WDR9

Jimmy in TN · Feb 17, 2009

Hey guys, I was raised on a farm in the 40's, when I was a boy about 8 or 9 years old there was a large red tractor that would come by our house once in a while going to another farm,the letters on it were WDR9, I was use to the H and M but to a child this thing going down the road in road gear wide open was scary, what did the R stand for (maybe rice?) I can still see it in my memory now, I have been to a lot of tractor shows but I have never seen one since, just wondering, Jimmy

Harold H · Feb 17, 2009

Jimmy,

Scrole down to the thread on "Rice Field Specials" last added to 2/17 @ 1:59 PM as of now.

Harold H

Anonymous-0 · Feb 18, 2009

Yes, the "R" stood for rice, and the "D" stood for diesel. They are realtivly uncommon, very few if any people know how many were built. Were was your farm? Was it close to Texas? Louisiana? The ones that were built were shipped there.

Jimmy in TN · Feb 18, 2009

IHStanderd man, I lived in Arkansas at the time about 30 miles west of Memphis,There were no rice fields in the area at that time,just cotton,corn and some beans now it's rice and soybeans. The man who owned the WDR9 owned several 2000 acer plantations as they were known as back then and many many other tractors Case mostly, I left there when I was 17. thanks for the info.on the WDR9, I have a 53 Super C now I ride my grand kids on and play with, it is still all original,paint and all but does have a 12 volt system,you can still see some of the original stickers on it, I am 3rd owner, it was a working tractor when I bought it, my first tractor to drive was an H 1939, first one to be sold in Cross County Ar. Ilove to read the IH forum and read it several times a day to keep up with you guys, ya'll realy know your stuff, thanks,Jimmy

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