I haven"t lived on a farm since I was five years old and we moved into town. My dad was, and still is, a JD guy at heart. But when my wife and I moved out to the country I needed something simple anD relatively cheap to help maintain 12 acres. (not a farm.) I researched. I learned the limitations of the N tractors but decided it would fill my needs. I found a very good 52 8N. I"m not a mechanic but I can read a shop manual and, for the very few instances in four years that I"ve actually needed to work on my 8N I"ve been able to find many parts right on the shelF at Tractor Supply or New Holland. Certainly every part down to the smallest screw can be found on-line. My tractor runs like a champ. It can sit for two months and will fire right up, usually with no need for choke at all. I used a shredder to mow a seven acre meadow and a finish mower to mow two acres around the house. A boom pole helps move all sorts of heavy items. A dirt scoop helps me maintain the road and has dug many flower beds. I have a 1940"s Ferguson two-bottom plow that I used to plow up the two acres around the house a couple of years ago. I borrowed a neighbors implement to disc the ground smooth and level before planting new grass. I"ll probably be adding a box blade soon when I get new rock delivered for the driveway. And I"ve pulled plenty of logs (safely cut to shorter lengths) out of my woods. The thing is... it does everything I need it to do. I have no need whatsoever for 50 or 80 HP that can pull Cat 3 implements. There are still thousands of Ns out there working every day, doing what they were made to do - basically working hard on smaller operations. Blasting an N tractor for being unable to handle heavy equipment is like criticizing someone for moving Granny"s Chamber"s stove in the back of his F150 instead of using a Peterbuilt 18 wheeler.
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Today's Featured Article - 12-Volt Conversions for 4-Cylinder Ford 2000 & 4000 Tractors - by Tommy Duvall. After two summers of having to park my old 1964 model 4000 gas 4 cyl. on a hill just in case the 6 volt system, for whatever reason, would not crank her, I decided to try the 12 volt conversion. After some research of convert or not, I decided to go ahead, the main reason being that this tractor was a working tractor, not a show tractor (yet). I did keep everything I replaced for the day I do want to restore her to showroom condition.
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