NueDemShlak
New member
Like to say hi, I'm new to this site! What I'm about to say might make people mad, but I'm going to say it because it would be nice. I got a '47 8N off my uncle a few months back and the motor was rebuilt like 5 years before. I switched it over to a 12 volt system with stuff I had laying around, rebuilt the pto shaft seal because it leaked like a dog, but what I hate, is the fact it can only lift enough weight with a set of forks that barely make the wheels light. To me, that tractor should lift as much as common sense and bravery would allow, there's a reason they make tractor weights. It was lucky to lift my empty tool box I brought home. I read that these things can lift enough to get the wheels light, but I think it ought to lift more than that. I don't care if I have to get stronger arms for it and somehow connect them to an auxiliary ram and bypass the pump and piston in the rear end, I got plenty of tractor weights. I know people will say bla bla bla it's a small tractor, bla bla u can't push it ect ect. Yeah but it has alot of oomph and can pull a ton of weight like nothing, but the 3 point hitch is a joke. I know I can't compare it to my neighbors tractor, it's a jd 5200, it can lift soo much weight that the rear tires will be flat. Obviously there's no need to go that far, but it's nice to know I can lift that much if ever needed. That 8n I got is way too nice to sell, but it just can't lift all the heavy stuff we got. Any ideas how to make it do what I want to do? If i could remove the cylinder and stick a ram in there, so be it, but I don't know how it's built inside. If I can somehow mount it out side, then run a pump off the front and run the fluid through the tranny, that would be just fine.