flusher
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- Joined
- Jun 4, 2005
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- Sacramento
- Tractor
- Getting old. Sold the ranch. Sold the tractors. Moved back to the city.
Hi, I am in the market locally (Houston-ish) for a tractor. I have found two that I am looking at and they look almost the same to me. One is a Ford 9N and the other is a Ford 8N. They both are pretty darned old but they both look good. They both run well (the internet ad says so anyway). One is $1500 and the other one is $1800. What are the differences? Anybody know? They both claim the PTO works. I really want a tractor with a front end loader but its not in the budget unless I can get one in the $4000 dollar range.
Unless that 8N has a Sherman transmission, in low gear the tractor moves too fast for rototilling, if you're interested in that implement.
You also need an overrunning clutch on the pto shaft when you run something like a rotary mower (aka brush hog) on an 8N or 9N ---a $70 item at Tractor Supply.
My neighbor tried to use his 8N with an IH 57 hay baler and no ORC. He got the baler moving OK but when he tried to stop the tractor/baler he twisted the pto shaft into a corkscrew. In addition, it turns out that the 8N in low gear moved too fast and the pickup was feeding too much hay too fast which choked the baler. He borrowed a neighbors JD 2640 which handled the baler with ease.