6080 not mine but neat

I like the look, very cool. But why would you want to do that?

Why not do that. I think it looks pretty good. If you are bored and want something different. Better than another modified B or WD picture.

bradley6874 wrote: they do have there place

Other than backing stuff in a barn where are the advantages?

Let’s see the disadvantages
Less stable
Another set of tracks to run more crops over
Can’t straddle a windrow of hay or straw
Worse in mud

There most usefull place is not around you obviously and on that note I am done

Edited by bradley6874 - 20 Apr 2018 at 9:24am

Ky.Allis wrote: If you are raking hay with a side delivery rake or mowing hay with a haybine the narrow front is great for sharp turns and making square corners when mowing hay. Power steering is also a big plus. I grew up on narrow front AC's. At one point dad had WD45,D-14,D-17,CA all narrow front.

Here folks cut hay like they plant corn. Few laps around plus some “end rows” and then cut lengthwise. If it’s a wide field I’ll split it. Square corners just adds stress to the U-joints.

The front wheels running on the windrow just shatters leaves and stems. First tractor I drove was a NF C never thought man that was handy. I had chances to buy the C after his passing and refused.

Lots of uses for NF tractors really good in the woods,when disking won't leave a track on the outside like a WF when making a turn.Plus they look pretty cool.Have several NF tractors I use all the time.

victoryallis wrote: Ky.Allis wrote: If you are raking hay with a side delivery rake or mowing hay with a haybine the narrow front is great for sharp turns and making square corners when mowing hay. Power steering is also a big plus. I grew up on narrow front AC's. At one point dad had WD45,D-14,D-17,CA all narrow front. Here folks cut hay like they plant corn. Few laps around plus some “end rows” and then cut lengthwise. If it’s a wide field I’ll split it. Square corners just adds stress to the U-joints.

So 90 degree corners stress U-joints but 180 doesn't?

If they are so great why did manufacturers stop making them over 40 years ago?   Correct me if I’m wrong conversation kits were also made to go WF.

First tractor I drove was a narrow front C and drove a narrow Minne Mo for a neighbor when in school. When my turn to pick what equipment I wanted from my grandfather’s estate I took the wide front D17 over the narrow C

Everybody has an opinion. Like butts, everybody has one. Some folks like the NF Tractors, some don't. No big deal. I think that 6080 looks great, and the owner did a nice job on it. Its different. If you don't like NF's, that's fine, but I wouldn't bash or trash it. Like any other hobby, different upgrades make things interesting. If everybody did the same thing, hobby's or projects would be boring. Be open minded Victory. Different things spark interest and new idea's, and that improves the hobby whether its Cars, Trucks, Tractors, whatever. Not everyone is going to like an upgrade that another has done whether a paint job, engine change, or designing a NF in this case. That's okay. But, there's no need to keep shootin' a dead horse. Word your opinion nicely and move on. This way no toes get stomped on. Pretty simple...
Steve@B&B

Wide fronts, do not make good Tow-line tractors, narrow fronts do.

i think at the end of the day most people just like the looks of a narrow front tractor, purpose full or not.

TREVMAN wrote: I think it looks cool, looks "right". The rest of it, whatever... Trev