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Ultradog MN

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Twin Cities
I'm remodeling a kitchen for a retired couple in the south suburbs.
Been there for a few days now.
In the course of conversation, Ford tractors came up - of course.
The guy mentioned he had a Ford tractor in his garage but he wasn't sure which model it was.
Nice sunny afternoon today. So as I was leaving he asked if I wanted to see it.
Sure!
So he opened the door of his garage and lo and behold there's a pretty little 2n in there.
We talked about it for a while. I told him he had a 2N with an 8N engine in it.
He bought it some years ago from the guy who restored it.
He doesn't use it much but likes it well enough.
Just a nice old tractor that's mostly out to pasture now.
I've worked for hundreds of people over the years and this is the first time anyone had a tractor - much less an N.
I told him about John Smith's great site and this place.
Maybe we'll see him on here one of these days.

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Looks like they did a real nice, smooth job of painting the tin.
I wonder if it had a mid-mount implement at some point.
That's the reason most guys I know put the lights back on the rear fenders.
Back blade looks like new too.
 
I would imagine he put some TIME on it this winter... which, it seems... isn't over YET!!!!
 
Pretty cool!

A guy I know who likes his Farmalls did some work cleaning up some brush and such for an old woman. He found a Super C with some implements setting in the woods behind some of the brush he had to cut out. He ask the lady about it. She told him to haul it off. It had been he husbands and had been parked quit a few years and she didn't want that "eyesore" around. He finished up, hauled the tractor home and found that the engine wasn't stuck to bad and he had it running in short order. He did go back and try to pay her for it. She wouldn't hear of it. Some people have all the luck.

Rick
 
Well you can tell its a Ford cause of the cardboard drip pan, but I never seen one with a bed pan!! 8o}
 
Well said Bob. That cotter pin is a dead giveaway that some leakage was expected.
I did ask him about the dish pan and if it was leaking bad enough to need it.
He said no, it was just there from when he chainged oil in the air filter and he hadn't put it away yet.
 
Just a little curious here.

Is there any problem with leaving a tractor parked on concrete with chains on the rear tires?

Somehow it just doesn't sound like a good idea especially if it gets very little use. Looks like he might have a piece of plywood under that right rear tire.
 

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