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    Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm
Got a call today that I could have the Ford 8N with Sherman Underdrive (I hope??) with the implements and rear chains for $1000. Implements are a Ford plow, springtooth, sickle mower, back blade and a homemade rear carrier. Will pick it up on Friday and  move it into the garage and hopefully have it running soon. Nothing like a new color to see how things are different.....
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Will you have to wear a mask to pick it up, and will the gun be loaded? :) It wasn't too long ago people wanted $2500 for a running 8N without any equipment.Sounds like a great deal. If it does have underdrive, you could mount the carrier and put her in low low and walk behind picking up punkins or whatever without a driver.
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Old Fords and Fergusons around these parts are losing their luster, too small to bush hog more than grass, too big to use for lawn mowers but reasonable large garden units, biggest problem is they are so prolific the numbers are driving values down.  Co-worker sold a 2N for $2000 with newer rubber and paint, had a two bottom, a 6 foot single row disc and a 4 foot mower, all he could get after advertising over a year.
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Stick with AC equiptment, it will never let you down.
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How about some pics Eldon.  Sounds like a good deal
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Nothing wrong with other colors.  Pictures, pictures, we want pictures! 
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Eldon you done good! Iv'e never owned one but they seem to stay popular though as already said worth less these days.
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Congrats! I love mine!
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Everybody says there worthless. But a Allis B can be worthless for alot of things too because it dosent have alot of power. I would think they would be good tractors as long as you don't use it for things outside of its limits.

Good luck with your new tractor! And pictures would be nice!
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they're cheap around here too, without the sherman. With sherman the price would be more around 4500 or better.
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8N's around my parts go for $1,200 to $1,500, with attachments $1,750 to $2,000. Restorations are close to $2,500. As others mentioned it is a bit small for most real work, even the Gentlemen farmers are heading north of 45 HP.
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Hey Eldon,
I hope the sickle bar mower is the side mounted unit with the shorty pitman arm that allows it to mow vertically like the A-C "Twin-Wheel" series mowers.
Neighbor farmer had one of those back in the 50s and he kept his hedgerows trimmed up real nice.
I also hope it has the "underdrive" as the reverse in some of those 8Ns was awfully fast!
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Eldon, sounds like you did good. They were very popular little tractors around here. The implements should be worth at least half of the price. I think you will find it very handy around your operation. Post some pictures. 
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Does everyone have their Christmas light up?
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Hey Jeff, Christmas lights have nothing to do with farm equipment. Please post in the correct forum and try not to high-jack other peoples topics.
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Glad to hear you got it. It will make you appreciate your Allises a lot more! I grew up (maybe should say "got older") with my butt on the seat of an 8N, and after getting a D14, I don't care if I never see another 8 N. I'm sure the under drive will make it some what more desirable, though. Darrel
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Looking forward to pictures. They're neat little tractors and if I woke up one morning to find one sitting in the yard, I'd probably keep it. My neighbor had an 8N or 9N and I wish I had asked him more about farming with it when I had the chance.
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Eldon, good for you.  You will find many uses for that 8N, especially with that rear carrier.  I made a carrier for Dads red belly Ford and it only came off when he was doing row crop, etc.  It was great for fence repair, etc. Also easier on the fuel.  I like our D-14, but must admit that it is not as easy to get on/off.
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How are those on fuel.

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Originally posted by R.W R.W wrote:

Hey Jeff, Christmas lights have nothing to do with farm equipment. Please post in the correct forum and try not to high-jack other peoples topics.
Thank You
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Hey RW, This is the Allis Chalmers Farm Equipment Section.
But since this topic {Fords} has nothing to do with Allis Chalmers,
Do you like pizza?
I do.
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They burn it.
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Originally posted by Chris/CT Chris/CT wrote:

Stick with AC equiptment, it will never let you down.
Sound Advice....
Uncle loves his 8N to death.....his firewoood tractor.
Me personally....I think the flathead 4 doesnt have the power to pull the skin off a lardvark
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What is a lardvark?
Can you eat them?
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My experience trying to plow with an 8N is that the engine had enough HP to let the three point lift the rear wheels so they'd spin and dig deeper anytime I got the plow digging good. Enough hp in winter to let me ram a three point blade into a drift and to break the light weight blade.Other wise I consider it a toy and am glad I no longer have it.

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I plowed an acre of Virgin ground with my great uncles 8N. Only trouble I had was when I hit a piece of limestone that was about 12 inches wide, 2 feet long and 6 inches thick. The next year I had trouble with the stalks plugging it up a few times, but we pick over 200 bushel off that acre.
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I've got an 8N I'm working on now. I've got a 185 too. Thought I would work on the 8N first. Paid 1000 dollars for it many years ago. All I did then was get it running. Finally decided to do more. I put a coat of paint on it last weekend. I will put it together this weekend unless I get lazy and watch the SEC championship game Saturday afternoon. Probably watch the game and finish the tractor in two weeks.
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So what is a lardvark???
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Originally posted by DonDittmar DonDittmar wrote:

Originally posted by Chris/CT Chris/CT wrote:

Stick with AC equiptment, it will never let you down.


Sound Advice....
Uncle loves his 8N to death.....his firewoood tractor.

Me personally....I think the flathead 4 doesnt have the power to pull the skin off a lardvark


Do you mean an aardvark???

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Most of the farmland in this area up through the 60's was farmed by small fords. They did all the row cropping, hay, and pasture work, as well as helping with firewood, fencing, and transportation. Some of the old timers did not drive and used the 8 n's to get to country stores. They did the job well and increased acreage over what was done with mules. I still used my Dad's Jubilee for teddering, raking, spraying, and bushhog work too tight for my 190.
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Well, I have to jump into this discussion. Dad always had at least one A-C, but for
many years, he had an 8N Ford. We called it Leapin Lena.
  I raked hay for hours and hours every year with that little tractor. Gnats always
follow a tractor and swarm around the highest part. Guess what, that was the
head of the driver. We had an old McCormick horse-drawn rake with the tongue
cut off and a tractor hitch added. That old horse rake would only stand about
1 1/2 MPH, so raking took a long, long time. We made lots of hay and straw,
so I spent many days with the old 8N.
   Along about 3 in the afternoon, the Ford was buzzing along, it was nice
and warm, and I had eaten a big dinner. I would get sleepy and the windrows
would get kind of crooked, or sometimes, a lot crooked and wavy.
   The other part of the story is that I learned to cultivate corn with that darn
tractor, 2 shovels in front on each side, on both sides of the row. The JD 490
that we had was sprung, so every 8 rows, the row would jog about a foot
when we cultivated crossways(wire check corn was what everybody planted
so that we could cross-cutlivate). Needless to say, I straightened out that
jog a lot when I got done.Sorry for the rambling post.
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