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ThundermanND

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All you smarty guy will probably think I'm nuts but will a 1950 8N handle a 3-point snow blower. I am selling a tractor and one guy is asking about it. I thought it was a bit underpowered but then I looked at a couple videos on line and it may work, just a real pain to look backwards and get snow blasted in your face. What you all think?

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Thunderman
 
It will probably handle a 4 or 5 footer. I've used a 7 foot blower on a 3-cyl 2000. It worked but it's a bit much. Live PTO helps a lot, mine doesn't have it.
 
The question is not if the 8N will power the 3 foot blower. The question should be; I should be is it wide enough? IMHO A snow blower needs to be as wide as the tractor.
 
It'll run one, but a reverse one would be difficult with the speed of
the reverse gear in deep snow. A forward pull type would work better.
A Sherman or Hupp auxiliary transmission will not help either, as
they change the PTO speed along with the ground speed.
A Howard auxiliary behind the normal transmission would help,
but they're pretty scarce in working form and parts are NLA.
 
It'll work - but....
The 8N has enough power for a 5 ft blower - but the reverse gear is too fast.... You have to stop and drop it into neutral to clear the auger in deep snow.
I had a 5 ft blower on my 2N (with the slightly slower reverse gear) for 30 years - and I did blow a lot of snow with it - a 900 ft lane.
I now have a 3 cylinder 2000 with live PTO.
 
I know you want to sell your tractor but it would really be deceiving to tell the guy it will work. Yes, theoretically it will work but you really need live pto. and slow reverse.
 
A snowblower needs a real slow reverse and a live pto or it just is miserable.

A Ford N is not the right tractor at all for a snow blower.

It?s not about hp. It?s about how slow the reverse gear is, and about having a live or indepentebt pto.

You would be doing a disservice suggesting he try it for that use.

Paul
 

An N series is not a snow blower tractor .
Not enough power.
Reverse is too fast.
Pto is transmission driven.
Hydraulics are transmission driven.

Purchase a good shovel instead.
If snow conditions as such that an N series tractor can handle a snowblower . Then the kids can also pedal their tricycles through the snow and need not be bothered to clear it .
 
When I was a youngster all we had on our 100 acre farm in Ont. was an 8N. My dad bought a five foot pull behind V type blower and the 8N worked well with it. I was the designated operator . When the snow drifts were too high I would back into them with the three point all the way up and then drag ahead while letting the lift down . It didn't take too long to clear a five foot path , then I could just take a little slice off the side each time , widening the lane little by little . Never had a problem .
 
WE had one of those years ago. As I recall it worked well in dry snow but the wet heavy stuff wouldn't always feed int the fan. I only ran it once on a ferguson 35. Dad got a regular blower the next year.
 

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cyclone converted 8N
 
(quoted from post at 00:09:39 03/05/19) When I was a youngster all we had on our 100 acre farm in Ont. was an 8N. My dad bought a five foot pull behind V type blower and the 8N worked well with it. I was the designated operator . When the snow drifts were too high I would back into them with the three point all the way up and then drag ahead while letting the lift down . It didn't take too long to clear a five foot path , then I could just take a little slice off the side each time , widening the lane little by little . Never had a problem .
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Never seen a V single stage snowblower that worked. your story is bogus .
 
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