A Ford Tractor Could Do It!
Roast em' if you got 'em
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
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
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
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Sep 2014
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From: Lancaster county, PA
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
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Utah
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)
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)
Hotshot
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From: Burbank, WA
When considering a rolling project how do you guys moving them around? Brute strength? Tow rope attached to the family minivan for rolling up the slope? Wouldn't it be cool to have a little Ford tractor to do the towing? I wonder if anybody has tried even a riding lawnmower? Do any of those have the power? Maybe I could get a John Deere and put a Ford sticker on it.
JAG
JAG
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Lancaster county, PA
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
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Believe Nothing
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: W. Central FL.
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?
Fleet Owner
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From: Central PA
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?
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?
Believe Nothing
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From: W. Central FL.
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.
Fleet Owner
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From: Central PA
I never knew that, Ray, about the 2N being a war time version. Interesting.
Hotshot
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From: Burbank, WA
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