Yes the grey & red,Ford tractors,were 8N's. They had light front ends & would flip in hilly fields of NE PA. Hill farmers,used John Deere because tricycle front ends,were heavier- some even added,weights to front end
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Apr 29, 2020, 8:55 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A lot of the farmers I worked with as a kid had the old Ford tractors - > the ones that were red and gray (N series?) I can recall driving more than > my share of those around, and they seemed quite bulletproof and strong. A > few of the more prosperous farmers had the blue models. I don’t know if > they were any better, but they seemed to be nicer in some respects from > what I can recall. > > > > > On Apr 29, 2020, at 8:49 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Beware of leaking injectors or feed lines on JD's that have them inside > > the engine itself. My Dad's 'new' JD was basically a lemon, and ended up > > filling the crankcase with diesel fuel before needing expensive engine > > work. It was also somewhat puny compared to the older tractors he was > > used to. > > > > He would have been far better served buying an older, bigger JD with > > a more traditional engine construction. The lemon was turbo'd. Lots of > > horsepower (on paper), but in practice fairly underwhelming for a lot of > > uses. > > > > It's my brother's problem, now. > > > > Nothing we had pulled/grunted like the old Moline UTS. Heavy, redline > > at 1200 RPM. 40-odd HP, but torque that would rip things in half. And > > an appetite for gasoline to match! > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
