Posted by oldtanker on August 03, 2012 at 21:37:33 from (66.228.255.239):
In Reply to: Seat time. posted by BoonvilleKid on August 03, 2012 at 20:28:34:
BoonvilleKid said: (quoted from post at 20:28:34 08/03/12) My Father used to say that the only thing a Ford tractor (N) was good for was to gather eggs.
I would disagree with that. I plowed a 7 acre field with one last year, cultivate garden, brush cut, rake hay, maintain the drive, finish mow about 4 acres, spray pasture, pull a trailer sometimes, dig post holes and more. The first part of last month I drove it 8 miles, mowed an acre for my MIL, drove it home, mounted the rear blade and drove it back to her place and moved about 7 YDS of class 5 prior to my FIL's funeral then drove it home, all on about 4 gallons of gas. The Super C has a weight advantage but is taller so working in the woods makes you duck more, isn't as nimble (WFE) and lacks the 3 point. I have 2 8N's (lazy and don't like changing implements 3-4 times a week), the 1206, M and a TLB. The N's get more run time than anything else followed by the TLB. My M is WFE and is clumsy, steers hard and at 6'5" the seat is too low. Now don't get me wrong. That M starts when I need it and runs well. I can leave it set for 6 months and it will fire right up. I don't use it enough to dump any real money into it like a decent seat or PS. 3 point would be nice too. In it's day the M was a great tractor....but that day was long ago.
Now on the down side of the 8N. brakes could be better, too fast in 1st and R and by the time the 8N came out you would have thought that Ford would have had a better idea and gone over to an OHV engine.
The up side of it is I can still buy new implements that will work on the N series. Brush hogs, finish mowers, PHD's, disk, cultivators, broadcast spreaders and much more. I can buy a towed sprayer and a manure spreader, hay rake and drag that will work behind a stock M. Guess you can use a haybine, offset not swing arm behind an M but why would you want to? I do all my baling with the 1206, both small squares and round plus it runs the haybine. So something with a 3 point, multiple remotes and PS would make a better tractor for what I'm doing.
Rick
This post was edited by oldtanker at 21:37:55 08/03/12.
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