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Title: tow-mator
Post by -johnny- on Apr 18^th, 2010 at 11:54pm

folks i am now the proud owner of a 1949 ford 8n. (tow-mator). my buddy bought this and another tractor for a good price. this one was totally covered with poison ivy when he found it. he rebuilt the generator, ignition system, and wiring harness. turns over twice and fires right up and runs good and doesn't smoke. needs a few things but nothing major. i thought this would be good for me to start out with and i'll get a few things done around the house here.

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Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Racer1_NC on Apr 19^th, 2010 at 12:18am

More than likely that unit will out last us both....made when people expected stuff to last.

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by George on Apr 19^th, 2010 at 12:42am

Puts me in mind of the old Case loader I pushed cow manure around with when I was a twelve-year-old kid. Maybe--oh--ten thousand times or so. Dairy farming's charms sorta dimmed on me after a while.

Why invite trouble? It'd make a nice flower planter.

Best,

George

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Melissa on Apr 19^th, 2010 at 7:10am

Very nice Johnny!! Good deal :)

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Charlie on Apr 19^th, 2010 at 12:23pm

Cutey. Need video sometime of course.

Uh....comes with a tube of Preparation H, Right?
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Charlie

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by midwestbeth on Apr 19^th, 2010 at 12:33pm

Very Cool, Johnny!! We had a 1940's model cub cadet (inherited) until it was used as a trade in on a new ZTR.

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by -johnny- on Apr 19^th, 2010 at 1:23pm

man there must have been a million of these made. theres all kinds of implements i can get for this tractor and they're fairly cheap. all kinds of parts dealers too.
i guess some of these where adapted to a flathead v8 back years ago. they called it the ford funk

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i doubt i'll ever put a flathed v8 in mine but this give you an idea of how versatile these tractors are. gotta love youtube for self education.

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Skyhawk5 on Apr 19^th, 2010 at 2:05pm

I want one.. Too cool Johnny.

Don

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Kevin_M on Apr 19^th, 2010 at 4:21pm

Nice to see it brought back to life, Johnny. Odd-looking in today's world, unique.

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by TomM on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 2:57pm

That thing is AWESOME!
TomM

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Linda_Howell on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 3:03pm

Quote:

this one was totally covered with poison ivy when he found it.

Along with the preparation H...he probably needed some calamine lotion too.

Nice ride Johnny. Gonna put some flames along the side? I would. ;D

edit to add: whatcha gonna use her for Johnny?

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Jimi on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 3:47pm

Did you have to buy tires? Surely they were dry rotted.

Good lord that thing is as old as me.

Cooler looking though.

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Brew on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 3:50pm

Quote:

runs good and doesn't smoke.

That's important in this politically correct environment.

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by -johnny- on May 11^th, 2010 at 12:39am

well last week got it stuck
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got it pulled out saturday and then i broke my plow
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cut up some angle and added a few pieces.
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i think the tractor and i became friends over the past couple of days. she's a little tired but she still works hard. they say ford n tractors require 1 hour of maintenance for 10 hours of operation. with all the things i've had to do with it has still saved alot of time and back pain.

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Racer1_NC on May 11^th, 2010 at 12:53am

What did you get into? A spring?

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by -johnny- on May 11^th, 2010 at 1:38am

Racer1_NC wrote on May 11^th, 2010 at 12:53am:

What did you get into? A spring?

no the ground was tore up from the leach line we put in last fall. the part i got stuck in was filled about a day prior to getting it stuck. the rest was filled in last year. i'm wise to it now and its all filled back in and looking good and flat ;)

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Kevin_M on May 11^th, 2010 at 7:46am

Looks like the ground was trying to swallow it. You're mighty handy with stuff.

And have a few more old items there. I've got a wheelbarrow like that one at the cottage, been around as long as I can remember. The kid's pedal car is something like I had when REALLY young. The chain kept falling off, 10 minutes of fun, 50 minutes of maintenance. ;)

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Guiseppi on May 11^th, 2010 at 9:47am

My voice got deeper just reading all that man stuff! Christy STILL won't let me get a tractor. :'(

Joe

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by Mattrf AKA BigMatt on May 11^th, 2010 at 1:45pm

Now that is a cool old implement of destruction for sure!
Love riding around on stuff like that and ripping things up, makes me want to move out to the boondocks and get some land just so I can have one.
;D

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by midwestbeth on May 11^th, 2010 at 2:19pm

That looks like a regular weekend at my house! I learned a new language helping John work on the tractor. LOL John gets a new "toy" for his tractor every year as long as something from the barn leaves before the new toy shows up. Last year it was a plow that we cleaned and re-built. This year it is a new roller/areator to improve all the clay soil we have around here.

We've only had to call out the tow truck once when the tractor got stuck in the lake. John was turning around to tell the kids to get back (they weren't in the way at all) and didn't stop backing up. At least it was the back end and not the motor.

Title: Re: tow-mator
Post by -johnny- on May 11^th, 2010 at 2:41pm

theres all kinds of implements you can get too.
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i guess i got another hobby