My first John Deere

Randya20 · Oct 5, 2017

Barn find 820, 1972, tach shows 618 hours been sitting for 11 years in a barn, changed all filters, new battery, drained the old diesel, added new diesel started right up
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Randya20 · Oct 5, 2017

Sorry about the double picture, first picture I have ever uploaded here

tomstractorsandtoys · Oct 5, 2017

Looks great. Does yours have power steering? I have owned a few that did but most did not. Dad paid $2800 for a brand new one in 1968 or 69. Tom

Randya20 · Oct 5, 2017

yes it has power steering

DR. EVIL · Oct 6, 2017

What brand of rear tires are those? On a tractor with only 618 hours I would expect to see factory installed OEM tires on a tractor. Most tractors that vintage would have Firestone All Traction Field & Road, or Good-Year Power-Torque. Not sure if Deere used BF Goodrich but they had an OEM grade tire too. And those tires don't look like ANY of those. Both my old tractors have tires from the mid-1960's with minimal weather-checking of the rubber, except for the mid-1950's vintage tire on the one, it's weathered BAD but it spent 10 years outside early in it's life.

Randya20 · Oct 6, 2017

Fidelity brand on the rear

Kent Petersen · Oct 8, 2017

Look like Firestone to me

NoDakInMN · Oct 8, 2017

It's a 45 year old tractor. I don't find that it not having original rears after all that time an automatic disqualifier of the low hours. In 45 years, a lot can happen to cause tires to be replaced besides wear, especially on an utility tractor.

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