I see, around 15hp on the draw bar. I wouldn’t be pulling a disc or plow. Just mowing trails, and the lanes along the fields. I’ve seen where you can get around 30hp to the pto on them.

Really they are 27 house power and are whey more powerful then you think I own one use it all most every day it is a late model 8n with the sherman transmission I 12 foward gears 3 reverse and three PTO speeds I drag high moisture hay bales that are about 2000 pounds I stand them on end rap a chain around the bottom put it in low and 1st and start pulling it can be dry or a foot and a half mud and it will pull .The live PTO an't much fun but with the slip clutch will fix that you can ad live hydralics by putting a pump on the front an't done that yet.Here is a tip for 8ns with side mount distrubuters a 9n will be on the front if you have a 8n that is hard to start and is still 6volt instead of converting it to 12 volt get a 12 volt 6 cylinder coil and put it in place of your six volt coil it made mine a hole different tractor. Some stuff to look for on the tractor is on the left side is there a handle below the steering gear box it could have a sherman witch model you can tell by the handle if it comes out and them comes straght up it is a step up model if it is a fancy looking cast handle it is a step up step down model and if it does not have handle just a hole or a broken peace of a handle it would be hard to tell I would need pictures then.When they are in high they will fly like 30mph. I would like to get some thing with a front loader but a 8n and allis wd that don't run yet is all I got.Ifyou have any questens pm me or post right here I will answer what I can I have worked on a couple.and with a slip clutch you should be fine with a 5 foot bush hog . hope this helps

Just out of curiosity how does it steer without power steering? Been awhile since i ran anything without it. My Farmall 450 even has it.

They were only 585 new in their day

That one is painted up as an 8N, the 9N was all gray. $700 is a good deal

Yep, jctunnelrat is spot on regarding the clutch. I'd definitely get one before brush hogging.

In response to your original question I opted to purchase a well cared for older Ferguson (1953) over a Ford N series because of the gearing.

Now this is just my opinion and should be taken with a really big grain of salt, but it seems to me that the Ford (8n/9n) needs just a little more throttle for the brush hog to cut than the Ferguson. This increased throttle also increased the tractor speed just enough to bounce you around a little more. Of course none of those old tractors ride very good...

The bottom line is a 9n will run a 5 ft brush hog just fine. If the price is right I'd jump on it.

FWIW, I've always heard a Ford Jubilee (not sure of the years they were built) were the cats meow and say better than the n series. You can spot these because they have a little hump down the center of the hood.

It is for sure a 9n mite even be a 2n you can tell by front and rear wheel centers and I think on the 9ns the big forked arm under your tie rods was a I beam the 2ns were just round I can't tell in the pictures at 700 hundred that is a good deal and it has already been converted to 12 volt. It looks like it has the original hat stile rear rims the one side for sure has it the the other side I can't really tell but it looks like it they are worth give or take 250 a piece.