ONE OF A KIND! Oliver 1650 Terra Tire Tractor Working in the Field 

Yes. I've been on fire, nearly crushed by a wagon, and I'm still married.

@@ThatOliverGuyChris So, do we call you the real Chris or the actor Chris like "Millennial Farmer"? LOL

@@Ham68229 😂. This might be Discount Chris as far as anyone knows

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I know what you mean. I've been told they would drive this 1650 to the tractor pulls in Manchester Michigan and pull it. It would be awesome if someone out there has pictures of it from back then.

I feel like there's a hint in this comment. 😂

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@@ThatOliverGuyChris what makes you think that?😂😂😂😂

When the build card came in the mail and I looked at those codes, I told the wife, the rent just went up on that tractor!. I might have been shaking just a little bit.

LOL Thanks! The drone was close enough I could have grabbed it. I bet that would have hurt.

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He must have known its history. Our long time mechanic thinks we sold it, but the build card says it was shipped to Munith, which is near where this farmer was. I've been digging through old invoices to see if I can find anything and have so far come up empty.

​@ThatOliverGuyChris ..omg. could imagine coming up with the original bill of sale yet for a 1 of 1 tractor. That may be asking for a bit much. Great story Chris

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There were enough FWA Olivers in my area that I didn't realize they were so rare for the longest time.

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LOL. I had posted another response, it mentioned something about Ross and trespassers, and it must have been offensive, because I can't even pull it up now. I hope I don't ban myself from my own channel! LOL

I'll do some checking, but I thought parts weren't available for the Holley.

@@ThatOliverGuyChris I just went to the Accel Holley site and they show a vacuum advance unit for the old Mustangs (v-8) I truly believe that the vacuum advance unit would be the same. We sold a ton of ignition points and condensers for the Oliver Holley distributor. Our retail was about 1/2 to 1/3rd cheaper for the same Holley points. No one ever questioned 6 or 8 cylinders. I truly feel that the Holley distributor was made so 4-6-8 wire distributors were dictated by the points cam and the cap. The old If it works and we can adapt it to multiple engines why change the basic distributor parts. They might have also changed the weights and springs. I installed the NAPA performance weights, springs, and nylon stops on all of our Chevy 350 V-8 trucks in the oil field to get the timing advance to come in quicker. For those trucks that had oil lease roads where they basically idled in and then drove on gravel roads the early advance by a few degrees cured a lot of problems. Nothing radical but just a touch earlier degrees.

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I thought i was pretty lucky having a 1650 FWA. Every time I dug deeper, it just got better.

It's getting dry on top, a shot of rain wouldn be nice at this point

I've done some guestimated math, and it should float.

It would have to be rim guard, they're tubeless.

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Had an old JD3010D and a Farmal 706, the Farmal had fluid, the JD didn't... the Farmal rode so much smoother. Both had wheel weights but for a smooth and better ride with the ballast, rim guard is the only way to go. Might be pricey but, worth the cost. :)

Yeah, I had a few misses this time around. 😂

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I just started using rec gas this year, and the tractors I have put it in I have been able to turn the load jet in a half turn or so. I don't know if that's enough to offset the higher price, but I'm going to just go with the idea it does. LOL

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One of the stories I heard about this tractor was about snow. They took delivery in January of 67, and in March of that same year a late season blizzard came through and dumped a couple feet of snow. Today it seems like everyone has a snowmobile, but back then, almost no one did. A lot of people were snowed in, but they drove this 1650 to town for supplies because it would stay on top of the snow enough to get through all the drifts.

@@ThatOliverGuyChristhat is cool!

That’s super cool man I’m rebuilding an 1850 with my son the Perkins was blown so we are repowering with a 12 valve Cummins. Keep on the cool videos Chris

Thanks! Every time I found out more about it I was as giddy as a school girl. LOL

There's lots of 1650s up here too, but I'd say it's closer to an even split between gas and diesel.

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We've been wet, but not like you guys. Now we're actually getting to where we could use a rain to help finish the crops out.

@@ThatOliverGuyChris I wish I could send some you way and out to Wyoming then!

I also have a OC-6 from a vegetable farm that had wide Oak wood bolted to the tracks for floatation! Kinda cool looking for the floatation in the MUCK! Mine happens to be a Diesel, is Yours Diesel or Gas? Good Luck at the Show next weekend! 👍

@mikekalsem5507 it's a diesel also. The OC4 had 30 inch pads for use in a peat moss bog. That one actually has a dealer sticker from Saginaw Michigan

@@jamieebersole6755Oliver Diesel Power!

​@mikekalsem5507 the OC4 is a gas though

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I don't have production info by fuel type, so I could only guess. It can't be many. Id say in the single digits.

Yes. Lacerne Dixon bought it new. I saw Gene last weekend and he was telling how Lacerne bought a tractor and White was doing a zero interest deal, but they had to put a lien on it to do it. Gene said Lacerne said forget that, I'll just write a check. LOL

No, it's a little different, but easy. There's steel line that goes from the housing to feed the remotes. Take that line out, run a hose from the housing port to your external remotes, then return the pressure line from the external valve to the port in the remotes. If the external valve has a third line to return low pressure oil, there's a port to return to reservoir by your right foot. If the 2150 has 3 point hitch with the internal valves then it is exactly the same.

@@ThatOliverGuyChris okay, would be something I may consider doing to the 1900 to add a few remotes

@@kylechrist you can have up to four, just like on that 2150. I picked up an extra for Herman on eBay. That will make 3 on him.

Great idea

That rec gas really makes them run nice

I had bought a set of rims off a fertilizer truck at an auction, as well as some tires for $600. Later at a show I talked to a guy that had converted a 1950 to terra tires and he had to make up centers and the rear adapter ring. I was lucky as he had made an extra set and sold them to me. I was in the process of restoration when a fellow Oliver collector got ahold of me, he knew where the original rears were. A turf farmer had bought the Allis from the original owner, and when the economy tanked in 2008 he sold the Allis to a collector that had been trying to buy it for some time. When AC collector came to get the 220, he brought different rear wheels so he didn't have to mess with overwidth and left the original rears behind. I was able to buy them, but the adapter plates were missing. With some more help I was able to track down the Allis collector, and he had the adapters and the front wheels and was willing to sell them. I bought the adapters, but the front rims had been altered so they could fit the 220, so whether I used the rims I had or his rims that he was quite proud of, I was going to be welding in new centers. I went with the rims I already had. So the rear rims and adapters are original to the tractor, but the fronts are not.

You and me both! I don't remember now, I mentioned in the video, but it would be around $15k for all 4.

Herman is older, by about a year.

It was the White 6125 that I have on my farm. The farm bought that in 1997, we closed in June of 1998.

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67 when it was running right.

The rears are the originals. I had bought others to get the project done when a fellow Oliver fan found out who had the originals. I found the fronts, but they had been altered to fit the Allis 220 and the owner was pretty proud of them. Either way I was welding in a new center, so I went with the rims I had bought at an auction.

By my estimates, yes, it would float. My feet would probably get wet though. 😂

To each their own.

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