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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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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #1 - Apr 19^th, 2010 at 12:18am More than likely that unit will out last us both....made when people expected stuff to last.
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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #2 - 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
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #4 - Apr 19^th, 2010 at 12:23pm Cutey. Need video sometime of course. Uh....comes with a tube of Preparation H, Right? Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Charlie
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midwestbeth CH.com Sponsor Offline Posts: 1123 Edwardsville, IL Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #5 - 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.
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Reply #6 - 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.

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Kevin_M CH.com Sponsor Offline withered branches grow green again. Posts: 8754 Michigan, USA Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #8 - Apr 19^th, 2010 at 4:21pm Nice to see it brought back to life, Johnny. Odd-looking in today's world, unique.
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TomM CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 2133 Montgomery Village, MD, USA Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #9 - Apr 30^th, 2010 at 2:57pm That thing is AWESOME! TomM
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Jimi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't feed the moderators Posts: 4925 Madisonville, KY Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #11 - 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.
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: tow-mator Reply #12 - Apr 30^th, 2010 at 3:50pm Quote: runs good and doesn't smoke. That's important in this politically correct environment.
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Reply #13 - 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.

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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #14 - May 11^th, 2010 at 12:53am What did you get into? A spring?
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-johnny- CH.com Sponsor Offline theres no smoking on the dock Posts: 1642 fayette county ohio Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #15 - 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
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Reply #16 - 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. Wink

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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #17 - 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
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BigMatt CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Live to ride, ride to live. Posts: 1089 Mountain View, CA Gender:	Re: tow-mator Reply #18 - 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.
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Reply #19 - 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.

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Reply #20 - 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

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