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2-Ns in China

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Stonerinpa

12-03-2000 19:06:22




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The other evening while my wife was at choir practice, I was in the church library (there is a good reason why I was in the library and she in the choir!) I was leafing through an encyclopedia of church history when my eyes caught a picture of a line of 2-Ns and one Massey Harris. It seems that in 1946, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation agency sent 2000 tractors to China along with 50 volunteers to work at reclaiming 2 million acres of flooded farm land. Can you imagine turning 2000 unskilled tractor operators along with 50 trainers on 2 million acres of flood plain? There was little said about the picture except that only about 100,000 acres were ever reclaimed. As I said, the picture showed a line of muddy 2-Ns along with this one Massy Harris. I'd like to know if there are any of these 2-Ns are still in use, or if there are any remnants of them left.

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Snowplow

12-04-2000 06:19:45




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 Re: 2-Ns in China in reply to Stonerinpa, 12-03-2000 19:06:22  
As it turns out N tractors have found there way into a number of foriegn countries. mostly places where there is still a market for cheap, basic, easy to maintain, farm equipment. I recently taked with a gentleman whos nephew is in charge of a factory in the Ukraine that is building basic farm tractors based on the 8N. Apparently that are trying to build new 8Ns but are being bogged down by a lack of supplies. Russia and India in particular are trying to reinvent the small farms and small farm tractors like the 8N are perfect.

I teach Asian studies and have seen thousands of pictures of Chinese farms and equipment and have yet to see an N. I would love to have some reference on the book you were reading so I could check it out. If the source is unavailable and you could get a picture that would be great. I would suspect that parts would have been a problem for those Ns. Even something simple like an odd tire size would sideline a machin for years. The Chinese are not fans of equipment anyway (it keeps everybody busy, and prevents too many questions from being asked), and spending money on such things is almost unheard of.

My best guess would be that they used parts from broken tractors to fix the ones in better shape. In that way you could keep at least several Ns going for a long time. Somewhere in China a Ford is puttering.

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Stonerinpa

12-04-2000 06:33:53




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 Re: Re: 2-Ns in China in reply to Snowplow, 12-04-2000 06:19:45  
It will take me a few days (until I get back to choir practice!) but I will check this out a little closer and try to send you some more information.



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Snowplow

12-04-2000 06:19:36




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 Re: 2-Ns in China in reply to Stonerinpa, 12-03-2000 19:06:22  
As it turns out N tractors have found there way into a number of foriegn countries. mostly places where there is still a market for cheap, basic, easy to maintain, farm equipment. I recently taked with a gentleman whos nephew is in charge of a factory in the Ukraine that is building basic farm tractors based on the 8N. Apparently that are trying to build new 8Ns but are being bogged down by a lack of supplies. Russia and India in particular are trying to reinvent the small farms and small farm tractors like the 8N are perfect.

I teach Asian studies and have seen thousands of pictures of Chinese farms and equipment and have yet to see an N. I would love to have some reference on the book you were reading so I could check it out. If the source is unavailable and you could get a picture that would be great. I would suspect that parts would have been a problem for those Ns. Even something simple like an odd tire size would sideline a machin for years. The Chinese are not fans of equipment anyway (it keeps everybody busy, and prevents too many questions from being asked), and spending money on such things is almost unheard of.

My best guess would be that they used parts from broken tractors to fix the ones in better shape. In that way you could keep at least several Ns going for a long time. Somewhere in China a Ford is puttering.

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Steve W

12-04-2000 06:15:21




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 Re: 2-Ns in China in reply to Stonerinpa, 12-03-2000 19:06:22  
Maybe they are what was used as the prototype for all the replacement parts that come from there.....

Just a thought
Steve



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Snowplow

12-04-2000 06:21:33




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 Re: Re: 2-Ns in China in reply to Steve W, 12-04-2000 06:15:21  
Don't laugh. The Chinese are very clever that way. Just ask the companies that lost millions in CD sales.



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Jim K

12-04-2000 18:42:05




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 Re: Re: Re: 2-Ns in China in reply to Snowplow, 12-04-2000 06:21:33  
India is producing copies of old JEEPs CJ3's
I believe acording to a four wheel mag that I get
Jim K



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