What implements will this newbie need?

I just put a deposit down on my first ever tractor. It's a Ford 8N. I go to pick it up in a couple weeks, and I can hardly wait. One of the first things I'll be wanting to do with it is put in a vegetable garden from scratch. And, let me tell you, there's lots of rocks! So, I want to plow it first, right? Any particular good kind of plow to look for? Then, I guess I need to disc it, right? What's a good kind of disc for an 8N? Down in Tennessee, I had a fella come by, and run a roto-tiller through my garden area every year. I don't think I'll be able to run a roto-tiller through this ground with all the rocks. I've seen some implements called cultivators, and rock rakes. Would that help my cause? One man told me to get a chisel plow. Does that sound like a good idea? I'm really going to have to work this ground. It's virgin dirt, and they grow terrific veggies up here. I just have to get the garden area established. And whatever implements could help me do that is what I'd be interested in. Also, I'm going to be putting in fence posts. Is there a brand of fence post auger that's better than the others? Aside from that, I'll be looking for a 5' brush hog, and a 3pt. loader to move some dirt around. Well, how does that sound for a farmer wannabe? Any advice would be appreciated.

-Thanks, Bob

Awesome little tractor. Works hard! Good Luck.

What do you have for hydraulics on the tractor? Loaders and N's sometimes take some effort to use. Works, I've got a loader on an old Farmall H with single-acting dead hydraulics, narrow front, no power steering. Same boat as your N if not worse. I load manure from 30 head of cattle, but not an ideal setup.

--->Paul

Bob, check your e-mail. I sent you some ideas for a couple things. Too much to list here.

I'm with you Bruce!! It happens all the time, a guy hears how great an old tractor is, and then buys one. (a user tractor, not a collector) Most of those same people end up disapointed later on, wishing they had bought something newer, and more modern. Those that recomend the old tractors, have a love afair with old equipment, that the new owners seldon aquire!! I do all the tillage for a private tree farm here that the owner has a nice old tractor setting around cause it won't do what he needs, and he now has too much into it to sell!!! He wishes he had NEVER bought it! To the prople that think a tiller needs a SLOW ground speed!! B.S., you just need to buy the right tiller in the first place. Slow ground speed "isn't" all ways right!! BUT, I'm NOT suggesting that an 8N is a good tiller tractor!!! Robert

Tillers need a real slow ground speed, so I would forget a spinning tiller for an N tractor.

--->Paul