I have had my 9n for 25 years and have had the opportunity to work on lots of 9n's and 8n's for all the neighbors. Myself, I prefer the 9n because it has a much more simple rear brake and axle arrangement. 8n has those funky tapered axles and I have never seen any that weren't leaky and loose. Yes you can service them but the 9n just is better in that respect. Also most of the 9n's will have some form of a sherman hi-low on the trans. 9n has 3 speeds but the hi-low gives you 6. 8n has a 4 speed and 1st and reverse are a touch fast. 8n has thicker cylinder sleeves that seem to be a bit better. I actually put a thick sleeve 8n block in my 9n. My tractor has so many hours on it and it's still very reliable. I just brush hogged today with a five foot JD brush hog doing roadside. I use it constantly to move stuff like car and snowmobile trailers around with the front bumper. Very handy. Just used it on the fertilizer wagon the other day. Tomorrow I need to go and use the 6 1/2 foot disk I bought to disk up some ground to plant some sunflowers. I used it a couple of weeks ago to dig out a ditch with the rear scraper blade. Ditch was about 3 feet deep and had a lot of growth in the bottom that needed to be cleaned out. After I did it with the backhoe I ran up and down with the 9n and peeled it out really nice and finished it. I also use this thing all winter to plow tons of snow here in Michigan. Either model will take care of 6 acres like a champ. I would find the one that runs, has a good electrical system and good lights, and one that the 3 point works good. If you want to run a brush hog you need a $50 dollar overrunning coupler too. Good luck.
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