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Subject: Re: 8Ncredible

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Robert Rees

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Date Posted: 23:31:06 11/22/15 Sun
In reply to: GaryDan 's message, "Re: 8Ncredible" on 11:18:14 10/19/15 Mon

>
>Thanks for the article Wes. I'm still living the
>memory :D. I still have and use a Ford 9N, built in
>1941. An older model to the 8N. It looks very much
>like the 8N except it had a front distributor cap at
>the end of the crankshaft in front of the engine, just
>behind the radiator (some early 8Ns had front
>distributors, but went to side mounts in later
>versions). It has a back blade, and small fully
>hydraulic front end loader. I use it as my
>wheelbarrow, and for snow plowing. It scares me
>running my 9N in high gear, let alone taking thinking
>about that 8N doing 96. :O
When I was a kid in the 70's we had a 9N with a trip bucket loader on it. The other major operational differences were the 9N had a three speed transmission, and the dangerous difference was the way the brake pedals were mounted-- left brake on the left side along with the clutch and the right brake on the right. I backed into my uncle's pickup because of that once.
Ours also had a Sherman overdrive, supposedly my uncle paced dad when he brought it home, and it would run 22mph in road gear. It wasn't quite that fast once the loader was mounted, but it still went fast enough to be scary. Especially with the "If it doesn't stop, drop the implement brakes."

I often wonder how many miles I put in on the seat in the ten years I drove that tractor by myself. It started when dad put me on it to take it home from his cousins house when I was in the third grade.

Robert

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