Cambridge, southwestern Nebraska | Stay away from the R-60. It will have more capacity than the R50 but has a LOT more belts, pulleys, and other parts. Just was a complicated design.
Beginning with the R50 they cleaned it up and simplified the machine. The R50 was the fore runner to the R42, 52, 62, 72 series. The basic design has not changed appreciably up through todays machines. For the acres your talking the R50 would do fine. It will easily handle a 6 row head. A 25' head in green beans might be a stretch.
There were some changes that made the 1989 1/2 machines better than before. I don't know what they were.
The design of the machine with the accelerator rolls does make it a decent hill machine. The narrower shoe goes against that a little. The rolls need to be in good shape to work properly.
The Duetz engine was good if it has been maintained and cared for.
Overall, a decent machine with good capacity. |
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