R was rated 48 PTO HP, probably the biggest. Dad had one for about 4 months, end of December 1963 to end of April 1964. Was a big clumsy awkward tractor about the same HP as our Super M-TA Farmall but slower. Township Road Commissioner really really wanted it and Dad let him have it. Township used it to pull road drag and a PTO driven rototiller to chew up scarafied roads. They kept it 3 years and traded it for a 770 Oliver diesel. They knocked the PTO out of it three times, once a year! We never ever hooked anything to the PTO, just ran it to run the hydraulics. They are a pain to start. Pony motor is too small, only tractor with 2 cylinder pony, every other pony start tractor got the V-4. Dad put Char-Lynn power assisted steering on ours, still was clumsy and awkward. I only remember Dad running it once, maybe twice. Supposedly it was "My Tractor". I REALLY hated that 11 mph road gear. It was amazing how much more work the SM-TA could do in a day than the R. It seemed to have a gearbox FULL of too fast or too slow gears. Next smallest would be the G. Then think the D. Later D's may make more HP than a G, early tractors were distillate or kerosene fueled, lower HP. Next after G or D is the A, then B, then H, then M, then L. Think that's all of them. Not a huge fan of those old 2-bangers. Some of the worst days of my life were spent listening to those things bang, clang, and hammer along hour after hour. My ears ring 24-7-365 now and I owe that ALL to Mother Deere. I'd get off an M, SM-TA, 450 and no ringing ears. Get off the BTO's 60 or A JD and my ears would ring at least as long as I ran them. Never had that problem with his 4020's, & 4320, 4230, and 2470 Case.
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