[AT] New 8N (New Holland)

[charliehill]

Could be Ralph.  This one was brand new and it looked exactly like a New 
Holland farm tractor except the operators station was turned around.  If I 
remember correctly it had a steering wheel in the stock location.  It just 
had a swivel seat like a backhoe and a really nice cab.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] New 8N (New Holland)


> Charlie, I think the tractor you refer to would be the Versatile
> bi-directional tractor. They could be operated in either direction and 
> were
> a real handy workhorse on the farm. In fact our village maintenance men 
> use
> one for all the work including snowblowing, etc. They are Ford blue now 
> but
> when Versatile first built them about 30 years ago they were all red.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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>
>
> Also, I saw a NH up in Maryland at Chrismas that was
> about as slick a rig as I've seen lately.  It was a farm tractor of 
> probably
> 100+ HP on a fairly large frame but the seat was turned around backwards.
> The whold back of the cab was a big sheet of glass with a big windshield
> wiper.  It was set up with a huge snowplow and had joy stick controls on
> both arm rests.  It would be a pleasure to clear snow in that rig.
>
> Charlie
>
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