How to fix a gravel driveway for cheap! Ford 8N backblade.
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- No landplane or box blade needed. I use the Ford 8N and a backblade to demonstrate how to fix your gravel driveway for cheap. Many people have a back blade but do not have a land plane or boxblade. This video shows how to use a normal back blade on your 3 point hitch to grade your gravel driveway in the Spring to keep the mud off your vehicles. I don't like when a clean car gets dirty just going in or out the driveway. #Ford8N #Fordtractor #graveldriveway #farmtractor #purplecollarlife
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Published March 22, 2022
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0:00 - Sponge bath
0:33 - Ford 8N with back blade
1:26 - Keep it clean
2:06 - How to grade gravel driveway
2:36 - Farm backblade
3:03 - No land plane or box blade
3:40 - Gravel driveway
4:25 - Edges in first
5:17 - PTO engaged
6:21 - Moving gravel from high spots
8:37 - Caution around PTO
9:46 - Driveway maintenance
10:59 - Cheap solution
13:28 - Great job 8N
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I just love the look of that Ford 8N, great job on the driveway Chad 🙂🙋🏼♂️👍🏻
Thanks! It's a classic tractor for sure. I like all the old farm tractors. They have so much character, mixed in with simplicity and versatility. We don't have "regular tv" anymore, but when we did, I always would tune in to @ClassicTractorFever
love it! you need to feature the F8N in more videos!!
I agree! We'll try to have it guest star on the channel more often.
That was honestly a really well put together video Chad.
I do all my grading with a box blade but I’m actually wanting to get a straight rear blade like that because I see advantages being able to angle it like that and also with a tilt kit you can really put more of a crown on it. Or even dig in with one corner for a swale
Thanks, Brock. We've used the simple back blade for plowing snow, grading the driveway, creating swales, and even smoothing the topsoil on the lawn. Thanks for watching!
Outstanding Looking antique Ford tractor 👌👍🧐 Great idea to wash it beford since the heat of the engine will help to dry the tractor to avoid corrosion 👌👍🧐 Back blade was the work horse of all farmers Sir like you said and my grant father and uncles were 👍👌💪 I like the coil spring on the top link of the 3 points attachment 👌👍🧐 I realy like your video mon ami about your great teaching point about farmers history Sir 👍👌🧐 keep up both of you your OUTSTANDING team work your lovely wife and yourself and keep up your daddy family work too 👌👍🧐 Keep warm Cheers 🍻
Thanks, David! We certainly acknowledge the hard work that these old tractors have done for many years. They're excellent workhorses and really beautiful pieces of equipment.
@@PurpleCollarLife And you pretty good at it ( preserving farming history )👌👍😉🍻
Happy to see the tractor used!
You bet!
Nice old tractor. Appreciate the tutorial sir.
Thanks!
I really enjoy your vids ! I inherited my grandpa’s 1951 8N two months ago. Brings back a lot of good memories ! Having a great time with my new 8N 😊
That is awesome!
Nice too see The 8 N working you take great care of her. I miss my 8 N sometimes I wanna buy a other one again but sure like my 59 Dexta it has live PTO and for what I need it works better
Thanks for watching! We love that old Ford 8N. Amazing tractor. I didn't know anything about the Fordson Dexta - I just looked it up and they look really cool! Hard to believe they were ahead of their time with the live PTO.
Love that old classic! 😎🚜👍Great job Chad! My dad used to grade a lot of drive ways with his Ferguson "Lil Grey Fergie" lots of memories for me.
Very cool!
There is just something about the old fords. I grew up running our families old ford golden jubilee. It is a great tractor and fun to use. Ours does not look that nice but it still is used for snow removal and cutting hay on the farm. I might try to do a video sometime on it sometime?
I'd love to see a video of your Jubilee. I've never had a chance to run one in person. But I understand there are some nice improvements over the 9N, 2N, and the 8N.
I like that so many of these old tractors are still used for real tasks. As much as I like seeing them at tractor shows, I also like seeing the ones that you can tell have been used, but taken care of.
I have been operating on 2000 , 4000 Fords , John Deere 5075 and M series. A few old International 1066. Love them all. I would rather drive them than a car. You need a little weight on your blade to get it down into the dirt. It will cut out some of the hop and flip up gravel that is being wasted. Don’t you just love that kink that you get in your neck watching a piece of equipment that is behind you.
Thanks for watching! I too am addicted to the old tractors. :) Yes - I do end up with a stiff neck after a day looking backwards.
Great video!… I just got my 8N and that back blade is exactly what I need for a few projects.
Enjoy it! You’re going to love having the 8N.
Good job Chad!
Thanks! It never really feels like work when I'm on the Ford 8N tractor.
Nice clean looking 8. Really handy tractors to have around. Can get a lot of tractor for the dollar!
Thanks!
Really like the 8N it is a sharp little tractor. Great video as always Chad!
Thanks, Kyle. The 8N certainly makes me smile. Lots of great history with both the Ford tractors, and specifically this family tractor.
Enjoyed it! Love the tractor. I have a late 60’s Massey Ferguson 135.
That is awesome! These old farm tractors are workhorses. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Love these videos!
Glad you like them! I could talk about the Ford 8N all day long. They're amazing old machines with such a great history of work.
@@PurpleCollarLife I own a 51, but it's a project. I recently bought one in working condition and awaiting its arrival. First tractor I've ever owned so your videos have been a tutorial for me.
That's a nice old tractor Chad. You keep it up well.
Thanks! My great uncles and my dad deserve the credit. They have maintained it properly for over 70 years.
Draft control lever is under the right side of the seat. I doubt you'll ever use it. Keep these videos coming. Good job 👍
Thanks for mentioning it. You're right - lever that switches from draft control to position control is a little lever directly under the seat. We typically leave it in position control "mode" because we don't use a plow in the fields. So all of our attachments work best in position control. (brush hog, back blade, carry all, etc.) Thanks for watching!
Good video and "How-to". I have both a 2N and a 8N. I also have a back blade and few other implements for my Ford tractors. One thing I would like to have is a Yoke type rake to smooth out the gravel. They're a bit more expensive than a back blade and not as easy to find. Back blades, as you mentioned, can be both new, Rural King, Tractor Supply, and other similar stores carry them.
One thing, and you might have mentioned on another video. The 8N has also a position control lever for the 3 point lift, it's the lever above the draft control lever. The 9N and 2N do not have the position control. One of the improvements that 8N had over the 2N.
Thanks for watching! Is your 8N the front mount distributor, or the side mount?
I've never seen one of those rakes - but it sounds like a good thing to look for. It would probably also be helpful when seeing a feed plot or new yard.
This particular back blade in the video was actually purchased at a Quality Farm and Fleet. I don't know if there are any of those around anymore. But you're right that they're almost always in stock at Rural King, Tractor Supply, and most tractor dealers.
You're right about the position control on the 8N. We don't usually move ours out of position control. We don't do any ground engaging work with the 8N (plowing a field). On the back of our 8N is typically a carry all, the back blade, or the brush hog.
We do also have a post hole auger, a cement mixer, a sickle bar mower, and a pole lift.
They're certainly great machines. Now I'm wondering if one 8N is enough. I've actually always been interested in the Golden Jubilee. :)
@@PurpleCollarLife My 8N is a Frankenstein one. It's a 1947 (technically a 1948 built in 1947) and has an engine from a 2N. Someone converted it to a side mount distributor and had to make some, not so good, modifications. To get the alternator on the left, they had to push in the oil filler tube against the block and make a funky bracket to hold the alternator. Other mods were done to make it a side distributor, and when I got it, it was completely out of time. I got it running fairly decent now, though.
Rural King has a rake for under $500, www.ruralking.com/taylor-pittsburgh-field-general-5-sub-compact-landscape-rake-233-tyr-60-sc?rkgfblink=no&msclkid=5a3191c0bcf116a4f83df3fd3767c322&Smart%20Shopping&Smart%20Shopping&gclid=5a3191c0bcf116a4f83df3fd3767c322&gclsrc=3p.ds
I also would love to have a Jubilee, a 600 or a 800 series Ford.
I have a 52 8N with a back blade I use to maintain the gravel road to my cabin.
Great tractor! The 1952 is a nice year.
Thank you sir.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Good video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love that 8N Chad. I have plans for a May video in which an 8N will play a key part. BTW, scraper blades must be cheaper up there...I'm always perusing FB Marketplace and CL and the cheapest I've seen lately was $250 for a real rustbucket! Still a cheap implement compared to almost any others, but around here it will typically take $300 or better just to get you in the door! For reference, my Land Pride RB1572, which I bought with the LX was just under $700 in Dec 2020 (right before the world went crazy) which was a bit under "retail".
Thanks for sharing that grand ol' girl!
Thanks for watching, Chris. The 8N is certainly a fun machine to use. I can't believe old back blades are so pricey around you. Were there many old farms? I'm surrounded by old farms. I hate to say they're "a dime a dozen", but just about every farm/ranch/homestead/property around here had one. There's no shortage. Some certainly have seen better days, though. And most of the old ones won't turn around backwards. Or if they do, they only go straight (no angle when pushing backwards).
You got a great deal on that land plane! Had you known then what you know now, you should have purchased 10 and sold 9.
@@PurpleCollarLife Sorry Chad, I should have clarified...the RB1572 is a rear blade, basically just a new version of yours!
Nice tractor
Thanks, Larry. I hope it still looks and runs this good in another 26 years when it is 100 years old. ) We'll do our best to make sure that happens.
What width is the blade? 5', 6' or 7'? Great video by the way!
This is a 6’ blade. Works great with the 8N!
There was a lot of material that was pushed aside of the driveway! I had a question for you. How come you have a warning sticker on the back of your blade, as this looks to be an old blade?!? Driveway grading is one job I really like doing a few times a year. I also grade the county road (1 mile)... Lol! I have an old Allis Chalmers blade and it's quite well designed with a 6-way blade. I also made some wings I can attach to it, so it converts the blade to a landplane. Anyways, as you said, they are quite a cheap implement to get (got mine for 150$). And they are very useful. No need to get a new one! Thanks!
We originally had an older back blade that we used on this 8N. It didn't let you rotate the blade around (and angle backwards). I purchased the blade you saw in this video when I bought my property to build the house. It was probably about 23 years ago. So this blade isn't as old as the tractor, but it isn't one of the new ones either. Evidently they had warning stickers on them even back in the late 1990s. I can't remember what all the stickers said - but I think there was one that said "for 3 point use only", and one that said "not for tractors over 35 HP".
Been itching, and afraid of using my box blade on my driveway. It is starting to get the high spot in the middle and the two depressions that puddle to your point on the sides... I'm just afraid of making it worse than it is while I learn how to use the box blade appropriately.
I'd give it a try. You won't learn until you do it several times. Each time you'll improve. Thanks for watching!
See that you have front weights on the tractor. Got Ferguson T0-30 in Dec. & just got a 5' rotary cutter & 6' Titan blade. Will I need front weights? Tnx. Lee in VA & NC.
The front weights are helpful for when we're running the brush hog on the back. Sometimes the front tires can get a little light. If you can find a set - it would be nice to add.
Nice job, Chad! Will that blade fit on your JD tractor too? Cheers!
Thanks, Mike. The blade will fit on the John Deere 2210, but. . . the rear arms are not long enough to allow me to rotate the blade around 180 degrees. So I can angle it to the right or left, but not swivel it around to face backwards. The 3-point arms are just short enough on that tractor that the blade makes contact with the rear tires when trying to spin the blade.
Hope you had a merry Christmas! Beautiful tractor! I just snagged a '49, myself. What size blade is better for these tractors, 5 or 6 foot? Thanks!
Merry Christmas! There is probably no better Christmas present than a classic tractor! Congrats. I like the 6' a little better because when it's angled to the side, it still clears a path as wide as the tractor. The 5' blade when angled fully, leaves one tire in the snow (in our experience). BUT - it takes a surprising bit more HP to pull snow with the 6' blade - especially if it's wet, deep, heavy snow. So there are advantages to each size blade.
@@PurpleCollarLife Good insight! Thank you. Does the blade have the same concerns moving gravel? Drive way maintenance... thanks again!!
@@blackriflemensorganization6139 Yes - same concerns if moving a blade full of gravel. It's less of a concern with driveway maintenance because I rarely have a full blade when just skimming the top layer to smooth it out.
@@PurpleCollarLife Thanks again!
I have been thinking about getting a scrapper blade. We have a long gravel driveway and its in horrible shape. I have been putting it off because I am not 100% sure if a scrapper blade can do the job.
We've used the back blade on the 8N (and Workmaster) to maintain our gravel driveway for decades. I've found that it works great!
Why do you have the right front wheel set out further than the left? I couldn't tell in this video but others I could.
That's interesting that you noticed! I never have noticed - but just took a look. You're correct - the right side is set out 1 bolt hole further than the left side. I have no idea why. We've never moved those - so I'm guessing it was something that someone in our previous family generations did at some point - perhaps when farming the homestead many decades ago.
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Thanks for watching!
Do you know how to do a front wheel alignment on a 2N?
I’m not exactly sure - ours has never needed adjusted. But I believe I’ve read about it in the shop manual for the 9N, 2N, and 8N. Do you have a copy of the shop manual? There might even be a video about it here on CZcams.
It is great tractor! I am from Ukraine, and suppose it able pull out abandoned russian tanks!
Thank you very much!
I just got my first 8n today. Why does my 3pt not stay raised when i push in the clutch?
That can be fairly normal on some of these 8N tractors where the hydraulic system is worn. The PTO running allows the hydraulic pressure to maintain - keeping the 3-point implement raised. But as soon as you push in the clutch and the PTO stops, the hydraulic pressure can drop off. In my experience - some tractors this is more of a problem than others. Our 8N will hold the implement up but have a slow drop over time. About 30-60 minutes of the tractor not running, or the PTO not running, and the implement slowly drop.
@@PurpleCollarLife thanks. Mine drops as soon as i push in the clutch. Should it do that, or maybe the hydraulic cylinder is bad?
@@PurpleCollarLife thanks for the content, also. I've wanted one of these tractors for a long while, but I've never used one. Your vids are a big help.
What width is the back blade?
This is a 6-foot back blade.
What kind of back blade do you have?
I'm not sure of the brand - it's at least 20 years old. But I purchased it at Quality Farm and Fleet - back when that was a store. It might be a King Kutter?
@@PurpleCollarLife thanks, I want one that turns 360
You probably discovered it by now but your exhaust pipe is loose.
Thanks! We tighten it regularly. I think maybe the vibration loosens it over time. I have been tempted to use some loctite on it.
$100 for a back blade... lol I wish around here there $400+ for old rusted junk in the weeds. I would go way out of my way to get one for $100
I just did a quick search on Facebook marketplace - UNBELIEVEABLE! The price of those old backblades have really gone up! Like you say -I'm seeing $400 for really old ones, and $600 for ones not quite as old. I saw a couple newer used ones for $900!
I live in Austin, Texas and need implements for my 8N and MF TO35. If anyone here has anything please let me know. Thank y’all!
Around here - 3-point implements for these type of tractors are plentiful at garage sales, auctions, and even on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist.