Ford 8N or similar older types

[TASMAN17]

Yeah! I know that feeling & there is allot of tractor owners that like to look & reflect on there tractors & I saw the picture You posted , Kind of looks like a Norman Rockwell print & I have 3 classic automobiles that are in my garage that I don't drive that often ,But to me a tractor is a piece of equipment ,Or a tool that calls out to you & wants to be worked & even though I only have 2 tractors I like working them & they seem to like being worked & I love the seat time on both of them. Get the old gal out & just drive it around once a month ,It's better than just letting her sit there & call out to you every time You look at her saying take me out for a ride or some work !!!!!& I was looking at somebody else's tractor on this thread & it made me think of your tractor

My horse has the same complaint

 

[fried1765]

My horse has the same complaint

Yeah,...... but the 8N has 24 horses!
Imagine how much worse it must feel.

 

[TASMAN17]

Yeah,...... but the 8N has 24 horses!
Imagine how much worse it must feel.

 

[wolc123]

If you have enough room, it is very nice to have an old 8n, addition to a modern 4wd tractor with a loader. Most jobs I need a tractor for do not require a loader. Of those, my old 8n works better than my modern CUT, for more than half. For me, that adds up to about an even split, as far as how the hours accumulate on each.

I used the 8n just last week:

 

[bcp]

No mention yet of 8N's with an auxiliary transmission?

I wish mine had had one.

Bruce

 

[fried1765]

No mention yet of 8N's with an auxiliary transmission?

I wish mine had had one.

Bruce

My 1951 8N does have the Sherman Aux transmission.
I have never used it.

 

[bcp]

It changes the 8N from a 4sp to a 12sp.

Gear steps here, at the page bottom:

TractorData.com Ford 8N tractor transmission information

www.tractordata.com

Bruce

 

[JethroB]

23 mph on a well worn 8N steering has got to exciting.

 

[bcp]

23 mph on a well worn 8N steering has got to exciting.

When I sold mine, the buyer towed it home with a rope, with me on the tractor steering. It was so long ago I don't remember why it was done that way.

What I do remember is that he went up to about 30 mph. It felt like 300!

Bruce

 

[TASMAN17]

My 8N has the Sherman - used it once or twice just to see what it would do, but since I don't really run it on roads or till with it never really saw much use for it for me. Pretty much run every thing geared down here for the torque and dealing with hills and very rocky ground. Interesting though how many semi-official and standardized mods like it were made available for the Fords, often from a dealer, probably a reflection how many were sold.