Posted by old fashioned farmer on February 17, 2008 at 10:58:17 from (4.131.48.123):
Howdy folks,
Well, gonna have to build a bigger barn I guess. Good friend called me back this week to ask if I was still interested in a tractor that he needed to sell. I had made him an offer earlier. It wasn’t what he was asking but right now it is all that I can afford. He got back with me and agreed to my offer. Said he would rather see me with the tractor because he knew I would take care of it. It’s a 1953 John Deere R that is set up for rice work. Has all the shields for the axles and brakes plus the shorter wide rear wheels. It is not in good shape and will take lots of elbow grease and $$ to get restored but I’m looking forward to it. Plus it will be neat in the future to have a standard R setting side by side at shows with the latest addition to my collection. I already have a 1951 R.
The question I have is whether anyone has any pics of a restored R that is set up for rice work? I’d like to see one. I have old b&w pics from a two cylinder magazine that featured the R and I’ve seen some of the 830s and 820s set up for rice but no restored pics of an R set up that way. Well, thanks in advance and God bless.
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