Ford 600 tractor

New to the forum - need some advice. I have a line on an old Ford 600 series tractor with a Dearborn loader and what looks to be a Sherman Power digger backhoe attached. The tractor itself looks decent and is equipped with the 3ph and pto. I am not sure of its specific 6series number.

There are a few issues with the tractor, might need a rear tire and the rear end is apparently broken, from what I am told the rear end broke internally while the old owner was using the backhoe. It doesn't drive. I looked around for parts and I can buy a complete rear end for this tractor but it seems pricey. are parts from a 8n,2n or 9n compatible? Has anyone had an experience with this kinda issue?

I would go and see this tractor first hand but it is a couple hours away from me and I just cannot justify the time to go see it unless I am committed to buying it.

I will post pictures asap. I appreciate your comments and advice.

Thanks

Pretty much nothing from an N Series will fit that tractor.
But most everything from 1955 through 1964 will 600,800, 601, 801, etc.
There were a few changes over the years so If you buy it and get into repairing it you could ask on the Ford board here for more specific info.
And not to poke my nose too much into your business but if you give us a hint on the asking price we could at least give you a yeah or nay on whether it's worth it - either congratulate you on a good find or tell you how foolish you'd be to buy it.
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(quoted from post at 12:53:48 05/30/15) Pretty much nothing from an N Series will fit that tractor.
But most everything from 1955 through 1964 will 600,800, 601, 801, etc.
There were a few changes over the years so If you buy it and get into repairing it you could ask on the Ford board here for more specific info.
And not to poke my nose too much into your business but if you give us a hint on the asking price we could at least give you a yeah or nay on whether it's worth it - either congratulate you on a good find or tell you how foolish you'd be to buy it.
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Ultradog - thanks for the reply and info. I can grab it for about 850 however its about 3 hours away from me. I think its worth it, but i just wanted to reinforce my decision to sell it to my lovely wife. Seems like the ideal tractor for my small farm.

I will check out the Ford Board.

Cheers.

Not compatable with the N series.

Compatable with the 100 series - 600, 601, 800, 801 especially, as well as 700 and 900 stuff.

Very hard to tell, but that gearshift knob, what little bit we can see, has the 5-speed curl to it? Would make it a 650, 651, 660, 661....

Rear end broke - well if you don't see the cast iron busted - which a backhoe can do - then only the hydraulics or pto would be working? So, its
kinda common for the input shaft in the tranny to shear off, back to new is a split and a spendy part; lot of fellas have fixed with a split and
welding a socket onto the broken knob. But that is pure speculation on my part?

Paul

Loader is worth $400, backhoe isn't worth a lot but a few 100, dead tractor is worth $400, so hard to go wrong.

Depends if opening up the tranny and working with surprises is fun for you or not, could be small likely ends up being big, but the price seems
in line for what it is.

Paul

You can't get hurt for $850.
Definately not a Dearborn loader though. Much newer/better than that though I do see a couple of cylinder rods rusted pretty bad.
Expect the haul weight to be in the 5K+ range.

$850 is a steal. My dad bought a 641 with a sherman blade and backhoe in poor running condition for $1800.

the rear housing is infact broken. I'm certainly up for the repair of this as long as I can source the parts for a somewhat reasonable price. I like the idea of restoring something rather then buying something newer personally.

When you say the rear housing do you mean the top link when the hoe connected? The
after market hoes tend to do that. Better to have a bolt on hoe instead of a 3 pt hoe.

As for the loader, read Fatjay post above. Not sure if the 600 has power steering, but
adding weight to the front bucket adds more weight to the front axle, which isn't
really that strong. It is hard to turn too. It also removes weight to the back wheels.
However with a backhoe on the back that may not be an issue.

As a kid growing up on a dairy, we had the old add on pipe loader, no power steering.
Been there, done that and never want to return to the old days. I would also insist on
power steering.

Some add on hoes, you have to get off the tractor seat, sometimes get off the tractor,
walk around the back and climb up the hoe to get on the hoe seat's. Repeat the process
every time you have to move forward. That would be no fun digging a trench. I like to
pull a lever and spin around in the seat when I use my hoe.

When I was looking for a hoe, I considered Ford with add on. Owner warned me I
couldn't afford the gas to run it, because you had to get the rpm's up to make the
pump work.