BIGGEST TRACTOR on my farm, the CAT powered White 4-225

Spring is finally here, time to drive them instead of fix them. We have been wet, but with the combination of sunshine, wind and sandy soil, I was able to get out with the White 4-225 and start discing corn stubble that will eventually planted to soybeans. So sit back and enjoy the music of the 3208 CAT engine and the sounds of disc blades cutting the soil. There's even some commentary, but not much as a spring cold is having its way with my voice.
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[@interman7715]

I am from Australia, we used to see these tractors at the farm shows in the 80s ,they are such a well styled cool machine and my dream tractor. We had a 4-150 and loved it .We farmed around 800 acres and the 150 handled it easily.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Awesome! Thanks for watching and sharing.

[@joescheller6680]

We had a great oliver white dealer in.my small village. Great for parts and service. Only problems they encoutered was not keeping up with growing farms their biggest horsepower Didnt continue to grow with the size of farms

[@PTrolin]

One of the most beautiful tractors ever built. Unfortunately, there are none in Sweden where I live. But I get to watch good videos like yours & dream a bit 😃

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@slickdoglong3669]

My neighbors got 2 of them non turbo 4 _ 210s there in pretty good condition they been working them on about the same set up there dairy farmers lots of whites and Oliver's looks great and enjoyment at its finest 👍

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@fatzlebowski1549]

I bet you wish you and your dad could have gotten your hands on one of those 4-375's. A 3406 is a powerful mill. I bet those thing could rip ground like no ones business.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It would have been bigger than we needed, but I bet we could have found someone to put behind it.

[@ukaszbasty517]

Nice big old tractor old school farming the best

[@JonsDailyHustle]

I'd love to get my hands on one of those for the day lol

[@tman8939]

that tractor has a dip stick for each day of the week..

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It has an extra one when I'm driving. 😂

[@deerwash6905]

Lol

[@dalecoffing8655]

Not trying to "one up anyone" but we had the 185- and 445-disc chisel out one day, the last week of Feb. I got two txt from neighbors with in the hour after leaving some dirt on the road pulling out. It worked nice. Not much action here. Tractors serviced, planter out and keep wrenching. Fun vid kiddo!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It's funny how that works. I tell people about farmer peer pressure, but most think I'm joking. The struggle is real. 😂

[@dalecoffing8655]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris As much as I hate to admit it, it does work on or in your head. There is something about being the first in the field each spring. Some manure being hauled here and fertilizer being spread. Hopefully you get feeling better soon!

[@corydriver7634]

I like Big Tractors and I can not lie.

[@DymondzTrucking1962]

Friend of mine's got a 4-225. I spent a lot of hours in that tractor pulling a chisel. He completely restored it and rebuilt it from one end to the other. She sure is pretty. He runs all white tractors. Get to feeling better guy see you next time.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks! Was that 4-225 at the HPOCA winter show about 2 years ago in Nebraska?

[@DymondzTrucking1962]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris no it was laying in the shop in pieces then.

[@gleanerk]

Seat time, good therapy 👍🏻. Yep head colds suck .obtw enjoyed the ride!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@revgee93]

CAT Precision Diesel Power! 😏 White the most futuristic tractor built.

[@garlandhenry6792]

The styling of the White tractors are awesome

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I agree, but I do recall talking to older farmers that didn't care for it at first. Adding the red to the decals really helped in my opinion.

[@JonsDailyHustle]

That big girl is a BEAST

[@bigfoot4515]

Happy Easter! Thanks for sharing. Nice that you could let the Cat do a lot of the talking. 😉

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Happy Easter!

[@garybridger6707]

Some spring sunshine , while sitting in a tractor cab will flush out them Florida bugs!! I enjoy your Dad stories.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks.

[@miniaturefarmer464]

You would have made a good Roadway driver. LOL!

[@bigun447]

Chris, you need some of Old Doc Brians's cough syrup. His secret recipe had Cherry syrup, Whiskey, ???, and his nephew, my uncle who inherited all of Doc's office equipment and included some big glass jugs of cough syrup, claimed there was a touch of Cresote in the syrup. I remember getting a dose of it when I was a kid and I guarantee you it worked. Mainly because it cured you ever wanting to cough again so that you did not get a dose of it again. Another thing we got as a kid was penicillin whenever we got bad colds. Grandpa would go to the vet, get a prescription for penicillin to use on his dogs, get the penicillin from the drugstore and we got shots. Grandpa was a diabetic and had to give himself insulin every day. That was back in the day when injection needles were large bore needles. He would hone the needles sharp every few days and Grandma would boil the glass syringe every night. OH DID THAT NEEDLE HURT!!!! It is a wonder that one of us grandkids or our parents was not killed due to a penicillin reaction. Great video, you should sell tickets where people could drive real equipment like that and had to actually steer it and not watch video screens depicting what was happening. Actually White was probably the first with digital readouts.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

When I was a kid and we had both cattle and hogs, there was always antibiotics in the fridge. We never used them on us, but I might try it now. Feeling crappy and it's going to be a beautiful week.

[@bigun447]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris You are a farmer and are going to plant or harvest your crops as long as you breathe.

[@pagrainfarmer]

Hope you're feeling better. It feels great to be out there in the dirt for the first time of the year. Glad you were able to get out there. 4-225 sounded good!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'm doing better today. Yesterday was a little rough, but me and the 4-225 still disced over 100 acres. Must be the cab therapy is working! Thanks for checking in on me.

[@pagrainfarmer]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Glad you got that much disked and that you're feeling better. Cab therapy does wonders. Making progress here too. Got my oats planted (video to come shortly).

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@pagrainfarmer awesome

[@1friplease]

Nice old white nice Chris good too see some farming can't wait to the grass comes up in our field so I can fire up 1855 and do some mowing hope your cold gets better mr. Oliver guy

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks. The cold didn't get better, but with enough medication that says don't drive heavy equipment, I'll be out there driving heavy equipment.

[@jeffgrier8488]

Happy Easter! I hope you get feeling better soon.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Happy Easter! I do notice some improvement this morning.

[@wolfeislandexcavating5426]

Looks good Nice job backing out of shed

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍

[@toddgittins5692]

Ran 1 for a friend. They will get the job done, definitely not green. He took it to the local college every winter to have them work on it. What I thought was funny, no park. Had to park it like a M.

[@davidvogel2592]

Awesome video been waiting to see that horse getting out of the stable and working some ground

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍

[@bernardvonderheide1268]

Happy Easter. I always enjoyed disking fluffing up the soil and smoothing it out . I found it satisfying.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I find it satisfying. Not much pressure, just driving a tractor and enjoying the day.

[@michaelsheeder148]

I hope you and your family will have a happy Easter 🐣. Thanks Michael

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks! We're just gathering for easter dinner now. I hope you and yours have a great Easter as well.

[@hughperkins707]

There were very few White 4 wheel drive tractors in my area. Most farms had either Versatile or Massey. We had two Masseys, 1500 and 1505. The Cat engines were good.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

We didn't sell many, but a dealer to the west of us sold a lot of 4-150s. There used to be a lot them around, and there probably still is, in the fence line behind the barn.

[@jessesmith5630]

Come on, man! You don't have time to be sick! Lol

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Tell me about it. Why couldn't this happen a month ago. 🤣

[@johnnycampbell2719]

That's a beast, one of my all time favorite tractors. Yours is very nice

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍

[@michaelsmith-dm3kb]

Good setup and well looked after example.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@mischef18]

That tractor handles that job without to much effort bro. Great video too. Safe travels

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍

[@aaronkaraszewski2749]

Morning Chris. Just watchhing here before we go to church. I know exactly how you feel because I have been sick all week myself, it knocked the hell out of me. I did not work all week and my wife had the same thing the week before and she doesnt feel 100%. Have a Happy Easter.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It's worse today. I plan on taking it easy today. Happy Easter!

[@misterhipster9509]

3208turbo, Cat quit building them over 20 years ago, still supply many of the parts, got one on the dyno and another one going together. Sell 'em to Bluebird Wanderlodge end users, still a lot of marine use too.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've heard Cat still offers factory reman 3208s.

[@misterhipster9509]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Not according to Fabick Cat in Milwaukee where I get most of my parts. OH kits come from Interstate McBee in Cleveland. Cat parts I use are reman connecting rods @ 2 grand a set exchange, injection nozzles and you have to watch the adapters in the cylinder heads that fit between the injection lines and nozzles under the valve cover. They go bad and cause a dead miss. Cat has no soul. Used their reman cylinder heads a couple times, can do as well @ better price w/local shop. Had to return a Cat head last go round due to surface finish. Had to exhange one con rod due to the big end being .002 out of round, I'm pretty sure they use an outside shop for that sort of thing, but they have the hook up on the pin bushing install. Watch your valve lash and valve spring pressures, they love to drop valves, that's what happens to many of my customers. Your turbo S/N prefix is 02Z, important if you want the parts guy to get busy and I'd suggest you keep the RPMs @ 2400, just saying.

[@AnglesideFarm]

I just can’t feel sorry for a guy who has a cold after where you been! 😂😂😂 Welcome home. After all the rain we got, I’m surprised you got on the field so soon. Dirt looks good. Take care of that voice and happy Belated Easter to you and the family

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I think we got less rain. We went to my sister-in-law in Grand Ledge for Easter dinner and there's a lot more standing water over your way. Throw in the sand and things can dry out quick. Our cruise ship was between the Florida Keys and Havana and we had gone up top to play miniature golf, when all of the sudden this roar keeps getting louder to the point that people are covering their ears. That's when the fighter jet buzzed our cruise ship, pretty much Top Gun style. He pulled up and came back around giving another pass that wasn't as close and flew away. They guy next to me says, " I don't think that was one of ours" i agreed and said it was probably Cuban. Wish I had thought to take a picture. Our first thoughts were, the world has finally gone nuts, but at least we're on a cruise ship. 😂

[@AnglesideFarm]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris wow, you don’t experience that on a cruise much! Kinda cool, kinda scary.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@AnglesideFarm nothing more was mentioned about it. I did a Google search when I got home and a Carnival ship had the same thing happen in the same area a couple years ago. Maybe their way of saying you're getting a little too close?

[@timnichols9015]

Eastern Iowa, no one is in field yet. This weeks forecast looks fantastic, happy Easter, spring is definitely here!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Happy Easter!

[@boe4448]

Chris, Hope you get feeling better soon. Two days ago it was snowing hard in norther Mi.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks. While I'm not over it, I am feeling better this morning.

[@user-uh9xk7bm7h]

Nice. Tractor. I had. Oliver. Whites. I liked them

[@codygriffin4225]

I guess we’re not the only ones with rock in the field

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

This part of the field is not too bad for rocks. I was surprised how quiet the external shots were.

[@TheHelgadog]

Nice tractor. Shame white couldn't survive.

[@crazydave4455]

Nice. We still have snow here, actually did a few laps around the yard on the sled yesterday.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I posted a picture on Facebook and a friend that lives near Rib Lake replied with a picture of the snow in his yard. Hopefully it warms for you guys aoon.

[@crazydave4455]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris 60s 70s this week. Water will be running… Happy Easter 🐇

[@edcrego8487]

Hope you get feeling better and keep those builtifull green and silver tractors going we had a white 2/135

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍 I'm much better now.

[@rog4864]

Happy Easter Chris, I hope you and your family have a great holiday and you get to feeling better. Boy that 4-225 is looking great. I can remember when i was a kid seeing the White equipment ads in the Progressive Farmer magazine and i always thought they were really beautiful tractors with their styling and color. I bet that dirt was smelling good.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Happy Easter! I was riding with a window open, smelling the dirt and listening to better music than I can get on the radio.

[@rickyjohnson4767]

Like the video. I use to work on a farm in 1970s an 80s to early 90s in Tennessee.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks

[@johnluimes8359]

To bad more 4-225 were not sold originally. Makes them almost impossible to find today. Was a White dealer in the local town back in the day. I have come across a 4-210 in the area but never seen a 4-225/

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I saw some production numbers at one time, and can't remember them now, but the 4-225 was a very low number.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Woohoo, working in the field again, alright lets go! Great history lesson on the White 4-225 and 4-210, too bad all that had to happen, the White tractor's had some issue, but I like them. I hope your Easter went well, thanks for the video, loved it. Have a great week!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks Dan. Hopefully I can whip this cold, because I'll be out there either way.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Yes sir, hopefully you can, I think you'll have it whipped in no time!

[@walterlaubscherjr2011]

Lookin good we’re hoping to start in weeks maybe the end of Easter weekend

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@BillTheTractorMan]

Looks like a good start to spring for you! We still have a lot of snow here, fields are covered yet. Hope you feel better soon! Have a great Easter Holiday also.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks! Happy Easter!

[@thomasstrand9853]

Happy Easter Chris I hope you and your family have a great day

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you Thomas. Happy Easter to you and yours.

[@Adam_Poirier]

I laughed when you said Miami for spring break because it brings up the mental image of all the college kids down there partying haha just the way you worded it. Conditions look pretty good out there. Happy Easter buddy. I hope you feel better.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks! We actually went on a cruise. I'd scare all the college kids away.

[@Adam_Poirier]

Haha are you sure that video I saw of the guy doing keg stands on Miami Beach wasn't you??

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@Adam_Poirier that was Professor Phardtpounder testing his latest batch of hooch.

[@apollorobb]

Happy Easter Chris and Family

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you! Happy Easter to you and yours.

[@alanwessels8925]

Happy Easter Chris and family!! Started on Nh3 here in north eastern Iowa this week! Spring has sprung 🌱🌱😉

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks Alan! Happy Easter to you and yours as well.

[@paulkline2719]

Happy Easter Chris. Bet it feels good to get out in the field and work a tractor instead of wrenching on one.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Happy Easter! It was nice to get back behind the wheel. By the end of harvest I'll be ready to go back in the shop.

[@fishydubsfishing6516]

Got to keep up with the Joneses

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The struggle is real

[@chadtosh6831]

Happy Easter !!!! Looks like you’ve got some hay left to sell yet. Nice to see the green grass. Ours is brown yet, covered by some white stuff here and there yet.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I do have some hay left, some is sold and they come and get it as they need it. Things really greened up fast after Tuesday. It was 70 and rain. I'm a little concerned that the trees might flower too soon and then we get a frost and the fruit crop is ruined.

[@chadtosh6831]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris slow melt up here, but no winter storms so calving is going well. Getting 5-7 a day pretty much.

[@edwinhopcraft5974]

Happy Easter to you and your family Chris!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks Ed! I hope you have a great Easter, at least we have beautiful weather for it.

[@edwinhopcraft5974]

Yes we do!

[@ghilreese3413]

What was the reason for the company getting in trouble. The dealer in town seemed to sell quite a few tractors? Thanks for the videos.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

In a nutshell, mismanagement. Texas Investment Corporation had bought the White Fatm Equipment company from White Motor arund 1982. That came with a lot of outstanding debt from the mismanagement of the 1970s. The 80s farm crisis got into full swing shortly after TIC bought WFE making things worse. I can see where selling the combine line raised capital, but discontinuing the articulated line did no such thing. They couldn't sell the line because it used many of the same components as the 2wd tractors. So it just stopped. That doesn't make sense to me but I'm sure they could show on paper why it was a good idea.

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

That sure is working nice.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Sandy ground. We also had some dry spells last year, so this corn didn't do quite as well as the rest. Have you started putting seed in the ground yet?

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Haven’t turned a wheel yet. Should work some fall chiseled ground tomorrow.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@onehappyfarmer3461 I see you have been emptying the bins. I'm going to do some of that tomorrow.

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris I don’t want to get them all empty yet. I like waiting till July and august when it’s 110 inside them to get in with the sweep and broom. Hahaha

[@dalehatfield1411]

I see that White made a 4-325 powered by a Cat 3406. Have you thought about getting one of those?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

There were only 4 built, so it would be a tough one to get, but I'd try if one became available.

[@joshcrd7925]

4 built and only 3 left in existence. 2 are owned by the same farm in Iowa and the 3rd I believe is either in Indiana or Ohio. Not sure about that, I'd have to watch Ethans video again to be sure.

[@paulprillwitz9901]

🤠👍👍👍

[@emmitt00]

I love that smell..

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It is one of the best. My favorite is probably fresh mown hay.

[@joemalone9380]

lovely sweet sounding american articulate tractor .remarkably quiet in the cab. is that a heater unit beside the clutch pedal. is white an independent company still. thanks for sharing

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

That's a 2 way radio near the clutch. The heat and air conditioning are built unto the console just behind the operator on each side. White was bought by AGCO in 1991. They kept making White tractors until 2000 when the name was dropped. They still make planters with the White name on them.

[@Jane-rq7sv]

Great video! Did you get your box yet?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Sorry, haven't had a chance to get to town.

[@billsmith8739]

Good Video!! What is the back story on Oliver 550 sitting in the shed?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

That Super 55 belongs to a friend. It needs tires, and a wiring harness. I bought a harness and should get around and pull it up to the shop to get it running. It would make for good KZbin.

[@jamiemckechnie3662]

Just found your channel. Love it! Do you have any 88 Oliver's or a 1950 Oliver's?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I have 2 88s and one 1950

[@kevinsasse4971]

Very nice tractor! I picked up a 4-150 to play with this winter. Have you considered no-till? Here in NE we are 100% no-till.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you I no till my corn, but I like to give the bean ground a discing to break up the corn fodder, smooth out rough spots, and to get some weed control. It seems to work, my spray guy said last week that I'm their only customer that they go across once for weeds in beans.

[@isaachobbs4206]

Now when are you getting a 4-270, also did the 4wds ever get Terra tires?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

There are a couple of 4-270s in the area, so maybe I can get one someday. A lot of the powershift parts are no longer available, so they can be pricey or near impossible to repair. There was a special version of the White 4wds called the Slope Boss. They had terra tires on all 4 corners and were sold mostly in Vermont to ski resorts for maintenance. I should do a video on them. I have quite a few pictures and even some literature. Do a Google search for White Slope Boss, you'll find pictures.

[@toadtodd3758]

Why take a test we didn't yrs ago it was called a cold like you said ?

[@johnwarren-649]

Happy Easter Chris an family. Did Oliver build a 4-275 too?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

There was a 4-270, and they were just getting geared up to make the 4-325 when they decided to get out of the articulated tractor business.

[@kennyz6533]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Did you see that Oliver66FarmBoy got to see two of the remaining ones in person and sit in them?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@kennyz6533 yep

[@dankreoger611]

​@@ThatOliverGuyChrisNext winters project. Find a 4-270 chassis and put in a 3406. Build your own 325 or bigger.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@dankreoger611 they had plans to go larger yet with another model somewhere around 400hp.

[@frankfarms83]

How did the brakes on those white work?? Was it a big disc brake like the versatiles and stuff?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I don't know how the Versatile is set up, but this has a large single brake disc between the differential and planetary final drives. It only has them on the front axles, but it's full time 4 wheel drive, so it stops them all.

[@frankfarms83]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris the exact same way…. Guess I’ll pass on a white too…. Lol caught my versatile on fire when their stupid design failed and the brake got stuck…. 🤢

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The white brake is a wet brake if that makes a difference.

[@frankfarms83]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris haha idk the versatiles and steigers were a disc brake like a car would have, idk…. When you guys going to plant over there? Still lots of snow here in Eastern SD

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@frankfarms83 if all goes well, I should get some oats planted this week. The ground is still pretty cold to be putting corn in right yet, probably a couple weeks out from that yet.

[@jerryhenry662]

looked like it needs oil

[@thomasshelton1333]

[@jrburdick8027]

Looks good I got one 2. Except my motor seized up last week.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Ouch, sorry to hear that. Someone recently told me you can still get reman 3208s from Cat