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xoxoxoBruce · 04-06-2019, 12:51 AM

Ferguson designed that Ford tractor then split for England to make essentially the same design with a few tweaks, under his own name. Then Massey-Harris in Canada teamed up with Ferguson in England to become the largest tractor company in the world. But only #3 in the US behind Deere and IH.

Griff · 04-06-2019, 08:06 AM

My Grandpa bought an 8N in '53 (?) as the boys started leaving the farm. He had married into a very horsey family but it was past time to retire the work horses. He did a lot of work with that tractor, a lot of it well over its weight class. They have terrible brakes and are too light for serious loads but nobody got killed. An old guy did roll and get badly torn up on an 8N on the farm I currently occupy... Apparently my cousin is going to fix that bad boy up with a modern distributor, hopefully they get it properly weighted and use it for sensible chores.

04-06-2019, 12:51 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ferguson designed that Ford tractor then split for England to make essentially the same design with a few tweaks, under his own name. Then Massey-Harris in Canada teamed up with Ferguson in England to become the largest tractor company in the world. But only #3 in the US behind Deere and IH. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-06-2019, 08:06 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My Grandpa bought an 8N in '53 (?) as the boys started leaving the farm. He had married into a very horsey family but it was past time to retire the work horses. He did a lot of work with that tractor, a lot of it well over its weight class. They have terrible brakes and are too light for serious loads but nobody got killed. An old guy did roll and get badly torn up on an 8N on the farm I currently occupy... Apparently my cousin is going to fix that bad boy up with a modern distributor, hopefully they get it properly weighted and use it for sensible chores. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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