my cousins' farm here in vermont is a bicentennial farm. they are the 5th generation of the same family to operate the same dairy farm. The farmhouse was originally built in the late 1700s. Love seeing and hearing the stories of family farms. They are mostly a deere farm, my grandfathers first tractor was a early 40s deere model A. My uncles first brand new tractor was a Oliver 1465. Ive always said if Oliver were still producing tractors i wouldn't be a Deere fan
That is some history! This farm goes back to 1903 with the first buildings being built in 1917. Some of the land that makes it up, has only changed hands 1 time since it was settled.
I grew up on Oliver's. Da bought a new 88 in 1949. All the bells and whistles of the time to include Electric controlled remote cylinders. My brother still uses this tractor around part of our home place. Granddad had a 1939 "70". Loved the tractor. I have a 1948 "60" in the shed. Needs rear tires. 9/28's. Dad's sister's husband had 2 Super 88's and 2 1850's. All gas powered. Those 1850's were power houses. In 1967 I help his Dad plow 40 acres in one day. That 1965 1850 with 6-14's semi mounted was a breeze to use.
Nice, we have a couple tractors equipped with the hydra electric system even have a cylinder or two to go with it. (Hasn’t worked in my lifetime) I think an 1850 gas would have been Oliver’s biggest gas powered offering. I bet they have power! But I would bet they need a few extra fuel stops as well. 😁
Awesome! Dad's still got a 770, but it hasn't run in about 20 years. I really want to go nab it and bring it up here and get it running and use it! They're super handy sized tractors! What an excellent collection of Olivers! Thanks for the video! On to Part 2!
Great Oliver lineup! We had a Cockshutt 540 (Canadian made Oliver) for a long time. Great hydraulics. Power steering. Outstanding machine with a heavy frame. Thanks for sharing the story for your farm tractors. We found your channel from a comment you left on another page. We'd really appreciate if you'd give our channel a look if you aren't already following us and have a minute.
I got a 77 story. Long before I worked for a local farmer he had his dads 77 they used it to pull hay wagons and it would go in certain barns on the wood floors because it wasnt as heavy as a 2 cylinder deere. A young man got on it to back it out of the barn hit the starter button and didnt push in the clutch. It was in 2nd gear and promptly went thru the back of the barn and dropped 20 ft upside down. Luckily the young man got between the seat and steering column and walked away without a scratch. He came up from behind the barn bitching about why someone left it in gear.
Love the history!!! Especially the ice.. We had an old retired guy that worked for us, he came to Oregon from Minnesota. They custom chopped silage and logged in the winter. Also ran a portable saw mill. He said all the logging was across the lake. So it was either wait for the ice, or haul everything for miles.... The ran a D6, never sank it!! But usually, one of their neighbors would get a little antsy... Seems there were a few Buick sedans that just didn't make it on top of the ice... Thank you for the history of your family's Oliver's!!!
Thanks, Ed. I don’t like driving anything across ice but atvs and snowmobiles. Even on good ice, you just hear the cracking as you drive your truck out. Surprisingly enough, my State Farm agent says vehicles are covered as long as it’s not intentional.
Thanks Dave, for sharing the tractor lineups had on the farm and some history about them. I am looking forward to seeing Oliver videos that you may put out. When I was a kid back in the sixties going over to my grandfather's farm was almost like going to a museum he had all the stuff from when he used to work with horses I do not know his first tractor he ever owned but I do know he had an Oliver 60, 66, 70, 77, 770 and I believe he had got a 1600 by the time we left the farm in the late 70s.
Unfortunately things are coming to end, which is why I started making these videos. Most of the Oliver’s will stay and the videos will likely be geared more towards club and threshing show stuff. As we clean up this 100+ year old farm we also turned up the old horse gear. There are a few videos on the old stuff. Thanks for commenting Micheal!
@@crazydave4455 Dave I got a chance to watch more of your videos and it's a shame to see the The family farm come to an end. I do believe that the oliver tractors were the best but I did find other tractors quite interesting as well when I was growing up. A great uncle had Allis Chalmers I did thought it was pretty neat to drive but I got to say I did prefer the Oliver tractors.
Very nice video. I'm an Oliver enthusiast too. I have 4 Olivers (77, Super 88, 1550, and 1650) and a White 2-110. I still actively farm with them. I enjoyed the history of each tractor you showed and the short drive you took. Well done! I'll look forward to seeing your story in the Oliver/Hart Parr magazine.
@@crazydave4455 I wish we could have grown up with some Oliver tractors on our farm. However my Great Grandfather started a John Deere dealership in 1911. Later it became a Ford and New Holland dealership in the mid 70's. My Dad's cousins finally closed the doors in the late 90's.
Never too late to collect a few! Bet it was cool visiting the dealership back then, probably some cool stuff there from the old days. I like all the old stuff, fun comparing the brands tech to each other.
@@crazydave4455 Yes some day I hope to collect some Oliver's and Minneapolis Molines. Right now it seems like all the money needs to go to newer stuff to help get all the work done. The old dealership building is still standing in Milbank, SD. Some day my brother and I would like to do an interview with our Dad's cousin about the dealership and put it on his CZcams channel.
@@stephenfonder7409 have to take care of the money makers first. Should do the interview! Would be interesting, I remember going to the local parts dealers / dealerships as a kid and teenager. They are all gone now around here.
Hello there Crazy Dave4455, that's quite a Collection of Oliver's, what part of Minnesota are you from? I live on a farm between Audubon and Callaway, my landrenters have a farm north of Callaway on hwy 59, I'm north of Detroit Lakes on hwy 59, have you ever been to the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher Reunion in Rollag before?
We are in the west metro, western edge of Hennepin county. WMSTR is an awesome show! Back in my videos I have a clip of Kory Anderson’s Case 150 on the Prony brake. I’ll be back up for the Hart Parr - Oliver feature. It’s a little over a 3 hour trip one way, nice country up there.
@@donaldwallace7934 they are, if anyone who hasn’t driven a tractor before and wants to learn, that’s the one I grab. So nice and smooth. Yours have the 2 speed?
It’s never been easier to record and edit video! Make the videos while you have the information. Tractors with a story to tell are more fun when you go to shows.
Grandpa didn’t care for the diesels, not sure why. Once they started getting bigger tractors, they were diesels of course. The gas units are definitely less work in the winter.
Nice, we used to run an 1855 and an old Super 88. My dad would buy parts from Chris Losey’s dealership. Unfortunately we don’t run any Olivers now. It’s nice to see some Olivers put to use, keep up the good work on the videos!
@@chrisbadgley527 Thanks. Had an 1855 in the early 80s, it had one of the bad 310s that failed. It was replaced by the 2-135 that’s still in use today. Chris is the Oliver expert!
my cousins' farm here in vermont is a bicentennial farm. they are the 5th generation of the same family to operate the same dairy farm. The farmhouse was originally built in the late 1700s. Love seeing and hearing the stories of family farms. They are mostly a deere farm, my grandfathers first tractor was a early 40s deere model A. My uncles first brand new tractor was a Oliver 1465. Ive always said if Oliver were still producing tractors i wouldn't be a Deere fan
That is some history! This farm goes back to 1903 with the first buildings being built in 1917. Some of the land that makes it up, has only changed hands 1 time since it was settled.
Nice video I remember spending time sitting on the 770 flat top fenders back in the day good memories
Dad have a 770 with flat top fenders I sitting on the fenders to.
I grew up on Oliver's. Da bought a new 88 in 1949. All the bells and whistles of the time to include Electric controlled remote cylinders. My brother still uses this tractor around part of our home place. Granddad had a 1939 "70". Loved the tractor. I have a 1948 "60" in the shed. Needs rear tires. 9/28's. Dad's sister's husband had 2 Super 88's and 2 1850's. All gas powered. Those 1850's were power houses. In 1967 I help his Dad plow 40 acres in one day. That 1965 1850 with 6-14's semi mounted was a breeze to use.
Nice, we have a couple tractors equipped with the hydra electric system even have a cylinder or two to go with it. (Hasn’t worked in my lifetime) I think an 1850 gas would have been Oliver’s biggest gas powered offering. I bet they have power! But I would bet they need a few extra fuel stops as well. 😁
Good story.
Awesome! Dad's still got a 770, but it hasn't run in about 20 years. I really want to go nab it and bring it up here and get it running and use it! They're super handy sized tractors! What an excellent collection of Olivers! Thanks for the video! On to Part 2!
Thanks. Go snag that thing!
Great Oliver lineup! We had a Cockshutt 540 (Canadian made Oliver) for a long time. Great hydraulics. Power steering. Outstanding machine with a heavy frame. Thanks for sharing the story for your farm tractors. We found your channel from a comment you left on another page. We'd really appreciate if you'd give our channel a look if you aren't already following us and have a minute.
Thanks, I’ll give you a look.
Awesome history about your family's Olivers. I bet your Grandpa needed to change his shorts after that scare. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely would have been nerve racking. I’m waiting for your 👉 tractor tour video 😁
@@crazydave4455 I wouldn't know where to start.🤣
Cool cant wait for part 2! History and story to go with are always good to hear!
Thanks, I enjoy videos of the classics and their stories. Part 2 will be the White tractors, to be filmed soon.
Great video. My uncle had two 77's. Later an 880. They were really well-built.
Thanks Eric. They have been great tractors.
I got a 77 story. Long before I worked for a local farmer he had his dads 77 they used it to pull hay wagons and it would go in certain barns on the wood floors because it wasnt as heavy as a 2 cylinder deere. A young man got on it to back it out of the barn hit the starter button and didnt push in the clutch. It was in 2nd gear and promptly went thru the back of the barn and dropped 20 ft upside down. Luckily the young man got between the seat and steering column and walked away without a scratch. He came up from behind the barn bitching about why someone left it in gear.
Love the history!!!
Especially the ice..
We had an old retired guy that worked for us, he came to Oregon from Minnesota. They custom chopped silage and logged in the winter. Also ran a portable saw mill.
He said all the logging was across the lake. So it was either wait for the ice, or haul everything for miles.... The ran a D6, never sank it!! But usually, one of their neighbors would get a little antsy... Seems there were a few Buick sedans that just didn't make it on top of the ice...
Thank you for the history of your family's Oliver's!!!
Thanks, Ed. I don’t like driving anything across ice but atvs and snowmobiles. Even on good ice, you just hear the cracking as you drive your truck out. Surprisingly enough, my State Farm agent says vehicles are covered as long as it’s not intentional.
@@crazydave4455 hmm... Perhaps I should send the Tahoe over😎
@@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin I’ll take ya fishing 😁
@@crazydave4455 👍😎
Thanks Dave, for sharing the tractor lineups had on the farm and some history about them. I am looking forward to seeing Oliver videos that you may put out. When I was a kid back in the sixties going over to my grandfather's farm was almost like going to a museum he had all the stuff from when he used to work with horses I do not know his first tractor he ever owned but I do know he had an Oliver 60, 66, 70, 77, 770 and I believe he had got a 1600 by the time we left the farm in the late 70s.
Unfortunately things are coming to end, which is why I started making these videos. Most of the Oliver’s will stay and the videos will likely be geared more towards club and threshing show stuff. As we clean up this 100+ year old farm we also turned up the old horse gear. There are a few videos on the old stuff. Thanks for commenting Micheal!
@@crazydave4455 Dave I got a chance to watch more of your videos and it's a shame to see the The family farm come to an end. I do believe that the oliver tractors were the best but I did find other tractors quite interesting as well when I was growing up. A great uncle had Allis Chalmers I did thought it was pretty neat to drive but I got to say I did prefer the Oliver tractors.
@@michaelsheeder148 I collect whatever I find interesting, but the family brand is Oliver!
Very nice video. I'm an Oliver enthusiast too. I have 4 Olivers (77, Super 88, 1550, and 1650) and a White 2-110. I still actively farm with them. I enjoyed the history of each tractor you showed and the short drive you took. Well done! I'll look forward to seeing your story in the Oliver/Hart Parr magazine.
Thanks Charile, sounds like a nice line up. The White tractors will be part 2 (When I shoot the video)
I am a ih guy but I have recently gotten more into Oliver's, I just recently got my grandpa's 67' 770 running that he bought in the 90's
Those late model 770s are nice chore tractors. I collect anything I find interesting, we do have a friends H hiding out here. 😁
Thanks for sharing crazydave! I bet your grandpa was pretty damn excited when he went through the ice!
I’m sure he had a few fingers of brandy when that day was over 😂 thanks Shane.
@@crazydave4455 I bet!!🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃👍
Love the story’s just found the channel super cool stuff
Thanks Bibster. I see you have some Oliver stuff posted, I’ll check it out.
Crazy Dave...Drove a Oliver 70 back on the Farm...Always thought the 77 was Super, LOL A quart of oil every other day kept the 70 haulin hay.
👍 at that rate probably didn’t need oil changes 😁
Thanks for the really great video Crazy Dave!
Thanks for checking it out.
@@crazydave4455 I wish we could have grown up with some Oliver tractors on our farm. However my Great Grandfather started a John Deere dealership in 1911. Later it became a Ford and New Holland dealership in the mid 70's. My Dad's cousins finally closed the doors in the late 90's.
Never too late to collect a few! Bet it was cool visiting the dealership back then, probably some cool stuff there from the old days. I like all the old stuff, fun comparing the brands tech to each other.
@@crazydave4455 Yes some day I hope to collect some Oliver's and Minneapolis Molines. Right now it seems like all the money needs to go to newer stuff to help get all the work done. The old dealership building is still standing in Milbank, SD. Some day my brother and I would like to do an interview with our Dad's cousin about the dealership and put it on his CZcams channel.
@@stephenfonder7409 have to take care of the money makers first. Should do the interview! Would be interesting, I remember going to the local parts dealers / dealerships as a kid and teenager. They are all gone now around here.
Love the history in these gorgeous tractors.
Thanks!
We have two 1555’s on our ranch.
Nice 👍. Ours will be on the baler the next week or 2.
crazydave4455 we them to feed hay and other light work. They have been great tractors. My youngest grandson loves them.
I see on that one 77 you have a PTO adapter mounted on the belt pulley. What do you use that for?
Running an auger that has a real steep PTO angle. See it in action here czcams.com/video/9BntY1wYkwU/video.html
Hello there Crazy Dave4455, that's quite a Collection of Oliver's, what part of Minnesota are you from? I live on a farm between Audubon and Callaway, my landrenters have a farm north of Callaway on hwy 59, I'm north of Detroit Lakes on hwy 59, have you ever been to the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher Reunion in Rollag before?
We are in the west metro, western edge of Hennepin county. WMSTR is an awesome show! Back in my videos I have a clip of Kory Anderson’s Case 150 on the Prony brake. I’ll be back up for the Hart Parr - Oliver feature. It’s a little over a 3 hour trip one way, nice country up there.
Nice!!!!
Thanks Donald.
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I also meant to mention, I have a 1965 770 like yours except it’s a narrow front. Really nice running/driving tractor.
@@donaldwallace7934 they are, if anyone who hasn’t driven a tractor before and wants to learn, that’s the one I grab. So nice and smooth. Yours have the 2 speed?
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No, it doesn’t have the 2 speed. It has the later factory power steering like yours though.
Love the history and story’s yeah I would like to do better story’s and history videos on are tractors me and my dad have
It’s never been easier to record and edit video! Make the videos while you have the information. Tractors with a story to tell are more fun when you go to shows.
@@crazydave4455 yeah my dads got a two tractor with really interesting family history
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Did you guys run mostly gasoline tractors due to the colder weather?
Grandpa didn’t care for the diesels, not sure why. Once they started getting bigger tractors, they were diesels of course. The gas units are definitely less work in the winter.
Nice, we used to run an 1855 and an old Super 88. My dad would buy parts from Chris Losey’s dealership. Unfortunately we don’t run any Olivers now. It’s nice to see some Olivers put to use, keep up the good work on the videos!
@@chrisbadgley527 Thanks. Had an 1855 in the early 80s, it had one of the bad 310s that failed. It was replaced by the 2-135 that’s still in use today. Chris is the Oliver expert!
My grandpa has a 77 88 88 99 and a 1555 and a 66 in as you could say undriveable condition
Sitting outside or inside ? If in good shape may not take too much to bring them back !