BIG. BEEFY. POWERFUL. The Oliver 2255 With The Caterpillar Diesel Engine! Don't MISS the SOUND!

[@ascension8811]

Love Oliver equipment, the right shade of green. Thanks

[@Don_ECHOguy]

This is one beautiful beast of a tractor... love the sound and no damn computer's!

[@KevinSills]

A beautiful tractor. I grew up with Massey-Ferguson, and loved them; but, in 1984 while working as a Dairy Herd Inspector for Agriculture Canada I visited a dairy farm that had Oliver tractors, one was a big field tractor, the other a smaller tractor, 4-wheel drive with a loader on it. I was really impressed with them and at the time we didn't have any 4-wheel drive tractors on our farm, so I fell in love with that tractor.

[@charleshunt7568]

My grandfather worked for the Oliver Tractor Company, for as long as I can remember. He was a Regional Sales Executive in the Midwest and on the West Coast. It’s my understanding that he, helped establish the Fairfax Industrial District in Kansas City. Love those tractors. Miss those days.

[@bobtuckosh9870]

Beautiful old Oliver

[@NTEvans-Justified.45s]

You can’t appreciate how nice and easy these tractors are to operate until you use one. It’s like he says, “It’s your birthday everyday,” The 2255 will always be King!

[@jimbeam2705]

She's a beauty.

[@indianasunsets5738]

Now that's a powerful tractor! Plenty of horsepower and that forward assist really puts that power to the ground! Great vid!

[@deborahchesser7375]

Gorgeous machine right there, I learned on Grandpa’s Oliver Super 88, good times.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

SWEEET! That is one special tractor, Mr. Paul Lano has a gem there. Thanks and have a great weekend.

[@michaeldouglas1243]

Neighbor farm here a retired dairy farmer and big oliver collector. He has a 2255 with cab with dual rear single fronts 2wd. I love that cat engine as well

[@jermynpedretti4761]

More of these 70s-80s "muscle tractors" need to be back in the fields working as paid off assets vs the bank owned age we are in now

[@deborahchesser7375]

Ain’t that the damn truth, now you buy a $250k machine and we aren’t allowed to work on them? Ridiculous JD !

[@oldironmm]

Yes I could agree with feeling like a happy Birthday. Those big Oliver's are just a good looking tractor, and I'm a Minneapolis Moline guy.👍

[@MarkBerg-tk8js]

Worked at MM summer of 57, machinery factory in Hopkins Mn. I was a hooker for a crane operator unloading steel, outa hi school, got laid off in fall, remember being felt rejected, and cried . That’s when I entered trucking, hauling gas and light oils. Still at it today at 85 years still drive a big ole kw most days.

[@scotttprosser4719]

The man I worked for in the mid '70's had one. It was 4wd with a cab, we used it for picking corn in wet conditions, ran one of the first 3 row harvester I had seen and pulled about 22-24 ft of disc in the spring. I believe it is still around, sold about 5 years ago at a local sale. I hope someone is looking after it.

[@dbockman52]

Nice tractor!

[@timbrand8315]

Thats the cleanest 2255 I've ever seen also my favorite oliver tractor

[@berniemarkley]

What a beast of a tractor!

[@boater18281]

My dad had an Oliver 15hp tiller steer outboard boat motor back in the sixties. Painted same color as the tractors & decals. Must have quite an engineering company.

[@brentyuers8963]

Very cool, awesome tractor

[@davidschlecht3016]

Beautiful tractor plus its the right shade of green.

[@RJ1999x]

Lime green Steiger would be the correct shade ! Lol

[@joemartin6776]

That is one sweet Oliver!!

[@SteveNicoson-u1i]

Thanks for another great video Brian. It was interesting. Wow. That Oliver tractor is a big one for sure. Paul has done a great job of restoration with it and shows off great with those duals. Beautiful tractor. Thanks again. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.

[@lars277]

Powerful!

[@lanceglassgow3761]

Awesome tractor

[@MarkBerg-tk8js]

On International Transport hauled Oliver’s outa Charles city IA to Tracy Cal. Hauled one of these put the two extra back tires on the deck of 40 ft flatbed. Over width in them days could not run at night, so running double , we ran anyway axles only 2 inches over each side. Dating myself passed one on I40 down south all restored a few years ago.

[@D-RAIL_oOIIIIIIIOo]

Thats a really cool tractor, and tastefully put together. I would put a different style of tires on the front, though.

[@dozerfarms]

The 3208 isn't a terrible engine, it is light and compact. With that being said, that's its fatal flaw... it was a diesel engine designed with the mechanical strength of a gasoline engine. Keep them happy; things can go south quickly.

[@NTEvans-Justified.45s]

We keep them revved up when working them in these tractors, as they like to be ran at proper speeds and not lugged. My 2255 FWA has the 3150, and it does well. This guy’s tractor must have been re-powered with a 3208 because he states his is a 1973 model, and 1974 is the break year from 3150 to 3208. There truthfully aren’t a ton of FWA 2255s with the 3208 since it came so late in production, and the green paint went away in 1975.

[@toddgittins5692]

Have a Community College, with a diesel program, close by. Let the students keep the bottom end in tack.

[@adamkruskama8455]

Correct . They did better in a combine. Revs for days but no bottom end. Except for the Perkins Oliver/White never had the motor till the Cummins in the last Whites model. Shame. The rest of the tractor was a good tractor. We had two 2-70 and 2-105. I thought these were big. Now we have two 9460r John Deere’s doing the same ground way faster. No more plowing in rotating shifts.

[@originalforgery]

Compact / short tractor for the horsepower - neat....👍👍

[@corgidog6756]

I thought Oliver's biggest tractor was a 2655, a 4w drive articulated tractor. A picture of one on tractor data.

[@low303proz]

Great tractor🚜🚜

[@dannygarza5703]

That is one awesome looking toy🇺🇸

[@60EFFIE]

Aumann used to say, “Oliver is the best tractor to Grace Gods earth”

[@secularsunshine9036]

*Let the Sunshine In...* I want one.

[@rickystutts6028]

NICE EQUIPMENT .

[@stuforty2]

Beast 😮

[@shaunault7538]

Best tractors ever FACT

[@Oldschoolrules123]

Im 🤤 over here watching this. That is so much better than the new stuff. Plus DEF delete. 😊

[@slantfish65sd]

I worked on one of those. Oliver 2255s and it must have been an earlier version than the one in this video. This one had an 1160 caterpillar V8 diesel. It didn't have the duels and it didn't have the front wheel assist but even still it was very massive and it was very powerful. What's unusual is that it's such a large tractor in my area which is Eastern Tennessee. You don't see a lot of very big tractors here

[@NTEvans-Justified.45s]

If it had an 1160 it had been engine swapped, which wasn’t uncommon the lifetime of these machines. They were only factory spec’d with 3150s from 1972-74, and then the 3208 (non-turbo) from ‘74-‘75 end of run. Doesn’t surprise me, as an 1160 likely mates up the same as the other engines and was available.

[@liftbig03]

I want to see this beast in the field!

[@MFKR696]

Only bad thing about a 3208 is the lack of cylinder-sleeves. Other than that, they're great engines, and they sound the business.

[@BDOutdoorsCanada]

The 3208 was one of Cats biggest lemons.

[@darinmullins4770]

That is F ing bad ! Its like the Incredible HULK ! But its a tractor . Thank you . 😁

[@jeromehope5823]

totally awsom !!!!!

[@RickyMyers-g9m]

Man!....The toy tractors these days are getting larger!👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@gavinberkholtz2889]

We have a 2255MFWD and 1855MFWD. The 2255 is not the largest Oliver ever built. There is a 2655 that articulates

[@gabecompton235]

Why was there dual tires in the front

[@emmitt00]

beautiful

[@retiredlife848]

I would hate to have to buy new tires for this tractor.

[@markcdeyoung3118]

Oliver is a whole lot better than Noneofher

[@jimbeam2705]

If i win a BIG lottery.

[@valleyridgesimmentals8969]

Awesome looking, well done, like he said go big or go home.

[@kellyschurr3675]

Wow!

[@jerryjerome4727]

What was that beast parked next to it?

[@sml9170]

Wondered that myself. The hood and fenders look similar to a White 2-180, but it's certainly not one of those. Maybe homebrewed or even a prototype of some sort. Hopefully someone chimes in with more details.

[@jeromehope5823]

If i could get my hands on one of these .........................................

[@stacyp4534]

Wow, I had no idea they made a tractor like that. Mandela effect

[@stevegaspar4089]

0:24

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Bit sacrilege to paint a Cat green, but I’m guessing Oliver didn’t want it distracting people

[@billloomis4975]

I'd like to get a 2-180 paint it green and white and put it to work.

[@megaaggron9778]

Just needs an umbrella!

[@TienNguyen-vq9ls]

Xe ngon rượu ngon Việt Nam đây mấy ông già 🇻🇳😅😂❤

[@clarencetrice4442]

the FWA 😊😊 gave U more pulling power all 4 tires pull at the same time ⌚😊 they were just like the old 4 wheel drive trucks they had the manual hubs U could turn and lock in U put the transmission in 4WD and 1ST gear 2 give U more pulling power good mud tires pull good on those trucks 😊😊 OMG 1 13 2O24

[@snydedon9636]

She’s a beauty.

[@darrelschulte6214]

👍👍

[@TT-qo9dv]

Carver county fair.

[@snakebite2841]

👍👍

[@sorbierdominique1229]

😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣

[@DanielMeyer-ls5ph]

I thought it would have had the cat 1893T engine

[@CheeseMiser]

Front duels, definitely not factory

[@danvanhoose6783]

Hi priced toy.

[@milktruck9345]

That's not the biggest Oliver the 2655 is bigger.

[@oldtruthteller2512]

I always liked the Oliver's. Dad did not.