Bought Another 8N...

Ed S.

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Location
Middle Tennessee
This one's 60 years younger than my '50, though! These were pretty spendy when new (mine sold new for over $30K *without* the loader) - I paid about half that, then added the loader and a remote. Thank you, depreciation!

Now I just need to replace the NH badge on the grill with a red Ford oval badge…

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es
 
Nice!
There is something to be said for dropping
your tools and picking up your check book.
If I had the need for a tractor beyond
occasional use that's what I would do.
That one is probably big enough to replace
your Allis and small enough to replace
your N.
Not that you need it but I approve.
 
Nice looking tractor.
I seen one when they first came out, I liked it.
I think the only thing Ford or NH, on the tractor though, is the name.
Correct me if I am wrong.
 
those machines still being produced?

Nope. Only made them three years (2009-11) - if you recall, the economy kind of tanked right around then, and launching an expensive 'retro' tractor in that environment probably wasn't such a wise idea.

What horsepower is the tractor?

50

Pallet forks are a must and a Grapple if have use for one

I have a set of clamp-on forks that "do in a pinch," but pallet forks are definitely on my list.

That one is probably big enough to replace your Allis and small enough to replace your N.

You're probably right, and man, did my '50 all of a sudden seem "old!" But this puts me back to one tractor for each haying task… the '50 will stay, and if I get a reasonable offer, the rod-knocking AC 190 can go bye bye.

es
 
I always liked the looks of the Boomers, just not the price! LOL

"if I get a reasonable offer, the rod-knocking AC 190 can go bye bye"

From this statement I take it you weren't impressed with it
enough to want to fix it? I like the older AC's, but have never
been too impressed with the larger ones either.

Anything in particular you didn't like about that model?
 
(quoted from post at 19:43:32 07/15/15) I always liked the looks of the Boomers, just not the price! LOL

"if I get a reasonable offer, the rod-knocking AC 190 can go bye bye"

From this statement I take it you weren't impressed with it
enough to want to fix it? I like the older AC's, but have never
been too impressed with the larger ones either.

Anything in particular you didn't like about that model?

Actually, I really like the 190, I just don't have the bandwidth in the foreseeable future to do a rebuild myself, and paying someone $3500-4000 to do it for me still leaves me with a $4000 tractor…

The biggest "problem" I have with it is that it's too big to drive into the hay barn to muck out. With the ROPS down, I should be able to get in there with the Boomer.

es
 
very nice
I sure do like them, read about them coming and stopped in as soon as my dealer got one. Then..........how much?!?!
dang suit and tie designers and marketers...bet none of em owned
a real 8N......a 50hp N?????? silly.
I've posted before, that if they would have based it on the economy TC30 and made it look like that....and priced it a tick under $20k with loader.....they would have sold a bunch.....
 
WELL SINCE THEY WERE PRODUCED FOR SUCH A SHORT PERIOD of time you have bought yourself an instant collectors item.
 
A friend bought one to use on his Christmas tree farm and I was looking at it. He said look at this and grabbed the rail to get up on it and the fender almost broke off. My 63 year old 8N will be around long after that Boomer is gone .
Richard in NW SC
 
(quoted from post at 03:54:25 07/16/15) WELL SINCE THEY WERE PRODUCED FOR SUCH A SHORT PERIOD of time you have bought yourself an instant collectors item.

I think that's what a lot of folks thought when they bought these new. 50% depreciation in ~5 years would seem to pop that balloon, though. Their loss, my gain. There have been a few specialty tractors over the years (such as the Case 1570 "Spirit of '76 Edition"), but they don't seem to bring much of a premium over their standard equivalents.

A friend bought one to use on his Christmas tree farm and I was looking at it. He said look at this and grabbed the rail to get up on it and the fender almost broke off. My 63 year old 8N will be around long after that Boomer is gone .

Well you do realize "they don't make 'em like they used to," right? :p Over 524,000 8Ns were sold, and parts availability remains pretty good (albeit with typical "Land of Almost Right" issues). Non-metallics are used in a lot of places on modern tractors where heavy-gauge sheet metal used to be used (the Boomer 8N fenders are plastic, of course). I don't know how many b8Ns were produced, but it can't have been that many. Supposedly, it's based on the Boomer 3050, but given that manufacturers now only want to support for 10-15 years after end of production, I suspect the lifespan for any of these is probably no more than 2-3 decades, if that.

es
 
(quoted from post at 22:03:18 07/16/15)
(quoted from post at 03:54:25 07/16/15) WELL SINCE THEY WERE PRODUCED FOR SUCH A SHORT PERIOD of time you have bought yourself an instant collectors item.

I think that's what a lot of folks thought when they bought these new. 50% depreciation in ~5 years would seem to pop that balloon, though. Their loss, my gain. There have been a few specialty tractors over the years (such as the Case 1570 "Spirit of '76 Edition"), but they don't seem to bring much of a premium over their standard equivalents.

A friend bought one to use on his Christmas tree farm and I was looking at it. He said look at this and grabbed the rail to get up on it and the fender almost broke off. My 63 year old 8N will be around long after that Boomer is gone .

Well you do realize "they don't make 'em like they used to," right? :p Over 524,000 8Ns were sold, and parts availability remains pretty good (albeit with typical "Land of Almost Right" issues). Non-metallics are used in a lot of places on modern tractors where heavy-gauge sheet metal used to be used (the Boomer 8N fenders are plastic, of course). I don't know how many b8Ns were produced, but it can't have been that many. Supposedly, it's based on the Boomer 3050, but given that manufacturers now only want to support for 10-15 years after end of production, I suspect the lifespan for any of these is probably no more than 2-3 decades, if that.

es

In that amount of time it would have well earned its keep...
I am sure you are gunna like it,,, The very first thing I should have done when I got my bota was make a grill guard for it... :wink:
 

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