who like the 8n boomer tractor

[stan elliott]

who like the 8n boomer tractor or the old 8n ford!me i like the old 8n ford
i do not like 8n boomer electronically modulated CVT transmission

 

[DemcoEd]

what don't you like about it?

 

[stan elliott]

what don't you like about it?

you can't shift it in to 1th2th3th4th Manual if you get in the mud

 

[jinman]

you can't shift it in to 1th2th3th4th Manual if you get in the mud

Stan, do you know what the 8N and Boomer 8N have in common?

Answer: They're both NOT being made anymore.

 

[JC-jetro]

It is old 8N for me all the way. I just wished it came with Diesel engine and live hydraulics, although probably it would not be a major issue to keep the carb going for a long time. Non of us will be here to witness how long a new typical 8n will last but doubt seriously if it would be a match for the old 8N.

JC,

 

[LMan1967]

Why did they quit making the Boomer 8N? Poor sales?

 

[sixdogs]

Why did they quit making the Boomer 8N? Poor sales?

My guess is price. When I first thought of buying one I recall the price was going to be in the twenties range. Much later when one came in I took a look at it was a shocker in the middle thirties. Seems I could get a Kubota that would have better resale value and more of a track record for a lot less. Seems like the new 8N would be a great tractor with the CVT and all.
Guys that liked the old 8N--like me--admired the low price, easy access to parts and reliability. Plus it was easy to work on. The new 8N had none of those features and the anticpated transformation of old owners into new tractors never happened.
So my two cent guess is price was not what the market expected or buyers were willing to pay.

 

[jinman]

Gents, the Boomer Assembly Plant in Dublin, GA was closed during the 1st quarter of 2011 as a "business decision" by New Holland. It corresponded with New Holland's discontinuing the OEM relationship with Shibaura in Japan for the Boomer line of compact tractors. New Holland is just selling existing inventories of those models and is moving to a rebadged tractor line from LS and attaching the Boomer name to those tractors.

Parts support will continue with Shibaura for the existing products, but the CVT transmission and retro-features of the Boomer 8N have been discontinued. Also as has been pointed out in another thread, the line of Boomers with cabs has also been discontinued and no cab is currently available for the LS models.

 

[ksshooter]

Jim..do I understand you correctly in that the Boomers that are out there now were built in Georgia with Shibaura engines but the new ones (that are not out yet) will be rebadged LS tractors? Looks like the LSs are Korean tractors with Daedong or Mitsu engines. I hope my parts stay around for awhile

 

[wrenchguy]

Jim..do I understand you correctly in that the Boomers that are out there now were built in Georgia with Shibaura engines but the new ones (that are not out yet) will be rebadged LS tractors? Looks like the LSs are Korean tractors with Daedong or Mitsu engines. I hope my parts stay around for awhile

Not Jim but the LS built product is already out there. The Georgia built units have the Shibaura engine.

 

[stan elliott]

I have a 1948 ford 8n and a kubota l2050 with a kubota la450s loader

 

[ksshooter]

"Not Jim but the LS built product is already out there. The Georgia built units have the Shibaura engine."

THANKS WRENCHGUY!! I have not seen any at the local New Holland Dealership yet!

 

[jinman]

Ksshooter, here is a photo of the LS model I linked from another thread. As Wrenchguy said, it's the whole tractor. You can easily spot them by the gray cowling under the steering wheel and the solid wheels with only 6 lug bolts. The one in the picture is a Boomer 40. If it were a Shibaura it would be called the Boomer 3040. The loaders on these tractors are not made by LS. I believe NH is staying with Alo Quicke out of Canada for loader production. Also the new LS tractors have no cabs and no SuperSteer front axles.

 

[ksshooter]

Jim, As always thanks for the infor and the pic. It looks like it uses a subframe for the loader and that would be good. In addition, it appears to have the fuel tank in the rear, behind the seat which I think I like better than under the hood. Six bolt wheels look a bit flimsy and the grey cowling does not look that nice to me. I agree with you, if you want one why not go straight to LS. You still get Blue!
Tom
Free ***$e$ Ranch

 

[Bedford24]

Yes LS Tractors - Here in America. LS has a contract With New Holland that their dealers cannot sign onto LS but New Holland forgot to get an agreement that LS cannot put a dealer on top of a New Holland Dealer. LS from what I heard bought the Tarborough NC old LOng Tractor Plant and plans to shift production there with a new Distribution center being in Texas I think. Angsung builds a Loader for these and some other New Holland Tractors - Angsung is building them for LS but New Holland like was pointed out has a contract with Alo.. New Holland just bought out the company that made the CVT transmission so as far as parts goes - no word. Its a Shame as Shibraru made most of the tractors back to 1972 for Ford thru to New Holland but I believe their engines were licensed and designed in cooperation with Mitsubushi... I had a 1533 Shibaru same of the 1200 series Ford.

 

[sixdogs]

Having lived through decades of tractor manufacturer consolidations this whole setup with LS leaves me feeling uneasy for New Holland small tractors. I recall when any dealer who sold Kubota--or any other line--could not have a NH delership when NH bouht out Ford. They lost a lot of dealers that way who stayed with Kubota.
I had a 1900 2wd and 2110 4wd that were great tractors but you could see the potential for problems so I shifted to Kubota. I hope these current moves prove wise for NH. Am I alone in feeling queezy about this?

 

[Bedford24]

It has alot of dealers feeling uneasy and with the Internet World Customers can search and find posts like this or even the NEw Holland Press Releases - Consolidation and cooperation can be good but can also kill customer loyatly to a brand. From what I have seen of these tractors they are well built and high quality... Hyundai is somewhat an owner of LS so that speaks volumes to me - After buying a Hyundai Sonata in 2007 I can not complain - also recently General Motors has entered an agreement with Hyundai - they didn't renew it with Toyota after 2005 and look at the quality of going it alone with chinese made parts and components. Atleast Hyundai is bringin jobs back to the US while the big three are exporting - maybe why GM is doing this deal I can see it coming "Made in the US" LOL!!! Everytime a supplier to these manufacturer's expand their operations the Manufacturer's take credit to add to their stock value - there is a plant in Punta India that build components for three major players in AG that announced a 10 million dollar expansion to their plant - in a week all three of these (un-named) AG brands claimed they too did the same valued expansion... Global Economy LOL!!!