Put 2 hundred pound weights on it and it will do a lot better. That is what we did on the farm with same tractors 55 yrs ago. Love those tractors.

Glad to see you using your restorations rather than going through all that work and making them "shed queens".

Used to run an 8N on my Uncle's farm. Helped him till 20 to 30 acres at a time for the produce side of his operation-watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes, sweetcorn, etc. Fun little tractor to operate.

That 8N sure looks and sounds great! Hope you get the much needed rain soon. Enjoy your weekend! 🇺🇸🚜👍

You need a drag to pull behind the disk harrow. Get a 6' piece of railroad track, 12' log chain, weld one end of the chain to the end of the railroad track, then weld the other end of the chain to the opposite end of the railroad track and you'll have a good drag. Attach the chain to your harrow so that you drag it along as you disk it will bust up the dirt clods and level the ground.

This brings back memories. In the late 70's I put a lot of hours on an 8n my dad had plowing and discing gardens in our local area in the spring. In the winter I'd plow a lot of driveways. Wish I could send you some of our rain here in West Virginia we're having trouble getting the hay baled because of so much rain.

Nice restoration....looks top notch!

The 8 N was the first tractor I remember driving as a small boy - I've loved them ever since. Your's sound excellent.

Correct me if I'm wrong but, those front tires actually look to be too wide. From my memory, the 8N's had a single rib that was only roughly 3-4 in's wide. If I may offer a suggestion, take half swaths with the disc. Takes longer but, does help to knock down the big clumps. She sounds good, nice to see it running. Great video, cheers :)

Nice seeing the 8n out working.

You have a REAL NICE Ford 8N there !!! I had one myself that I fixed up , and used on what was my property in upstate N.Y. but had to sell the tractor and property on recommendations of my doctor!! He said NO Climbing on tractors or other heavy equipment, yup leg problems!! I LOVED MY 8N and boy do I miss working with it!! GREAT UTILITY TRACTOR, Low to the ground, Very stable, Very useful and FUN to WORK WITH!! That little tractor you have will SERVE YOU WELL for MANY YEARS to COME!! Loved seeing this video!! -------- John Bellas

King Cutter has upped their game on their smaller discs. They always worked well but the old greased bushings were a pain. When they replaced them with sealed bearings that really helped.

@relevation0

Ай бұрын

What does the disc plow do vs the moldboard plow? I am learning about these things.

I love 8Ns! The first tractor I ever got the chance to use. The owner and I put a railroad tie on the disc to add some weight. It really helped.

I bought on of these tractors recently. I grew up on a farm in the 50s-70s and I forgot how hard they are to operate.

@Pineywoods_Hermit

Ай бұрын

Power steering would make a huge difference!

We do have some 8Ns over here but not nearly as common as the Ferguson TE or little grey fergie as they are known both tractors are really able little machines an just so manoeuvrable, great seein it out earnin it's keep 💪 great video 👍

Good video Squatch, enjoy watching you and your Dad working together

I am impressed with the kind of work those little things can do

Love anything 8N. You did a great job on yours. Thanks for posting.

So great to see a boy and his dad working together, no matter what their age!!! Cherish these moments Squatch253!!!

I bought an 8n 3 years ago for 1250. Love that tractor! It's my wood hauler.

Looks nice. Doing a complete rebuild on mine now. I have every nut and bolt out of it currently and the cases are going to get acid dipped. I see you kept the generator on yours. I keep going back and forth on that as otherwise it would be all original.

Beautiful tractor, I have a 52 8n I use, love the gas burner, needs some paint but always starts and does a perfect job, just leaks power everywhere lol

I sure do love watching that old equipment working.

Good job on the Red Belly . I got 1950 8N my dad gave me 30 year's ago. After two ex wives the tractor still looks better and definitely works harder and maintenance so much cheaper lol.

After I got too old to continue climbing onto my 1948 8N, I sold it in 2018 to a fellow who wanted to do a complete tractor restoration for resale. According to the tractor's serial number it was actually manufactured in Sept. 1947 as one of the first 8N Ford Tractors to come off the assembly line following Ford's decision to stop manufacturing the 2N tractor as of July 1947. My tractor had never had the engine apart or any part rebuilt and it still did not smoke nor use any oil, although I did replace the carburetor 2 years before I sold it. I owned the tractor for 14 grateful and proud years and I miss that tractor more than I can say. BTW; Just a suggestion, but another 300# on top of the disc harrow will help those disc bite into the ground, that is what I welded on to my harrow and it worked like a charm, best combo of tractor and disc I ever had.

If there’s any other tractor brand that can say they’re darn near everywhere and you can get almost all the parts sill today that are still being used summer after summer since the 1940’s it’s an 2N, 8N, or 9N Ford.

@mwilliamshs

4 жыл бұрын

This video is about a Ford 8N Your comment references "any other brand" What is the other brand?

@brandoncaldwell95

4 жыл бұрын

@@mwilliamshs His comment is way too far over your head to actually understand what was said.

@brandoncaldwell95

4 жыл бұрын

I can agree with that. Sadly, they are expensive parts no matter where you look.

@powderriver2424

4 жыл бұрын

mwilliamshs Really, your a real interesting guy at parties aren’t you? My comment is obvious, your just being a keyboard hero. For fun I’ll entertain you, and for your information the 2N,8N, & 9N are nearly the same tractor just minor upgrades and years. Ford tractors are more prevalent because average Joe owns one for brush hogging etc. there’s just that many around as opposed to a farmer using JD, IH, Chalmers, or Oliver brands for farm work.

@Trollemharder

4 жыл бұрын

@@mwilliamshs I personally am a JD kinda guy (Another brand) but his comment did not reference another brand the key word being the "IF" at the start of the statement.

I bet you are glad to see all the hard work you put in on that little Ford just putting away and doing its-job

Beautiful 8n. Nice seeing it out working.

@javiergutierrez7136

2 жыл бұрын

No había visto uno trabajar con discos de rastra. Excellente tractorcito

Need a Dearborn disc behind that Ford!

I could listen to the purr of those little engines lugging a load all day. I wish the new machines were built with some of the new technology of today, but the standard of overbuiltness and serviceability of these old machines.

We will gladly give you some of our rain here in Central Wisconsin. 2 .5 in. yesterday alone. Thanks again for the video.

Need a little weight on the disk, chop chop, lol

@LectroSaw

4 жыл бұрын

cleric 12c I think a longer top bar would balance it a bit better and get the rear disks in the ground.

@paulsilva3346

4 жыл бұрын

I concur WEIGHT is a GOOD thing, better to lift it, than BEND Hardware PUSHING it down..?? Of course some BALLAST Racks would need to be Fabricated. But Squatch is up to a little Fabbing...??? Whadaouy think Toby...??

@brandoncaldwell95

4 жыл бұрын

Typically the issue with 3 points. Maybe 10 pounds of preassure where a pull behind is in the 60 to 100lbs range.

@RomeKG471

4 жыл бұрын

Little disks need weight, they are just too light, where a big 12' Rome offset disk for example would have around 500 to 800 lbs of weight per disk blade. Farm disks are wide and have two offset gangs and cut firm and loose ground pretty good.

@jimmieburleigh9549

4 жыл бұрын

Throw some rail ties or logs on it and strap em down.

Great job. Rain will do wonders. No hurry. No rain no grow. Wonder if KC makes scrapers for their disc blades. I used to put links of chain on spools that collected dirt and that helped. I never used roto-tillers but discing got me by. (Like the 8N) they are still nifty.

Look at that great old tractor doing so great!

You take very nice care of that tractor. Love the 8n content. Thanks for posting. Have a good day

@Murphyslawfarm

4 жыл бұрын

👍😎

Great restore job, some say those little tractors couldn’t do much, however they probably never followed the rear end of an old horse or mule, These little tractors Ford Ferguson were the greatest things ever with their 3 point hitch hookup,

Nice looking old Ford tractor. Perty cool . Thanks for sharing.

Oh Squatch, you haven't seen dry and dusty until you come down to red dirt country in south central Kansas. Great video, nice to the the 8N do some work.

@robkelly9397

4 жыл бұрын

try down here in Australia...red dirt...7 year droughts

@Mighty-Quinn

4 жыл бұрын

@@robkelly9397 Aha! I've got you beat there too, we just got out of a 10 year drought. Although I'm sure you guys have worse droughts than us :)

Their great tuff little tracktors I used to own a Ford 200 and know own a Ford NAA love them was my grandpa miss him I've done a little over hall on it

A fella I worked for years ago had a 55 ford harvest jubilee and he had me go through it and I had a blast stripped it down cleaned it up and made some repairs and adjustments and dolled her up I guess I got attached to it I loved that little tractor it was really cool

raised running a 8n on the farm try putting some weight on the disk get them to sink in about half will really do good job to plowed soil

Used a 1950 Ford 8N with a JD 6-foot three-point hitch disk to work hundreds of acres of corn stalks over the years as a teenager on my Dad's farm in the 1960s.

Good looking tractor

I’ve got a 59 641 work master that’s a fine tractor, I put electronic ignition in it this spring and a new alternator, starts on the first turn. I used it once and the lift quit working, I rebuilt the draft piston under the seat hoping that was it, I decided to just take the pump off and look at it while I was working on it. It was the gear that splines to the cam gear, the bolt had backed out and let the gear come off the wobble shaft! I replaced the gear and all the Orings, bolted it up, poured the pump full of oil and fired the tractor up, it took right off. Now the lift doesn’t leak off, so I guess I helped it also. I bought a new John Deere tractor while this one was down. Ohh well! I have plenty work for both!!

Nice photography

would have when the other way with the plow break up the better anyone restores any old thing love that

Nice shots of that disk working 👍👍🇺🇸

Cinematography geeze I thought I was watching a J Paydirt production well done. The tractor runs great even without the logo. Thanks for all your efforts with your content.

I just ran across this video. Nice video, btw. The 8N is looking and sounding pretty good. I have Farmalls here, but I have been considering a Ford, though I would like at least a NAA to get live hydraulics and live pto. But 8Ns are more plentiful.

Thats a nice 8N!

it was dry last summer here too, real wet in the fall. have not had any rain hardly in a month and a half this year. it goes around me or just drys up before me

Luv the old n it will be here when were gone

Look like a sweet little tractor runs fine

Tractor sounds great 👍

Super sweet old ford!

I bought an almost new King Kutter disk from a fellow who used it once and decided to sell it. Not a bad tool for someone who has never used a nice disc before. Too light for actually breaking up the turned over soil from a plow. Would probably work for scratching up the ground for a food plot but I needed something that can work the ground for hay.

Great 8N. We love ours.

Good Saturday morning. We got rain yesterday. 😊👍💥🌧🌦🌎

Seems like you have one or two of everything😊actually that is 4 tractors that I have seen, Anyway you need a landscape box scraper to remove the rocks and roots. The work terrific for finish landscaping. You may find it works better than the tumble bug

Yes you are right it is looking good Very very good I love it

Hey Squatch, do you have a root rake? maybe a chisel plow would help clear roots too. I love your channel, everything you have works!

Like many others I first drove an 8N. It had a loader and mostly I shoveled manure or raked the gravel roads. Not the fun farming. And the first video I watched here had Rick picking, it seems the perennial crop!

You should run a spike tooth harrow over it .That will level and fill in the groves left by the disc.

I'm surprised you haven't built a root rake for the d2 or something to pull around that will do the same thing lol love the vids man keep up the great work have a wonderful 4th of July my friend

Theyre fun tractors for sure .

Nice job 👍

Lovely looking 8N sure mis it some days. I traded the 8N on Dexta just wanted the live PTO for my potato hiller and some other equipment

Little Ford sounds good.

The 8N deserves to have the logo done up proper

Love the 8n

You need a weighted tine rake to clean out roots without flipping the tractor- get rid of the roots and small rock in a couple of sweeps...

We got a hard fast and dirty storm today hit round 235 and hung out til about 345 and blew itself out

😍8n

Nice little tractor. Did you do a video series on it. I will have to look. Fun to see your work on your machinery pay off. Kenny with his H on his last video said "This paint job is getting expensive." I am thinking like you, the farm store paint will do for me at least.

Look like you Dad had a good time

I’ve just got a 1948 8N that has no script on the hood or fenders. Wondering if you know how many were made that way? Can’t seem to find anyone that knows.

I never have been impressed with the big box store discs: not well built and no where near enough weight. Given a choice I always look for older used (anything) fix it and put it to work. Your dad seems to be having a fun day: good for him.

@whathobogrohknows

4 жыл бұрын

amos snow Farming and Fixing I just like the old implements because they match the tractor. I don’t really have a problem with new implements I just don’t have the money or want for a brand new disc behind my old 8n. I wonder if squatch is going to let the frame of the disc get bent up the harvest the hood discs and put them on a old plow

@amossnowdaharleyman9179

4 жыл бұрын

@@whathobogrohknows Can't say if I've ever even looked for an implement to match the brand and or era of any of my tractors except my International/Farmall 140's. I use them to cultivate and the implements are pretty much dedicated for the brand(on stuff that old).They are offset operator station with front and rear cultivators and for cultivating a small truck patch if there is something better I haven't found it.

@steamboatal

4 жыл бұрын

Cultavision

We have an IH 6060 disc that is designed for an IH140 tractor with a one point hitch. We had a bolt on three point hitch bolted on it. My uncle's 9N would not handle the weight of this disc.

And call Rick he’ll bring over the corn planter 😁

@Murphyslawfarm

4 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣🌽

You need to add more iron for reinforcement and weight on the disc it will help out a lot. About four or five hundred lbs

I'm a green tractor kinda guy, but your videos are always good and informative. ty for sharing another. oh and yes my family has a lot of old yeller stuff

A log makes a good drag too.

nice job!

As one of my old work mates said of his youth spent working on his uncle's farm: "Driving a hundred miles in a day, and not actually going anywhere!" I had never thought of it quite like that before, but he was right! Could be worse, though. Going in ever-decreasing-circles with only one place to end up :-).

Always seems to get cha..here you go fixin up a bunch of equipment that will level a mountain and bam, no rain no rain for weeks always seems to getcha such as life goes..

Nice restoration on the tractor. What year is that 8n, exactly?

Oh stop you’re gonna wash it you know it 🤦‍♂️😂

Very special video

On the ford 8n how do you add hydraulics if the Tractor doesn’t have any

My dad had a 8N would like to have one someday

Good vid if it is dry!

No one has mentioned it in any of the comments. For those who don't know..... nineteen thirty 8N, nineteen forty 2N , nineteen forty 9N. 🤗🍒🚜

What size front tires did you put on that? They look beefier that mine

Thank you for the video.Daddy-in-Law says they used to use a disc plow to chop up roots like that-Mebbe thats a option for you guys?

Nice Ford tractor. You sure could use some weights on that disc.

I just bought a Ford 9n today

G'day cool video

Squatch253 what width size is ur harrow disks?is it a 60 inch?

Are you going to use the spring harrow on it? It seems to gather trash very well.

I liked ferguson ove the ford had tea 20 i spent hours on as a kid