CalebHummell
Member
Hi, all.
I'm the owner of an 8N that I picked up recently for $1500. It needed work of course, and I had a local tractor repair guy go through it. His only business is repairing tractors, and he's been at it for more than 40 years. He replaced the lift hydraulics (the bush mower wouldn't stay in any lifted position for more than a few seconds before it slowly worked its way all the way back down), points/plugs/condenser, ignition coil, plug wires, all oils and fluids, etc. It now seems to run reasonably well. He had to spend quite a bit of time tracking down an ignition problem that he finally traced to a short in the wire coming from the coil. The tractor came with an old brush mower, which works reasonably well, along with a blade. It's a 12-volt negative ground system.
There was a manual in the tool box with a 1952 copyright date, but the previous owner(s) didn't know what year the tractor was. Is there any way to determine what year the tractor was made?
How do I determine horsepower so I can know what Category of 3-point equipment to buy?
There's no draw bar, so I need to know what draw bar to buy.
There's a Tractor Supply not far away, but the people there don't seem to know much--they're mostly kids.
I have a small apple tree stump I'd like to pull out (about 8" diameter) using the tractor, but do I use the draw bar for that? Using second or third gear? (I already tried reverse, and the right tire just spins probably because gear ratio is too low?)
If I need to use the tractor to pull a stuck truck or our commercial mower down below the barn, is there a best way to do that?
We've had this 10-acre property for 22 years and it was finally time to get a serious piece of equipment to help out. I'm getting too old to do the kind of manual labor I'd been doing.
In the closeup photo of the attach point, is that where the pin shown next to my hand is attached? The other photo shows the brush mower setup.
Thanks for the help.
I'm the owner of an 8N that I picked up recently for $1500. It needed work of course, and I had a local tractor repair guy go through it. His only business is repairing tractors, and he's been at it for more than 40 years. He replaced the lift hydraulics (the bush mower wouldn't stay in any lifted position for more than a few seconds before it slowly worked its way all the way back down), points/plugs/condenser, ignition coil, plug wires, all oils and fluids, etc. It now seems to run reasonably well. He had to spend quite a bit of time tracking down an ignition problem that he finally traced to a short in the wire coming from the coil. The tractor came with an old brush mower, which works reasonably well, along with a blade. It's a 12-volt negative ground system.
There was a manual in the tool box with a 1952 copyright date, but the previous owner(s) didn't know what year the tractor was. Is there any way to determine what year the tractor was made?
How do I determine horsepower so I can know what Category of 3-point equipment to buy?
There's no draw bar, so I need to know what draw bar to buy.
There's a Tractor Supply not far away, but the people there don't seem to know much--they're mostly kids.
I have a small apple tree stump I'd like to pull out (about 8" diameter) using the tractor, but do I use the draw bar for that? Using second or third gear? (I already tried reverse, and the right tire just spins probably because gear ratio is too low?)
If I need to use the tractor to pull a stuck truck or our commercial mower down below the barn, is there a best way to do that?
We've had this 10-acre property for 22 years and it was finally time to get a serious piece of equipment to help out. I'm getting too old to do the kind of manual labor I'd been doing.
In the closeup photo of the attach point, is that where the pin shown next to my hand is attached? The other photo shows the brush mower setup.
Thanks for the help.