or 409 painted spreader construction with #4 belt-over-chain conveyor
• The G4 remains the only option for being fully integrated with the John Deere SpreadStar™ dry rate control system.
• New Leader G4 Edge and G5 are being added into the dry portfolio for model year 2024 machines.
• Available in the 304 stainless steel single bin or the MultApplier (dual bin options). The MultiBin™ is not an available option currently.
• Both the G4 Edge and G5 spreader options on the 400 and 600 series will now offer the AgLeader ISO-VT dry rate controller.

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John Deere Connected Support™ prevents downtime and efficiently resolves issues with revolutionary technology-based solutions

When you buy John Deere equipment, you expect reliability. You also know that problems can happen, and a product is only as good as the support behind it. That’s why John Deere equipment is prepared with technology that senses potential issues and can alert you and your dealer promptly—in the cab or anywhere you are.

John Deere Connected Support is a revolutionary change to support that leverages technology and the connectivity of JDLink™ telematics to prevent downtime and resolve problems faster. These tools decrease downtime by an average of 20 percent, enabling faster responses to unexpected problems and reducing technician trips to your machine. For some issues, unplanned downtime can even be prevented altogether through prediction of the issue.

With your permission, John Deere Connected Support:

• Keeps you running by monitoring machine health and promptly alerting you and your dealer of issues
• Saves time by remotely viewing in-cab displays, reducing trips to the machine
• Reduces or even eliminates technician trips to a machine through remote diagnostic and remote software reprogramming capabilities
• Connects experts with the information needed to respond to downtime faster and prevent it altogether

With more than a decade of experience leveraging connectivity to solve problems, no one else has the experience, tools, and knowledge to keep you running as John Deere and your John Deere dealer can. Connected Support is an in-base feature on all John Deere products with factory- or field-installed JDLink.