My grandfather was an oliver service technician for over 40 years. I found an interest in them because of him. We dont have a farm, but like you said, it feels like they are a part of the family. Im excited to say that my first Oliver (a '49 row crop 77) is coming home today!
I'm glad your 77 is coming home. I know how you feel. I get attached to my Olivers and couldn't bear the thought of selling them. I do become attached because of the time I spend on them working. I'm glad you got interested in Olivers.
Thanks for your kind words! I'm hoping that this is the kind of thing people will want to see. These old tractors and equipment mean something to me and I hope that comes through in the videos.
Thank you Dwight. Starting this channel, I was worried that the videos would be boring. There will be many more similar videos coming and I hope you will enjoy them.
Nice real nice thank you . O and I just love those bank barns I grew up around them in Indiana. I would build one here I I just had a hill that was handy close but dont
Thanks for the kind words. Someone else suggested a video on the barn, and I will probably do that down the road. I appreciate you viewing and commenting.
Thanks for viewing and commenting. No, I don't have a 3300, but rather a 4400, which I bought about 5 years ago. I will be doing a walk around video on it soon, as I know it's something my friend Soybean Farmer will want to see. I also have some work to do on it that I want to video as well. Thanks for the idea on the video tour of the main barn. That's a good idea. I know I like looking at other people's barns.
@@AgWildNebraska It's been a really good machine for me. I use it for corn, soybeans, and oats. If I'm not mistaken, I saw a video a while back of you taking off oats with the 4400.
Those are great memories. Unfortunately my Dad passed away 32 years ago, but I still have lots of memories of the years we farmed together. After he passed, there was a long time when I still would look for him when I was doing something in the field. I'd love to have an Oliver 60 or 70 some day - never enough Olivers. Thanks for viewing and commenting.
Thanks Cousin Scott! I appreciate your kind words and the way you supported the start of this channel. I hope I can provide more videos that you find enjoyable.
A 53 RC 77 was the first Oliver and the only one grandpa bought new. Been in service every year since 1954. Was the main work horse for many, many years. They just work!
They were, and are, good dependable tractors that a person can fairly easily work on when something goes wrong. They were way ahead of their time when they came out. Thanks for supporting the channel, Dave.
That was some awesome information. I learned a lot about that tractor. My best friend Noah had a 77 just like that one and I know he really likes it. He’s got an oliver manure spreader too. I have an Oliver 500 I’m not sure if you have heard of them since it was rare and there was only like 1600 made. Anyways I have one I use a lot on my channel. This was on my recommended and I watched it and definetly subscribed. I’ve been watching some of your other videos too keep them coming! Very jealous of your barn and building they are nice indeed!
Thank you for the kind words. I’ve never seen an Oliver 500 in person but have read about them. I’ll try to continue to upload videos people find interesting. Thanks for supporting my channel and commenting.
Hey Charlie I definitely know what you mean about tractors having a special place in the family, each one has its own personality and you use a tractor so much more than any other piece of equipment, you have experiences with them and stories about them just like you would any other friend, and after your 77 has been around for 67 years, you'd probably write an entire book of just stories about that tractor. Also I'm interested in your new shop, I need to build one of similar size this summer, I know you said 50 X 70 what is your height? Maybe a video tour of the shop in the future?
Yeah, I spent thousands of hours on that 77. I bet that if I were on it and was blindfolded and someone put it in gear and I moved the tractor, I could probably tell you what gear I'm in just by the sound of the tractor. You get to know them like another person. My shop is 50 X 70 - built in 2018. The sliding doors are 16 feet wide and 16 feet tall, which would allow me to get a taller combine in if I ever replace my JD 4400. And yes, I AM planning to do an overview of my Red Shed/Shop in the near future - inside and out. Thanks for supporting my channel.
Yeah, I changed the whole seat mechanism when Korves Oliver started offering them for sale a couple years ago. Did that on my Super 88 as well. Thanks for commenting and viewing.
My dad had an oliver 88 that he used to run his oliver mounted picker. I was 9 years old and we were doing some custom picking. He was picking and I was pulling wagons. Dad got the 88 stuck in the mud and was trying to get out and it stripped the splines on the front of the transmission shaft. We pulled it out with another tractor and pulled into the guys machinery shed where we had to take off the picker and remove the engine to get out the transmission shaft. This was around January and colder than all get out. The shed had no heat. I remember about freezing before we got that thing fixed.
We used to have a mounted Oliver picker for this 77. It was quite a pain in the butt to put on the tractor. Had to widen the wheels out and use another tractor and highlift to put the picker transmission in place. It was a several day job. I don't remember what model it was, but it was definitely worn out. My Dad decided to cut it up for scrap when we bought a 2 row pull-type picker.
Beautiful 77 oliver I totally understand when your dad improved the tractor his own way it is sentimental and it means something to you I wouldn't change anything about the 77 either. Great video and can't wait to see the next one.
Yeah, that tractor in particular means a lot. It was my Dad's favorite, and I'm not changing anything. Thanks for being here and commenting. Glad you're enjoying my videos.
My uncle has an oliver 77 that he used to run a new idea mounted corn picker. This tractor has a brass throttle and clutch pedal. I guess Oliver was low on cast iron at the time so they made them from brass.
Yeah, I'm not exclusively Oliver, although, tractor-wise, although that's most of what I have. I also have 2 Farmalls - a C and an H. Also have a John Deere H and an Allis Chalmers D14. The Olivers and the White do all the work, though. Thanks for commenting and watching.
Very interesting video. I like seeing and hearing about older tractors. About 60 years ago I had an Oliver 60. Like a fool I let it get away and have regretted it ever since.
Yeah I understand. Back in the 60's my dad traded in an Oliver 66 on another Oliver which we still have today. I wish I still had that 66. Thanks for watching and commenting.
