Point of information. Ferguson's first name is Harry, not Henry. My Dad started working (senior quality control engineer) for Ferguson in the late 1940's and knew Mr. Ferguson personally. I remember that when Ferguson won the lawsuit, Dad got a nice bonus that year.

Very informative video. I've wondered for years what the difference was. We had an 8N. Bought it used in about 64 in like new condition. Got at least 50 years of work and sold it to a man who totally restored it and had it for sale for $5000. It was just like new. He never even needed to overhaul the engine. It worked fine. Just total cosmetic and tires. Sure was a beloved tractor on our farm.

The most revolutionary thing about the three point hitch, was the fact that you no longer had to have a half dozen guys hanging around to help you put on or take off implements, so it cut way down on labor costs. One person could handle it. Safety was huge, but the fact, that one person could farm is what sold it! If you had to have a half dozen guys around, you might as well not have a tractor in the first place. Just give 'em sling blades & bush axes and put 'em to work!

My neighbor just gave me 1946 Ford Ferguson tractor and it works! Thank you for the tips I learned so much from your video 🙏🏻🙏🏽

I used a NAA for years to mow and move dirt. Even with the end loader this tractor was so stable it would slide sideways before rolling over. With the hills on my property it was a big plus. It probably saved my life once when I was mowing around my farm pond. The whole bank gave way due to muskrats undermining it. The tractor just slid sideways into the water but did not tip over. The newer compact tractors replacing these old Fords are unstable and downright dangerous. I nearly rolled my new compact tractor on a gentle slope. The first thing I did was to add spacers to widen the rear wheels six inches but it still isn't nearly as stable as the old tractor. Newer is not always better.

I worked bailing hay in East Texas when I was in high school. I drove all of these, as the man I worked for owned the Ford tractor dealership. We got the almost worn out trade ins. I don't know that you can wear one of these out. I once saw one of these 4 cylinder engines torn down for overhaul where you could stick a finger between the piston and cylinder wall. I could pull a New Holland side delivery rake and make a straight windrow. Because of that talent, I didn''t have to load hay bales. The first day on the job, the man pulling the hay bailer told me if I didn't make straight windrows he would kick my a$$, that he didn't want to have to chase the hay all over the meadow. Motivation at it's most basic level. He meant it too, he was a mean old cuss.

What made the 3-piont so great was the Draft / weight transfer. The harder the plow pulled straight back on the 3-point, the more weight was transfer downward on the rear drive tires. Thus giving the tractor an endless supply of traction. One drawback was a lite front end. So newer, bigger tractors counter this by adding weight to the front end and automatic draft control.

Growing up in the 70's my dad had a nice 8n tractor he used for lots of things. I still see lots of the N series tractors in use around here in central California.

My dad had a 9N with the Ibeam radius atm on it. Spent many hours mowing in the summer. Working the garden or grading the driveway. I wish I still had it. Thank you for sharing this great information.

Fun fact The 8N tractor rear wheel bolt pattern is the same as the Ford big truck of that era. And the steering wheels sometimes came from the truck division also whenever they ran out. There's other parts that where interchangeable with the trucks of that era. There's was also a conversion kit available to put the flat head V8 into them and a 6 cylinder motor to increase PTO horsepower. I believe it was called a Funks conversion kit and came with hood extension and bigger rad.

Man I LOVE those tractors! We had a 1941 Furgeson Ford 9N and it was part of the family. Thanks so much for this!

This kind of history lesson video is the best. Very good and informative

Thanks again for an informative video on not just the Ford , as applied to my 1949 2 N . I appreciate all your great informational videos.My favorite farm equipment channel.

I do appreciate your generosity to take the time to make a quality video to share your knowledge regarding Ford tractors. I'm very particular on who I follow but when the minute I saw how you have designed such a unique way to open and utilize your shop door I knew I would like your stuff. I didn't realize that there was such a thing as a cool shop door until now. 🤣 😂😂😂

They made 9N's for 3 years, and 2N's for 6 years, and all of both tractor's engine serial numbers started with 9N. My guess is the vast majority of today's 9N's are actually 2N's.

my dad had the one on the left...taught me to use it cuz he had one leg amputated. i plowed around our trees or shelter belt in spring cuz we lived in country to prevent fire spreading. we had a disc attachment that we used old radiator for weight. we had a plow on the rear which i used to plow snow in our driveway in winter..had to turn blade around to plow in reverse...oh them memories. great video too

Very nice video. It just isnt what it could be without Gidget. We need Gidget videos. Also, why did you make Kristopher disappear. He needs a channel too.

The pto straight to a bushog on those old tractors have put a lot of folks in places they didnt want to go.

I grew up on a 9N Ford. Started using it when I was around 8 or 9 years old and I'm 23 now and still use that old tractor to mow during the spring and summer and plow snow in the winter. I never wanna get rid of it.

One of the biggest differences is how on a 9N, the left brake pedal is on the left side of the clutch pedal. They put both brake pedals on the right side of the rear end on the 8N.

So glad i found this channel from car wizard,had a tractor in my familys ranch in Aguanga CA. Super old never new what it was or its history. But its definitely the 8N!so cool!! Wasnt running for a good 30+ years.but shes running again.

Awesome video! My great Grandpaw bought a used 1946 in 52 that was passed down to my grandfather.. that tractor has been sitting for close to 20 years and we just cleaned her up yesterday and got the engine to turn over, trying to get her started back up today! Anyways... we were unsure if it was 9n or 2n but this cleared it up she’s a 2n

I am buying an 8n to restore with my kids this fall. For sure the most used mowing tractor on the planet.

You have been very helpful. This is truly a GOLDEN (Jubilee) video.

my grandpa had a 8n with a square tube frame around it with a fork lift on the back and a big steel crate so you could fill it with weight on the front. we used it all the time for things big and small

My Father had a 1948 Model 8N. We used the heck out of it. We had a field where we attached a bush hog up to it, and moved the snow from the driveway in the winter. When he passed, I had to troubleshoot it since it refused to start. It had fuel, so I replaced the magneto and it woke right up. Just a great machine.

Just found your channel through the car wizard and it's awesome!

I love the Ford 8n’s! That’s some cool info been working with tractors for a while now but didn’t know that about the three point!

just foundout about this channel, great stuff subbed

I grew up on that 8N and it works like a charm.

I remember when we had a 8N, really good tractor

Great video. But, I think you miss the whole point of the Ferguson system. I can see where it would prevent a tractor from rearing up and over. The Ferguson system used the draught of the plow to give the tractor traction. As a plow is pulled through the ground, the mold boards are pulled down into the ground. As this force got greater, the pressure on the top link also increased. At this time the hydraulic system would lift up a bit. This transferred the draught or downward pressure to the tractor and back wheels giving the tractor more traction. This made it possible for the tractor to pull a bigger plow than would have been possible if it were pulling a trip plow.

I grew up driving a NAA. It was a '53. my first time on it, I was 12. It had 12 forward and 3 reverse speeds. It also had a 12 volt conversion. And no sync on the transmission. It was quite amazing to learn to drive on! We have a very steep front yard that I never liked mowing. It was so steep, that when I would go sideways on it, the front wheel would tap like it was about to come off the ground and roll on me! We ended up selling it after the hydraulic seal broke, and we couldn't (and didn't need to) fix it. We replaced it with a ZTS, as that is all it was being used for by then. Hope the new owner did a good restoration on it!

Our first tractor was a 9N which allowed our mule team Jen & Jil to retire. The one implement that took a little more time to attach was the side delivery mower.

Got me a 9n its the best antidepressant on earth...

Just bought a 46 8N yesterday and I'm already in love.

I was put on an 8N at age 6. We had a 9N with the Sherman Shift. I drove it as fast as it would go. My grandfather owned an Allis Chalmers dealership in Lennon, Michigan. He was selling Ford's. Ford came by and told him that those Ford's didn't look good with the Allis Chalmers on the lot. So my grandfather got rid of the Fords. So when my father bought a new John Deere A, my grandfather was not a happy camper. My grandfather stopped selling Allis Chalmers because he couldn't get them. I think they were out on strike in 1947. We'd get 4 row crop combines on a flat car and he'd sell them all. Glynn Brunger sold more Allis Chalmers than anyone. The factory would bring the combines out and go one round and then tear them down. They'd put them back together and go again. Eaglegards...

learned a lot, my compliments sir

Great video. I had been wondering this lately. Cuz I see so many of these.

I have a 2N. Believe it's a 1946/1947. It's great for trail maintenance with a box blade. Have also plowed a lot of snow with it. Was going to sell it when I got my NH TC30 with a loader, but it's still so useful and much lighter. Pretty cool to have a true American made piece of history that still works great. Mine also has the Sherman transmission, honestly never use it.

Our neighbor had a 9N I drove as he rode behind on a grain binder back in the early 50’s. After binding and shocking we loaded wagons in the field and hauled the bundles into the threshing machine. The thresher was powered by a 15-30 McCormick. We worked on about 10 different farms. I worked as a driver ($0.25 per hour) or a pitcher loading wagons ($0.75 per hour. That old ford had the Sherman tranny and did well over 20mph. It was great fun to go full speed with a load of field worker riding the hay rack and try to throw them off with a hard brake assisted turn. The Ford wheels were set real wide and it did not even lean when horsed around this way. Not necessarily smart but, definitely fun.

I think I was 12 when I started mowing with our a 9in Ford it has the overdrive in a front end loader with a trip lever for the bucket

The flex intro, all those tractors and the sweet hangar door.

When my grandfather retired from General Motors and moved back to Arkansas he purchased a Ford 8N tractor and kept it until his death. My uncle came down and sold it since he wasn't going to be moving down here. I learned to drive a tractor by working for a man who owned a Massey Ferguson and it was new at the time in 1965. I later got to drive another guy's Ford tractor which was new during that period, and I ended up buying a John Deere tractor in 2003 and then buying another one in 2017 and have them both today.

Before I watched this video they all looked the same. Thanks for a great info packed video Crazy D!

We had a Ford 8n when I was growing up in the '60's and early '70's. Ours also had a front loader on it; good memories. Now on my own place I have a nice compact Kioti DK series, it is a work horse!

I bought an 8N at an estate auction for $4200.00. I am the second owner. Had just 30 hours on it when I got it. Been using it to mow about 20 acres for over 25 years with very little spent on it to keep it going. Best mower I ever had.

Really great interesting stuff mate. Cheers eh

I worked on a lot of 8 Ns in my day. Mowing With a Bushhog attached, without an over running clutch on the PTO, was very scary. That combined with lousy brakes, made it a marginal mower system. The Sherman transmission, was a three speed, with a road speed of 20 mph. It was added between the engine and transmission, and provided a high, low and straight thru range.

The 8n on my uncle’s farm was the very first vehicle I learned to drive on! I was probably 6 or so.

I used an 8n all my years growing up it had the neatest jack I ever saw it went under the tractor and attached to the 3 point hitch and lifted the entire tractor off the ground. We also had a front loader on it, not much for digging but it saved labor and time putting roofing on houses.

They should be orange ! made my day

Thanks for your knowledge. I wasn't sure if my tractor was a 9 or 2.

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Restored a 9N. Loved it.

The 9N had a flat head engine, the Jubilee had an overhead valve engine. A little more HP and torque.

thank u brother it was very helpful

They had an 8n tractor when I worked on construction in the 70s that thing got worked hard and just kept on going.

We have a 1010 JD that reminds me of the old N series Fords in many ways.

Also was great for making windrows after mowing. I know that was my job on my uncle's farm when I was growing up. It really was a little workhorse.

More great information!

Good video sir. Good to see you.

driving 20mph is fine. It's stopping with a wagon that gets you.

My mother has an 8n We bought it in the early 80's. 6 volt system still used and runs great. SWe use it for discing her 2 1/2 acres

Here in Australia the Ford N are rare Some were imported by the US military during WW2, later some were imported, mainly 8NAN (distillate) style. Ford Australia prefered to import the British Fordson tractors rather than American Ford tractors into Australia. P.S. It may have already been mentioned the "old Fergusons" that tipped over were in fact he early US built Fordson tractors.

Very informative video. I even learned some stuff about the differences in those tractors. Lol

Some of you history isn't quite correct. The hand shake agreement between Henry, and Harry stood until Henry's death. Then his kids who took over the family, no longer honored it, and Harry sued Ford. Harry then came out with his TO series of tractors built to directly compete with the 8N. That competition led to Ford coming out with the Jubilee.

I like the music in the early part of the video. Can you tell what it is and where I can get it?

I learned how to drive on a N8 still love them

my favorite tractor on my small farm

Fantastic and informative. I learned a lot. Is there a difference between where the distributor is placed between the two? Thanks !

I still have a 1940 9N. It has a Dearborn buzz saw on the 3 pt. Runs off a belt pulley mounted to the pro. I do a couple videos where I feature the tractor in use. Very happy with it. Works as good as it did new.

Love hearing about the history

This is a really good video

We are getting an 8n for our first tractor to use in our mowing business. A lady needs some work done one her property and is going to give us the tractor for our labor.😁😁

Both my neighbor and Uncle had 8N tractors when I was young. The neighbor has a side distributor, and my Uncle's tractor had the auxiliary 3 speed side shift transmission, Low-Direct-OD. We used that tractor to pull hay wagons. The OD was nice, I'm guessing it would go about 26 MPH. It was great for empty wagons going back to the fields.

Besides the Sherman auxiliary transmission which was a dealer installed option, there was another add on optional transmission (also a 3 speed) that went between the transmission and rear differential. I don't know the manufacturer, but it is the one we had on our 9N. The trans lever was on the right side. It didn't have as fast of high gear as stated in this video, maybe somewhere around 16 mph, which is plenty fast on a tractor with really lame brakes.

I'll end up getting one for this exact reason; they're perfect to mow with. I'm going to get one to manage a food plot and to mow trails

What's the ground speed of a 9n with a Sherman underdrive I was thinking of using a 9n for roto tilling ?

I have a 8n, use it with a transmix cement mixer, have a naa that's got a 3pt buzz saw, also have a 841 with a Sherman hi/low auxiliary transmission. High 4th gear is stupid fast.

The I beam radius rods are on all 9Ns. They switched to the tubular style in mid 1944, 2 years into the 2N production run.

i worked on some of them old tractors when i started to work in 1955

love our 8N!

thirty years ago I spent the entire summer cutting grass with a Ford tractor at a huge summer camp. I would get finished and go back to where I started and the grass would be knee high . I liked that job. Got me interested in trucking which I ended up doing

20 mph is perfect for rush hour in the city! Crazy D.... How do you know so much? Did you farm as a kid? Great video

Quite a few of those old tractors here in Texas. My dad has an 8N parked out in his barn, but he doesn't use it anymore. Probably would crank right up if it had new sparkplugs, some fresh gas and an oil change.

great info thanks

Which one can hook up to a front end loader?

Hey D, just a little more description for us new guys out here would be nice. 16 bar 27 bar means nothing when your not familiar with the subject. Thanks D. Great video. Jpol.

We had a ford 8n it was a great tractor

Would be interesting to see a video showing the differences between the tractors...

Our 8N went warp factor 10 once when I was coming down a hill with a load of hay and she jumped out of gear! My mom said she something similar happen to her bringing in a load of hay when a rattlesnake spooked the horses. :)

Great video!

The lawsuit was a result of Ford Motor Company breaking the deal, this was done when Henry Ford II started running things and after Henry the original had stepped down. Ford Motor Company was in financial trouble and HFII had the choice to fix it or close it down. It was also Harry Ferguson not Henry If you attach the drawbar UNDER the axle they don't lift as bad, look at most older tractors and the front pin for the draw bar is under and in front of the rear axle. The first Fergusons were pretty much a Ford N series tractor with a Standard-Triumph Engine (TE or Tractor Europe models) or a TO (tractor overseas) with a Continental engine. Ferguson tractors started production in 1948, the same year as the 8N Ford. Ferguson merged with Massey Harris in 1953 and produced MF 35's MF 135's and MF 235's which were all the same basic tractor and took over the mantle of most wide spread farm tractor from the Ford N series , although Leyland/Nuffield made a tractor remarkably similar to the N series/MF X35 up until the early 1980's.

We bought our first Ferguson TE20 in 1955 and is still working in 2022. The entire Ferguson, Harris Ferguson, Massey Ferguson manufactured in Banner Lane and Coventry tractor manufacturing plants have brought revolution 😀 to the agricultural industry around the world. Very reliable, economical and affordable as well as long life machines.

I've got a Ferguson with a loader that Grandpa bought new still runs like a champ. He put dual wheels on it with one set of tires facing one way and the other facing the other way so he could load sand in the Sand draw without getting stuck

"I beam front thing" 😂

In the late forties when I was a child in SW Illinois, a country family came to town on week ends to do their "trading" on an 9N. They had a fairly large wooden box mounted to the 3-point that all but the driver rode in. I wonder whether they utilized the 20 mph capability. Seems it may have been a bit light in the front and hard to steer?? Town, by the way, consisted of 150 people, two stores, three churches, and a tavern.

Don't get me wrong i am all for old tractors, I have several of them. But when I mow my 13 acre filed with my old ford a bush hog and knee high grass it takes 17 gallons of gas. When I use my modern Kubota it takes 6 gallons. there is a 1 hp difference between the two but i do suspect the old ford is a few less ponies with age

I used to have a Ford 8N with all the attachments. When my late wife passed away I saw no reason to keep the old gal and sold everything. Sure wish I had kept the tractor.