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Janicholson
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With near new tires and good paint it is a reasonable price, but that is about the max. Funk conversions are more. Problems are: no live hydraulics, no Live PTO, hard steering, Too fast in Low and reverse. Tractors 5 years newer are so much easier to deal with and use with loaders, and PTO driven attachments/implements. My family has one and it works, but it is not a go to tractor. Jim
The N?s are definitely on the decline, I used to make decent money buying and reselling, not going to fool with them anymore. I sold this 2N Ford with a Sherman earlier this year for $1500, lot of time and sweat put in to it. Was a non-runner when I saved it, new paint couldn?t even get the price up.
old
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- Camdenton Missouri
Used tractor in general the market is way down from what it was say 10 years ago. I had 4 1940 Farmall Hs for sale for years for $2000 for all 4 and no takers
john in la
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You would have to pay me to haul it away.
You would have to pay me to haul it away.
A lot of people with a little extra money used to buy them to mow large areas - basically a large garden tractor. Those people have all gone the Zero turn mowers - easier to use and store.
Our local church had 2 8Ns to mow the property then they bought a zero turn - both 8Ns are for sale with their finish mowers - no takers for them either.
Our local church had 2 8Ns to mow the property then they bought a zero turn - both 8Ns are for sale with their finish mowers - no takers for them either.
Mac AR
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- The Hills of Home - The Ozarks
I think it has a lot to do with location. Around here, every deer lease and half-way "farmer" has an N Ford. They then procede to try and do with them what others would do with an 806 or a D6 cat! Then are disappointed when they can't do what they want to! Even so, they're far more common than Farmalls or JD's. As a matter of fact, I had to hunt for 3 months to find my Cub while there were at least a dozen N's for sale during that time. I don't know if they sold, but I'm sure they did. They're cheap enough, and have a 3 point hitch. So people buy them.
Now, in other places, the n's won't sell. They're of no use to many farmers these days, as they just aren't big enough to move grain carts or other things. Plus, they don't have remotes to run things like wood splitters and etc. like other tractors do. Not saying that they're worthless, but when there are IH 450's and JD 70's in the same world one wonders about the true utility of the N's.
Mac
Now, in other places, the n's won't sell. They're of no use to many farmers these days, as they just aren't big enough to move grain carts or other things. Plus, they don't have remotes to run things like wood splitters and etc. like other tractors do. Not saying that they're worthless, but when there are IH 450's and JD 70's in the same world one wonders about the true utility of the N's.
Mac
N series Fords certainly do not command the prices that they did 10-15 years ago, especially, the 9/2 N models.
I sold a very good 12 speed 51 8N about a year ago for $2,500 and had two buyers with checkbooks out but, like I said, it was a very good one. That said, I was offered $3,500 cash for the same tractor about 20 years ago when it was not for sale.
There are several reasons for the decline price.
Do not expect the prices to recover.
Dean
I sold a very good 12 speed 51 8N about a year ago for $2,500 and had two buyers with checkbooks out but, like I said, it was a very good one. That said, I was offered $3,500 cash for the same tractor about 20 years ago when it was not for sale.
There are several reasons for the decline price.
Do not expect the prices to recover.
Dean
Hobo,NC
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- Sanford, NC
Tires are everything on a N there are enoufh of them around a extra good set of tires will fetch $800 up... Bad tires its salvage priced good tires I will go up but not much depends on what extras come with it... Then sometimes you get lucky and its just a days work to get'em up and running good...
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My back up plan was to part it out ; )
In the last year I have brought 3 N's all with extra good tires two fetched 1K apiece I did noting to them, tires sold them they got a good set of tires with a parts tractor... You can not come out parting a N out anymore are putting lots of time and money into them...
grandpa Love
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dhermesc, where are you located?
bmack95hd
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- Cahone, Colorado
I will keep both of my ?51 8N?s, I?ll never get what I have in them. Stock piled carbs and hydraulic pumps should I need them. Sold two parts tractors, no rubber, for $300ea. Have 3 more plus a pallet rack full of parts. If parts don?t move soon I?m sure the scrapper will take them. Don?t want the clutter anymore since I got my J/D 5203 with FEL. It runs and gets the job done. ?51?s will take care of property maintenance.
Take a look at the newer ones with all the doodads, they are coming down in price too, brother in law just bought a Kubota from mid 2000s for under 5k and it's a lot better machine for a small yard than an N series. Even for larger tasks a 3 cylinder Ford can be had pretty reasonable nowadays, or even a hundred series Ford which is a big step up from an N
The tractors that are bigger, better has came down on price so the ford n series for the most part is history. they are a cute little tractor for sure. they surely had there time in history. around here you can buy a nice running one for under 1k all day long. I thought I had to have one 4 years ago. 750 for the first then all of a sudden 500 for the next one. I worked on them and drove them around the property and found out for myself they weren't much. all three gone now. didn't make any money but learned lot from working on them and info I got off this site. swore I would never buy another one. supply and demand is what keeps prices up and its just not there for those n tractors. guess there just parade tractors now but the younger generation people aren't coming into the hobby. change of times.
Traditional Farmer
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- Virginia
The people that liked them are getting old and many are dying out, for my part I never wanted one in the first place.
Wrong paint had nothing to do with it!!!!!!
No body wants to work on an old tractor that?s 70 years old and constantly having to tweak this or that when they can go buy a new tractor in one of those package deals with implements and a trailer. Old tractors are declining in value day by day, younger folks don?t want them and the older folks are getting too old to fool with them. I applaud anyone that takes interest in any brand of old tractor and saves it from going to the scrap heap, but first and foremost a guy needs to be aware he may be spending more money on an old tractor than he?ll ever receive in return when he wants to sell it. As far as my old 2N was concerned, it was my tractor for awhile and that?s the paint scheme I wanted to paint it at the time whether you liked it or not, it did not detract from its value, if I?d not painted it the tractor would only have brought about $800 tops.
No body wants to work on an old tractor that?s 70 years old and constantly having to tweak this or that when they can go buy a new tractor in one of those package deals with implements and a trailer. Old tractors are declining in value day by day, younger folks don?t want them and the older folks are getting too old to fool with them. I applaud anyone that takes interest in any brand of old tractor and saves it from going to the scrap heap, but first and foremost a guy needs to be aware he may be spending more money on an old tractor than he?ll ever receive in return when he wants to sell it. As far as my old 2N was concerned, it was my tractor for awhile and that?s the paint scheme I wanted to paint it at the time whether you liked it or not, it did not detract from its value, if I?d not painted it the tractor would only have brought about $800 tops.
Richard G.
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My 52 8N gets used all the time. Very low maintenence tractor.
Headed out in a little while to mow about about 2 acres of lawn with it.
Use it in the winter to pull logs out for firewood. Pull the firewood wagon and trailer also.
Used it yesterday to pull Museum tractors under a shed till the museum gets their recontructed barn finished in a few months.
Also use a 5 foot Bush Hog on it in the summer.
It has been in the family since new.
Here is a photo of Daddy and me in 1955 on the tractor.
Richard in NW SC
Headed out in a little while to mow about about 2 acres of lawn with it.
Use it in the winter to pull logs out for firewood. Pull the firewood wagon and trailer also.
Used it yesterday to pull Museum tractors under a shed till the museum gets their recontructed barn finished in a few months.
Also use a 5 foot Bush Hog on it in the summer.
It has been in the family since new.
Here is a photo of Daddy and me in 1955 on the tractor.
Richard in NW SC
Seems to me they had their heyday. People bought them because they were friendly, easy to use, non-intimidating tractors for people that knew nothing about tractors. And they had a 3pt hitch. remember them selling for over $3K. The people that bought them either got old and can't sell them for the same $3k or found out what a limited tractor they really are and got something newer. Live and learn.
grandpa Love
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Darn. Too far! What the church asking for the tractors with finish mowers?
Really? Only folks here using IH 450's and even 560's are hobby farmers. Same with the JD's. Don't even see many 4020s around either.
Younger people today who want a utility type tractor are going after the compacts. And they can use em year round moving snow in the winter and mowing in the summer. And the important part is they don't want to have to work on a tractor. They want to mow and then go to the lake or whatever. They have these things called hobbies that don't involve old tractor.......who knew?
Rick
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