After trying to mow 10 acres and plow 600 feet of driveway with a craftsman garden tractor, it finally occured to me that there must be a better way. After searching the web for a couple of months, the Ford N series seemed like the best possible solution. It seems like 3/4 of those ever made are still running and as far as geting parts is concerned, it as if Ford never stopped making them.Anyway, we found an old mongrel 2n...it has an early 8n case, 8n front wheels but more or less 2n the rest of the way. She is pretty beat up looking and several generations of impatient farmers have committed some atrocities to the sheet metal. There is a 4" hole cut out of the hood exposing the top of the radiator cap, for example. However, she sure does run well. I bought a 5' bush hog, new top links,an overrunning clutch a boom, etc. got em all hooked up and did we ever make the grass fly! The necessity of the "Zane thang" became obvious after about 5 minutes...I spent more time trimming the pitch of the "hog" than I spent looking straight ahead...not a good idea. That and I cut some astronomical-grade divots in the pasture when the hog dropped below where I wanted it! The "thang" will be my next purchase.
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