Shoot
you can't touch an 8N out here for less than $3500. There's several guys that go out to the Midwest, pick up a load of small Fords then give them a really cheap respray (sometimes they MIGHT mask off the tires) and then sell them at the local auctions for way too much


Bobby

 

There was a guy in Gettysburg who had 5 of them he was selling 2 because he needed money to finish a 46 ford car he was working on, tractor is in great shape and runs great he was asking 2500 for it he then pointed out a couple of things with it and said he would let it go for 2000 I said sold!, I have actually driven it down the road for a coffee! Lots of fun

 

I love me an golden Jubilee. Or similar.
I would settle for an 8N as well and have come real close to buying a couple different 8ns one i missed for 2k with loader and another for 1600. Couple of golden jubilee's that i wished i had bought.
I did buy this old towmotor forklift last year for $600 a new fuel pump and some lubrication and its going strong.

But for moving those non runners around ive just been using an old tire strapped to the front bumper of the daily driver 05 dodge ram to push them in place and a chain to pull em around.

I will end up with a tracter sooner or later.
The 8n on the trailer with the forklift is my friends that we used to spread roadbase at our warehouse. (that was a heavy load. 7k forklift plus i think 2400lb 8n and 2400 lb trailer)

 

OK, 8N fans, here is a Ford trivia question:

How did Ford decide on the length of these short squat N-series tractors?

 

I am jaded. My Ford 2N works for 15 minutes and gets repaired for an hour and a half. Gonna get a diesel tractor.

 

No need to rebadge a John Deere. Everyone should have one of these. They made lots of implements to go with the LGT series garden tractors, so I'm sure they could move around rolling trucks over simple terrain.

 

My 57 Ford 850 and S650 Bobcat tag team.

 

Ok Abe, not sure about the length but I did read somewhere that the width had to fit in a train box car for distribution all over the country

 

So they could be economically shipped. Do I get partial credit? Oh, my, looks like someone gave the complete answer. We must have been typing over each other.

Actually, wasn't it the predecessor, the 9N that was designed with the dimensions?

 

Hmmmm, Jafo. Now you have me thinking. I thought it was so they could sit crossways on a RR flatcar. Now I am thinking was it so they fit longways in a RR box car. But I am thinking it is crossways on a flatcar, since I know the inside of a box car is 8 feet. I used to work in a lumber yard and we would get 2x4-8's in a box car.

Ray, I meant the whole N-series, 9N, 2N, and 8N. They all are about the same size, aren't they.

You both will get extra credit added to your final grade!

Does anyone know the dimensions of N-series tractors?

 

OK, I found it.

9N: WB: 70", L: 115", W: 64"
2N: WB: not found, L: 115", W: 64"
8N: WB: 70, L: 115", W: 64.75

For 53 Golden Jubilee, they increased them a bit.
WB: 73.8
L: 119
W: 64.75

 

Fomoko. Thats a great tractor! I must get one...

 

The 2N was a stripped war time version of the 9N, essentially the same tractor. I am thinking shipping was designed for flat rail car, as well. I have documentation somewhere here but no research this morning.

 

I never knew that, Ray, about the 2N being a war time version. Interesting.

 

Keep in mind Ford's numbering system. Just like out trucks, numbers match years.
9N=1939
2N-1942
8N=1948

There is a picture by John Jurkowski showing a fleet of truck-trailers with loads of N tractors on them. I had to link to the page as their security has a not copy setting.
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/jo...ki_trucks2.htm