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rusty6

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The year 1955 was Saskatchwan's jubilee year so of course a parade was in order for most towns. This was ours and that is either the local JD dealer or the new owner on this John Deere 70 diesel tractor. It was a big tractor in it's day.
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Nice photo. Thank you for posting it. I drove a 720 standard diesel all summer in 1957 for a neighbor, mostly working summerfallow. I got to break it in by running for several hours in 1st (?) gear. Thanks for the memories!
 
They both did. In fact, the lab retested the 70 because they thought the results of the first test was a fluke. And then the tractor did even better the 2nd time around.
 
Nice picture. What some people don't know is for a short time the 70 was the biggest tractor JD offered. Deere cancelled the R and but the 80 wasn't ready yet. Being as the 70 is actually the same hp as the R, JD figured it could carry the load until the 80.
 
(quoted from post at 20:56:08 01/23/19) Nice picture. What some people don't know is for a short time the 70 was the biggest tractor JD offered. Deere cancelled the R and but the 80 wasn't ready yet. Being as the 70 is actually the same hp as the R, JD figured it could carry the load until the 80.
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Thats interesting. I was wondering how come the biggest farmer in the district did not buy the biggest John Deere at the time. Assumed the 80 was available but I guess not.
 
First two cylinder I ever ran was a 70 diesel. Dad bought it for $500. The engine was all apart in a box. I sure liked the sound of that pony motor. Thought it would have made a great go-cart. Tom
 
(quoted from post at 22:15:31 01/23/19) First two cylinder I ever ran was a 70 diesel. Dad bought it for $500. The engine was all apart in a box. I sure liked the sound of that pony motor. Thought it would have made a great go-cart. Tom
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I've heard it said that it cost as much or more to rebuild the little start engine as it did the main tractor engine. Think the start engine was a V4.
 
not a deere fan but it is great to see those old pictures when the tractors (any flavor) were new and in their original use/ownership.
 
I grew up on A's B's & Later 520 & 620's.. Then we helped a neighbor put in crops one spring. I got on his model 70 & disc a 25 acre field for corn. What I remember was constantly pushing the throttle ahead thinking it wasn't wide open & it was.. Later in life when I operated my 1st 820 I caught myself doing the same thing..
 
The 720 diesel set a fuel record even better than the record of the R and 70. I ran an R for an uncle and remember that the fuel tank was 21 gallons and it would run a 10 hour day in heavy tillage and still have enough to run a few miles on the road home. We never filled fuel at noon.
 
Are you sure Deere cancelled the R? I would think they finally got to the end of the reasonable production cycle as the various machines, molds, dies and assembly fixtures finally wore out and it was too expensive to create more new tools when the 80 was nearing completion. The 80 became available in 1955 according to data I have.
 
Yes I'm very sure. Its documented fact from articles put out by GM and 2 cylinder. Also, I have a 1955 JD Modern Farming catalog and it lists the 70 diesel standard but not the R nor the 80. The last R was built in August of 1954. The first 80s were built in the early summer of 1955 but weren't available to the public until August of that year. JD did have some Rs left over in factory inventory/branch warehouses so it was possible to still buy an R during that time if your dealer had one left over in his inventory or if he could locate one. But once the Rs were gone, they were gone and you had to settle for a 70 or wait for the 80.
 
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