Classic Ford 8N Tractor Restoration
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50 mph. 8N Ford V8 Tractor.
Funk Aviation conversion from 4 cyl. to V8 Engine.
Forty (40) Years with the Massey-Harris Model 22
8N. The farm was operated by Howard Hanks and his two sons; Fred, who had returned to the farm in June of 1947 from military service in Germany as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, and John, who had just graduated from LeRoy High School in 1953.Â
           The daily tasks for the 22 included (and still includes) hauling of grain and manure. During hay seasons, the 22 was and continues to be very busy hauling hay from the field. Because the author’s father, Wayne A. Wells, cooperated with the Hanks family (his father-in-law and brothers-in-law) during hay season, the author, as a youth, had occasion to use the 22 to haul many of these loads of hay from the field himself. Field work was generally limited to cultivating corn and soybeans with the two-row cultivator which came as part of the purchase package with the 22. However, in the fall of 1956, some unusually hard plowing conditions existed and the 22 was hitched to the 1951 Massey-Harris 44 to give assistance with the plowing. The stiff hitch connecting the two tractors was made of two 2 x 4 oak boards bolted together. Â
           A special task for the 22 evolved in the mid-1950s. About this time, farmers began to make use of herbicides on their crops. Anticipating this trend, the Hanks family’s 22 was fitted with a mounted sprayer purchased from Sears, Roebuck and Company advertisement looks identical to the Hanks’ 22 during those summers when it was employed for spraying herbicides. As shown in the advertisement, the booms are located on the front of the tractor ahead of the driver. The tank was mounted on the rear of the tractor. The spray was pressurized by a pump connected to the power take-off. The booms could be folded into an upright position for transport.Â
           Because the Hanks family had always performed custom combining and baling in the neighborhood, it was almost inevitable...