Here are some MORE original vintage Ford Tractor photos -hope you enjoy them...

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Tim Daley(MI)

Nice photos, Tim. Thanks for posting.

I'm still looking for a snow blower like the one in the third picture. Let me know if one is found for sale please.

Tim, Those are incredible pictures. Black and white photos are timeless. You are a wealth of information. Thanks for sharing.
Gerard

Great pictures thanks for posting. I to like the snow blower. Most rear mount you buy now only run in reverse. That is a much better idea. Wonder why they don't make them like that. Wondering about the rear blade with a wheel. Never saw one like that. I wonder why it has a wheel?

Hi Larry, I have a Dearborn blade & the tail wheel with the hand crank in the shed right now, the hand crank on the dearborn just changes the for & aft pitch of the blade unlike our Ford blade with tail wheel that actually helps level the height of the blade, If you ever need to see a pic of the 2, Dearborn or Ford with the tail wheels I can send ya some pics. I have a video on youtube using my Dearborn blade with that tail wheel attachment also.

I believe the rear blade is the later Danuser model with tail wheel and crank adjustment. Note tractor is a late 8N too.

Tim

Tim the blade in the picture with the tail wheel is a Dearborn not a Danuser I have one in the shed with the tail wheel & hand crank just like in the pic. It even has a Dearborn serial tag on the guage wheel itself.

Yes, you are correct. The gauge wheel and leveling adjustment crank were options wit the blade but they probably didn't sell many. Lucky you found what you did. As far as the side shields, I have never seen any but I did once draw up a left and right one using AutoCAD and just scaling the dimensions based on advertisement brochures. When I departed the job back in 2008 it was on my computer so I never saved the drawings to a thumb drive or disc. As far as the skid shoes go, you could probably make do with a new set.

Tim

The big problem with the snowblower pictured was that there is no auger, it is a single stage with an impeller. It relies on a funnel to feed the impeller. If the snow is light and fluffy, you might get away with this type of snowblower. If the snow is wet and heavy, this type will not work well at all. Another problem is you are driving through the snow with at least the wheels on one side and will try to pull you into the deeper snow.

I want the snow blower in that third picture.

10+ years ago I purchased a 3 point hitch 2 stage snow blower, did some work on it and decided to sell it. I never had occasion to use it and I was concerned that it would be like a rototiller, ground speed on an 8n or Jubilee too fast to handle the job. Up until last winter, never had enough snow to justify keeping it.

I thought one of our members in New York had one for sale last year. Wish I would have gotten it now. You are right about the ground speed being to fast. Would give me a good excuse to buy that Step down tranny LOL.

Dan, don't forget, step down Sherman or combo Sherman in step-down also slows the PTO. I had a rototiller about 40 years ago that just didn't work behind my '51 8N. Maybe if it could be driven off of the engine RPM it might work.

Yes it would have to be a Howard or there is another one but the name escapes me right now. I know my F&T won't do it that's why it's still sitting on the shelf.

Yep -I think that is one a several implements that never made it to production. In the 2nd photo, the 8N has a Danuser rear blade (with tire) and note the school is Birmingham High School which wasn't too far away from the Dearborn Motors Corporation world headquarters located on the corner of Coolidge highway and Maple roads. By the mid-sixties the towns had all grew in population and thus new schools were built. Birminghgam had three public high schools when I was growing up -Seaholm, Lahser, and Groves. We played the parochial school, Birmingham Brother Rice in sports because we were in the Catholic League. There was also Birmingham Country Day which was an exclusive school for the rich kids, the most famous being Robin Williams as his dad worked for Ford as an executive.

Tim Daley(MI()

Tim, it is a Dearborn blade NOT a Danuser when the pic was taken he must have been backing up or let it roll back then stopped because if it was going foward you would be able to see the Dearborn metal tag on the arm right at the wheel, also it was a hard pneumatic tire, not an air tire with tube. I thought you had seen the pics I have posted before of my blade & rear gauge wheel kit I finally completed thanks to Ultradog he found me the hand crank assembly?

"...the school is Birmingham High School which wasn't too far away from the Dearborn Motors Corporation world headquarters located on the corner of Coolidge highway and Maple roads."

I had a hunch one of the current high schools was the former Birmingham High School so did some research and found out yes, Seaholm High School was the original Birmingham High School and opened their doors in 1951.

Tim

Oh, yeah, both buildings are long gone. Dearborn Motors property now houses condos and a strip mall. I lived two miles away in Clawson and dad would take us there every Saturday afternoon to circle the rotunda drive and peer in the windows at the latest tractors. Good times...

Tim