What happened to Soundguy?

[RickB]

For those of you incapable of understanding a little humor, you can file an official complaint:

 

[lilranch2001]

now who is being butthurt?
:laughing:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

 

[Jstpssng]

We did everything with that 8N, including baling hay, plow, disk, cultivate and pulling timber.

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Nice. Like many others, the first tractor I drove was an 8N. In winter my father had a set of half tracks for it, with those on you could go almost anywhere.
Just don't take it down the sidehill next to the barn, as I found out the hard way. :shocked:

 

[Big Barn]

Nice. Like many others, the first tractor I drove was an 8N. In winter my father had a set of half tracks for it, with those on you could go almost anywhere.
Just don't take it down the sidehill next to the barn, as I found out the hard way. :shocked:

We had Arps halftracks on our Ford 640. They were awesome. The only way we could work the land in wet springs and harvest through the winter.

I put them on our Ford 3000 in 1965. We wore out two sets of tracks and replaced 3 or 4 sets of links.

 

[goeduck]

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Good looking girls you have there :thumbsup:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Nice tractors all.

Maybe if someone "mis reports" some false Ford tractor facts, Soundguy will come back...

 

[clemsonfor]

Nice tractors all.

Maybe if someone "mis reports" some false Ford tractor facts, Soundguy will come back...

Haha, yea.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice tractors all.

Maybe if someone "mis reports" some false Ford tractor facts, Soundguy will come back...

He gave me suggestions on unsticking the clutch on the 641. Never did get it loose.

 

[sixdogs]

Six, I doubt if 10% of them are still running. Actually when I think about it, I'll guess less than 5% of them are still running.

I'm certainly not an 8N hater. Things were changing at a fast pace back then. It simply got improved on at such a dramatic pace that it became ineffective.

Well, since we bet, or should have bet, that beautiful 3910FWD of yours :licking:, here's a couple of quotes. I sort-of cheated because I had seen the answer but can't remember where. I think it was in the 8N Ford magazine but have seen in other places. Here's the quote from Mother Earth News, of all things:

The Ford 8N tractor was introduced in 1947, and 442,035 were built between then and 1952. The majority of them are still running. The 8N was the last of a series of tractorsé—¡æ*„e N-series蛯*uilt by Ford starting in 1939, the firs two being the 9N, made through 1942, and its successor the 2N, built through 1947. These first tractors were made in partnership with the Ferguson company, hence, they are generally referred to as Ford Fergusons.
The Ford 8N Tractor | MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Where is Soundguy when we need him, which is always? He could confirm this in an instant. I'll also guess that most of them have never been apart.
As well,most people today don't know of the famous "handshake agreement" between Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson that led to an epic battle and was the origin of Ferguson Tractor and by virtue of that, Massey Ferguson and down the line. All from the 8N.


As a footnote, I once drove an 8N tractor 17 miles--one way--at 23 below zero on a windy day to get a clutch replaced. I was dressed for it so was OK but neglected to remember the metal seat and plan accordingly. At the end of the harrowing ride, only my butt was cold.