Seems when Hugh was still here, 40 to 50% of the posts were on Offsets. Now it seems mostly C,SC,200, 230.

I don"t mind, I have a 200, and a 100. Plus with the similarities between 113, 123, and 130 engines, same hydraulic systems, I"m always learning something.

Keep "em coming YTM fans !

I like the Super C's myself. Never owned one, but drove one once. Been thinking of even selling my M for one. Trying to just add one to the collection without liquidation of my current ones, but money is tight.

I've owned an SC for 20 years or so and oldest son has a 230. Great tractors!

Yep,

Folks talk 'bout what they have. Sure no harm in that. :>)

Allan

I don't know. I've picked up a bit of information on others. I don't own any of the ones you mentioned and don't want to. I have an M and a 1206. I'd like to have an 800 series and to maybe get rid of the M. If I want a small tractor I'm buying another Ford. After spending time working an A, C and SC, AC CA and an 8N I'll take the 8N any day of the week.

Rick

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I don't know. I've picked up a bit of information on others. I don't own any of the ones you mentioned and don't want to. I have an M and a 1206. I'd like to have an 800 series and to maybe get rid of the M. If I want a small tractor I'm buying another Ford. After spending time working an A, C and SC, AC CA and an 8N I'll take the 8N any day of the week.

Rick

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Opinions make the world go around :lol: My uncle has a 8n and I want to set it on fire every time I use it. In fact, the last time I did use it, it caught on fire. Wish I would've let it burn instead of running for the water buckets in the barn. :twisted:

I could care less if the 8N dad bought new in 1952 ever runs again. The only thing it's good for is moving wagons down the road with the Sherman Hi-Lo tranny. Ever since I got my fast hitch Super C five years ago that thing just sets and not used for anything. My SC will work circles around that spinning rear wheels no traction 8N anyday, Hal.

(quoted from post at 09:04:37 01/20/11) I could care less if the 8N dad bought new in 1952 ever runs again. The only thing it's good for is moving wagons down the road with the Sherman Hi-Lo tranny. Ever since I got my fast hitch Super C five years ago that thing just sets and not used for anything. My SC will work circles around that spinning rear wheels no traction 8N anyday, Hal.

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Ever try plowing snow with a 8n? Anything more than a dusting and it just sits and spins!

I grew up on an 8n Ford.If the engine is well tuned,tires loaded and in good shape,the right equipment,and using it for the jobs it was DESIGNED to do,they are great little tractors!But no,the engine runs on 3 cylinders,tires bald and dry,tractor has been worn out for 30 years-Not been maintained for even longer,use it for a job it was not meant to do.. DUH!and we wonder why it is such a piece of sh!+!I'm tired of all this 'N'bashing.I love em.

I have a picture of my M pulling the 8N with a blade behind it plowing the driveway somewhere, if that would make you feel better :lol:

From 1949 until the day he died in 1984, Dad always had either a C or Super C. I still remember the day the first new C was delivered in '49 with a cultivator on it and the dealer "setting it up" and showing how everything worked... I was 7 years old.
In Feb or March of '56 we moved to a smaller 100 acre farm and he bought a "carry-over" new Super C with a bunch of Fast-Hitch implements. By this time, I had a lot of hours on tractors and did almost all the field work while Dad worked off the farm... I was 13 when he bought that one.
Somewhere along the line, probably late '60s/early '70s, they sold the farm and for a short time moved off the farm. Wasn't long before Dad had 7 acres and another C. A few years later, the guy that bought the farm defaulted on his land contract (for about the 10th time) and they moved back to the farm, along with the C. Mom still had that C until shortly before she sold out and moved to town in the early '90s.
Except for about a year when they first left the farm, Dad had one of the best small row crop tractors ever built. It gets my goat now when dealers call anything under about 150 HP as a small tractor.
I always enjoy seeing stories and pictures of them, and now have a 240U with a loader and 3 point myself.

That's a funny comment. It seems before I had a B all you would see were posts on offsets. Now I don't see all that many myself.

Back in the 70ies I had a 9N and it was a piece of junk and I got rid of it and was glad. Now 5 years ago I bought a TO30 and it is about the same tractor as the Ford and I plowed my driveway with it with a 7 ft back blade and it did good, this year I mounted a 71/2 ft myers snow plow on the front and it does fine, but I am going to mount it on my M to get the longer wheel base so it doesn't slide sideways so easy.
I also live in wisconsin where we get a lot of snow. Bob

When I grew up here on the farm I likewise spent a lot of time on the 8N as I did almost all the dirt work. The 8N that dad bought new in 1952 has had a recent overhaul, 3 point hydraulic system rebuilt, new tires front and back, loaded ones on the rear and runs just great and still on 6 volts and starts in any weather. I just don't have any tasks anymore for what it is well suited to perform. My BIL only has a Farmall M for all his farm work and I'm constantly taking one of my tractors over there when making hay or other simple tasks and I think I'm going to let him use it as a second tractor so it gets some use. I used it when I first retired back to the farm with a Bush Hog finish mower to mow my extended yard until I acquired a Farmall 140 and Woods belly mower. It has set since that time and hasn't been used hardly at all. I probably won't sell it as it's a dad's tractor and someday one of the grandkids might want it to restore. My Super C is a fabulous hay rake tractor which is a job the 8N is well suited for but that light front end just bounces along the ground when trying to make a tight turn at the end of the field. The narrow front SC just makes a snappy and quick turn and you have to be careful to keep it out of the rear tires in a turn. I think the SC also has better pulling and lugging power with heavy loads then the 8N. The 8N's were probably sold in far greater numbers then any Farmall and still command a very decent price for the weekend folks with a small place in the country. I know I could sell this one and buy 2 SC's with what I could get for it with the Sherman tranny. Bottom line, my SC is my small tractor of choice and I certainly have a choice of two nice trouble free ones to choose from, Hal.

Andy, Dad and I cut logs off the farm in 1954 to haul over to a local saw mill for lumber to build a new barn. After we got several wagon loads of logs cut we tried to drag them out of the woods and all the two year old 8N would do is spin the loaded rear tires. Dad went and got a neighbor who had a Farmall M to come over to get them out of the woods and he just had to duck a lot and had the muffler off the tractor to get under the limbs. Now I know an 8N and the M aren't compatible tractors but they can certainly spin the rear tires probably due to the lightweight of the tractor, Hal.

Ive owned a 52 SC that we used to mow and rake hay with and I sold locust post for several years that we used the SC for draging trees with. It was great for in the woods,and had a lot of power,I now have a TO30 I use for a little abusive bush hogging,and a 2 acre garden and its a great little machine.Sad thing about it is the tractors I collect I put the most money into and abuse the ones I use

jimmy

My 1st project tractor was a Farmall SH. Great project and was alot of fun. Thought about doing an M but then I found a Super C. I have since been collecing all the various fast hitch implements. The SH doesn't get used much while the Super C gets alot of use. They are just handier. The garden keeps expanding. The C/Super C's are lighter, easier to trailer, and to work on. I have 5 laying around now in various stages of repair. In my area they are cheap and parts are plentiful. I suspect that that will change as the popularity is on the rise and I think that this board may be reflecting that.

Collect all the attachments you can find as they are disappearing every day

I bought my 200 out of junk and overhaulled it with a large bore sleve set.I had a set of duels and once pulled a 3 leg applicator and put anhydrous on with it!! The blaksmith on the next farm had a fast hitch super C with a loader on it! It also had 15.5 x38 tires and they would quiver a little when you let the clutch out!I think if the c sc 200 230 had the live pto they would still be making them! Bud.

(quoted from post at 15:03:36 01/20/11) I bought my 200 out of junk and overhaulled it with a large bore sleve set.I had a set of duels and once pulled a 3 leg applicator and put anhydrous on with it!! The blaksmith on the next farm had a fast hitch super C with a loader on it! It also had 15.5 x38 tires and they would quiver a little when you let the clutch out!I think if the c sc 200 230 had the live pto they would still be making them! Bud.

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I've always wondered what a C/SC would look like with 14.6/15.5 tires on it.

I would guess with the 15.5 x 38 tires it will run about 30 mph on the road but have a lot less pulling power in the field. It would have about the same pulling power and speed in 1st gear that a normally tired C, SC, 200, 230 would have in 2nd gear.

Harold H

don"t be so hard on the n"s they fell in the same category as some other brands of small tractors,they stood between a man and a mule, no wander they were popular in there day.

I have a 1951 Super C and my wife will bury me with it (I hope)! In 2002 or 2003 we had a heavy snowfall of about 20 inches. It is my snow plowing tractor and I had push snow piles up as high as the hood after that storm. I've since put on new tires and another dozer blade. Picts are in the Tractor photo or Implement photo galleries at left -search "Loren". My Allis D17 can't push like my Super C and I favor the D17 for most work. My IHC 756, Moline G-VI, and Moline 302 Super just set & watch. Almost forgot my Moline RTI that just keeps the barn door shut!

Tractor questions travel in packs.

Just watch the group for a day or two. You'll see it. Someone asks a question about a Super C, which sparks 10 other questions...