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Re: Ford 8n,9n,2n opinions


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Posted by Iowa Farmer-retired on October 13, 1998 at 23:38:22:

In Reply to: Ford 8n,9n,2n opinions posted by Bob Brown on October 13, 1998 at 19:58:21:


: I would like a little insight as long as we are talking about Ford tractors.

: I know little about tractors, however, I have asked probably a dozen Farmers about 8n's and 2n's. to see if they are good tractors. Almost without exception, I get reactions of laughter. I have been given the iMpression that most professional farmers feel that these tractors were a joke even in there time. I am told that they did not have live pto and needed to be overhauled almost yearly when seriously worked.
: I am also told that they were way to light to do any serious field work. Am I asking the wrong people or are these tractors popular for some reasons that have not been brought to my attention?

Yes, you are right. Farmers did think they were more or less a joke in their time. When I was a teenager I liked these tractors because they were fun. fast and easy to operate. Most farmers operated about 80 acres in those days, had little money for frivolous equipment and preferred to own a more serious farming tractor like a M or H Farmall, A or B John Deere,etc.. The few farmers that owned N's used them for chasing cattle.pulling light grain wagons, plowing the garden and other odd jobs. I think that is why they have lasted so long. Most of them weren't used much. One neighbor did try to farm 100 acres with a 8N ,but he was more or less the laughingstock of the neighborhood because he was usually stuck in a mudhole somewhere because of the low ground clearance. Corn always had more weeds cause you could onlly cultivate about one inch deep without the front end getting light and wandering off the row. Now that I am retired and don't have to worry about getting a lot of work done I own a 9N-2N and 8n because they are such fun and useful for a hobby farmer with a lot of time to do tractor repairs and restoration.



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