The 2N is the pre-cursor to my 8N. I do all the things you want to do, and more with my 8N. It is not always easy, and not always the best/fast way, but it gets done.
I have a Wagner loader and a very good front mount hyd unit. I spent > $1000 making work right. I keep a lot of air in the front tires, and don't turn the wheel unless moving fwd or back. My 3pt works perfect, and will lift the 6' brush hog no problem. I built my own deck-plate that mounts under the PTO to tow a hay tractor. I've augered big, deep holes with it, and put up very tall trusses for a plane hangar. I've bladed fairly soft road, used a landscape rake to smooth it, and produced a decent 1/4 mile driveway. I brush-hogged 2ac with my unit, and the first pass was touch-and-go, even with the deck almost a foot off the ground. Second pass, was iffy as well, but by gosh, the brush got itself hogged, with two passes, and a fair amount of gas.
Honestly, the early Ford tractor are a bargain if it has decent back tires and the engine runs right with decent clutch material. If the 2N is what you like, and is in your price range, you can't get a whole lot more vintage without going to a Farmall 20 unstyled.
However, and it is a big however, these tractors are not being maintained right. Most of them for sale are minutes away from being scrap iron. You MUST get one that has been cared for. If the brakes are dry and adjusted right, they will barely stop the tractor on a slight grade. If they are wet, or adjusted wrong, they are almost useless. If the engine, carb, valves, ign are not setup right, it will have poor power, and be nearly useless.
I'm saying, if you decide on the 2N, make SURE it was cared for. If not, and you want to tinker, you will spend 2 months on and off, and $1500-2500 to fix all the goof ups left by the prev jerkwad.
The Wagner loader can be added, and I hop on and off from the left side. I even have a beer holder welded on. Put a big, heavy load on the 3pt, and some bricks at the end, and watch it lift smooth, and stay up. You can counter-balance somewhat the weight of the loader with a heavy tool on the 3pt, but of course, that increases your total laden weight as well. Sometimes that's good for traction, sometimes it's hard on the clutch.
For everyone who chooses to disagree, YMMV, objects in mirror are closer than appear, contents have settled, and this is my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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