Welcome! Please use the navigational links to explore our website.
PartsASAP LogoCompany Logo Auction Link (800) 853-2651

Shop Now

   Allis Chalmers Case Farmall IH Ford 8N,9N,2N Ford
   Ferguson John Deere Massey Ferguson Minn. Moline Oliver

Ford 9N, 2N & 8N Discussion Forum
:

NAA in the snow

Welcome Guest, Log in or Register
Author 
Rusty VT.

02-28-2005 11:45:46




Report to Moderator

NAA, filled tires with chains ... I've been tempted to try to use it to break a trail through the sugar woods.

Anyone think that I'd have any luck driving this over snow (not plowed, not blowed, not even packed down ... just a couple of feet of snow)? How much would it take to get stuck?




[Log in to Reply]   [No Email]
Jimmyjack

02-28-2005 18:29:34




Report to Moderator
 Re: NAA in the snow in reply to Rusty VT. , 02-28-2005 11:45:46  
I have an NAA with loaded tires and chains and use it winters in the woods. I am in Northern Wisconsin, and the winters vary, but it will take a quite a drift before you get bogged down. Once the trail is broken, and freezes down, you will have it made. It also depends on the texture of the snow. (sugar snow spins tires easier) Steering is the toughest in deep snow, and a touch on the rear brakes might be needed. I have 3 sets of chains and the deeper the snow the bigger the links. I dont think you will have too much problems for the most part.

[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Upper Peninsula, Mi

02-28-2005 17:16:13




Report to Moderator
 Re: NAA in the snow in reply to Rusty VT. , 02-28-2005 11:45:46  
Rusty. If you felt confident that the tractor could handle it, you wouldn't have asked the forum, right? If you had a front mounted plow, like the one I posted today in the Tractor Photos, you may have a chance. Look for 1940 9N with Dearborn snow plow. My email is open. Good luck and have fun with the sugar bush. Ron



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Erik Graham

02-28-2005 15:16:01




Report to Moderator
 Re: NAA in the snow in reply to Rusty VT. , 02-28-2005 11:45:46  
I have a NAA with loaded tires and no chains (on the list for next winter) and would have to agree with the other posters. At the moment you lose traction your tractor will start digging down and it will continue to do so until it hits something it can bite into. If that happens to be at axle depth, well.....

Cheers,Erik



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Scott-IA

02-28-2005 13:57:45




Report to Moderator
 Re: NAA in the snow in reply to Rusty VT. , 02-28-2005 11:45:46  
Are you kidding me? Fluid AND chains? I doubt you'd ever get it stuck on good timber ground as long as it's fairly flat. Stay out of the ditches.....at least anything more than ankle deep and have fun!



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Fessman

02-28-2005 13:28:16




Report to Moderator
 Re: NAA in the snow in reply to Rusty VT. , 02-28-2005 11:45:46  
Once it starts to float up on the snow, you will get stuck. That is once the undercarriage gets hung-up. If you can wait until the snow packs down, you will have much better luck. I try to pack it down with the snowmobile if the snow starts to get too deep. That combined with a little thaw, and refreeze and it is great to travel on.

Fessman



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
BillM (OH)

02-28-2005 13:04:21




Report to Moderator
 Re: NAA in the snow in reply to Rusty VT. , 02-28-2005 11:45:46  
If you can keep the rear wheels in contact with the ground, it'll work -- but I'd bring a shovel along if I were you. My brother and I used to run a contest every spring -- winner was the first one to get through the barway where it always drifted. Used to hit it in high gear WOT -- always wound up shoveling her back down to the ground!!! With the snowpack underneath the belly, you could turn the wheels with your fingers..... . Good luck!!!

[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
duey

02-28-2005 12:58:30




Report to Moderator
 Re: NAA in the snow in reply to Rusty VT. , 02-28-2005 11:45:46  
Go FORTH... send back pictures! Bring your snowshoes with in case ya don't make it back in the seat!

How about skis on the front and half-tracks on the back?? They had N's down to the South Pole, right?? Send pictures!! duey



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
duey

02-28-2005 19:01:59




Report to Moderator
 duey again in reply to duey, 02-28-2005 12:58:30  
Dad used to say, tongue in cheek, that an Oliver on steel wheels would go through so much snow it"d push you off the seat...!!!! :-))



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Steve IA

02-28-2005 12:56:23




Report to Moderator
 Re: NAA in the snow in reply to Rusty VT. , 02-28-2005 11:45:46  
Only 1 way to find out. Let us know how far you got when you get back. 8^) Steve NAA III443



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
[Options]  [Printer Friendly]  [Posting Help]  [Return to Forum]   [Log in to Reply]

Hop to:


TRACTOR PARTS TRACTOR MANUALS
We sell tractor parts!  We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]

Home  |  Forums


Copyright © 1997-2023 Yesterday's Tractor Co.

All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy

TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters

Website Accessibility Policy