Will This 3 Point PTO Finish Mower Work on the Ford GT500 (8N/9N)? 

Be careful using that Derek. If that’s a fixed PTO adapter you really need an overrunning clutch. These are famous for people pushing in the clutch to stop and the momentum of the mower spinning keeps driving the tractor since the PTO is driven off the rear end. Lots of 8n Fords went over the hill cuz they were mowing with a rotary mower and no overrunning clutch.

"When your 9 you gotta learn how to drive pickups, that's all there is to it!"

Those tractors are surprisingly strong. We cleaned up major damage and large trees after Hurricane Katrina and the Ford 8 only had one fuel leak develop after 4 hard weeks of 7 days a week work. Awesome little work horse . Just watch the PTO !!

The time you spend with your sons is priceless. It’s all that matters in the end.

Would love to see a guy doing some upgrades on the tractor.

The gt 500 moves so elegant. Like a swan.

I love seeing these old tractors still being put to use. The sound especially is just something you don't get anymore.

Nice. I have a 52 Ford 8n, with the 72" finish mower. And I mow my 3 acre field with it. Just awesome 👌, glad I'm not the only one.

What a cute kid...I laughed like hell when he spun the tires, like dad

Love how yall are raising your kids. Those boys are gonna be some of the best of their generation.

My first visit to Vice Grip Lodge. Huge fan of VGG. This channel will be just as fun, informative and humorous. Well done Derek!

I love the fact your kids seem to be getting raised the right way like we were in the 80s / 90s. I was born in 80, and I remember learning to drive on the old dodge pickup in the field. And I remember helping dad hook up the brush-hog to the tractor, good times!

Well, I never thought I'd ever spend my own time watching someone cut grass, but, there you have it.

"When you're 9 you gotta learn to drive pickups..." Thumbs up just for that. '-)

I really miss that. My Dad had an old ford tractor. We mowed with it, moved dirt with it, and cleared snow with it. Everyone should get to do that. I'm working on that for my adult sons , and the kids I get to be grandpa to.

Love seeing those old tractors in use....and it explains why every old farmer that I talk to is missing at least one finger...

The old Saab still sitting outside man that’s a cool little car it be nice to see more on that for sure

Brings back great memories, dad was a collector of 2, 8, an 9N's, he would buy them cheap, broken down, an non running, then have them purring like a kitty in a couple days.

9 year old driving a pickup truck. Karen: "Someone call DHS!" Normal people: "Love it! Keep raising those kids right!"

I would watch you read that GT500 service manual to a dead opossum. Keep the videos coming no matter what it is!

The joy that rushes through me when a new Lodge video pops up, is the same as when a new Garage video pops up. 👌🏽

"Oh yeah... tenant burned the yard down. Huhh"... just another day at the lodge 🧑‍🚒

I'm larnin to be a lawn farmer. Tracters, hitches, blades and droughts. All the good stuff.

About 30 years ago I had a 60" Ford finish mower on the back of a Satoh tractor. Satoh was a re-badged Misubishi. I got all my parts from a Mitsubishi dealer. It was about the size of a Ford 8N - about 20 hp IIRC. I never used it it heavy stuff - that's more brush hog work. It did a wonderful job on my yard. No lack of power. Note - I put a bass boat kill switch on the tractor - spliced into a coil wire (neg I think) - it's been a long time. The switch had a lanyard that I could hook to my belt. I wanted the kill switch in the event I got pulled off the tractor by a tree limb - or something. I was in a desolate area and this was before cell phones. tractors have governors - being dragged off and into the PTO would be a bad ending.

Derek: "The only thing I trust on this is that the seat's uncomfortable." 😀 Well, a feller's got a GT500. That's a racing tractor, so you sacrifice a little comfort for performance. 😀

Great job driving Bently!

I enjoy seeing old tractors being reconditioned and put back to work. Greatly enjoy both "Garage" and "Lodge". Seeing your whole family partcipate in your many projects is heart-warming and a top-notch example of what family life was meant to be.

Just brought my newborn son home yesterday, a guy can’t wait to be getting him funny shirts and teaching him stuff like you do. Your videos really got me through a tough week last week with him in the NICU, just thought a feller oughta know that

On my brother's 8n you had to use a Sprague Clutch on the PTO so when you pushed the clutch the enertia from the mower blades wouldn't drive you thru a fence.

Anyone else have Ben Stein in their head taking roll call when you look at the name on the mower deck?

Love it. When you are 9 you got to learn to drive pickups! So true. BTW Love the old tractor.

That old chevy is so sweet. Thank you soooooooo much for the hard work you put in for us. Everyone have a great day!!

"Giver some throttle dude" are words I remember hearing from my father when I was about 9. It ended in the Atlantic. The only thing the old man was real tore up about, was the soggy egg salad sandwiches mother had made up for him. The old boy LOVES mothers egg salad sandwiches.

wow bently looked like an old hand drivin that pick'emup truck!!! my stepdad had an int'l scout he let me play with when i was around 8 or 9...puttin thru stubblefields and such, man good memories!!! lawn looked great, man!!! I enjoy everything you put up...good stuff best on utube

Love that Going to Town Truck...What a way to learn to drive...

I think I would enjoy watching you do anything. Thank you so much.

My favorite part of the video is where you "inspect" the belts, like there was any way in the wide world of sports you were going to replace anything short of frayed rubber bands. Just send 'er!

To answer your question Derek, we definitely need more of this sweet, sweet tractor action.

Reminds me of cutting the family 14 acres. What a way to spend a day. Load my pockets full of peaches from our 36, then go to town.

Great place to learn how to drive a pickup. A yard clear of all equipment, maybe not. But, he handled it just fine👍!

Bentley..."Cooler Version of Dad". Love that kid !

Gotta say, my heart swelled with pride seeing Bentley behind the wheel of the truck. It's nice to see that there are still glimpses out there of the America I knew as a kid. It's one of the big reasons I watch both of these channels - they're positively dripping with Americana.

I grew up with Ford 2N,8N, 9N then a 35 Massey Ferguson. Dad finally bought a 50 Ferguson which was the first one we owned with 'live power'. I hated having to stop to lift a plow. His brother baled hay (square bales)on many steep fields with a 35 MF. People told him he was crazy, but it got the job done.

Damm Derick , am in a lodge Now ?? Too many cold snacks 😜😜 Wow !! , Bentley is driving his truck ! He's growing up so fast .. following your footsteps Dad !!! You should be proud !

I remember the feeling of driving my dad's square body Chevy as a little boy. It had a 4 speed. It was tough to clutch but man I felt like a grown man driving that thing! It's good to see a boy learning to drive a square body. He's gonna grow up to be a proper man. That's an awesome childhood memory to have. Teach him donuts and power slides! That's how you really learn to drive. Take an old Chevy down to the mud pit and get sideways then you really know how to drive.

We wanna see whatever a fellas got. Thank you for making another channel. Even though it's twice the work for you.

Absolutely love those old Ford N series/Fordson/Golden Jubilee/etc tractors!

I ran an 8N in the summers of 78-81 when I was a lad, bush/brush hogging. I absolutely loved it and the N series tractors. Your videos are magic !!

Many reasons why I keep coming back. The two this episode are tractors and yard fires. 😂

We live in crowded polluted air Mesa Az where it's currently 110 out with about 20% humidity. In the 90's we had a chance to buy my wife's family farm in Southern Illinois. There was 85 acres left of it. Barns full of old goodies and equipment plus a three story log house with a huge hand built fireplace using rocks tilled from the soil. The 2 acre lake was really cool but the humidity and the harsh winters made us walk away. I see you on your farm and wonder sometimes if we made a mistake. The farm is still in her family but after we turned them down one of her cousins bought it just recently. It is located about 20 miles away from Carmi Illinois. Right along the Wabash river near Kentucky & Indiana. Great video Derek. Spending time with your kids is great.

It warms a guy’s heart to see the young guy driving the pickup on the property 😁

A feller really is liking on the GT5hunnert mowing mowchine. Glad you took the air filter off the exhaust finally, I love these vidjoes. Less editing, just raw content. Love both of her channels

I can't speak for anyone else but I would like to see more tractor repair/usage videos. I even enjoyed Jessica's cake baking video.

Reminded me of when I used to mow our patch with a 1 cylinder "Poppin Jonnie" wasn't a fast tractor but it could "pull the hinges off of hell" if you put the chains in the right place.

That over/underdrive auxiliary unit could very well be a three speed unit. Put it in neutral and try pulling out on the shift lever. If it comes out about an inch it's a three speed. After you pull it out, the lever will move forward (maybe back, I forget) into direct drive, which is where you want it for mowing. The two positions you're using now are underdrive and overdrive.

Yes, keep it coming on the tractor. My Dad sold his 68, so now I’m searching for another one similar in my area. They’re great machines

Watching you let your son move the truck made my heart smile. Love his shirt!

"When you're 9, you gotta learn to drive a pickup, that's all there is to it...." How true. Now, if his Dad was NOT a famous RU-vidr, you could inform Bentey "Now listen, DON'T TELL MOM!!!".... but alas, only 42 thousand people saw that sh&t.... Ooops.... heh heh heh....

Thanks derrick. We live by Rochester MN and love old tractors. Feller might go to the little log house tractor show in Hastings this weekend.

LMAO!! I'm a trucker and this reminds me of all the times I've unloaded things from my flatbed semi in sketchy ways. That was awesome watching the unload!!

I was about eight when I learned to drive on my Grandpas farm in an old Chevy pick up with a floor shift. They put me in a pasture and said that they didn't care about the truck very much but to make sure to stay away from the fences. What a blast. I am new to your channels and I am really enjoying the content, which is right in my wheel house or perhaps more accurately I should say was. now that I am getting older. What I like most is the wonderful interaction between you, your pretty bride and your adorable boys. I know the older ones won't appreciate the adorable part...but they are. Nicely done.

What an awesome father you are Derek. Your crazy funny entertainment.

Every time I see that Corvair I get excited. Lol I saw one I wanted in high school over 30 yrs ago and still want one.

Hey Derek, my brother has a Ford 4000 for sale, quite a bit bigger than the 8/9n. Been in my family for a long time, but it needs to go. He used it with a brush hog, works great. It’s located here in the quad cities.

The vid brought back a lot of memories for me. Helping my now deceased uncle with basic maintenance on his brush hog & 8N tractor so he could mow the acreage on the back lot of his property in the late 80s. And later learning how to drive a pickup and fork truck with my dad. Good times! :) BTW, I need to know where you got Bently's shirt. I need one for my son!

A guy would love to see more tractorage! Retiring from the the military in a few months, and gonna be a farmer.

Just beautiful! "aint that America?" Thank you.

Cooler version than Dad T shirt....eventually, isn't that always the truth?

That Minneapolis Moline Jet Star in the background at 0:35 would work good on that mower!

Always enjoy some tractor time, my father had Ford 8n when I was young and I remember driving it around the feed yard and cleaning up the corals when the cattle were sold off.

With these here fords for that scoop at the front, if you lower the rpms you get more control, higher rpms get you more power. So when you're going to line up with something drop the rpms way down and line yourself up, then rev her up to lift and move stuff.

You do whatever cranks your turns there Derek, we're here to watch you and the fam. I think a bunch a guys and gals would be happy watch you string a trimmer or even read a manuel if you wanted to it would still be great. Enjoy your week ma friend.

Under the axle by each rear tire should be a pin that you can hook anti sway bars to the 3 point lift arms. Keeps the implement from moving left and right and contacting the tires. I second an over run clutch as well.

I Got to say the tractor stuf was good.but honestly See I g the 9 year old moving the truck around like a lil pro...... Made my heart happy. Good on you for getting him started young. Lucky kiddo right there man. I love it.

We used to cut our lawn with a Craftsman tractor mower and thought I would want a finish mower. I bought a used box blade that came with a free seeder, 3 pt scoop, and finish mower. We used the finish mower, the tractor mower, and a push string trimmer. It took two hours with 3 people. We got a zero turn mower and one person can be done mowing in less than an hour.

Invest in a overriding clutch on that pto! We have a brush hog for our 8n and those blades turn into a giant flywheel

I absolutely want to see a feller work on his funny lookin Mustang. Sounds like she ain't runnin on all 8 cylinders. Must be one of them SVO models. Probably not.

We used to bail 100 lb two string hay bales. The Baylor wasn't quite as good as they are today. We would go out in the field and pick up scraps of hay that the Baylor didn't pick up and And also pick up the The bails that broke as they came out. As always I was a little kid so I was giving the job of driving the truck. If you were too young to do hard work you do usually got to drive things. We had a bunch of half ton Chevy fleet trucks. I remember I was so young and small I couldn't sit on the seat and work the steering wheel and work the brake and everything so I just stood up behind the steering wheel. Then we started hauling hay. We had these old hay wagons that would hook on to the draw bar on the tractor. Then the front axle of the trailer would turn. Then you Hook another trailer on the back of the first one with a linchpin. And then the front axle on that also turned. So you had to haywagons with four pivot points and you drive them down the highway without tying them down this was about seven or eight. Then I was about 11 or 12 and they threw me in a two-ton truck we used to haul potatoes or one of the two tons we used to hall grain or sugar beets. The only training I got was there's first second third fourth and 5th, there's your high low it's a 10-speed, don't screw up and break the axle or wreck the truck. I got into one of the trucks one day and turned the key couldn't get anything to happen couldn't get anything to happen. The hired hand came over and said what the hell's a problem. I said this truck won't start. And he said is the key on. I said yeah. Said you see that knob on the floor down there. I said yeah. He said step on it and the engine ordered to life. Floor board start around the 1952 Chevrolet. And this is how it went on and on and on. We were given responsibility that I wouldn't give to kids these days for all the money in the world. But they treated us like men too. We had old chunks of slough Small River running through our ranch. When I was 12 and I got my hunting license my dad handed me an old Sears and roebuck both action shotgun and a saddle scabbard for the motorcycle I just saved up for and a case of 16 gauge. He said have fun hunting. I could take my motorcycle or the truck or my horse anything. But he said if you screw up and do something stupid you lose your privileges. I work you like a man so I'll treat you like a man and tell you give me reason not to. I got my driver's license when I was 14. In Idaho you can get your driver's license then. My birthday was right on the cutoff date to put kids in kindergarten and my mom held me back a year so me and Mark Clark were the only 8th graders with driver's licenses. We had a parking lot at my junior high where we had 8th and 9th grade. Good times I had a carload of girls after school everyday. 73 Plymouth duster painted this horrible green color. It had three on the floor. Fast car. In high school half the guys with pickups would show up with guns in their gun rack in their back window. Most everybody had some kind of deer rifle, a shotgun, and a 22 and for pests like rats, porcupines that would get into our cattle and so forth. Everybody had guns in their truck so that right after school we could all jump in our rigs and go hunting. Nothing bad happened. Nobody ever got shot. Nobody ever got hurt. They work just like men and treated us like men.

I can't remember the oldest boys name now, but this is why I thought his name was Benjamin, it must have been Bentley that I remembered in a video, lol, Good-Job driving Dad's truck Bentley, great video Derek, thanks for sharing.

A guy's loving the new channel and content over on the other switcharoo garage channel too Derek. Calms the old nerves in these times we live in, kicking back and getting absorbed in these.

I love these old Ford tractors! Please do some more videos on this one.

I see a lot of these on craigslist for sale. I had one but the lack of maneuverability, mediocre cut and weight of the tractor digging ruts in the lawn encouraged me to get rid of it. Moreover, I have a big zero turn now and it would run circles around this set up. However, this guy's yard is flat and apparently this does his lawn a lot faster than what he had been using.

Lengthen the top bar when cutting, the mower deck will ride on all 4 wheels and float across the ground. Tighten it like you have it when you need higher lift to maintenance your mower. Love the old tractor and the lodge videos!

Great video! I love those old tractors. I've got a Ford 600 that was my only tractor for 16 years on a farm in Kentucky. Worth its weight in gold, I'd say. Moved it back up north to Connecticut with me and she did a fine job bush hogging around the old pastures. I picked up a Case 480CK loader to help the old girl out, and they make a fine pair! I'd love to see more old tractor "how to's" if you get the time. I love the cooler version of you on these videos, as well. Keep up the good work, Dad! I really like all the different content that you share on this channel. Well done!

More tractor stuff! Brings back memories of being a tractor driver on an apple orchard around 1984.

My great grandfather had a 9n. I rode on that thing alot when I was little! He did t have the loader though. He had corn and beans. I like the GT500 reels

Dang Bentley tooling around the yard in dad's truck was wholesome as all get out and American as baseball, apple pie and a 68 GT500. Kind of brings a fella back to his old man stopping on a deserted farm road ( now engulfed by suburbia) almost 50 years ago and telling his kid sitting in the shotgun seat to slide on over and give him his first taste behind the wheel of a beat up 64 Ford pick em up.

I would definitely love to see the old ford get some more TLC!

Love the old tractor! Growing up on the farm we had a similar one, learned to drive it as soon as my feet could touch the peddles. Love to see the old girl fixed up and see your boys using it for many years to come

Bently did a great job moving big blue @8:02 @ViceGripLodge

You need to weld some chain hooks onto the top of the bucket of your tractor. Then. you can use chains to help lift stuff. My dad did this to the bucket of his International. And, it they work great to securely lift stuff. I also love seeing your son drive blue.

I had a “beaver” 3 cylinder diesel tractor with a pull behind finish mower and it worked awesome. A good project for this channel would be to find and rebuild a “Gilson” industrial/commercial 18 hp hydrostatic tractor. It’s just the size of a big riding mower but it’s got a hydraulic pump under the seat. It’s hydrostatic drive. It’s got a pto shaft out the back of it. The one I had was a I believe late 80’s model. It had a rear mount pto drive rototiller with hydraulic lift. It had a 48 inch belt drive mowing deck with hydraulic lift. It had a 48 inch belt drive snow blower with hydraulic lift. And it had a 48 inch push blade with hydraulic lift. It had a 18hp horizontal shaft Briggs n Stratton. It had 75 pound rear wheel weights and tire chains. I have never ever seen another one like it here in Maine. I ended up loosing the motor ( valve guides) and sold the attachments. I kept the tractor and I plan on making a wood splitter with the hydraulic pump. So anyways if you could ever find one in decent shape they are definitely worth looking at. As always WORK SAFE 😎😎🇺🇸🇺🇸

Keep the farm/tractor content coming. Reminds me of working with my dad on a similar rig back in the 1950's. I was about 9-10 also driving a '47 chevy p/u on the ranch.

Man Ole boy learning to drive a man's truck good stuff brings me back

This so reminded me of my childhood. You are truly a blessed man. What a wonderful family you have. These are the memories that stick with a child for life. There is nothing better than doing things as a family. You just don't realize this while it is happening, but they are memories that come back to you as you get older, and you miss them and start wishing that you could have the "old times" back. The kids grow up too fast. They are very lucky to have a father and mother who care so much about them and does everything in their power to bring them up right and makes memories like this. My hat off to you Derek!!

Landlord: hey tennant I noticed the grass is kinda high? Tennant: yeah, ill take care of it...

I'm digging the farm tractor and lawn tractor content on this channel. I'd love to eventually snag up a couple small farm tractors but my budget and space constraints limit me to lawn tractors at the moment. I've got an older John Deere 240 that I use to drag stuff around the property and a real old Wheel Horse Raider 12 that I'm working on.

Pro landscaper here, you might already know this but I figured I'd mention it just in case, when using a PTO you always wanna engage your PTO at 50% throttle, and then raise it to your top throttle position, and when you want to disengage the PTO you should do it around 10% throttle, if you start and stop the PTO on your high throttle setting all the time it will wear it out faster or cause parts to break, can't even tell you how many mowers have gone down at my company just from people doing that over and over even after being told LOL. And these are all commercial mower units so them breaking makes me worry more about residential mowers and PTO's.

Oh my Lord, dude. You're killin' me struggling to get that thing out of your truck...and I don't even like a GMC. I have that exact finish mower and it is a wonderful implement. Go ahead and get the carbide tipped replacement blades and enjoy years grass cutting. Yes, they are more expensive. Also, grease the sap out of it until new grease runs out of every orifice. Plan on burning up an entire tube. Drain and replace the gearbox oil with fresh new lube. Drain it when it's cold to avoid any sudden pressure release. Ask me how I know this. Farm King is a top-notch implement.

3 minutes... love this channel... gonna be a late lunch lol