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Battery Tender Junior, Plus and 10 A Selectable compared for keeping a tractor battery healthy through off-season storage: output, warranty, and which one to pick. Continue Reading →

The John Deere Model D was built for 30 years, from 1923 to 1953, so "a Model D" can mean anything from a rare early spoker to a common late styled tractor. The value, the parts it takes, and how… Continue Reading →

You push the clutch, pull the lever, and the old tractor answers with a grinding crunch. Or the lever won't go in at all. If you've just bought or inherited a Ford N, an early John Deere or a similar… Continue Reading →

Very few people will ever buy a Waterloo Boy, but plenty of people end up standing next to one: at a show, in a museum, in a family barn, or in an auction listing that calls it "a rare early… Continue Reading →

The 600 Series is the most common of Ford's Hundred Series tractors, the line Ford introduced in late 1954 as 1955 models to replace the NAA . If you've found a gray-and-red Ford utility tractor with a 600 emblem on… Continue Reading →

The NAA looks like an 8N that's been stretched a little, and sellers use "Jubilee," "NAA" and sometimes even "8N" for the same tractor. If you're looking at one, the questions that matter are whether it's really an NAA, whether… Continue Reading →

The 900 Series was the biggest row-crop tractor in Ford's 1955–1957 Hundred Series lineup: the 172 cu in engine of the 800 in the tall, long row-crop chassis of the 700 . If you've found a tall Ford with a… Continue Reading →

The Ford 800 Series and the 600 Series look so alike that sellers mix them up all the time, and so do buyers. The difference is under the hood and in the rear end: the 800 has the 172 cu… Continue Reading →

The Ford 8630 comes from the last years of Ford-branded farm tractors, and that makes it easy to misidentify. It's one of four nearly identical 8030-series tractors, it's a close relative of the TW-15 it replaced, it may wear Ford… Continue Reading →

A Ford TW-35 is the top of the second-generation TW line, and on a used-equipment lot it sits next to a lot of tractors that look nearly the same: the earlier TW-30, the smaller TW-15 and TW-25 built alongside it,… Continue Reading →

From across a field, the TW-10, TW-20 and TW-30 look like the same big blue tractor. All three share the same frame, the same 401 cu in Ford six and the same cab options, and many have been repainted and… Continue Reading →

The Ford 7000 looks almost exactly like a Ford 5000 , and that's the problem for anyone looking at one. It's the same size and weight and wears the same Force-era sheet metal, but it has a turbocharged engine and… Continue Reading →

If you own, inherited, or are looking at a Ford 5000, the first question is which 5000 it is. Ford built the tractor from the end of 1964 into the mid-1970s, and in 1968 it changed the engine, the sheet… Continue Reading →

The Ford 6000 has a reputation, and if you're looking at one for sale you've probably already heard it: Ford's first big six-cylinder tractor was rushed out, broke, and was recalled. That history matters to a buyer for one practical… Continue Reading →

The 700 Series is the least familiar of Ford's Hundred Series tractors. If you've come across a tall Ford with a narrow front end and a 700 emblem on the nose, you may be looking at one, or at a… Continue Reading →

Ford built about 524,000 8Ns, and seventy-odd years later you still see them at farm auctions, mowing roadside fields, and parked behind barns waiting for someone to get them running again. If you own one or are thinking about buying… Continue Reading →

The 2N is the most confusing of the N-series Fords to identify. It looks almost exactly like a 9N, its serial number starts with "9N," and some of the early wartime ones left the factory with steel wheels, a magneto… Continue Reading →

A little gray Ford with a three-point hitch could be a 9N, a 2N or an 8N, and sellers mix them up all the time. Sometimes it's an honest mistake. Sometimes it's because "1939 9N" sounds better in an ad.… Continue Reading →

If you're looking at a worm-drive Fordson with rear fenders and a magneto, it's probably a Model N. The next questions are the ones that decide its originality and value: was it built in Cork, Ireland, or at Dagenham in… Continue Reading →

You've found an old steel-wheeled tractor with a worm-drive rear end and "Fordson" cast into it. Maybe it's at an auction, maybe it came with the farm, maybe a neighbor wants it gone. Before you can price it, order parts… Continue Reading →

You're looking at an old red-and-gray Ford with a 600, 800 or 900 emblem on the nose, and someone has told you it's a 640, or an 860, or a 950. Which is it, and does the number mean anything?… Continue Reading →

You've just installed a new water pump, filled the coolant, and there's a drip behind the pulley. Do you tear it all apart again, or give it a chance to seal? That's where I left off in part 1 of… Continue Reading →

A loud pop, a squeal and smoke from under the hood. If that just happened on your crawler, look at the fan belt and water pump first. This is my write-up of replacing the water pump and belt on the… Continue Reading →

If your thermometer can hit -20°F and you're wondering whether your hens will make it to morning, this is for you. Well-meant moves like a heat lamp or a sealed-up coop often cause the very problems they're meant to prevent.… Continue Reading →