Bought another deere yesterday

Well, gonna have to build a bigger barn I guess. Good friend called me back this week to ask if I was still interested in a tractor that he needed to sell. I had made him an offer earlier. It wasn’t what he was asking but right now it is all that I can afford. He got back with me and agreed to my offer. Said he would rather see me with the tractor because he knew I would take care of it. It’s a 1953 John Deere R that is set up for rice work. Has all the shields for the axles and brakes plus the shorter wide rear wheels. It is not in good shape and will take lots of elbow grease and $$ to get restored but I’m looking forward to it. Plus it will be neat in the future to have a standard R setting side by side at shows with the latest addition to my collection. I already have a 1951 R.

The question I have is whether anyone has any pics of a restored R that is set up for rice work? I’d like to see one. I have old b&w pics from a two cylinder magazine that featured the R and I’ve seen some of the 830s and 820s set up for rice but no restored pics of an R set up that way. Well, thanks in advance and God bless.

--old fashioned farmer

Here's a 52 that's pretty much original instead of restored. Belongs to my step father first one I ever got to drive. neat old tractor.

No, the issue I have is specifically on the R. There is one pic in there of a rice model pulling a 2 shank ripper down south. I've never seen the issue on rice tractors. I'll have to snoop around ebay and see if I can snag one on there. That's where I got the issue I was talking about before. God bless.

--old fashioned farmer