Up until 9 years ago I didn't think much of those N series Ford tractors. When I was growing up we called them cow chasers. Then I was asked to resurrect one that my buddy had. Coming from a automotive repair background I found it to be very easy to understand and work on. Now that I found out what makes them tick I respect them. Compared to the other tractors that were built at the time they were quite advanced. I am enjoying your videos.
They cant pull a bolangna peel put of a cats ass, but it sure beats a push mower and weedeater lol. They have their advantages and disadvantage just like anything. I really enjoy mine. They make me money lol
My sister had that exact same brush hog setup. I ended up buying them an overrun clutch so they could actually stop. They eventually ended up spending the money and getting a small modern tractor. Probably good for them. They had a loader on that 8N and it was probably only a matter of time before they rolled it the way they were driving it. You need to be a little sharper than average when using older equipment.
My first driving lesson was on a Ford 8N back in the early 50's. Very fond memories---of course, I wasn't doing the regular every day work on it, but as a kid, it rocked! Seemed like a gazillion miles high when it was actually more of a garden tractor. Ha! Thanks for the drive down memory lane.
That's a nice 8N! I had a 1947 2N for several years that I used for rotary mowing, etc. I had to use an overrunning clutch on the PTO of the 2N with the rotary mower so that the mower wouldn't drive me into the fence ;)
The 8-N, that is the first larger tractor I learned to operate - I loved bush hogging with it and I love how it could do 20mph on a hardtop road. I grew up in Western, PA, West of Pittsburgh and just a few miles from the Ohio, WVA line; we too used the knee high by the 4th of July phrase as well. Thank you for sharing your love of all things tractor with us !
The simplicity of the old machinery is the reason why it is so popular to rebuild and why the older stuff will be around and be used when newer more complicated stuff has been scrapped and recycled.
This is the same type of tractor that I was driving as a "Kid" in the mid 1960's! Down on my Uncle's dairy farm in Vermont. I spent lots of summers there. Mainly to help bring in and stack the Hay crop. He had a gigantic old barn! The like of, I've never seen since. We kids packed in literally several THOUSANDS of bales of hay every summer!
Nice to see the little Ford tidying up the pine tree patch. Good way to enjoy the 4th, especially if it's not too hot outside. Thanks for sharing ! Most enjoyable to be out in the northern MN area w/o any mosquitoes biting me. :) Really like your diversified content !
Thanks for taking the time for this video I sure enjoy it. I would love to be living where you live. I grew up in the country and worked on farms with my Grandfather. We had a garden and lots of lawns to cut along with many flower beds it was lots of work like you are doing but it was all worth it.
Very nice garden. Thanks for taking the time to make the vid! That drill rod can be a pain to machine but it is nice to have some around for small projects
Great job restoring the old girl. I bought a new massey first time tractor owner. Would love one of those too! I'm staying with your show great work! I have a few food plot videos mostly,outdoors and travel. Have a great day!
Lovely video Squatch, the time and effort put into the making of them is outstanding in my opinion, it was a privilege to be shown round your property and the vegetable garden, the tractor well goes without saying really doesn’t it, she looks like it has just rolled off the factory floor!! Happy 4th of July my friend.
I have a 1952 8N in the back yard behind the shed. It hasn't been started in over 20 years and it needs a new home. It has the Sherman Aux transmission and the back wheels are off of a David Brown 990. With the oversize wheels in high range It would run close to 25 MPH... Right up your alley Squatch... Great video sir.
Just added your channel - great stuff - we’re traveling in Alaska from Michigan about to head home when I found a D7 in the weeds ! Owner says it built the Alcan with the black crews - will start and load but pretty rough - when I asked if it would be for sale he said “ 500.00 and it’s yours “ -- how come I find this stuff sooooo far from home ??? Anybody got a low boy headed from Alaska south running back empty ?
Kathy Zenker our family calls them lambs quarters. Been eating them for generations. Tastes a bit like if you threw some sand into a pot of spinach but other than that it's pretty good
We had a heck of a storm come through on the 4th. Not sure if you had the same system, but we had 60+ mph winds, and a couple inches of rain in about 2 hours. Garden is looking healthy - and I know what you mean with leaves. I mow them into windrows and then sweep them up. Ha ha. Look forward to X231 making a reappearance.
@@squatch253 I hear you on being busy - being a new father I hardly ever get into the shop. Maybe for a few hours on a weekend. You'll get there when you get there. The videos will be waiting for you. There are some things I had to skip out on showing simply because I am under a time crunch whenever I get into the shop.
If you have native pheasants, mow the pine tree rows in strips every 3 years on rotation so pheasants have nesting and cover. Benefits other wildlife as well.
I know what you are going through it's been raining here seems like every other day and I have been working on my own project getting a 1970s lawnmower running again
Something different for the collection a middle '50s Ford tractor with a Wain-Roy backhoe. I use a lot of 4140-42 prehard @ 35 Rc. for shafts and such.
Well that took me back 50 years. I often saw Farmers in NZ slashing the grass on dairy farms because the grass grew so fast and would endanger the cows (bloat etc ) .
Hello Sir I was curious if you could talk about track links I have tons of combine tracks and I'm wondering if they would fit dozers???? Love the vids keep them coming!
Hi Guy, I've watched a few of your Cat engine videos and enjoy watching you. You have some nice property, i grew up on east coast now in Nevada and do miss alk that green vegetation but not the rain & humidity. You look like a guy that would make a good friend. I will subscribe to your channel as soon as i finish this episode. Have a goid week & take care. Best Regards, Mark
Thanks you for sharing we could do with some of that rain very dry winter here in Aussie. Looks strange to me when you swing out on the "wrong" side of the road on your tractor.
Thank you sir for taking the time to put out such quality videos, Greetings from Az, You sure live in a very pretty country. Gods blessings to you and yours, Boe
I just about give up on trying to plant trees because of the deer. Don't seem to matter what kind I plant they eat them. And the garden theses massive down pours are killing me. Two times this year 4 to 5 inches in less than thirty minutes the garden ends up in the yard and pasture. 4 to 5 days of rain and then one maybe two days clear to try and straighten things out and rain again. Can't catch up and get ahead of it. Last year was bad but this year takes the cake.
Ummm? Lambs quarter or pig weed? I just mowed a corral that was full of the stuff. Nothing else growing in there. I'm in Colorado & remember calling it "pig weed" in Minnesota. Guess I'd better look it up.
Dumb question, but have you ever considered anything John Deere tractor wise? You have a pretty yourdiverse collection from what I can tell so I wouldn’t think too biased lol
I noticed that you didn't have the brush hog attached to the PTO on the drive over. I was hoping you would show the hookup. I never enjoy that part and was hoping to see if you use one of the "quick connect" devices. Besides that, its looking great!
Didn't look like he had a quick connect, honestly you just have to get good at backing into the implement & have a good prybar to adjust it if you need it
I SAW YOUR 8 N AND IT LOOK GOOD I HAVE A 8N MYSELF AND I AM TRYING TO BRING IT BACK CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO FIND THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB YOU HAVE MINE IS MISSING AND I CANT FIND ONE ANYWHERE. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED THANKS
My first video and it was interesting. I have a 9N and very similar interests. We are currently building a home on our 20-acres and will be doing the same things you're doing. Thanks !
Thank you so much for these videos. You taking the time to film and give a lot of "behind the scenes" viewing is so pleasurable. I applaud your diligence to maintain your farm and to keep it looking so nice. Was wondering if you have time in the evening to kick back in a recliner and watch a little TV or do you just plop into bed when the daylight disappears? I must say that you have a much better content than Wranglerstar. He has lost his way, but you are doing homesteading just right. Once again, thanks for the effort you put into your vids.
That "pigweed" is called Fat-hen and used to be used as a salad vegetable before lettuce became popular. It's quite edible and tastes okay (apparently!)
Hi from New Zealand enjoy your videos very much that weed appears to be what we call Fat Hen here in NZ it is a nuscence weed but lambs fatten very well on it grows a lot where sheep have been how is the D2 engine comeing on cat wait for the next instalment Regards Les
Couldn't tell from the video- do you use an overrunning clutch on the brush hog? I need to get one for my MF model 30, as I'm doing land clearing and there's a lot of back-and-forth. As to the garden (looks great, BTW) I remember when my Granddad quit gardening. He didn't mind when the grackles pulled up all the new peas, or when the woodchucks and rabbits ate the beans off to the ground. The last straw was when he realized the lightning bugs were lighting up the rows so the potato beetles could put on a third shift. ;-)
Did I notice the PTO being "LIVE" ? I'm not familiar with 8N or 9N tractors. Does the PTO run the speed of the tractor? Can you "back mow" between the trees?
Thank you for the video. I used a 8N to finish off a yard-Sure made me appreciate a nice seat and power steering. Daddy-in law said they used to have two of them,"Law,we thought we were huge![farmers]". I don't remember but I think the clutch has to be out for the lift to work, is that right? Really nice garden, corn is tasseling down here.Thank you for the up date on the field you sowed,you don't want to spray with 2-4-d?
It's strange how the weather has changed in just the last ten years. Rain seems to be spotty instead of over wide areas like that band you could see on the road. Driving home the other day i passed through about a 100 yard wide band of heavy rain a mile from my house but it never rained at my house.
Hola Gracias por compartir ese Lindo Video. Le quería preguntar que Relación tiene la caja Multiplicadora de la Rotativa? Muchas gracias saludos Desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
Great vid!!! Question on how sharp your bush hog blades were... my observation great skill in selection of ground speed ,blade speed, blade sharpness and cutting height to knock down weeds and leave grass healthy to turn into good ground cover. Perhaps in a future vid you could describe the characteristics of direct pto drive and flywheel effect of a spinning mower blade. My first encounter with a NAA ford and mower involved backing half way through an old plywood grain bin. Therefore over running clutch!!!Keep the videos coming!! hello from Canada.....D2 5U 3369
Nope, another 15 well spent, learning about the 8N and your world. I thought those little tractors had about NO horsepower. About a 4 or 5 foot Brush Hog on the back of an 8N! Like an old Major Diesel I saw running a saw rig hanging on his nose. Wow. Back to the "small" Twin City tractors in this yard. 2's 21-32 rad is coming apart. Slowly. Love the cover on the RD-6.
Happy Independence day Toby, here in Canada out day was back on July 1st. You have rhubarb, how do you do anything out side without a stalk in your mouth? Man when I have access to it, I always have some in hand, love that stuff, just not in pies or what have you just straight out of the ground. You are lucky you had some sun, I can't get anything done here as we have had rain every day since the first week of June without missing a day.
I have a question about your tractor. Does that tractor have a PTO that only runs while the tractor moves? I’ve been thinking of buying one of those but didn’t want one that the PTO only works if the tractor is moving.
Yup get and over running clutch and you'll be fine, I never had problems with my mower . You tend to learn to avoid certain things and drive it a certain way . It's not a bad thing
Thanks for the tour around the property. I have a question, what blade rpm is on your Bush Hog mower, and, what is the approximate horse power is your 8N? That was enjoyable,...thanks for sharing this with me ( us too ) Cheers!
8n has about 23hp and mower blade rpm is like 1000rpm depending on the gear box. PTO speed is 540. A 8n can mow bigger stuff than that for sure biggest stuff I've ran over was about 6ft tall, it just struggles with hardwood saplings (I have mesquite in my area)
Love that your "old" equipment still has to earn it's keep around the compound. On the 8N brush hog combination, is it the PTO gear train on the 8N that's loud or the bevel gearbox on the brush hog? It's not as loud as the final drives on your H but it's definitely audible in the video.
@@squatch253 thanks for taking the time to reply, glad to hear that the 8N runs quiet. I once built a 9N with oversize sleeves and Ford Flathead V-8 pistons, pulled really well for its size, they're a great tractor.
Up until 9 years ago I didn't think much of those N series Ford tractors. When I was growing up we called them cow chasers. Then I was asked to resurrect one that my buddy had. Coming from a automotive repair background I found it to be very easy to understand and work on. Now that I found out what makes them tick I respect them. Compared to the other tractors that were built at the time they were quite advanced. I am enjoying your videos.
They cant pull a bolangna peel put of a cats ass, but it sure beats a push mower and weedeater lol. They have their advantages and disadvantage just like anything. I really enjoy mine. They make me money lol
My sister had that exact same brush hog setup. I ended up buying them an overrun clutch so they could actually stop. They eventually ended up spending the money and getting a small modern tractor. Probably good for them. They had a loader on that 8N and it was probably only a matter of time before they rolled it the way they were driving it. You need to be a little sharper than average when using older equipment.
besides the amazing content, i think what i like most about you is attitude. no complaining, stuff happens, "well, this is how i fixed it..."
My first driving lesson was on a Ford 8N back in the early 50's. Very fond memories---of course, I wasn't doing the regular every day work on it, but as a kid, it rocked! Seemed like a gazillion miles high when it was actually more of a garden tractor. Ha! Thanks for the drive down memory lane.
We call it lambsquarter. Planting all those trees had to be a long miserable process. That 8n just purrs.
That's a nice 8N! I had a 1947 2N for several years that I used for rotary mowing, etc. I had to use an overrunning clutch on the PTO of the 2N with the rotary mower so that the mower wouldn't drive me into the fence ;)
The 8-N, that is the first larger tractor I learned to operate - I loved bush hogging with it and I love how it could do 20mph on a hardtop road. I grew up in Western, PA, West of Pittsburgh and just a few miles from the Ohio, WVA line; we too used the knee high by the 4th of July phrase as well. Thank you for sharing your love of all things tractor with us !
The simplicity of the old machinery is the reason why it is so popular to rebuild and why the older stuff will be around and be used when newer more complicated stuff has been scrapped and recycled.
Thanks Squatch! Have a great weekend! 🚜🇺🇸
This is the same type of tractor that I was driving as a "Kid" in the mid 1960's!
Down on my Uncle's dairy farm in Vermont. I spent lots of summers there. Mainly to help bring in and stack the Hay crop. He had a gigantic old barn! The like of, I've never seen since. We kids packed in literally several THOUSANDS of bales of hay every summer!
Nice to see the little Ford tidying up the pine tree patch. Good way to enjoy the 4th, especially if it's not too hot outside. Thanks for sharing ! Most enjoyable to be out in the northern MN area w/o any mosquitoes biting me. :) Really like your diversified content !
Ford 8N is where I learned to drive as a kid. Lots of memories.
Love the 8N Tractor. After 70 years, still relevant, still a workhorse.
Great video, hay ground looks good, tree stands look awesome. The Ford 8n purrs like a kitten. Beautiful garden plots. Thanks for sharing.....
I do custom mowing for people and do 5-10acre feed plots. Make good money with it 😉😁
I could have sat here all day watching you mow around those pines.
Wow your place is looking good. That new hay ground is looking good as well. Happy forth to you and yours. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for taking the time for this video I sure enjoy it. I would love to be living where you live. I grew up in the country and worked on farms with my Grandfather.
We had a garden and lots of lawns to cut along with many flower beds it was lots of work like you are doing but it was all worth it.
Thanks for sharing really enjoy all your vids keep enjoying life and sharing your passions.
Very nice sound and beautiful tractor!
Very nice garden. Thanks for taking the time to make the vid! That drill rod can be a pain to machine but it is nice to have some around for small projects
Seeing that Ford tractor reminds me of dad's 9n he had.. A very good old tractor!
I love your Caterpillar videos. Those 3 cylinders are *HUGE*
Great job restoring the old girl. I bought a new massey first time tractor owner. Would love one of those too!
I'm staying with your show great work!
I have a few food plot videos mostly,outdoors and travel. Have a great day!
Lovely video Squatch, the time and effort put into the making of them is outstanding in my opinion, it was a privilege to be shown round your property and the vegetable garden, the tractor well goes without saying really doesn’t it, she looks like it has just rolled off the factory floor!!
Happy 4th of July my friend.
I have a 1952 8N in the back yard behind the shed. It hasn't been started in over 20 years and it needs a new home. It has the Sherman Aux transmission and the back wheels are off of a David Brown 990. With the oversize wheels in high range It would run close to 25 MPH... Right up your alley Squatch... Great video sir.
Just added your channel - great stuff - we’re traveling in Alaska from Michigan about to head home when I found a D7 in the weeds ! Owner says it built the Alcan with the black crews - will start and load but pretty rough - when I asked if it would be for sale he said “ 500.00 and it’s yours “ -- how come I find this stuff sooooo far from home ???
Anybody got a low boy headed from Alaska south running back empty ?
Nice homestead there and nice garden too. Looks like you're living the dream.
Wish I could grow Rhubarb in Texas, Love the pie, and everything you can make out of it.
Pigweed boiled with salt pepper & butter according to my husband's grandmother is called slumgullion. Never ate it myself.
Kathy Zenker our family calls them lambs quarters. Been eating them for generations. Tastes a bit like if you threw some sand into a pot of spinach but other than that it's pretty good
Thanks for the update on everything buddy! Send that rain my way we’re getting dry here
Thanks Squatch, it's raining here in Pa today due to thunderstorms
We had a heck of a storm come through on the 4th. Not sure if you had the same system, but we had 60+ mph winds, and a couple inches of rain in about 2 hours. Garden is looking healthy - and I know what you mean with leaves. I mow them into windrows and then sweep them up. Ha ha. Look forward to X231 making a reappearance.
@@squatch253 I hear you on being busy - being a new father I hardly ever get into the shop. Maybe for a few hours on a weekend. You'll get there when you get there. The videos will be waiting for you. There are some things I had to skip out on showing simply because I am under a time crunch whenever I get into the shop.
Thanks for the tour and the update ! We had a ton of rain down Denver way , also.
If you have native pheasants, mow the pine tree rows in strips every 3 years on rotation so pheasants have nesting and cover. Benefits other wildlife as well.
What a great place to live, traffic free roads on the 4th of July
P.S. That weed looks like what we call "Fat Hen" in the U.K. can be very invasive
I’m a quite new subscriber, so I have not seen everything going on here... but man oh man, what a gem!
We have the same setup accepted our 8n has the old bucket loader. Makes it rougher to turn. Great video
Thx for sharing your 4th with us all.
Garden looks great. Great idea for tomatoes, 5 gal buckets.
I know what you are going through it's been raining here seems like every other day and I have been working on my own project getting a 1970s lawnmower running again
You are one talented individual, that 8N sounds like a Swiss watch!
Great video, thanks for sharing your daily adventures.
Something different for the collection a middle '50s Ford tractor with a Wain-Roy backhoe.
I use a lot of 4140-42 prehard @ 35 Rc. for shafts and such.
Well that took me back 50 years. I often saw Farmers in NZ slashing the grass on dairy farms because the grass grew so fast and would endanger the cows (bloat etc ) .
Hoggn up that road in your pppppppplower! Thanks for the video!
Such a beautiful piece of property. Very very lovely.
Hello Sir I was curious if you could talk about track links I have tons of combine tracks and I'm wondering if they would fit dozers???? Love the vids keep them coming!
Hi Guy, I've watched a few of your Cat engine videos and enjoy watching you. You have some nice property, i grew up on east coast now in Nevada and do miss alk that green vegetation but not the rain & humidity. You look like a guy that would make a good friend. I will subscribe to your channel as soon as i finish this episode. Have a goid week & take care. Best Regards, Mark
nice little tractor, she starts right up!!!
Thanks you for sharing we could do with some of that rain very dry winter here in Aussie. Looks strange to me when you swing out on the "wrong" side of the road on your tractor.
Thank you sir for taking the time to put out such quality videos, Greetings from Az, You sure live in a very pretty country.
Gods blessings to you and yours, Boe
Always liked the sound of those tractors.
Your garden looks really good!!! Awesome job!!
I just about give up on trying to plant trees because of the deer. Don't seem to matter what kind I plant they eat them. And the garden theses massive down pours are killing me. Two times this year 4 to 5 inches in less than thirty minutes the garden ends up in the yard and pasture. 4 to 5 days of rain and then one maybe two days clear to try and straighten things out and rain again. Can't catch up and get ahead of it. Last year was bad but this year takes the cake.
Ummm? Lambs quarter or pig weed? I just mowed a corral that was full of the stuff. Nothing else growing in there. I'm in Colorado & remember calling it "pig weed" in Minnesota. Guess I'd better look it up.
Dumb question, but have you ever considered anything John Deere tractor wise? You have a pretty yourdiverse collection from what I can tell so I wouldn’t think too biased lol
Nice garden 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I noticed that you didn't have the brush hog attached to the PTO on the drive over. I was hoping you would show the hookup. I never enjoy that part and was hoping to see if you use one of the "quick connect" devices. Besides that, its looking great!
Didn't look like he had a quick connect, honestly you just have to get good at backing into the implement & have a good prybar to adjust it if you need it
I SAW YOUR 8 N AND IT LOOK GOOD I HAVE A 8N MYSELF AND I AM TRYING TO BRING IT BACK CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO FIND THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB YOU HAVE MINE IS MISSING AND I CANT FIND ONE ANYWHERE. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED THANKS
thanks @@squatch253
My first video and it was interesting. I have a 9N and very similar interests. We are currently building a home on our 20-acres and will be doing the same things you're doing. Thanks !
Thank you so much for these videos. You taking the time to film and give a lot of "behind the scenes" viewing is so pleasurable. I applaud your diligence to maintain your farm and to keep it looking so nice. Was wondering if you have time in the evening to kick back in a recliner and watch a little TV or do you just plop into bed when the daylight disappears? I must say that you have a much better content than Wranglerstar. He has lost his way, but you are doing homesteading just right. Once again, thanks for the effort you put into your vids.
That "pigweed" is called Fat-hen and used to be used as a salad vegetable before lettuce became popular. It's quite edible and tastes okay (apparently!)
Absolutely love the Ford 8N
Hi from New Zealand enjoy your videos very much that weed appears to be what we call Fat Hen here in NZ it is a nuscence weed but lambs fatten very well on it grows a lot where sheep have been how is the D2 engine comeing on cat wait for the next instalment Regards Les
Couldn't tell from the video- do you use an overrunning clutch on the brush hog? I need to get one for my MF model 30, as I'm doing land clearing and there's a lot of back-and-forth.
As to the garden (looks great, BTW) I remember when my Granddad quit gardening. He didn't mind when the grackles pulled up all the new peas, or when the woodchucks and rabbits ate the beans off to the ground. The last straw was when he realized the lightning bugs were lighting up the rows so the potato beetles could put on a third shift. ;-)
Love your channel
Can't wait to see the next x231 video. 👍
Luv the old 8n...they will out last us all
Did I notice the PTO being "LIVE" ? I'm not familiar with 8N or 9N tractors. Does the PTO run the speed of the tractor? Can you "back mow" between the trees?
You can back mow, PTO isn't live. You push the clutch in and the PTO stops . I usually put it in reverse and feather the clutch to get in tight area
Thanks squatch for the upload, cant wait for the x231 content!!
Thank you for the video. I used a 8N to finish off a yard-Sure made me appreciate a nice seat and power steering. Daddy-in law said they used to have two of them,"Law,we thought we were huge![farmers]". I don't remember but I think the clutch has to be out for the lift to work, is that right? Really nice garden, corn is tasseling down here.Thank you for the up date on the field you sowed,you don't want to spray with 2-4-d?
It's strange how the weather has changed in just the last ten years. Rain seems to be spotty instead of over wide areas like that band you could see on the road. Driving home the other day i passed through about a 100 yard wide band of heavy rain a mile from my house but it never rained at my house.
They laughed at Al gore lol
Wow, the garden is looking great !! Look forward to seeing the fruits of your labour
Squatch if I was closer I'd brought you a plate of BBQ. Had plenty for everyone plus more. What What X32!!! Bring it on!!!
What a beautiful garden!
Talking about the weather come down south and check out the heat and humidity it sucks.
What brand of grey paint did you use on your 8n? I love the creamy color of it. Everything I find in stores near me is more of a white color.
Hola Gracias por compartir ese Lindo Video. Le quería preguntar que Relación tiene la caja Multiplicadora de la Rotativa? Muchas gracias saludos Desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
Great vid!!! Question on how sharp your bush hog blades were... my observation great skill in selection of ground speed ,blade speed, blade sharpness and cutting height to knock down weeds and leave grass healthy to turn into good ground cover. Perhaps in a future vid you could describe the characteristics of direct pto drive and flywheel effect of a spinning mower blade. My first encounter with a NAA ford and mower involved backing half way through an old plywood grain bin. Therefore over running clutch!!!Keep the videos coming!! hello from Canada.....D2 5U 3369
Lambs Quarter it is. Looked up "pig weed" seems to be many cultivars of pig weed.
Looks good. Always a challenge when a guy is made of sugar ;-) Happy 4th to you and yours.
Nope, another 15 well spent, learning about the 8N and your world. I thought those little tractors had about NO horsepower.
About a 4 or 5 foot Brush Hog on the back of an 8N!
Like an old Major Diesel I saw running a saw rig hanging on his nose. Wow.
Back to the "small" Twin City tractors in this yard. 2's 21-32 rad is coming apart. Slowly.
Love the cover on the RD-6.
Happy Independence day Toby, here in Canada out day was back on July 1st. You have rhubarb, how do you do anything out side without a stalk in your mouth? Man when I have access to it, I always have some in hand, love that stuff, just not in pies or what have you just straight out of the ground. You are lucky you had some sun, I can't get anything done here as we have had rain every day since the first week of June without missing a day.
All I hear is blueberry muffins and cutting new seeding is in my near future.😃
Boy I thought our Garden was big!!! Jesus.
I like you're videos u don't babble like so many other direct 2 the point very good.
I’ve been jonesing for some x231 videos
Great to watch - everything is done with love and care!
Nice, I did a eletronic ignition on mine and that thing runs like a scalded dog
@M C an 8n couldn't pull a bolangna skin outta a cats ass, so no 😁 but it does extremely well as an oversized lawn mower
A question for you
What model ford does the 6D diesel come in?
Iv got an old chamberline with a retrofitted 6D
But parts are proving hard to find
I have a question about your tractor. Does that tractor have a PTO that only runs while the tractor moves? I’ve been thinking of buying one of those but didn’t want one that the PTO only works if the tractor is moving.
notice the overrunning clutch on PTO Bought one in Canada from Hub City years ago!!! Pay attention to shaft size, standard 1 3/8 ford smaller
Yup get and over running clutch and you'll be fine, I never had problems with my mower . You tend to learn to avoid certain things and drive it a certain way . It's not a bad thing
Thanks for the tour around the property.
I have a question, what blade rpm is on your Bush Hog mower, and, what is the approximate horse power is your 8N?
That was enjoyable,...thanks for sharing this with me ( us too ) Cheers!
8n has about 23hp and mower blade rpm is like 1000rpm depending on the gear box. PTO speed is 540. A 8n can mow bigger stuff than that for sure biggest stuff I've ran over was about 6ft tall, it just struggles with hardwood saplings (I have mesquite in my area)
@@johndowe7003 Thanks for this,..this is what I wanted to know,....Cheers!
@@regsparkes6507 post some vids up if u get one man, always good seeing old iron
Thanks for posting , your 8n is real quiet , what brand / type muffler are you using ? Thanks
That ford 8N is a beautiful machine. I’d love to find one to work on.
You'd definitely have to work on it, lol.
I love my 8n it's A lot of fun 2 play with.
I like the way you do things for me it is a lot of inspiration. Did you know the USSR made a caterpillar D8 analog?
Love that your "old" equipment still has to earn it's keep around the compound. On the 8N brush hog combination, is it the PTO gear train on the 8N that's loud or the bevel gearbox on the brush hog? It's not as loud as the final drives on your H but it's definitely audible in the video.
Yeah my 8n gearbox doesn't whine . It's definitely the mower
@@squatch253 thanks for taking the time to reply, glad to hear that the 8N runs quiet. I once built a 9N with oversize sleeves and Ford Flathead V-8 pistons, pulled really well for its size, they're a great tractor.
It surprises me that ROPF (roll-over protection frames) are not needed, obviously different rules here in Oz.
Nice garden.
Enjoy your holiday weekend :)