RARE OLIVER FORAGE HARVESTER

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I decided to make the time to get the 830 Forage harvester out and make a video. Sure the corn is too dry, but I have a friend with some beef cattle that can make use of it. The original owner pulled this chopper with an Oliver 2050, so it was only fitting that I use mine to film this super rare piece of machinery doing what it was made for. It was loads of fun to finally get to try out chopping corn, I hope you enjoy it too.
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@mikekalsem5507 День назад

Great Video of a Rarely seen Oliver Implement! Corn looks Too Dry! Seems to be the trend for 2024! Some Corn in Central Iowa is already mid 16! Unreal for September! Drone coverage is Awesome! 👍👌

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

I had been hoping to take it to a neighbor earlier in the month and that didn't work out. Then I thought about my friend Brian and he's going to out it to good use. The great part is it will end up in my freezer when it's all said and done.

@Adam_Poirier День назад

Thats awesome. I saw the pictures you posted this week and I was thinking we're gonna have a good video Sunday morning lol. Man would I love to have an Oliver chopper and a 2050. Honestly I would settle for just the 2050 I don't have to be greedy.. when I was a kid growing up all of the silage got chopped with the 1755 and a NH with the three row head and sometimes a fox pull type with a three row head. We had a dump cart so the chopper could keep moving and then just stopped to dump loads into a wagon pulled up alongside. If you were just looking at that set up parked there you would think to yourself, that must be a pretty slow set up. But honestly that thing could chop a lot of feed in a hurry.. you could hang right there with the four row self-propelled guy

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Cool! I remember riding along with dad as a kid while he chopped with our Gehl chopper and the 2-135. We got out of the cattle business when I was 10, so I didn't get much hands on experience. The original owner of this Oliver pulled it with a 2050, so I felt it was only appropriate to do the same.

@bigfoot4515 День назад

Was the chopper built in around the same year as the 2050?

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

The 2050 is a 68 and best I can figure the chopper is a 1970. The original owner of the chopper pulled it with a 2050.

@BobGriff-o9s День назад

We had a lot of choppers back in the day worked on a lot of them. Well a lot of them up fixed them put it in an upright silo. That was a job pack it out the winter time we start a pile on top of the ground making a pit that was easier to get out with and loaders lotta hard work back down by Old timer

@BobGriff-o9s День назад

We usually drop chops are pretty green September below to dry out too much to lose your food value you I seen the time it helped the neighbor and he had took a garden hoses and water down. They put preservative on and we never put preservative on him and we never had water down either.

@randallvos День назад

Wagon is trying to pull the chopper sideways, that's why i liked the tandem axles on our Gehl 760 and 865. Last year i chopped corn silage for dad was with the 760 using a Deere 4240, in tall corn low gear was all she could handle with a two row head.........

@kimculver1038 День назад

What a great bunch of friends to play with you great filming

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Thanks!

@RobertJones-ey9qz День назад

When I was young, we had a dairy farm catty corner across from us. When they cut silage the corn was still pretty green. Now days, everyone seems to cut it when it's about ready to pick or combine. Another interesting video, thank you. Have a good day.

@wilmamcdermott3065 День назад

No longer silage

@danw6014 День назад

The best moisture is between 60 and 70 percent.

@montefrantz6720 День назад

I’ll watch anything Oliver!!!! I grew up with them on our farm in Kansas 😊

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Awesome!

@garybridger6707 День назад

To much power, you blew a hole in the wagon roof!! We got the orange version of this.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

😂

@BobGriff-o9s День назад

Really had a good feed for breed cows in the winter time. Really a good feed.

@molinedan День назад

The ol' Herc sure sounds great!

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

I love the deep sound they make! Thanks Dan!

@WisconsinOliverNut День назад

What a great video, cool shots! We had a 2 row fox chopper when we farmed. Would chop directly into the feeder wagon, plus we would make piles sometimes. It was too much for the WD-45, as that was geared too high for one thing. My Dad got an Oliver 1850 diesel at some point in there, and that was a great match for the chopper, although it played with it.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Cool! On the cover of the Oliver 200 chopper literature they have a Super 55 pulling it. It's a single row, but that does seem like a load for a 55

@WisconsinOliverNut День назад

@@ThatOliverGuyChris yeah it would probably handle it power wise, but if you have hilly fields and a full wagon, you need something bigger in front

@opasvintagegarage День назад

Awesome video! I’ll need to keep my eye out for an 830 at auction. I’ve noticed some Oliver implements coming out of the woodwork lately in NE Iowa. Always plenty of fellas bidding on anything Oliver in Iowa. The only upside is the JD boys aren’t in on the action 🤣🤣

@tpfromcentralpa1692 День назад

Anyone else have one of those Choppers you know of? They were probably pretty hard to find when new, now probably impossible? That isn't a Fox though, Fox Clone correct?

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Yep, a Fox clone. I know of one in Minnesota, another in Kansas, and 1 in Indiana that is pretty rough. Welters farm supply has a yellow MM version! They made them as a red Cockshutt as well, but I've never seen a pull type. I do know of one red self propelled though. I'm sure there must be others out there.

@johnkissack5295 День назад

Great video !! Reminds me of when we did this in 60’s and 70’s. Laugh if you want but dad cut with 2 row Gehl and pull wagons. Many neighbors want to try it they would bring there IH and Allis Chalmers and give it a try. None of them could chop and pull but the 1962 770 gas would go all day most of the fall.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Thanks John!

@mischef18 День назад

Enjoyed this bro plenty of cameras not missing any action. Safe travels. Ken.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Thanks Ken!

@kc8esc День назад

Great video Chris. I dosed off listening to the gentle humming. Now I got my coffee ready and rewatched about half of it! Such a sweet lullaby!

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Watch it as many times as it takes! Thanks

@adamash8150 День назад

Grandpa did most of the chopping with a 2-85 and later 2-105 hooked to a Gehl chopper. I was on wagon duty. Oh the memories.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

We hauled wagons with a Fleetline 88 and a Super 88. Still have those tractors

@michaelsheeder148 День назад

Chris, really cool seeing the old equipment back working again. I remember when I was a kid I know some of the farmers started doing silage at that time. Is this piece of equipment that your dad had used on the farm? Thanks Michael

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

No, we used a Gehl chopper when we had cattle. I bought the Oliver 6 or so years ago.

@purplerunner1715 День назад

Brian is a John Deere guy - ooh well we all have our flaws, some worse then others. All kidding aside, what a lovely kit from back then, funny thing is that corn back then was only half as tall, but it made pretty good work of modern corn as well.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

We don't hold it against Brian. He's learning the way of the Oliver

@daverose4992 День назад

When I was 17, back in the 60's, my uncle had a souped up fox 2 row on an 806 Farmall. My buddy and I caught on the go with 2 old dump trucks. We filled pert near all the bunkers in the township that year. I smelled od of sileage for a long time. Good memories.

@Dan-qy1rg День назад

Nice video Chris, great drone footage too. Those old choppers are a real old time relics, just mechanical works going on and not all the electronics to deal with. I hope you have a great day!

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Thanks Dan! I wanted to get more drone footage, but the wind was really picking up!

@corydriver7634 День назад

Was that a drone shot between the wagon and a row of corn? If so that was impressive. I was waiting for you to fly the drone in through the front of the wagon and out through the hole in the top.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

😂. No, Brian walled along to get that shot. I don't think the drone would stand a chance against the stream of corn coming in.

@jonathancrissinger2301 День назад

This was fun to watch. Looks like it did a good job. Thanks for the video. See you later.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Thanks!

@millardhayes1884 День назад

Great video Chris, but it makes me sad for Ross because he usually has alot of sadness at his place with breakdowns and repairs.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

We did have the one breakdown, but it was a quick fix. If I had Ross's big hammer it would have been fixed even faster! 😂

@jeffstephens7958 День назад

Good morning Chris sweet machine we used to chop a lot of corn we did it green for silage for dairy cows that brings back a lot of memories thanks

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

We got out of beef cattle when I was 10, so I have fond memories of watching chopping and filling silo, but I didn't get to do much at that point.

@johnbender1596 День назад

Always enjoy when you break out the 830 forage harvester. We sold both Fox and Oliver equipment. My memory is of different blower belt shielding then your unit. We’re there changes made in production? Of course that was close to 50 years ago and memories can’t always be trusted! Thanks for sharing.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

The majority of the 830s were built in Shelbyville, but when they closed that factory and moved production to South Bend, they redesigned some of the sheet metal. So your eye is keen! This is one of those late units.

@johnbender1596 День назад

Interesting. The reason I remember that was because when changing knives or adding a screen you would pivot the blower open for access. On the Oliver 830 that blower belt shield had to be removed prior to opening the blower.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

@@johnbender1596 I wonder if they changed that design too. This one has a door on the top of the knife drum that opens it right up for easy access.

@Damien80279 День назад

That brings back some memories! We had a IH 1586, with an IH chopper, and 3 row head.. The self unloaded wagons, and blower seem ancient today..

@jacobb3446 День назад

I don't think I've ever seen an Oliver chopper in person or a video of one in action for that matter. In our area in southern Wisconsin most pull type choppers were gehl or new Holland maybe a couple of deere and fox. Now most are large self propelled monsters. Looks like they did a good job copying a fox chopper.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

It's such a good copy, the Fox heads will fit

@faFsman День назад

Great stuff Chris. Don’t do corn on our dairy farm in Ireland 🇮🇪 but we do ryegrass. It’s heavy, very heavy and tough on machinery. So when we get the chance to pull out our vintage harvesters on these heavy swards there is always a feeling of ’is she going to blow up’ !! I was watching your video and the crop not flowing into the machine, that’s when I had that same feeling ! Well done, that 50 something year old chopper was humming. Credit to you.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

@@faFsman thanks!

@biggins25801 День назад

We still run our 1850 to chop for our silage... cant beat it!

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Great tractor for sure!

@DouglasYoung-tx8xf День назад

Most likely could’ve done better job sliding through there if it was green or corn but not too bad for an old chopper on 38 inch rose

@LyleBrand День назад

love chopping corn.

@farmerbill6855 День назад

Nice Chris. That a early 70s Chevelle I spied up the drive? What a great place to hang out your place is.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

That's my brother's latest toy. 68 Chevelle!

@farmerbill6855 День назад

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Nice toy. I had a '71 back when I was cool or I thought i was. My favorite car ever.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

@@farmerbill6855 my brother had a 73 before he could drive. Dad had a 65 with the 350 horse 327, but he sold that when he became a dad.

@rosshall641 День назад

Even with the power shift there's not a low enough gear it doesn't matter how many horsepower you got on it

@dalecoffing8655 День назад

Fond memories of filling silo, chopping corn and feeding cattle.

@brianhartley4534 День назад

What would you guess that wagon weighs when it's full?

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Those tandem axle running gears were usually rated around 12 tons, so I'd guess right around that

@anthonyhengst2908 День назад

That chopper pulls the corn in so effortlessly. The older equipment is so underrated. People don't realize how things used to be. And it worked.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

A guy could raise a family in a couple hundred acres, and a lot more of them did. Seems like a good idea to me

@JulianKeller-om6wz День назад

@ThatOliverGuyChris Those were good times. More farms, more families. Every small town had a grocery store or two, a couple full service gas stations, a lumber yard, a hardware store or farm supply store of some sort, a couple bars, a grain elevator, maybe an implement dealer or two, several different denominations of churches, and a school. When the family farms started disappearing, the small towns started drying up. Once they lose their school, they are just a rural residential area. Lucky to have a tiny convenience store with a gallon of milk in the cooler. Sure do miss those days.

@waynebrown2546 15 часов назад

@chris. Who made these for Oliver? It looks like a Fox. In SE Wisconsin, I never saw an Oliver, everybody had a fox since it was made just an hour away.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 12 часов назад

Oliver copied the Fox so blatantly that the Fox heads will interchange. Oliver built it in their own factory in Shelbyville Illinois until they closed that location. They moved production to South Bend Indiana which is where this one was built

@markyasaitis6050 День назад

I have to ask, is this actually a Fox chopper built for Oliver? I sure looks a lot like a Fox chopper we used for several years.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

It's Oliver built. In the 1960s, Oliver was trying to become a full line company and told their engineers to come up with a forage harvester. They hadn't made much progress and the big wigs told them, if you can't come up with something, then copy it. They copied the Fox so closely that the heads will interchange as will some of the parts. I don't know if there was ever an official agreement between the two companies, but Oliver definitely built them in their Shelbyville factory until it closed. The last few were made in South Bend, including this one.

@markyasaitis6050 День назад

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Thanks for the clarification.

@leeingraham825 День назад

From some angels it looks like the tire on the chopper locks up

@adamsuess3449 День назад

Exceptionally nice! Thank you!

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Glad you liked it!

@echoandy51 День назад

Nice video! I have got my hands on a 840, Hercules powered chopper. I have not picked it up yet but do you know if fox made a 30" corn head? This one only comes with a fox hay head

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

That's awesome! I'd love to have the Herc powered 840. I do believe Fox made a 30 inch head. Oliver offered a narrow row 3 row and a narrow 2 row.

@echoandy51 День назад

@ThatOliverGuyChris I figured I would have better luck finding a fox head then a oliver.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

@@echoandy51 definitely. But I've got to think if Oliver was making them, thrn so was Fox.

@kappersjohn День назад

You need to turn your feed rolls up faster.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

I didn't even think about cut length, just wanted to try it out

@bernardvonderheide1268 День назад

We chopped with 2150 and a fox chopper

@JulianKeller-om6wz День назад

That is just a sexy old tractor man! Kenny Chesney. She thinks my tractors sexy! What's that old car in the background around at about 12:30? Looks like an old Barracuda???? That corn looks awfully dry for silaging. Can't be much feed value left in it.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

It's a 68 Chevelle.

@BennyMitchell-d3s 23 часа назад

Fox made chopper for oliver I have seen pull type and self-propelled chopper at dealer in greenfield indiana many years ago. They were not as nice as yours Fun new toy

@ThatOliverGuyChris 19 часов назад

Oliver copied the Fox. The self propelled version used an Oliver combine frame.

@rosshall641 День назад

I haven't seen badger wagons in 40 years. You fellows are really getting everything out of hibernation😊😊

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

My friend borrowed the wagon. I thought about using my even older Gehl box, but the tires probably aren't up to the road trip to his place.

@Ham68229 День назад

I won't lie, think goodness for self propelled choppers. I miss the sounds but I do NOT miss the job. Thing about some of these old choppers and pickers, always seemed like you had to run them for a bit so the "heads" would "shine" up and then, would work flawlessly unless you tried to jam too much in... ie., drove too fast. Great video as always, cheers :)

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Thanks!

@brettlamont4965 День назад

Grinding up 3.00 corn for our enjoyment. Pretty cool stuff. Takes me back to when i was 11 and filling the neighbor’s silo.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

It's a great time to waste corn, maybe I'll drive the orice up!

@emmitt00 9 часов назад

Good looking setup Chris!

@ThatOliverGuyChris 8 часов назад

Thanks!

@Williamzimmerman-e2v День назад

Nice video the 2050 did a nice job on the chopper. Worked well. Thanks Chris.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Thanks 👍

@bwlyon День назад

Now that’s a rare site. Seems to be doing a pretty good job considering it has probably sat for decades without being used.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 19 часов назад

I've played with it a couple times, but this is the most corn it has chopped in 50 years.

@donvoll2580 День назад

Good day from Ontario I didn;t know Oliver made a corn harvestor So ru saying thes were made ny Fox? Ths

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

They were a clone of the Fox. Oliver copied it so closely that the heads will interchange

@robertburey4704 День назад

Good morning Chris. Love the video. I have an 1855 that has fender tanks and a canopy. Do you know if there is enough room to put dual hubs on with this set up?

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

There should be, you may have to turn the cast center around to get the tire out farther. Swapping the rears side to side would probably be the easiest way. I'm going to try it when I put my 1855 back together. My 2050 in this video is set up with the centers turned around and dual hubs. The fender tanks are mounted in the outer holes, so there should be room a roll bar on it.

@bobtuckosh9870 День назад

Very nice getting to see you playing with a totally different peace of Oliver equipment, awesome old chopper.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Thanks

@rosshall641 День назад

Yes back when those were designed they didn't grow crop of corn like that but don't take the clutch out of the tractor we used to go through that with the cockshutt 's and the White's

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

It was doing good in second direct. We dropped back to 1st just to keep it easy on us until we got the hang of it

@dvdosterloh День назад

back when being a full line company meant something. PS greener corn would have fed better, need the weight to force it down onto the feed table conveyor. Main reason everyone went to direct to the feed roll feeding.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

It needs some acres to shine all the rust up. It flowed in better than I thought it was going to

@tpniefer День назад

Did anyone else notice the left wheel on the chopper was dragging or were my eyes playing tricks on me.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Someone else commented the same thing. What was the time index when it happened?

@mikecubes1642 День назад

did oliver make those choppers or have another company make them like papec? does it run easy?

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Oliver made it, but it was a blatant copy of the Fox chopper

@davidkimmel5153 16 часов назад

Thanks for sharing this with us. We need to save the old machines

@ThatOliverGuyChris 12 часов назад

Yes we do, glad you enjoyed it!

@tomhall7250 День назад

I think my great great great grandfather father had a chopper like that ! I’m 65 😮

@ThatOliverGuyChris 19 часов назад

😂😂😂

@randybennett5417 8 часов назад

The first Oliver chopper I ever remember seeing.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 8 часов назад

They were late to the game, so there aren't many out there

@davesfarmforestvideos8395 День назад

That is a lot nicer chopper than the New Holland 717. Those were so noisy that you could hear them from miles away.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 19 часов назад

I'm impressed with how quiet it is.

@arnoldalt2571 День назад

A gear too high?

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Sometimes we were in 1st, sometimes 2nd.

@tomhall7250 День назад

Ok it does a good job!

@codygriffin4225 День назад

Did you sharpen the knives and adjust the cutter bar?

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

They are in good shape. It was cutting nice and clean.

@dennislecloux2086 5 часов назад

DID WISCONSIN OLIVER NUT 🥜 TALK YOU INTO SHINING UP YOUR 830 CHOPPER ? GREAT VIDEO MAN 👨 !

@evangoodlock1 День назад

Random comment

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Random appreciation for leaving a comment

@ewardmello4255 21 час назад

That was great you got this stuff out to show us . Fantastic.!

@ThatOliverGuyChris 19 часов назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaelfreehling1914 22 часа назад

Thanks for the video Chris hope you had fun

@ThatOliverGuyChris 19 часов назад

I did. Thanks for watching!

@TheFoxGuyBarry День назад

The old 830 working good . We are the only Fox dealer left in the in US.

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

I was wondering what the status of Fox was. Are they still supplying parts?

@TheFoxGuyBarry День назад

Yes for most newer machines. Yours looks like it could be a super 6 or if 546 in a fox.

@raymiller9391 День назад

@@TheFoxGuyBarry Our first fox was a super six. The next one was a 546, it was quite an up grade. Great choppers in there day. Interesting that there is still a dealership available. We had two strong dealerships in our area back then. Wondering what state you are in?

@TheFoxGuyBarry День назад

Indiana@@raymiller9391

@kellyschurr3675 День назад

Very cool!

@benjaminkrenz2723 День назад

The tractor looks great doing the job!

@ThatOliverGuyChris 19 часов назад

Thanks 👍

@ces188charles6 День назад

Neat!!!

@jamieebersole6755 День назад

Very cool. Today must be the day for pull type chopper videos. You don't see very many pull types being used for corn anymore. You might need to be like ross and plant wide row corn and get some beef cattle just so you can play with your toys more 😂😂😂

@ThatOliverGuyChris День назад

Wide rows and rooster sounds! Sounds like sadness 😂

@jamieebersole6755 День назад

@ThatOliverGuyChris 🤣 I figured it was the cows. But I'll take your word for it