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Masseyharrisnut · Nov 19, 2023

Brought home this treasure on Saturday. I know it doesnt fit in with my Massey Harris theme but thats okay. I have a few other off brands as well. Its going to be a bit of a project but looking forward to it.

GermantownGreen · Nov 19, 2023

Wow, that's the beast, 820 or 830?
Pretty good looking.
What a find, good luck with the project.
GG

Steve in VA · Nov 19, 2023

Keep us in the loop on the work.

Masseyharrisnut · Nov 19, 2023

Its actually a model R.

Russ from MN · Nov 19, 2023

My first thought was it is an R, I spent a lot of time on an R when I was young. I think I could start one with a blindfold on.

stevieb49829 · Nov 19, 2023

MHN, wasn't there something about a 100 R's all in one place for a celebration, recently? steve

J Hamilton · Nov 19, 2023

I'm curious. Is it actually an 820 or just painted to look like an 820?

Masseyharrisnut · Nov 19, 2023

They tried to get 100 Ds to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the D but only managed to get fifty some there I think.

Masseyharrisnut · Nov 19, 2023

Hi J Hamilton. Its a model R. Not sure about the paint. If it was repainted it was a very long time ago.

Scott D Orbaker · Nov 19, 2023

Are you sure it's an R model? Looks more like an 820/830. All the pictures I've found of Rs are all green, no yellow on the side of hood or dogleg. The 1 exception was one labeled as a diesel.

Just wondering.

Scott D Orbaker in NY

GreenEnvy · Nov 19, 2023

The paint doesn't matter. Lots of Rs and 80s were repainted to look like 820s. And it's easy to tell its an R in this photo. Rs had circle shaped flywheel covers whereas 80s through 830s had tear drop shaped flywheel covers. And the fenders were short on the R and 80 meaning they didn't cover the tire like the 820 and 830.

Rich'sToys · Nov 19, 2023

GreenEnvy beat me to it. I was sure it was an R because of the flywheel cover. It's just painted to look like a newer model.

Masseyharrisnut · Nov 19, 2023

Its for sure an R.

Scott D Orbaker · Nov 20, 2023

Okay. Thanks for the schooling. Guess you CAN teach an old dog!

Scott D Orbaker in NY

r.w.b. · Nov 20, 2023

grill is almost perfect nice but off painted R

M-MAN · Nov 20, 2023

Nice! First one I saw in person was at a show in Denton ages ago. It was love at first sight! The R reminds me of the built big blocks in the muscle car era. You can feel the ground jarring power from six feet away!

Richard G. · Nov 20, 2023

I have read that John Deere put in 66,000 hours of testing of R's before releasing that series to the dealers.

jddrawbar · Nov 20, 2023

The easy difference is the 4 spoke steering wheel. 80, 820, 830 have 3....You will fall in love with the tractor. I have a '51 & '53 and the '53 will never leave!

504 · Nov 20, 2023

Theres only one reason why our 70 didnt have a yellow insert,dad wouldnt let me paint it on .

rustred · Nov 20, 2023

you got john deere's first diesel tractor model there. came out in 1949. ihc had there first diesel tractor, the wd40 out in 1935 and the td40 tractractor was before that, 1934. the wd40 was actually the first north American diesel tractor. caterpillar 60 was the first diesel engine in around 1931. is yor R in running order?

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