Re: Little Confused

Posted by paul on August 28, 2001 at 22:25:10 from (209.23.145.17):

In Reply to: Little Confused posted by S Nelson on August 28, 2001 at 20:07:00:

I farm by New Ulm, whereabouts are you? :)

The 8N was a wonderful tractor in it's day, miles ahead of the competition. But, that was 50 years ago.... ;)

For a loader, it's nice to have live hydraulics. You would need to put a front hydraulic pump on it, as 8N's don't have live hydraulics. Power steering is really nice too for loader work, none on 8n.

For brush hog work, a live pto is nice too, and 8N doesn't have that. You _will_ want an over running coupler on an 8N to run most pto equipment, it's a matter of safety. (Look up ORC here in the archives...)

(If you are ever thinking 'snowblower' in the future, you want a live pto. Just not practical to try to blow snow here in MN without live pto...)

Something like a 660/ 661 / 860 / 861 Ford would have the live pto & hydraulics. (The '6' in the middle is the key to live hydraulics, pto, & power steering...)

But, better toys cost more, and a lot of people use an 8N for exactly what you want to do. Just so you consider the trade-offs. Myself, I think the 8N is priced too high these days for what it can deliver. Seems everyone moving onto 10 acres wants to buy an 8n, driving the price up... But, there are bigger better tractors out there in the same price range. Locally Oliver was very popular, and some models offer a lot more than an 8N for the same or less cost. Lots of Farmall.IHC models out there too. And so forth. This is not anti 8Ns, I like the little critters. :)

You will probably be happy with a gas engine. Diesel is a lot cheaper to run if it's a big powerful tractor, and can go many more hours between major engine work. But for your use, the gas will be easier for you to do some of your own tuneups, and it will start easier in winter. Neither way is wrong. Put a frostplug or tank heater on a diesel, you probably want the same on a gas tho anyhow. Most here recomemend converting a gas engine to 12 volts, but I run my 4 old gassers on the stock 6 volts all winter long, keep them in shape & I have no problems, most have original coils & plug wiring, start fine. (I found the key is to get a good ground - most have a weakness in grounding the battery properly after 30-50 years....)

--->Paul

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