Posted by NY 986 on March 25, 2009 at 17:19:49 from (166.203.206.98):
In Reply to: 8N/9N? posted by Bill Bryant on March 25, 2009 at 00:04:25:
There was a farm magazine story a number of years ago about the market distribution of the N series. I wish I could find it for this discussion. It stated that the majority of the N series tractors were sold to customers (when new) that did not make a living from production agriculture. They came at a time when Americans were starting to desire something akin to what a garden tractor is now. A lot of home owners in the 1940's had a need for something that could put in a garden, mow a small lot (with a sickle bar at that time) and plow the driveway in winter. Similarly, a lot of municipalities found a need for something that could mow roadsides (under trees), do light landscaping, and plow walkways/ parking lots. Ford came out with a product at the right time that suited a lot of applications. My personal experience talking to people that were running farms at that time considered the N's as a secondary tractor that most could not justify to have. A tractor here in upstate NY (outside of apple country, vineyards were few then) had to handle a manure spreader in winter, cultivate corn that was 30" tall or more, and have enough PTO power to run the early combines, balers, and harvesters. Areas the N's were not the most adept at. In my mind, the N's reputation as a straight up farm tractor is overblown. However, I do not want to take away from someone's pleasant memory of decades ago.
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