Implements for 8N?

Also, If I buy an 8N how do I get parts to fix it? Do tractor supply stores sell after market parts?

thanks,rob

Yes, ANY cat 1 implement will fit, but that doesn't mean it will work. I am speaking of a rototiller mainly. Remember the 8N is not live PTO and implements like this that require constant power with varied ground speed may not work as intended. All of the implements you mentioned will work great on an 8N.

Arne

You said, "Plan on have a good counterweight and calcium in the rear tires to offset all that weight in the front." Unfortunately calcium/water in the tires does nothing to counter the loader weight on the front so that it relieves the weight on the front tires that makes steering hard with a loader. You are correct about the counter weight, it was just not clear at first reading - sounded like you ment the calcium/water was the counter weight. Read on....

If you took high school physics, you learned about levers - if you didn't or forgot what you learned (like I have for much of my "schooling") then you shouldn't be offended by my "correcting" you - at least I don't intend to offend.

Think of a tetter-totter, the weight of each child is held up by the pivot of the board in the center. With weight only in the tires, the pivot is the front tires. That puts the most load on the front, just where you do not want it. Think of it this way. If you load the bucket to the point that it just lifts the rear tires up, where is ALL the weight supported?

What you want is to make the rear tires the pivot point of the "tetter-totter", which will take the load off the front. SO to do that you must have your counter weight BEHIND the rear tires. The weight of calcium/water in the tires is not behind, rather just over the pivot point you want. Thus a HEAVY implement mounted on the TPH will help. Or you could use a carry-all frame with concrete block fastened to it. Important thing to be aware of in placing the counter weight, the further back behind the rear tires the weight is the more effective it is. That is less weight is required to counter the same front weight. Big kid - Little kid, on the tetter-totter. The big kid has to be closer to the center and the little has to be further back for them to balance.

Hope that explains the counter balancing effect.

Best regards,
Larry

I've got just a couple additions to what everyone else said, based on mistakes I made a few years back when I was in exactly your position.

I first bought new implements from the local tractor supply store cuz they were easy to find and I thought they'd be better. Most have been ok for what I do, including the middlebuster and the subsoiler. The disk I bought was not: I bought a 4' disk, and while it is "ok" I wouldn't buy another; it is too light so I have to weight it, and it is too narrow...5' would have been better, and an old piece would have been best.

I've since learned that the older implements are usually the best (like tractors and tractor owners, I guess!): better built, easier to learn on, easier to use and maintain. So I watch the local farm auctions and spread the word when I am shopping for a new cultivator, rake or what-have-you. Most times, around here, if you can find the piece then you can find it cheap, too.

Finally, most important, I think is to ask here or on the implement board for advice before you buy. You'll avoid some of the stupid mistakes I made!

have fun and good luck!
Tom A