Nope first gear is way to high and all a tiller will do is pretty much bounce on top of the soil and do little or nothing. You need a real slow low gear for a tiller and most older tractors just plain and simple will not go that slow
 
Even idled down in 1st, either is too fast in ground speed to let a rotary tiller operate. And at idle it would not turn fast enough to work. If it had its own separate engine it could, but they were designed to stir soil with fixed cultivation shovels, discs or moldboards. Jim
 
Not to well. I have a friend that uses a 4' one on a 8n. He is one of those people that thinks and 8n will do anything. But when I hook up to his 4' tiller with my 1715 N/H he always ask me to do his garden while I have it on my tractor.
Ground speed is to high. Should be at least .5 MPH .
 
Steer clear of those N series. There always lots of them for sale because people purchase a cheap tractor and discover it isn't up to task.
N's are ok for a mounted plough,disk or cultivator. Towing light wagon/trailers or going to get the mail.
If the prospective tractor doesn't have a real drawbar, live pto, live hydraulics, creeper 1st gear, differential lock and workable brakes. Keep looking.
There are some 1960's and 1970's Internationals, Massey's, Fords, David Brown, Case etc. That cost little more than a N Ford but are a safer and more usable tractor.
 

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