Posted by DR. EVIL on July 28, 2021 at 19:35:32 from (174.192.69.186):
In Reply to: Worst ever? posted by johnlobb on July 28, 2021 at 09:51:45:
The R diesel has to be REAL close to the worst. BIG NOISEY AWKWARD thing, huge for only being able to pull a 3 bottom plow! Hit any kind of hill and it drops rpm fast, Have to tun the Live pto to get the Live hydraulic. Brake pedals are about 6 feet apart, almost behind the seat. The hand clutch and throttle lever were so long I had to stand up to use them, I was only 10 years old that spring. The 2 cylinder Pony engine was way too small to spin the diesel with any authority, especially if it was below 30-35 degrees. And who thought 11 miles per hour was a ROAD GEAR? Dad sold the thing with 16 acres left to plow, was still April. Township road commissioner bought it to drag roads and help tear up scarified roads with a 4-5 ft heavy-duty rototiller. The PTO was so weak he tore the pto out every spring for three years and the new road commissioner realized was a piece of junk it really was and traded it for an Oliver 770 diesel that I was still using to rototill and drag TEN years later. You could NOT lug an R down, no center main bearing like EVERY other 2 cylinder diesel and the crankshafts were known to break. I thought those days spring of '64 would be the worst I'd ever have to tolerate but about spring of '73 my Boss had me rotary hoe 80 acres of beans with a #60 John Deere, 6-30 rows, the hoe was set-up for 6-30's, that thing popped and knocked, and rattled all day till almost dark hoeing those beans in 4th gear. He owned a 4320, 3 4020's, I don't think he had the 4230 till the next year.
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