Ballast Weight of a 1655 Oliver?

KRONIIK · Jul 12, 2015

Anybody have any idea what my buddy's 1655 Oliver might weigh?

I would have sworn that I saw 7900 pounds for the basic tractor somewhere in the owner's manual, but we went through the Specifications pages three times and never found it to actually confirm that.

He's looking for a trailer to haul it and I shot down a deal he had lined up on a nice one with two, 3500 lb. axles because I was positive it was too wimpy.
Especially since he has an Oliver 1610 FEL with an 84" bucket, cast rear wheel weights, AND fluid in the rear tires.

I'm thinking he needs something rated for 10,000 lbs plus?
Am I right?

BTW he has a pretty big GMC dump truck to tow it with.

murphy1244 · Jul 12, 2015

See TractorData.com Oliver 1655 tractor dimensions information

Seems its 7700 for gas and 8k even for diesel.

RaydaKub · Jul 12, 2015

murphy1244 said:
See TractorData.com Oliver 1655 tractor dimensions information

Seems its 7700 for gas and 8k even for diesel.

Sounds like even a 10k trailer would be way low. Weight and fluid would put you up at 10k and the fel beyond that.

Raspy · Jul 12, 2015

Good call on the trailer being too light duty. 8,000 lb tractor, a trailer that might weigh at least 3,000 lbs and a few accessories that always want to go along and you're looking at 6,000 lb axles. Plus, the heavier axles have much bigger brakes. Then load range E tires to round out the package.