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Wood'nCoal · By: **Wood'nCoal** On: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:56 pm

Dallas wrote:1953 Ford NAA Golden Jubilee w/2 speed rear. Runs like new!

I can't believe you have an NAA. Please post photos when you can. As I mentioned, at some point I would like a nice 8N.

There is a summer camp near the Delaware in Warren county that has one. It's in good shape, the emblem is missing from the front. I tried to buy it, but they don't want to sell it.

Dallas · By: **Dallas** On: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:10 pm

So, here I am typing away and the power goes off! ... typing seems to be a chore, sometimes ....

I was looking for some pix of the NAA, when I submitted the post, but didn't find any. I had a couple of the back end with a dethatcher I made, which I posted on the Garden Web Tractor forum. I'll get some taken and posted.

Wood'nCoal · By: **Wood'nCoal** On: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:30 pm

Thanks, looking forward to them.

One of my daughter's friends is here, his parents have a horse farm in town, they have an 8N, but it's not for sale, something about needing it to pull the manure spreader or something like that...

Dallas · By: **Dallas** On: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:11 pm

Here ya go W'nC. I decided to bring her out to "play" and take the pix. You'll be able to sleep tonigt.

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Wood'nCoal · By: **Wood'nCoal** On: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:53 pm

Very Very nice, Dallas. Take good care of her.

I see you have an alternator on her---I guess it's been converted to 12V?

Dallas · By: **Dallas** On: Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:01 pm

It was 12v when I got it. It had the generator, but the regulator went bad ... I think. So, I put the 1 wire alternator on it. Just this year, I replaced the cartridge oil filter with a spin on. I've kept the old parts for the next owner.

I re-did it, when I bought it, but I "use" it, so it could use a little refreshing.

Wood'nCoal · By: **Wood'nCoal** On: Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:11 pm

Nice of you to save the other parts. Most of them have been converted to 12V.

It looks fine to me, I can appreciate the work that goes into creating a "show piece" but these tractors were meant to be used, you can still keep it looking nice and use it!

e.alleg · By: **e.alleg** On: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:41 pm

Wood'nCoal wrote:
e.alleg wrote:I use a Ford 8n variant with a front end loader...

What is a "variant"? I have seen Fergusen tractors that look very much like 8N's, is it one of those?

It's a Ford 600, similar to the NAA I think. 3 point hitch with the plow leveler. No power steering

What I don't like about it is that it doesn't get very good traction. It's too easy to get it stuck in the mud and it has good tires on it with wheel weights. The internationals seem to get better traction, maybe they are heavier I don't know. The loader on this thing will lift 2000 pounds easy, it's overbuilt for sure. Here's a picture, I don't have any of just the tractor I usually like to take pictures of the vegetables and the kids get in the way

Wood'nCoal · By: **Wood'nCoal** On: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:28 pm

My excuse for buying it is I need the loader to move coal around.

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Steve.N · By: **Steve.N** On: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:29 pm

Ahhh tractor thread my favorite subject

The ultimate offroad

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John Deere #1

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John Deere #2 currently in my shop having backhoe repaired

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Case with mower

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Case after new rebuild

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One can never have enough tractors,,, or coal

Wood'nCoal · By: **Wood'nCoal** On: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:14 pm

One can never have enough tractors,,, or coal

Agreed.

Actually I was looking for a Hoyt-Clagwell, but they are hard to find. I've only ever seen one.

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cArNaGe · By: **cArNaGe** On: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:57 pm

w00t old tractor thread! How in the hell did I miss this one?

58 Ford 800

My dad had this when I was born. I remember him breaking it in half and restoring it when I was about 5. That was 30 years ago. Needs to be restored again!

That can be a winter project if I find time.

I use it to brush hog about an acre field behind my house and to plow snow. I have a 5 foot rototiller, Harrow, Disc Plow, cultivator, back blade, 6 foot brush hog here in PA. I still have two New Holland Balers, Rake, Fluffer?, four row planter and sickle bar mower down in Georgia. Unles my sister sold them on me! B$%@H
The stuff I left down south is pretty much Junk anyway.

Scottscoaled · By: **Scottscoaled** On: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:59 pm

You guys all have alot of Iron!!!! I'm almost ashamed to post on this one. My best tractor is a New Holland 2120 mini- escavator. I take the hard mounted backhoe off and throw a couple lift arms off to pull the plows and disks. 45 horse 4 x 4 with shuttle shift. By far the favorite is the 1956 Oliver super 55. I use it as much as possible to plant a couple acres of sweet corn, a couple acres of pumpkins, acouple acres of everything else, but mostly have either a bushhog or a 6' woods finish mower behind it shaving the backyard. It is amazin' that an old piece of iron can be that relaxing to drive.It is getting to be time to do a little reconditioning. I traded a good running 8n even up for it. A steal!!

Scott

av8r · By: **av8r** On: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:57 pm

ok...not old, and not mine, but mine to use for the next few years...

Wood'nCoal · By: **Wood'nCoal** On: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:14 am

We can never have enough toys.

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