The 9N at introduction sold for 595 US dollars while the Farmall M which Ford identified as the most likely competitor priced out on average for 1050 depending on the package and what was deleted. At 1050 normally got an owner full electrical, hydraulics, both belt and PTO among other features. Coming out of the Great Depression many gave serious thought to the price difference. After WWII many people had good incomes and wanted a tractor to tend garden, clear snow, and keep a small acreage mowed which gave birth to the utility tractor business which the 8N helped satisfy the market. It should not be said the 8N was not sold to farm businesses but the other market was very sizable for Ford. Municipalities had similar needs in terms of snow removal and mowing plus the advent of the Sherman backhoe gave another reason for them to consider an 8N.
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Today's Featured Article - Gatherin of the Orange - by Rick Nikolich. In July of 1998 I was talking to fellow Allis Chalmers collector Mike Schilling about the annual "Gathering of The Orange" AC show coming up in August of 1999. He got this wild idea that we should get a convoy of AC tractors and drive them from Charlotte, Michigan 105 miles to LaGrange, Indiana.
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