The John Deere 9965 is a four-row cotton picker manufactured by John Deere, a company renowned for designing and building heavy agricultural machinery across crop production, harvesting, and land management. Cotton pickers are specialized harvest equipment designed to mechanically strip cotton bolls from plants, compress the fiber, and store it for transport—work that would otherwise require extensive manual labor in cotton-growing regions.
This 1994 model is powered by a John Deere 6-cylinder 466 cubic-inch engine rated at 250 horsepower and equipped with a three-speed Hydrostat transmission, offering variable ground speed control suited to varying crop and field conditions. The machine has logged 8,146 hours on the chassis and 6,220 hours on the fan, indicating moderate use relative to its age. A significant recent engine overhaul—valued at $25,000—has been completed with fewer than 600 acres of operation since the work was finished, substantially extending the serviceable life of the core power plant.
The picker is configured as a four-row machine, meaning it harvests cotton from four plant rows in a single pass. The front tires are 520/85-38 and the rear tires are 9.00x24, providing traction and flotation appropriate to field work. The operator's station features a deluxe seat for extended comfort during harvest days. The cotton basket holds 1,173 cubic feet of compressed fiber, reducing the frequency of unloading stops during operation. An onboard water tank of 275-gallon capacity supports dust control and other operational needs. The machine is documented as farmer-owned and operated, not used in a custom-hire service.
The unit is located in Arizona, USA, and is offered at $15,517.
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