Oliver's are sweet

[Runner]

...and this one too...

Love the sheet metal on these.

 

[Bison]

Nearly all my hay cutting and baling was done on an old Oliver. I believe it was a model 1855, 6 cylinder diesel, and the owner thought it was made about 1972. He bought it about 1996 with the hour meter showing a little over 5k hours. It was a fine old tractor.

You mean like these two 1855's
I still cut hay and bale with them today
Been doing that since 1986

 

[rankrank1]

Spent many hours of my youth on a 1960 Oliver 1800 gasser. When I was real little I rode the the fender while straddling a pipe bolted to the fender to hold onto while Dad drove. Once I got older I got to drive 1800 Gasser usually working ground with a disc or harrowgator ahead of Dad and the planter. The clutch was so easy to push and the power steering made it easy for a young kid like me (back in the early 1980's) to handle that tractor.

The 1800 gasser is still my alltime favorite tractor to work ground with (and Dad later got a 1066 International which was nice but I was always partial to the Ollie). The Ollie would pull 5/16 plows as well as a big disc - not bad for a 72 hp rated tractor. Also was one of the most fuel efficient gassers ever made - near the top in HP/hours gallon of all gassers alltime in Nebraska tests. Wish I still had that tractor although it would be overkill for my measly 5 acres.

 

[Mdejoode]

I just saw a pretty little Oliver 55 at the Northwest Missouri Gas and Steam Engine show today. Never seen that small of an Oliver before.

 

[magicheater]

I have owned three, a 1600 utility gas, an 880 diesel and a 1600 row crop gas.
Great tractors, it was after using the 880 I realized the advantages of diesel. :thumbsup: Soild tractors.

 

[super55]

I picked up an old oliver super 55 for sweetheart of a deal I thought ($2500.00) in **** near mint condition for the year. I love that old tractor I was really impressed on the pulling power of that tractor. Starts on a dime, easy to work on, fun to drive what more could one ask for in a tractor. Unsure of the year. It's definitely a super 55 it has the same grill design but it has the green/white paint scheme similar to the 550's.

 

[flusher]

I picked up an old oliver super 55 for sweetheart of a deal I thought ($2500.00) in **** near mint condition for the year. I love that old tractor I was really impressed on the pulling power of that tractor. Starts on a dime, easy to work on, fun to drive what more could one ask for in a tractor. Unsure of the year. It's definitely a super 55 it has the same grill design but it has the green/white paint scheme similar to the 550's.

Congrats--post photos

My baby is a 1945 Oliver 60 row crop bought last year for $2250 (see my post earlier in this thread).

 

[MIKE R]

Re: Oliver\'s are sweet

That is a Nice Oliver High Crop. If it was restored it would sell upwards of probably $30 000. They are fairy rare.

 

[harsinfamfarms]

Olivers are indeed sweet. My Grandpa has been collecting Olivers for a long time, and my Great Uncle restores and sells Olivers (Larry Harsin of Olivertractor.com). We've got bunches of these old girls sitting around, and we make a point of getting them out now and then to use them. It's great to hear these tractors work hard.
We've got a Super 55 gas that we use mostly on a little brush mower, a really neat little Airport 25, a couple of 60's, a couple 70's, 3 66's, 4 77's, a bunch of Super 88 diesel and gas, and my baby - a Super 99 with a GM 3-71 Diesel. There's a lot more than this, but that's what I could think of off the top of my head.

 

[DJ54]

I'm pretty much an IH guy, but would love to have an Oliver Super 44..!!