8N ATTACHMENTS

I also found a "rear boom" attachment for the 8N, it is about 8 feet long with a place to connect a chain on the end. You raise the lift arms to raise the boom and pick things up. It seems to me the the lifting power of the boom would be very limited because of the leverage and the front end of the tractor would come off of the ground.

The attachments are in usable condidion and the 8N is up and running.

I have a chance to buy another 8N that has not been run in several years because it was smoking very bad.

Now here is the question, will the 8N with the rear 3-point hitch boom attachment be strong enough to lift the engine out of the other 8N and set it in a trailer to cary to a machine shop to be rebuilt, and again pick up the rebuilt 8N engine out of the trailer and swing the engine back into the other 8N and stab the shaft and bolt in back in. Of course the other 8N will have been blocked up under the transmission.

This is out in the country and a helping hand is hard to find.

Thank in advance for your responses.

David

The scoop may only work in one direction if it's the older Dearborn type that looks like this:

You can only scoop forward with this model, but it can still be useful and folks have actually used them to dig farm ponds. You can also use it to move a load of firewood or other material that you might use a wheel barrow for. You'll get creative with it after you get used to it and find it's pretty handy. I've even used mine to move my mother-in-law around with. I tried to use my boom, but she objected to me wrapping the chain around her neck for some strange reason???

Newer sccops can be reversed so that you can back into a pile of mulch/dirt/gravel/manure/peanut butter/miracle gel/etc. to load it up, then transport and dump. These kind will have 4 hitch pins instead of two to allow you to attach it to the tractor going forward or reverse. They look very similar to the older Dearborn scoop:

Enjoy your new toys..... ..Ed
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As you said, "it can be used to haul things, like fire wood etc.

Thanks for your response.

David

Well, I have to confess that ever since the attempt to wrap the boom chain around her neck, she seems a little leery of me. I don't understand it. Do you think she's just paranoid???

LOL..... ...Ed
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Sounds easy, but it might work.

Thanks for your response.

David