The White Challenge: 1991 White/New Idea Promotional Video

Featuring The Workhorse Series tractors, American Series tractors, new tillage tools and 6000 series planters. Also shown are the Spirit of Cockshutt and Sprit of Oliver tractors, both of which still exist today in collections. I did not see the Spirit of Minneapolis Moline which is odd because it was on the same tour as the other 2, but it also still exists and lives in a barn next to the Spirit of Cockshutt.

[@JH-qi7fz]

Love these old White films!

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

Thanks for sharing this great old promotional video. I worked at an AGCO Allis Dealer in the Mid 1990’s. It was funny that they Compared the Magnum to the White, they had the same engines. Every Manufacturer had to put there spin on stuff. Thanks again for the videos, Ethan.

[@cjcoughlin5041]

Cool video, it's sad all of the dealers went by the wayside in the 80s. Only reason deere is still rolling hot with huge market share is they kept the dealer network intact.

[@larrymeyers6913]

These old films are pretty interesting. Thank you for for all the work you put into this to male it possible for us to see

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks for watching

[@jamespittman3365]

Thanks for preserving these videos and making them available to everyone.

[@darweb3417]

Thanks for getting these into this format so we can see them.

[@patrickgroenewegen]

These old videos are great! Thanks for the effort of putting them up!
Back in the age of this video there were a lot of white planters and discs in my area. The tractors never caught on though. They had a bad reputation in my area. Probably lack of a dealer. Deere and case followed by mf were the most popular.

[@andrewbower3834]

Maybe in another thirty years I'll be able to afford a workhouse series! Thanks I really enjoy these videos!

[@Fieldman12]

This was a good time to live back then. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnkissack5295]

White/Oliver the leader is a no brainer! Thanks for sharing this video was awesome

[@markham6000]

Thanks for taking the time and effort to preserve these.

[@kennyz6533]

Wish they allowed all of the Workhorse models to have the color choices that the American series did. It’d be cool to see a bunch of them all in green, yellow, and red other than the three spirit tractors.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Added to much to the cost of production. That’s why the spirit package was cancelled.

[@Husker3435]

Great stuff OFB, sure brings back memories, thx for sharing. Keep em comin 🇺🇸💪🏻🇺🇸

[@19661650]

Thanks for sharing Ethan!

[@edmikula9637]

Note the new White tractor painted green with Oliver badging. They got a red one with Cockshutt badging.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Read the video description. 🤦‍♂️

[@edmikula9637]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy Oops

[@edmikula9637]

Fascinating hoe much of this equipment is still around and being used on small and mi-sized farms.

[@kennethwetmore1591]

Thank you for these memories 💖

[@stephenheyes4324]

Thanks Ethan great to see these videos

[@edwarddherde9536]

Thanks for taking the time to get this digitized and up I know you are losing money on this so thank you again

[@russellpetrie119]

these videos are a great save probabley never get seen again wouldve been sad

[@terryhobdy5727]

Thanks for the video I enjoyed it 👍

[@jeffjenco830]

Impressive collection of oil and or water color paintings during the intro. ( not to mention the old-timey b/w photos... ). Many remind be of Grant Wood paintings... Those are some great illustrations.

[@jeffjenco830]

actually, there are some of Grant Wood's work in there...

[@mathiggins4264]

That is cool thank you buddy be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska

[@chadshafer8095]

Great to see these Videos.

[@Plowboy4960]

You found some really cool videos Ethan

[@clinthochrein888]

I remember as a kid going to farm progress day seeing some of this equipment. Especially the White American tractors.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Back when farm shows were worth going to.

[@clinthochrein888]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy right!

[@bradley7723]

I would be interested what white tractors would look like today. To bad they didn't survive.

[@schneidercurt]

How Come they don't make White Farm Equipment anymore?

[@AJmx2702001]

Considering two tractors in that test, use the same basic engine outside of the difference in stroke and compression lol. Interesting that we never saw any Minnie mo yellow. Cummins engines were probably by far the cheapest operating ones of all the tractors they had built. And the last true tractors that had any Oliver or Minneapolis heritage in them. But considering by the competition having power shift, and probably lack of a good sales force. Otherwise we would have had a couple here since we had owned uni system at the time. I always thought that if all allis dealers had sold White instead of deutz it would have survived with new idea as a full line

[@ascension8811]

Didn't know that you could choose different colors for the tractors. Interesting. Do they still make promotional videos like this?

[@joemalone9380]

6000 series looked very like john deeres

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

That's cool you could choose a color for your tractor on certain models. I wonder if there are any original tractors out there in those colors...

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Video description…

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy Thanks

[@drosdikmr7]

Do you have a uni-System video? If you do I want to see it please

[@michiganhay7844]

So this must be one of the last years right before Agco bought them out?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The White acquisition was finished in 93.

[@j.jaeger9791]

The Deere and case were full power shifts they use more fuel just from that.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yea

[@roadhogg1418]

good info Farm Boy

[@melvinschmecklebak3766]

Enjoyable vids. Sad that this company went under. At least they were built in North America

[@alecmcniven1713]

Don’t know if it went under more as evolved into agco with the white name going by the wayside

[@Steventhedieseltechapprentice]

Not a big fan of White’s tractor designs but still cool

[@favorit926vario5]

I prefer Horsch and Fendt.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Pointless comment…???

[@favorit926vario5]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy It‘s because I work for Horsch, so I need to prefer Horsch. But White still makes really good planters and the old White tractors seem to be very robust.

[@MidwestFarmToys]

Umm... why compare fuel efficiency to 2 higher horsepower tractors? Lol

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Because those were the 2 tractors it was sold against in that horsepower class….

[@MidwestFarmToys]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy John Deere had the 4555 and Case had a 7120

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

7120 was 155 on the pto so now your 11 horse smaller. 4555 was 162 on the pto which is close but if you’re going to make a comparison between at least 2 competitive tractors they need to be the equivalent of each other. Call your congressman and complain.

[@MidwestFarmToys]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy not sure why you're getting shjtty with me, You're acting like you're the one who made the promo lol. All I'm saying is it matters obviously higher hp is going to be a little worse economy, the Deere had the highest and was the worst of the bunch, the case was closer and finished in the middle, and the white performed the best and had the least power. I bet they'd all end up pretty close to eachother. Anyway. Have a good one

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Because I find it annoying when people try to pick apart 30 year old videos like they weren’t all doing the same sales game at the time instead of just watching it and enjoying it for the history it has.

[@Timmy-ou8lw]

Promo*SM

[@tommoyer3302]

Great video 👍 those 6000 series planters were (are) good planters

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep