Chris, is the N series a Briggs engine? I had and used an old unknown make open station cultivating tractor in 3.5 acres of strawberries, it had a Z engine. 3 hp. I later found an old Allis Chalmers G and sold the other one. After my 4.5 acres of blueberries got into full production I quit growing strawberries. 8-10 years later I sold the G to a guy from Indiana who later sent me pics of him driving it in a parade, fully restored.
For cultivating I now use a model 4200 weed badger behind a 1981 Ford 1500 compact diesel. It is 3 point hitch but I never remove it from that tractor. The Weed Badger has a set of tines mounted vertically, rotate and do a wonderful job, as I drive the aisles I steer the 2" diameter tine head in and out between the bushes. Back before I initially retired at 52, I got way behind in the blueberries and lots of brush and trees grew in the rows, I kept cutting them, but then a cluster grew back. When I bought the Weed Badger, the Manufacturer told me to just run the tiller there 3 times a year and in 2-3 years it would pull the stumps out and throw them in the aisle. That sounded too good to be true, but in fact that was correct.
Dave Klish, I recently bought a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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