2210d for $1000....what do you think?

[rScotty]

Well if you happen to have read my other thread, I've decided to go with a ford 8n. I still like the yanmars but changed up my budget and could get alot more for the money...implements included . I appreciate all the feedback and I notice kenmac and a couple others commenting on both my threads. .....tthank you, cause I have a lot to learn. Not sure if I asked the wrong questions or not but I joined and posted similar questions on the hoye forum and got nothing but crickets. Not talking bad about that site, learned alot and purchased their book, just stating my short term experience. So your responses here have been helpful. Wish me luck cause I'll be picking up my first tractor on friday..2 days from today. Thanks again and God bless

I've had both old American tractors and newer Compacts. One thing that will let you know immediately if an older American tractor like an 8N is in good shape is the steering effort. On a tractor you are steering and turning constantly. Steering was a problem for most the US made machines of that era. Compounded by a heavy front end and poor steering geometry. However, replacement steering parts are available and will always be one of the first thing to be replaced when upgrading an older machine. Easy and not too expensive. But the steering will still be crazy hard compared to a compact. Using larger balloon type tires or small automotive tires pumped up hard on the front exle of the 8N will help the steering a bit, but choose them carefully. You want a narrow tire with a flat tread and that means a search.

The older American tractors are just fine - maybe better than the compacts - for pulling implements.... Especially heavy implements. The lack of an independent PTO makes them inferior to most of the Compacts for PTO work, but for general 3pt work with a pulled implement the old American tractors are very nice. Engines are simple, dependable, and quiet.
For any type of PTO work you would prefer a compact tractor with an independent PTO. Well, that's not quite true. For bush-hogging a large flat field the 8N will be fine once you get going.

Some of the larger compacts have enough hydraulic flow to power accessory hydraulic implements, but the 8N and the smaller compacts are deficient in flow rate and pressure. Both can have/ should have an auxillary hydraulic pump fitted if you plan to use any hydraulics more demanding than the OEM 3pt hitch.

For use with a loader, the 8N is not nearly so nice in any respect as the simplest loader on even a small compact tractor. A loader on an 8N will lift a load, but it won't be able to "work" the loader in dirt like a compact does so well. The 8N is also not nearly so good in the snow - in either 2WD or 4WD. Chains help.
However, I actually prefer something like the 8N for pulling a wagon or when I have to travel any distance or for work in a larger rougher field. And of course they are beautiful things and that's worth a bunch all by itself.
I don't think that anyone has ever stopped by to tell me how beautiful my Yanmars or Kubotas looked, but if you park the 8N where people can see it, be expecting a few gawkers.
Luck, rScotty

 

[kenmac]

Well if you happen to have read my other thread, I've decided to go with a ford 8n. I still like the yanmars but changed up my budget and could get alot more for the money...implements included . I appreciate all the feedback and I notice kenmac and a couple others commenting on both my threads. .....tthank you, cause I have a lot to learn. Not sure if I asked the wrong questions or not but I joined and posted similar questions on the hoye forum and got nothing but crickets. Not talking bad about that site, learned alot and purchased their book, just stating my short term experience. So your responses here have been helpful. Wish me luck cause I'll be picking up my first tractor on friday..2 days from today. Thanks again and God bless

good luck with your 8N. Before
I bought my yanmar, I had a Harry Ferguson TO 20.
When I bought the yanmar, it was like coming out of the stone ages. LOL

I needed something a little better and the yanmar with power steering fit the bill at that time

 

[rScotty]

good luck with your 8N. Before
I bought my yanmar, I had a Harry Ferguson TO 20.
When I bought the yanmar, it was like coming out of the stone ages. LOL

I needed something a little better and the yanmar with power steering fit the bill at that time

What the older Yanmars and the older US tractors still have in common is reliability of the main components and the fixibility of everything.

 

[clemsonfor]

Well if you happen to have read my other thread, I've decided to go with a ford 8n. I still like the yanmars but changed up my budget and could get alot more for the money...implements included . I appreciate all the feedback and I notice kenmac and a couple others commenting on both my threads. .....tthank you, cause I have a lot to learn. Not sure if I asked the wrong questions or not but I joined and posted similar questions on the hoye forum and got nothing but crickets. Not talking bad about that site, learned alot and purchased their book, just stating my short term experience. So your responses here have been helpful. Wish me luck cause I'll be picking up my first tractor on friday..2 days from today. Thanks again and God bless

Hoye is less busy than here. Most of the folks that know there post here as well, many are tired of cross posting and seem to post here way more frequent. I know i look at their forum only randomly and usually am just here.

 

[California]

A minor comment re tires: my neighbor who hauls 1500 lb harvest bins on front and rear forks over rough ground says trailer tires stand up to front loader use far better than implement or automotive tires. He runs 7.00-16 on his MF135's and similar. (photo - Ford 4600) Perhaps 6.00-16 6 ply trailer tires could be found for a lighter tractor.

 

[clemsonfor]

Trailer tires with proper load ranges can easily carry 2x or more weight of the exact same size automotive tire.

 

[California]

Trailer tires with proper load ranges can easily carry 2x or more weight of the exact same size automotive tire.

... plus you don't have the safety hazard of a blowout on the highway, so going undersize to improve tractor steering effort doesn't risk much.

On my little watering trailer - built on a HF 40x48" trailer - I thought the little 20 year old 8 inch tires would pop immediately carrying 2600 lbs on rough ground. They plowed badly - it was like towing a skid - but they lasted fine for two seasons until I found some cheap 12" tires/rims that tow better. The little 8 inchers are rated I think 575 lbs each for highway use.

 

[OKSparks]

Well I picked up the 8n I was talking about yesterday. It's a 1950 and came with the finish mower. I was comfortable with the seller as he seemed down to earth and honest. I was able to buy it for $1200. The seller had already replaced with new parts (not used); the fuel tank, distributer cap, setiment bulb, new spark plugs and wires, new hoses, water pump and some other things I have written down but can't find the piece of paper I wrote it down on at the moment. Has the 12 volt conversion done. The carb on it has been cleaned and is working good but sent me with a brand new one in a box, along with some other parts. The finish mower has new blades, rear wheels and belts. It already has the slip clutch installed ( I think that's what it's called), and the added braces on the lower rear arms of the rear pto. I truly appreciate everyone's feedback, and will need all the help I can get. If I need to post something on a different part of the forums I will, just letting everyone here that is commenting know what's happening

 

[OKSparks]

Here's a few pics of the tractor

 

[TX mower]

Here's a few pics of the tractor

They're an undeniably "classically handsome" tractor and your new acquisition looks sharp :thumbsup:

Please post a link here if you start a thread in a new section, I'd be curious to see it with the loader you mentioned installed when you get around to that.

Wishing you many hours of happy use

(time to update your profile - no longer "nothing yet" )