WEIRD ATTACHMENTS

Lots of implements for old tractors. All the plumbing for that log splitter is necessary because the tractors internal hydraulics are a
little slow for a wood splitter. There is an implement forum on Yesterdays Tractors.
 
(quoted from post at 16:35:02 01/28/16) Lots of implements for old tractors. All the plumbing for that log splitter is necessary because the tractors internal hydraulics are a
little slow for a wood splitter. There is an implement forum on Yesterdays Tractors.

See the original thread for my thoughts on that plumbing :idea:

TOH
 
I agree there are a lot of weird attachments for Ns.
Some are emotional attachments, for others it's a nostalgic attachment. Wink
By the way I didn't comment on this yesterday but the U shaped part of Wallytoo's wood splitter came off of a Ford implement of one sort or another.
Maybe a brush mower. Ford did a lot of bending pipe and tubing like that so it looks pretty familiar.
You can even see there is still a little bit of Blue paint on the inside of the tube.
They probably cannibalized it off some thing else to make the splitter 3 point.
 
Here's one of my favorites:
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(quoted from post at 14:29:40 01/28/16) I agree there are a lot of weird attachments for Ns.
Some are emotional attachments, for others it's a nostalgic attachment. Wink
By the way I didn't comment on this yesterday but the U shaped part of Wallytoo's wood splitter came off of a Ford implement of one sort or another.
Maybe a brush mower. Ford did a lot of bending pipe and tubing like that so it looks pretty familiar.
You can even see there is still a little bit of Blue paint on the inside of the tube.
They probably cannibalized it off some thing else to make the splitter 3 point.

i have no doubt the 3-pt mounting structure was "borrowed" from a former implement. it is clearly a factory production, unlike the rest of the splitter, which is cobbled together from various parts. works well enough for my purposes.

wally
 
Brush mower
Must have been a very early version of what a bush hog was going to evolve into.

safety footnote: be sure that blade has stopped turning before getting off the tractor!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
(quoted from post at 18:22:15 01/28/16) Brush mower
Must have been a very early version of what a bush hog was going to evolve into.

safety footnote: be sure that blade has stopped turning before getting off the tractor!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially if you've got one of those jungle gym loaders and have to climb off the back. :wink:
 
Wouldn't fly today (pun intended) what with OSHA and all...now might be a useful tool for the James Bond type...; > ) grin...Also, have never seen one other than in a book, but there was an after market company that sold a grinding wheel that attached like a belt pulley would. Again not an OSHA approved device.


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more wild attachments, wish I had them all
note one is the pto grinder, but that was a big improvement over a file.
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I really dig the "whirly-gig-of-death"...

I appreciate the ingenuity that this country put to use to come up with solutions for so many things. (something that seems to be lacking in mainstream america these days.)

Home built / modified and "codged-up" impliments and accessories show off that ingenuity more than anything to me.
 
I recently picked up a weird homemade 3-point rear bucket, or loader, that is very well built. Unfortunately, being a seldom user of these forums, I forget how to include a picture.

I call the thing a rear loader. It's been too cold to try it out but I think you back into the dirt load, or load it manually. It has no hydraulics but instead gravity dumps at the far rear.

If I can figure out how to attach a photo, I will do that.
 
I've got one of those old original spark plug hole tire hoses complete with dial gauge (minus the box). I've always wondered about the pumping of unburned fuel vapor into a tire and washing the cyl walls with wet fuel while pumping air. With a tractor I suppose one could shut off the fuel and run it till it quit and then use the air hose but then woe to the poor starter.

My only weird attachment is this homemade drag I added to.
There's a vertical piece of channel in the center. This spring I'm going to slide the thick leaf of a set of springs down through that channel, put a sweep on the digging end and see if it will work like a single tooth ripper with all that weight bearing down on it.
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couple more rear high lifts
do not know if they were built for Ford, Ferguson
as many companies made useful tools for these small tractors with 3 pt hitch.

I always wanted one of those sack lifts and the rear manure/bucket loader
guess that little rear milk can lift or cargo carrier would have been useful
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I guess my rear scoop looks more like the milk container carrier except that mine seems larger and much heavier.

I'd like to post some pics but I've uploaded two pics of the scoop using the "browse" button below but I can't figure out how to attach them to my post. Sorry.
 
Here is my favorite, a 1980's vintage screw cone splitter. Actually works amazingly well, and lets you run a splitter off a N-series 3-point without any additional hydraulics.
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I have the same one. Haven't used it in years. The table is a nice addition.I believe they still sell them with the table model in other countries. Not OSHA approved. Mine is 1 3/8" spline and the only problem with running them behind an 8n was the exhaust. Had an elbow to attach to the to pipe but a verticle exhaust would have been a lot better.

Kirk
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Not mine but a nice attachment when the power went out and still better then milking by hand.

Kirk
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That handle sticking out the back of the grinder tool could be a part of the drill press,
That would have made this a useful machine back in the day,
 
No fuel vapor pumped, fresh air is taken in through the slatted intake. It just pumps fresh air into the tire. Works very well.
 
I have one of the Wagner "jungle gym" (I call a ball buster)loaders. I climb either up back or over side. Getting down I go over the side. Did it today using loader bucket with forks clamped on. Not bad for 73 year old.
 
Kirk,

How about a lengthy elbow and vertical pipe temporarily bracketed to the fender or simpler still just a long elbow bend in the standing pipe. (?)

Terry
 
I got one of those when I bought an A/C B. Tried it once, works great, haven't touched it in 10 years, too scary.
 
(quoted from post at 15:20:10 01/31/16) I try to do as much as I can without having to 'climb' outa the jungle gym loader and I'm ONLY 55 LOL

The 3 point attachment that was really needed was one that lifted the driver out the back and set him down when having one of those jungle gym loaders.
 
I've about given up with it. I have a step through to mount on my one Jubilee this spring. My climbing (anything)days are about over. I don't even like kitchen step stools anymore. LOL
 
We have one of those for our 9n. I remember my dad using it. Yes there is no adjustment for height. Bolts to the rear housing around the pto. It is good at twisting the pto shaft so it won't
come out of the pump! A stump or large brush clump will do it.Haven't been able to pull the shaft since it happened.
 
We have one of those for our 9n. I remember my dad using it. Yes there is no adjustment for height. Bolts to the rear housing around the pto. It is good at twisting the pto shaft so it won't
come out of the pump! A stump or large brush clump will do it.Haven't been able to pull the shaft since it happened.
 

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