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JerryS 11-27-2012 17:31:30 98.80.111.77 Report to Moderator	I would love to know how many of the Ns are still out there and still working. I've got one, and I see them everywhere. No matter what road you go down, you won't go 50 miles without spotting at least one. [Reply]   [No Email]
Bill(Wis) 11-27-2012 19:44:39 24.152.233.78 Report to Moderator	Re: Numbers of tractors produced? in reply to JerryS, 11-27-2012 17:31:30   I hate to take the wind out of your sails (not really) but they were a totally useless contrivance to us. Actually, dangerous. Useless because they had a hard time pulling one (ONE) plow bottom in our field conditions, they didn't have the weight required to pull a load of hay safely, and downright dangreous because of their ridiculously small size. We were used to pulling things around with two 2500 lb horses. This little thing only weighed 2500 lbs all by itself. IT WOULDN'T PULL ANYTHING! We jokingly referred to them as "Garden Tractors" long before there was such a thing. They should have been outlawed and I'm a Republican. That's enough for now, but I have lots more to say about those absolutely stupid little contrivances that someone had the audacity to call a "tractor". PHHHEWW! [Reply]  [No Email]
JerryS 11-27-2012 20:41:11 98.80.111.77 Report to Moderator	Re: Numbers of tractors produced? in reply to Bill(Wis), 11-27-2012 19:44:39   Re-reading my post, I don't see where I placed the N on any kind of pedestal. I simply pointed out that many were made, and many are still around. That said, I do love my little 8N. It fits me, and it has done everything I've ever asked it to do, including some fairly rugged work. Admittedly it would not be the machine of choice for a big midwestern grain farmer, though in its early days it may have at least been equal to its competitors. The N obviously had some utility, as evidenced by my original point----there are lots of them still around and being used. [Reply]  [No Email]