Funny 8n Story

cbradio

Member
So, I have been on my 8n a bit this winter moving firewood, cleaning up the driveway etc.

It really hit me how much when I tried to shift into reverse in my daily driver, and tried to put it where the reverse gear is on the tractor and not on the car. Felt kinda silly grinding gears at 0600 in a parking lot at work, but oh well.

Figured you all would get a laugh.
 
My brother took out our garage door when I was a teenager by putting the gear lever of our 2N to the left and
forward thinking it would be reverse. The front wheels were only about 2 feet from the door when he popped the
clutch. He had been driving the tractor for years, but lately had been driving a car with a three speed floor
shift.
 
I have a 2n and 2 8n's and am often doing that. I also have caught myself looking for the left break with my right foot while on the 2n. But I never smashed anything knock on wood.
 
(quoted from post at 15:10:47 03/31/15) So, I have been on my 8n a bit this winter moving firewood, cleaning up the driveway etc.

It really hit me how much when I tried to shift into reverse in my daily driver, and tried to put it where the reverse gear is on the tractor and not on the car. Felt kinda silly grinding gears at 0600 in a parking lot at work, but oh well.

Figured you all would get a laugh.

In a similar vein looking befuddled wondering why the 3pt won't lift until you realize you are not on the orange tractor and you have the clutch depressed....

TOH
 

TOH, you need to get a live hydraulics kit for that non-orange tractor. I hear someone around here sells a pretty nice setup :)
 
(quoted from post at 19:21:52 03/31/15)
TOH, you need to get a live hydraulics kit for that non-orange tractor. I hear someone around here sells a pretty nice setup :)

Every time I have one ready to put on somebody buys it out from under me ;-)

TOH
 
Try this one; tractor left and down, MY truck right and down while SWMBO's truck left and up. Last year getting couple truck loads of hay went with hers then jump in mine for another load then jump on tractor to clear area to back trucks in to hay shed ~squiggly eyes~
 
With mom getting up in age 77 she often ask me to drive her some place in her 2001 buick regal. I often find myself
feeling for the clutch pedal,UH DIRRR. MTP...
 
In a similar vein looking befuddled wondering why the 3pt won't lift until you realize you are not on the orange tractor and you have the clutch depressed....

TOH


... ive done that, on a '46 2N i had hooked up to a 2 row corn cultivator, pushed the clutch in, put it in gear, raised the 3 point lever and...nothing. then i took it out of gear and let off the clutch...thought the cultivator was going to get me! ha ha....only other 3 point tractor id ever used at that point was a '64 ford 4000, i had no idea about live pto vs "the way they used to be"
 

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