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Re: Which model tractor should I get?


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Posted by Leroy on December 10, 2018 at 16:47:27 from (96.45.243.241):

In Reply to: Which model tractor should I get? posted by JohnV2000 on December 10, 2018 at 09:49:04:

First off DO NOT CONSIDER any tractor with a narrow front end or over 28" rear tires. TOO dangerous for you and what you are talking about even if it was flat land. The tall tractor can catch a limb easier and pull you off the tractor. Second tractor I drove was a Farmal H so I do know what they are, it was a narrow front end .And if you get a front tire in a rut you CANNOT steer them. I used it on many an acre farming, also used and had 2 John Deere B's and 2 A's. Rode a lot easier than the Farmall, Now it was better for certain jobs than the Deere but I would rather drive them. But that is not on your list and that is a good thing. Any tractor with bigger than that 28" tire very good chance it will at least catch you with a limb and try to pull you off of it. Where you straddle the transmission you set lower yet with less chance of that limb getting you unlike the Farmall that you set high on the flat top of the transmission case that makes you set even higher than the MF 50 mentioned even tho they will likely have the 38" wheels. I grew up with a 2N ford and have had a NAA and also a TO-30 Ferguson. I have heard of the Fergusons having problems with cracked blocks but I nor any of the neighbors around that had the TO-30, 6 that I am counting now had that problem but that was all 30-40 years ago. The TO-20 has the pil filter in bottom of crank case, the TO_30 has it mounted on the side of the engine. I liked mine but as of now I think it would be harder to get parts for that the 8N and I cannot see that the overhead valve engine was any better than the flat head in the Fords. I now have that 2N that Dad bought new when I was 8 months old. And I also have a 9N. The big question on the 8N is does it have a side mount distributor and if it does then does it have the tack in the dash or does it have the front mount distributor. Front mount is older and harder to work on at 23 HP, early side mount is about 25 HP and late about 27 HP, the same as the Farmal H and a TO-30 is 29 Hp. So powerwise so close you would never notice a difference. Some of the TO-30's had 26" tires that would be hard to find now. and both the 26" or 24" tires would cost more than the 28" for that 8N. Where someone was complaining about a too fast of a reverce I cannot believe it is that bad (I dought he ever tried a Deere with there very fast reverce) But as I understand the last 8N built in 52 that reverce was modified to slow them down. But if you do get an 8N and that is the way better tractor for you make sure you get an after market swinging drawbar for it and put drawbar in short and low position and you will have a lot better steering with a load behind than the orignal style swinging drawbar. The Ferguson is better than the orignal Ford drawbar but not as good as the Aftermarket that I had on both the NAA and the TO-30. True you will get more bounce on a Ford or Ferguson on rough ground that The Farmall because on the Farmall you are setting directly on top of the axle so it does not bounce like setting ahead of the front axle but you are not going to be working plowed ground for 10 hours a day so do not think about that. The best possible tractor for you would be a 52 8N, second would be a late 50 to 51 8N. And the think about a tire going down is check the condition of the rim to make sure there is not a rust problem making it loose air. And if in future you would want to take it someplace for show or tractor drive just make a hitch that fastens to front axle and pull it. Your truck is plenty to do that. About the only thing you should ever consider for use on a 3 point hitch is just a rear blade or a finnishing mower. A disk hangs to far back to let you have good control of tractor by wanting to piviot on rear tires and take weight off of front tires.


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