First time working with our 1951 John Deere Model R. Pulling a 13 foot wide offset Ford Disk through hard soil gives this old tractor a workout, but it did just fine.
Always run an “R” at full throttle when working. Don’t bog it down. It will pull your disc in 3rd gear at full throttle. I grew up in the back of one. Love your video.
There were some passes where I was at about 3/4 throttle and as I re watched the footage I could tell the tractor sounded happier running wide open, like you said.
I do a lot of tillage with my 820, hard rocky ground and a lot of hills. I run it at about 3/4 throttle in 3rd and it handles it just fine, use either a 13ft disk or 13 foot cultivator with 13 foot chain harrows behind it. I've only ever seen mine reach 180*F twice and that was cultivating hard ground in 90*F weather with the rad shutters closed tight. Just happily sits around 140 most of the time. They sure sound great laboring a bit.
The old girl pulls really well. Those offset disc pull hard. I have a '51 & '53....just a suggestion, always run the 2cyls. with the throttle wide open.
Yeah, temp gauge got up to 190 while pulling in 3rd gear. So I slowed down to 2nd and the temp dropped to 180 and held steady. So that's where we ran it must of the day. Why full throttle as opposed to 3/4 (which was about where I was at)
@@jonelsonster I've been running R's since Moby Dick was a minnow......unlike some later diesels, they are NOT designed to pull at less than full throttle. Do what you want it's your tractor.
Brasil 🇧🇷 perfeito R ,tenho um 820 que meu pai comprou em 1958 novinho, é a melhor visão que já te trabalho de 🚜 que conheço e conforto nesse banco visão perfeita de trabalho. Arei muita terra com um arado 5 disco 28",jonh deere também. Á noite visão era muito bonita ver o escapamento vermelho, agora quero restaurar o JD 820 ,ainda todo original. Mas tenho que ver alguém aí da América para comprar peças para restaurar, adesivos, juntas bomba d'água, anéis e outras coisas.
A fabulous machine still earning its oats. An old but very proven technology. You might want to check the accuracy of the gauges and keep it well oiled. What oil does JD recommend for these tractors. Also any fuel additives if their original valves and seats
@@jonelsonster Every JD manual I've ever read states you need to have them at full throttle under a load in order to avoid engine damage. Otherwise, they will beat their bearings up because of the intermittent power impulses. They aren't like a smoother running 4 cylinder. They need the rpms to keep the engine from beating itself up.
Is that a crankcase ventilator pipe type thing on the right side of the R, and did you add that to the R, pretty impressive pulling power. I’m working on a 1949 R and mine does not have the breather type thing.
That's the oil fill port. We have another R and it doesn't have that breather apparatus either. It just has a steel pipe sticking out. Not sure which is stock. It was like this when we got it. It might be off a model D.
Great video! Haven't been around an R to hear them run. I believe all R's are diesel, but do they all have pony motor start? Or are some electric start? Thank you!
Yes, all model Rs are diesel. And all start with a pony motor. I think the first electric start JD diesels from the factory were the 730 and 830. But even this could still be had with a pony motor. All 70D, 80, 720D and 820 were pony start.
That’s an old offset disc you should lay off lands and work them out. The disc isn’t designed to go up and back up and back because you always leaving a fur Raul one side it doesn’t cover itself.
After I went over the field with the offset disc as an initial pass my dad followed with the butterfly disc ( ru-vid.comh1hcyLyumeI?si=vbdW8fvrdHSi_Jnh ) to further break the ground down. In the end the ground was smooth with no dead furrows.
@@jonelsonster Its amazing to me how long those pony motors last, going 0-90 from a cold start, we never had any issues on our 830. I think the V4 on the 830 ran at like 4500 rpm.
Yes we spent a bit of time pulling in 3rd and the tractor didn't have a problem. But the temp would rise up to about 200 while in 3rd, while it was only 190 while in 2nd. So we kinda switched back and forth between the two.
si realmente se ve que NO save nada , ACELERA ESE TRACTOR para que el motor trabaje liviando , al llegar la punta o cabesera , dobla y levanta a la vez , no precisa que pares . SUERTE !!!
Oh tractor sounds real good but he does need to throttle it up and he’s pulling a offset disc. It’s not a tandem so going up and straight back isn’t the proper way to run that disk you should lay off flange that way you don’t have a dead furl every time you go back.
