Those older tractors are better than nothing. But with no low range and no live pto those old tractors are hard to get along with.
Sherman took care of the need for a low range or high range or sometimes both. But there is no getting around the need to stop, throw the tranny to N and let the clutch out to lift an implement before turning the tractor around and starting the next row.
When we were kids, we did not know any better. An 8N beat the hell out of trying to mow hay, plant corn, or cultivate behind a team of horses.
But about sixty years ago, they started building much better alternatives.
