[AT] Hello to "Pharmer"

[Bruce Moden]

Thanks John, Dave, & others who responded;
 for your input, I'll keep all this in mind when front
lawn hopping.

Pharmr Bruce


--- John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com> wrote:

> I agree with you Carl.  I started out with a bias
> against the N's in 
> favor of the larger (in size) tractors, but the N's
> have sure treated 
> me right.  Boy are they good sellers!  I still do
> have a long love 
> affair going with my old Farmall H and loader that
> I've used 
> regularily for 30+ years.   But think I can say it
> is beginning to 
> take second seat to the 8N I "repowered" this winter
> with a 60 HP 
> Ford flathead V-8.  I sure like old tractors!   
> John W.
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:34 PM 08/22/2008, you wrote:
> >Hello to "pharmer", and I second Dave Merchant's
> excellent comments
> >about off-the-front-lawn tractor sales.  Got to be
> sharp, tho, and tell
> >the difference between "yard art" (will NEVER run
> again), and a good
> >restoreable ("ran when parked--maybe") item.   I
> absolutely refuse to
> >mention one brand over another to answer your other
> statement about what
> >is a good one to start with, but Ford 8N or 9N
> ---oooops--- would be my
> >choice.
> >
> >Cheap (relatively speaking) and available parts
> supply; good guru's to
> >answer questions on a couple of excellent 8n and 9N
> Ford  sites on the
> >Internet.   Ford N's are small enough to be easy to
> work with, you won't
> >get a hernia removing the whole front end to work
> on, and the tech
> >manuals and stuff are excellent.  Hydraulics, 3
> point hitch, grade and
> >plow driveways,mow grass, run a gentleman pharm,
> whatever you want to
> >do. Excellent resale potential.  Not gas hogs,
> either-- 25 HP, but can
> >work hard.  Prices? Depends on where you are and
> the wind direction, but
> >I use the "Rule of 9's".  $900 is "Needs work", 
> $1800 is "needs
> >cosmetics and re-wiring", and $2700 is "Somebody
> else restored it--and
> >comes with some equipment", and $9000 is a "trailer
> Queen"-- never meant
> >to cut a blade of grass-- or else the seller thinks
> you got money.
> >
> >OK, so I have
>
restored-refurbished-revitalized-repainted-remechanicced
> >two over the years.  Use one in summer for mowing
> 4acres of grass, use
> >the other in the winter for plowing snow.  I forgot
> to mention how much
> >fun they are...
> >If a choice, an 8N (1948-52) is probably a better
> bet in some ways
> >mechanically than a 9N (1939-42) or 2N (1942-47). 
> (Pretty much all the
> >same one--9N,2N). [Don't ask me-- Henry Ford named
> them.]..
> >
> >Ok, boys, that's my opinion-- what's yours???
> >Carl in Vermont
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