Ford 8N Tractor Brush-Hogging on the 4th of July - New X231 Video Preview - and More...

[@l337pwnage]

My sister had that exact same brush hog setup. I ended up buying them an overrun clutch so they could actually stop. They eventually ended up spending the money and getting a small modern tractor. Probably good for them. They had a loader on that 8N and it was probably only a matter of time before they rolled it the way they were driving it. You need to be a little sharper than average when using older equipment.

[@jdgimpa]

Up until 9 years ago I didn't think much of those N series Ford tractors. When I was growing up we called them cow chasers. Then I was asked to resurrect one that my buddy had. Coming from a automotive repair background I found it to be very easy to understand and work on. Now that I found out what makes them tick I respect them. Compared to the other tractors that were built at the time they were quite advanced. I am enjoying your videos.

[@johndowe7003]

They cant pull a bolangna peel put of a cats ass, but it sure beats a push mower and weedeater lol. They have their advantages and disadvantage just like anything. I really enjoy mine. They make me money lol

[@FarmallFanatic]

We call it lambsquarter. Planting all those trees had to be a long miserable process. That 8n just purrs.

[@JoeHynes284]

besides the amazing content, i think what i like most about you is attitude. no complaining, stuff happens, "well, this is how i fixed it..."

[@Kraals]

Ford 8N is where I learned to drive as a kid. Lots of memories.

[@robinj.9329]

This is the same type of tractor that I was driving as a "Kid" in the mid 1960's! Down on my Uncle's dairy farm in Vermont. I spent lots of summers there. Mainly to help bring in and stack the Hay crop. He had a gigantic old barn! The like of, I've never seen since. We kids packed in literally several THOUSANDS of bales of hay every summer!

[@klazyy641]

My first driving lesson was on a Ford 8N back in the early 50's. Very fond memories---of course, I wasn't doing the regular every day work on it, but as a kid, it rocked! Seemed like a gazillion miles high when it was actually more of a garden tractor. Ha! Thanks for the drive down memory lane.

[@matthewdowd4686]

Very nice sound and beautiful tractor!

[@daddi275]

The simplicity of the old machinery is the reason why it is so popular to rebuild and why the older stuff will be around and be used when newer more complicated stuff has been scrapped and recycled.

[@jamescleveland6575]

Love the 8N Tractor. After 70 years, still relevant, still a workhorse.

[@garykolo8650]

I could have sat here all day watching you mow around those pines.

[@donkinzer5718]

That's a nice 8N! I had a 1947 2N for several years that I used for rotary mowing, etc. I had to use an overrunning clutch on the PTO of the 2N with the rotary mower so that the mower wouldn't drive me into the fence ;)

[@robertrogish1038]

The 8-N, that is the first larger tractor I learned to operate - I loved bush hogging with it and I love how it could do 20mph on a hardtop road. I grew up in Western, PA, West of Pittsburgh and just a few miles from the Ohio, WVA line; we too used the knee high by the 4th of July phrase as well. Thank you for sharing your love of all things tractor with us !

[@tractorhyatt7044]

Thanks Squatch! Have a great weekend! 🚜🇺🇸

[@auburnfolsom]

Nice to see the little Ford tidying up the pine tree patch. Good way to enjoy the 4th, especially if it's not too hot outside. Thanks for sharing ! Most enjoyable to be out in the northern MN area w/o any mosquitoes biting me. :) Really like your diversified content !

[@pantherplatform]

I love your Caterpillar videos. Those 3 cylinders are *HUGE*

[@bsalightning69]

Seeing that Ford tractor reminds me of dad's 9n he had.. A very good old tractor!

[@shrillcarder]

Lovely video Squatch, the time and effort put into the making of them is outstanding in my opinion, it was a privilege to be shown round your property and the vegetable garden, the tractor well goes without saying really doesn’t it, she looks like it has just rolled off the factory floor!! Happy 4th of July my friend.

[@ImpHalla66]

Thx for sharing your 4th with us all.

[@MichaelTJD60]

Nice homestead there and nice garden too. Looks like you're living the dream.

[@jeffharjessr.9893]

Thanks for sharing really enjoy all your vids keep enjoying life and sharing your passions.

[@cassiuspuckett8789]

Great video, hay ground looks good, tree stands look awesome. The Ford 8n purrs like a kitten. Beautiful garden plots. Thanks for sharing.....

[@johndowe7003]

I do custom mowing for people and do 5-10acre feed plots. Make good money with it 😉😁

[@steamboatal810]

I have a 1952 8N in the back yard behind the shed. It hasn't been started in over 20 years and it needs a new home. It has the Sherman Aux transmission and the back wheels are off of a David Brown 990. With the oversize wheels in high range It would run close to 25 MPH... Right up your alley Squatch... Great video sir.

[@michiganfarming1955]

Thanks for the update on everything buddy! Send that rain my way we’re getting dry here

[@kittycat6195]

Such a beautiful piece of property. Very very lovely.

[@mikeshreiner7688]

Thanks Squatch, it's raining here in Pa today due to thunderstorms

[@garyfeltus9801]

Wow your place is looking good. That new hay ground is looking good as well. Happy forth to you and yours. Thanks for sharing.

[@deanreynolds7825]

Always liked the sound of those tractors.

[@canvids1]

Thanks for taking the time for this video I sure enjoy it. I would love to be living where you live. I grew up in the country and worked on farms with my Grandfather. We had a garden and lots of lawns to cut along with many flower beds it was lots of work like you are doing but it was all worth it.

[@bigDH123]

Great video, thanks for sharing your daily adventures.

[@adventurerhoades]

Great job restoring the old girl. I bought a new massey first time tractor owner. Would love one of those too! I'm staying with your show great work! I have a few food plot videos mostly,outdoors and travel. Have a great day!

[@MrTL117]

Very nice garden. Thanks for taking the time to make the vid! That drill rod can be a pain to machine but it is nice to have some around for small projects

[@KPearce57]

Wish I could grow Rhubarb in Texas, Love the pie, and everything you can make out of it.

[@kathyzenker4166]

Pigweed boiled with salt pepper & butter according to my husband's grandmother is called slumgullion. Never ate it myself.

[@bobwhite3777]

Kathy Zenker our family calls them lambs quarters. Been eating them for generations. Tastes a bit like if you threw some sand into a pot of spinach but other than that it's pretty good

[@KennyKizzleRustyNutzRanch]

We had a heck of a storm come through on the 4th. Not sure if you had the same system, but we had 60+ mph winds, and a couple inches of rain in about 2 hours. Garden is looking healthy - and I know what you mean with leaves. I mow them into windrows and then sweep them up. Ha ha. Look forward to X231 making a reappearance.

[@KennyKizzleRustyNutzRanch]

@@squatch253 I hear you on being busy - being a new father I hardly ever get into the shop. Maybe for a few hours on a weekend. You'll get there when you get there. The videos will be waiting for you. There are some things I had to skip out on showing simply because I am under a time crunch whenever I get into the shop.

[@victor-emmanuel7485]

I’m a quite new subscriber, so I have not seen everything going on here... but man oh man, what a gem!

[@jimaagenes8445]

Garden looks great. Great idea for tomatoes, 5 gal buckets.

[@glenparks5175]

Your garden looks really good!!! Awesome job!!

[@tynyyn5344]

Thank you so much for these videos. You taking the time to film and give a lot of "behind the scenes" viewing is so pleasurable. I applaud your diligence to maintain your farm and to keep it looking so nice. Was wondering if you have time in the evening to kick back in a recliner and watch a little TV or do you just plop into bed when the daylight disappears? I must say that you have a much better content than Wranglerstar. He has lost his way, but you are doing homesteading just right. Once again, thanks for the effort you put into your vids.

[@GaryT1952]

You are one talented individual, that 8N sounds like a Swiss watch!

[@markstengel7680]

Hi Guy, I've watched a few of your Cat engine videos and enjoy watching you. You have some nice property, i grew up on east coast now in Nevada and do miss alk that green vegetation but not the rain & humidity. You look like a guy that would make a good friend. I will subscribe to your channel as soon as i finish this episode. Have a goid week & take care. Best Regards, Mark

[@jimmychambers1501]

We have the same setup accepted our 8n has the old bucket loader. Makes it rougher to turn. Great video

[@tsimmons1974ts]

Nice garden 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@justinavery9793]

nice little tractor, she starts right up!!!

[@davidhamm5626]

Thanks for the tour and the update ! We had a ton of rain down Denver way , also.

[@ryanredfarmerMN]

Can't wait to see the next x231 video. 👍

[@SWAMPHUNTER644]

If you have native pheasants, mow the pine tree rows in strips every 3 years on rotation so pheasants have nesting and cover. Benefits other wildlife as well.

[@grassfedgaming1400]

Love your channel

[@alistairpowers8129]

What a great place to live, traffic free roads on the 4th of July P.S. That weed looks like what we call "Fat Hen" in the U.K. can be very invasive

[@lorenkindschy7153]

What a beautiful garden!

[@wipipedelivery6929]

Hoggn up that road in your pppppppplower! Thanks for the video!

[@Mercmad]

Well that took me back 50 years. I often saw Farmers in NZ slashing the grass on dairy farms because the grass grew so fast and would endanger the cows (bloat etc ) .

[@kurttapscott3178]

Absolutely love the Ford 8N

[@thomasbaron9928]

Luv the old 8n...they will out last us all

[@tacticalrabbit308]

I know what you are going through it's been raining here seems like every other day and I have been working on my own project getting a 1970s lawnmower running again

[@boe4448]

Thank you sir for taking the time to put out such quality videos, Greetings from Az, You sure live in a very pretty country. Gods blessings to you and yours, Boe

[@robertmason2747]

Just added your channel - great stuff - we’re traveling in Alaska from Michigan about to head home when I found a D7 in the weeds ! Owner says it built the Alcan with the black crews - will start and load but pretty rough - when I asked if it would be for sale he said “ 500.00 and it’s yours “ -- how come I find this stuff sooooo far from home ??? Anybody got a low boy headed from Alaska south running back empty ?

[@philipwalker6982]

Great to watch - everything is done with love and care!

[@chrisstahler3463]

Thanks squatch for the upload, cant wait for the x231 content!!

[@hfdzl]

Something different for the collection a middle '50s Ford tractor with a Wain-Roy backhoe. I use a lot of 4140-42 prehard @ 35 Rc. for shafts and such.

[@growingknowledge]

Wow, the garden is looking great !! Look forward to seeing the fruits of your labour

[@bluestar4201]

My first video and it was interesting. I have a 9N and very similar interests. We are currently building a home on our 20-acres and will be doing the same things you're doing. Thanks !

[@willian.direction6740]

Thanks you for sharing we could do with some of that rain very dry winter here in Aussie. Looks strange to me when you swing out on the "wrong" side of the road on your tractor.

[@tutekohe1361]

That "pigweed" is called Fat-hen and used to be used as a salad vegetable before lettuce became popular. It's quite edible and tastes okay (apparently!)

[@ShainAndrews]

Looks good. Always a challenge when a guy is made of sugar ;-) Happy 4th to you and yours.

[@thomasstewart9368]

Ummm? Lambs quarter or pig weed? I just mowed a corral that was full of the stuff. Nothing else growing in there. I'm in Colorado & remember calling it "pig weed" in Minnesota. Guess I'd better look it up.

[@stubbytractor2405]

Dumb question, but have you ever considered anything John Deere tractor wise? You have a pretty yourdiverse collection from what I can tell so I wouldn’t think too biased lol

[@michellehoefer5922]

Thank you for the video. I used a 8N to finish off a yard-Sure made me appreciate a nice seat and power steering. Daddy-in law said they used to have two of them,"Law,we thought we were huge![farmers]". I don't remember but I think the clutch has to be out for the lift to work, is that right? Really nice garden, corn is tasseling down here.Thank you for the up date on the field you sowed,you don't want to spray with 2-4-d?

[@oldfarmer4700]

I just about give up on trying to plant trees because of the deer. Don't seem to matter what kind I plant they eat them. And the garden theses massive down pours are killing me. Two times this year 4 to 5 inches in less than thirty minutes the garden ends up in the yard and pasture. 4 to 5 days of rain and then one maybe two days clear to try and straighten things out and rain again. Can't catch up and get ahead of it. Last year was bad but this year takes the cake.

[@fowletm1992]

A question for you What model ford does the 6D diesel come in? Iv got an old chamberline with a retrofitted 6D But parts are proving hard to find

[@mohinderkaur6671]

Great stuff sir!

[@duron700r]

Nope, another 15 well spent, learning about the 8N and your world. I thought those little tractors had about NO horsepower. About a 4 or 5 foot Brush Hog on the back of an 8N! Like an old Major Diesel I saw running a saw rig hanging on his nose. Wow. Back to the "small" Twin City tractors in this yard. 2's 21-32 rad is coming apart. Slowly. Love the cover on the RD-6.

[@mariebennett5739]

Hi from New Zealand enjoy your videos very much that weed appears to be what we call Fat Hen here in NZ it is a nuscence weed but lambs fatten very well on it grows a lot where sheep have been how is the D2 engine comeing on cat wait for the next instalment Regards Les

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

It's strange how the weather has changed in just the last ten years. Rain seems to be spotty instead of over wide areas like that band you could see on the road. Driving home the other day i passed through about a 100 yard wide band of heavy rain a mile from my house but it never rained at my house.

[@johndowe7003]

They laughed at Al gore lol

[@00nutt]

Squatch if I was closer I'd brought you a plate of BBQ. Had plenty for everyone plus more. What What X32!!! Bring it on!!!

[@stevehertz4878]

I love my 8n it's A lot of fun 2 play with.

[@wildcatwilly]

Hello Sir I was curious if you could talk about track links I have tons of combine tracks and I'm wondering if they would fit dozers???? Love the vids keep them coming!

[@storeroomjeff1]

Nice place, awesome garden!

[@daveanderson2316]

Thanks again Toby.

[@thinman8621]

Nice garden.

[@ostlandr]

Couldn't tell from the video- do you use an overrunning clutch on the brush hog? I need to get one for my MF model 30, as I'm doing land clearing and there's a lot of back-and-forth. As to the garden (looks great, BTW) I remember when my Granddad quit gardening. He didn't mind when the grackles pulled up all the new peas, or when the woodchucks and rabbits ate the beans off to the ground. The last straw was when he realized the lightning bugs were lighting up the rows so the potato beetles could put on a third shift. ;-)

[@daleholmgren8385]

Great vid!!! Question on how sharp your bush hog blades were... my observation great skill in selection of ground speed ,blade speed, blade sharpness and cutting height to knock down weeds and leave grass healthy to turn into good ground cover. Perhaps in a future vid you could describe the characteristics of direct pto drive and flywheel effect of a spinning mower blade. My first encounter with a NAA ford and mower involved backing half way through an old plywood grain bin. Therefore over running clutch!!!Keep the videos coming!! hello from Canada.....D2 5U 3369

[@wildtimbrown]

I noticed that you didn't have the brush hog attached to the PTO on the drive over. I was hoping you would show the hookup. I never enjoy that part and was hoping to see if you use one of the "quick connect" devices. Besides that, its looking great!

[@johndowe7003]

Didn't look like he had a quick connect, honestly you just have to get good at backing into the implement & have a good prybar to adjust it if you need it

[@_P0tat07_]

That ford 8N is a beautiful machine. I’d love to find one to work on.

[@bobmorris9687]

You'd definitely have to work on it, lol.

[@stevehertz4878]

I like you're videos u don't babble like so many other direct 2 the point very good.

[@calebsible9988]

What brand of grey paint did you use on your 8n? I love the creamy color of it. Everything I find in stores near me is more of a white color.

[@kellyandaprilline3305]

I’ve been jonesing for some x231 videos

[@SchnelleKat]

Boy I thought our Garden was big!!! Jesus.

[@hommie789]

Happy Independence day Toby, here in Canada out day was back on July 1st. You have rhubarb, how do you do anything out side without a stalk in your mouth? Man when I have access to it, I always have some in hand, love that stuff, just not in pies or what have you just straight out of the ground. You are lucky you had some sun, I can't get anything done here as we have had rain every day since the first week of June without missing a day.

[@charlescastle5566]

Talking about the weather come down south and check out the heat and humidity it sucks.

[@saul5009]

Nice ol tractor 😃😃

[@andrewbrenneman9592]

Did I notice the PTO being "LIVE" ? I'm not familiar with 8N or 9N tractors. Does the PTO run the speed of the tractor? Can you "back mow" between the trees?

[@johndowe7003]

You can back mow, PTO isn't live. You push the clutch in and the PTO stops . I usually put it in reverse and feather the clutch to get in tight area

[@stevesykes4527]

I SAW YOUR 8 N AND IT LOOK GOOD I HAVE A 8N MYSELF AND I AM TRYING TO BRING IT BACK CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO FIND THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB YOU HAVE MINE IS MISSING AND I CANT FIND ONE ANYWHERE. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED THANKS

[@stevesykes4527]

thanks @@squatch253

[@SuperMAZ007]

I like the way you do things for me it is a lot of inspiration. Did you know the USSR made a caterpillar D8 analog?

[@ajones8699]

Sweet tractor.

[@seniorelectrician6831]

Happy 4th to ya

[@RickBork]

All I hear is blueberry muffins and cutting new seeding is in my near future.😃

[@thomasstewart9368]

Lambs Quarter it is. Looked up "pig weed" seems to be many cultivars of pig weed.

[@paulhammond7489]

Enjoy your holiday weekend :)

[@tedwpx123]

Good video