Old Time Wheat Harvest 2024 Oliver Rowcrop 88 and Minneapolis Moline HF 88 Harvester combine

[@peterhoughton1589]

Hey love that combine, I have a 1941 MM Universal Z tractor here in England, it was my grandfather's 1st tractor that he bought new during WW2. His cousin bought a Farmall H (which I have now bought) and a neighbour had an Oliver 70 Row Crop. Great video, thanks for sharing. Best wishes from England. Peter 🇬🇧🚜

[@jtwalker2761]

American farm at its finest thanks for all your hard work

[@hughperkins707]

Neighbours had one like that but it had its own motor on it. They called it the Minnie Make Water, every time they got going it rained.😂😂

[@stephenherrmann3091]

Ahhhh!!! There is nothing better in life than good ole junk farming!!! Nothing is sweeter when you cross your heart and pull a lever and with a bang, crunch, and a terrifying squeak, an implement comes to life!!! Great video!! Keep em coming!!

[@JohnBryant-qc5zg]

With all this electronics on equipment today that thing maybe all we have we can use one day! :)

[@rossr277]

That thing is super cool to watch. Imagine, what it looked like back when that was in its' heyday. Old time tractors, trucks, equipment. True American history there! Keep up the good work! God bless.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you!

[@donaldwallace7934]

WOW, Ross!! Talk about a time warp back to the forties/fifties era! The black and white footage is really cool!! And the smile on your face is icing on the cake!! Happy Sunday to you, Ross!!

[@samuelashton4344]

Liked the black and white part 😅. Another good one

[@cleveparkhurst1525]

Great video, reminds me of my old John Deere 25 with the canvas pickup head. I bought it for $65 when I was young and used it for a few years till the canvas gave out. I gave it to a guy to junk Used to pull it with my Oliver 66 unless it was a little slick, then I used my 800 Case-o-matic. Wish I could make another round with it before I am too just a memory

[@pagrainfarmer]

Nice to see it the way it used to be done. I used a pull-type combine - An AC 66 All-Crop harvester - up until 2016 when i got my self-propelled JD 4400.Nothing cleaned oats like that AC 66. People used to think I cleaned the oats after harvesting.

[@DonWelter]

The old critter still does what it was made to do. In the day they were probably made for 20-30 bu. wheat. The b&w video added vintage character!!! At least you didn't have a trail of parts in the field...always a plus as parts would be salvage yard or red-neck engineering. LOL Enjoy a cold Busch Lite and celebrate with cousin.

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣 Thanks Don!

[@rtundlt1]

It's fun running old equipment when it's working fine and not trying to beat the weather. I used to mow my 20 acre hay field with an old New Holland 451 sickle mower, tedder it with an ancient Kuhn 2 basket tedder and rake it with a 1930s vintage International 4 wheel rake pulling it all with my '53 John Deere 40. I did bale with a '62 Massey Super 90 and number 9 Massey baler. I really enjoy your videos when you work old equipment an appreciate that you take a lot of time keeping old equipment from the scrap yard.

[@mikemccrory8309]

Liked the black and white touch. It is amazing how much fun you can have working on such a hot day. 😅

[@3550rebel]

By the smile on your face, certainly no sadness in today's video. Good onya!

[@markflick1641]

I so love when you put the old equipment to work. I’m 66 years old and it takes me back to my younger days .👍 Thanks Ross for making my day . Great video ,see ya tomorrow .

[@Ham68229]

Same, reminds me when I was a kid and this is what we did back in the day. :)

[@markflick1641]

The black and white was a nice touch

[@dennisfoltz7880]

Looks great, really. Liked the black and white part nostalgic, Keep up the great work on your video's.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you!

[@terrynoland487]

Excellent video again thanks for sharing the black and white footage is priceless brought back great memories thanks

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you!!

[@saxman1969]

What a marvel that machine must have been when introduced. From cutting and bundling the wheat and stacking it in the field, then loading (by hand labor) the bundles on a trailer, hauling the trailer to the threshing machine, unload the bundles and feed them into a steam, or gasoline engine powered threshing machine where out came the wheat. I am 73 and I lived through a very similar scenario with Frijole beans. We use to hand cut the plants while still green, haul them to a tractor powered separator then gather the beans off of the pad and sack them in burlap. My dad came home with a IH combine set up for beans. We did in hours what took us days before. I was absolutely thunder struck watching the beans coming out of that combine so fast it kept myself and little brother humping to keep up. What a marvel. Great video!

[@farmworkMi]

Gotta love watching that wagon fill up I hope to see you put some of that money back in to it and maybe some oil on the old chains ha ha

[@rosstheoliverman]

Hopefully I can get time to do a little more work on it this year.

[@345farm]

22:32 were you actually smiling?.!! Nice video….

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks! I was definitely having fun!

[@Ham68229]

My first thought was a "wasp nest" of some kind but, yea, birds do tend to "help themselves" to a new home. I think you should go on a hunt for long telephone poles and build yourself a new barn. But, are you still having fun with it Ross... I'd say yes, yes you are. Love the black n white video footage, well done sir. Beautiful machines and the sounds... this is the real reason why I enjoy your videos Ross. You're making me want to restore my grand dad's JD '35 non-styled "B", wished I still had the equipment for it too. One day... Great video as always, cheers :)

[@davidroberts3489]

I’m glad I took a lot of pictures of the 1365 because I’m having memory issues of where things go also. I liked the vid that “ the other Chris “ was watching of you and Freddie instead of the Chris Losey guy😅

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Elis_farm_toys]

That’s super cool! I just got my one Oliver combine running again today. I finally got the bearing freed up in I’m for the separator. I need to remake all the clean out doors and rebuild the header and hopefully I can use it this fall!!!!

[@rosstheoliverman]

We need videos!!

[@donnydenfeld2394]

Great video of vintage equipment. And i lov3 the black and white part with the vertical lines. Makes the film look the part

[@michaelclarkson2890]

That brought back memories as a kid. My father had a Allis- Chalmers WD and a pull type AC combine. I remember the sweat bees were always bad in the wheat field. Thanks.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

One thing I know for sure, when it makes those sounds it lets you know it's running. I enjoy watching you get these older relics going and running in a productive way, makes a guy feel good. Terrific job Ross, thanks for sharing, I hope you have a wonderful day.👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you Dan!

[@KCAATV]

This video is worth twice the price of admission. It reminded me of our JD 2 row that my dad and uncle bought and tried to pull behind a 48 B. The B could not handle it, so the JD dealer let them use a 1952 Model A which could pull the little combine. Thanks for the memory and for keeping the past alive.

[@jamieebersole6755]

The old Harvestor. That thing would be a real party headed down the road in our area with all the bats we gotta share the road with.

[@rosstheoliverman]

It’s definitely stressful when you’re going up a hill🤣

[@EricErisman]

Really appreciate your videos brings back fond memories

[@rosstheoliverman]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@thetoyfarmer2366]

This is cracking me up 😂😂

[@steveshuminski]

Good job Ross. Its good to see you playing a bit and not working so much. I know older things need some tlc and so does myself at 64 , Thanks for taking us along.

[@rog4864]

That was awesome, I love that you saved that machine and you are able to use it and enjoy it. I was surfing around on the old marketplace and saw an ad for one of those in a self propelled model which I thought was pretty interesting.

[@thomasr.miller5553]

Looks like farmboy is growing WEED instead of WHEAT this this year.😂 Great video Thanks

[@rosstheoliverman]

That’s what happens around here if you don’t get it sprayed. It will fill up with weeds in a hurry when the humidity gets up high.

[@mikei2141]

I really enjoyed watching the old MM combine out in the field.👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you!

[@joshcrd7925]

Would be cool to see the old girl cut some beans this fall too!

[@davidmoore2942]

Thanks for the video, Ross. The older equipment still has a place.

[@Machi74005]

My grandfather wore a straw hat very near like the one you have when he farmed many years ago with his Oliver 66. Thanks for the memory, Ross.

[@jeffstevens3420]

Man, that was awesome. It looked like the real deal ol timey video. Thanks

[@rosstheoliverman]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@garynippoldt9602]

Thank you for what you do fun to the old mm

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you for watching!

[@tomhall7250]

I’m 65 I can remember dad had pull type AC can’t remember the model! Ya

[@rosstheoliverman]

Cool!

[@keithwuchter624]

Just a fantastic video Ross. You took me back to my youth when my Dad and I are combining with his old super 88. Oh, the great memories you brought back. Thank you so much for that. You have no idea of the smiles you brought back. Thank you again so much.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Keith!

[@jonathancrissinger2301]

This video was incredibly fun. The black and white portion was an added pleasure to watch. Took me back to my younger years. I think it is awesome that it was basically free, other than the time and effort to make the videos. Please keep the videos coming and I'll see you later.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Jonathan! The black-and-white was a last-minute addition, but I think it turned out all right.

[@seandolan742]

Thanks, Ross. Neat to see those machines running. It's easy to understand why many older farmers when I was growing up were missing a few fingers.

[@bigun447]

The pull-type combines were the normal and only thing of my youth. Most were the JD variety as that was the closest dealership.

[@jeffstevens3420]

We used to pull allis all crop 66s down the road. We made offset hitches so we could get the combine more in-line with the pull vehicle.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I thought about doing that. It would be super helpful especially if you try to pull it behind the pick up. Thanks Jeff!

[@chadshafer8095]

You are going back in time with this. This is Awesome to see you using this older equipment.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Chad!

[@johnkissack5295]

Really enjoyed this video! I watched it 3 times! I remember when my dad had a 6 ft Oliver. He really enjoyed running that. Thanks Ross for taking video and sharing it.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Awesome! Thanks for watching John!

[@Scott-qj1pm]

Awesome video Ross! Thank you !

[@rosstheoliverman]

Glad you liked it!

[@jimtrewartha2594]

Hey Ross! The ol girls worked great again! Nice job! Idk if you watched or checked the results of that auction I told you about with the nice oliver equipment on it? The #5 oliver combine brought $302.50. It looked like all it needed was new canvases, they had holes in them. The really nice 525/2 row head brought $1705. The #5 corn picker sold for $250.20. They still have the redults posted if you want to see what everything else sold for. I went a couple of days later for my purchase and the #15 and 525 hadn't been picked up yet along with several tractors. Keep the videos coming Ross!

[@AllanHanscom]

Thanks for the new MM combine video Ross, and the part with the fiddle music was icing on the cake. Put us right back in the era that a setup like yours was state of the art.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Allan!

[@oldasdirt1909]

What a nice hat😮😊

[@molinedan]

Awesome seeing the ol combine in action!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Dan! It’s definitely fun to play with! It almost makes me want to get a yellow tractor to pull it with! Almost….🤣

[@Damien80279]

"What a majestic beast" 😅

[@michaelsheeder148]

Ross, remember dad using one of those to harvest the beans years ago when I was a kid and pulled it with the 77 as well. Thanks Michael

[@MrJeep75]

Pretty cool

[@100660mr]

Awesome video. Liked the film noir.

[@dandare-h5q]

I can remeber helping my dad work on one of these, he did repair work for local farmers back when we all lived just a mile apart, love your video's and the comments to

[@rosstheoliverman]

Awesome memories!!

[@frankwurth5375]

Ross, I had hoped to get my old MM model S Harvestor up and going for this summers wheat, but the late planting has kept that from happening. It has gotten so hot and dry , we still have a few acres not planted. Hope to get some rain to get things worth planting again. Went from super wet to extreme hot and baked dry in a bit more than 1 week! With my less than stellar health, I'm really getting slow these days. Love watching your progress.

[@rosstheoliverman]

It finally rained on Sunday after about three weeks with nothing. The next biggest chance is Wednesday so hopefully that happens.

[@br927]

If i was blind, I'd know the sound of an Oliver, farmed with 2 770 diesels, and a 880 gas!

[@cliffordarnoldussen]

You should dig a tarp and covered that hopper up so it don’t rust out on you keep water out of it

[@rosstheoliverman]

I need to try to cover it better this year.

[@johnbender1596]

Memories of the sound an Oliver transmission of that era can make! Sounds like you have a little extra clearance on a bearing somewhere on the combine, but the wheat was in the tank and that is what counts. Loved it.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks John! Maybe someday in my “free time” I can track that noise down 🤣

[@danareynolds1976]

I really like it in black and white buddy

[@rosstheoliverman]

I thought it turned out neat!

[@claytonhawn7431]

I enjoy watch you cut wheat with the old 88 my grandpa had an old Oliver grainmaster and that was fun also. Your videos good to watch Ross.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you!!!

[@stephenheyes4324]

Many thanks Ross for keeping the old equipment going it is a really great video full of fun and much nostalgia

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Stephen!

[@jameslcoble248]

Probably wouldn't hurt this winter to check the bearings and make sure they aren't worn out. Making it hit something on occasion

[@darrendocherty2325]

Thanks Ross. I could watch these old machines work all day. Really enjoying your videos!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you for watching them!

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Yea, we always thought those side shields would keep out the critters on our 88s but somehow those mice would get in and create all kinds of havoc. We had better luck keeping the side shields off or putting a box of D-con in there somewhere.

[@Ron-m9p]

greatvideo i luv the black an white make it look ole timey thanks for taking us along

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!

[@bobtuckosh9870]

Pretty cool video Ross. That's awesome watching that old combine working

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Bob!

[@glennschlorf1285]

Dang Ross now you got me thinking about my 77 with the side panels.... still amazed at all the ungarded rotating shafts..

[@kellyschurr3675]

Love it!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!!

[@a.s.c.2909]

Lubrication is your friend. Invest in a grease gun and an oil can. Some of that noise might go away with a little lube. I wish you had a shed big enough to park all your treasures in. Things deteriorate pretty quick sitting out in the weather. Hard to believe that was cutting edge technology back in the day, bringing the thresher to the crop rather than bringing the crop to the thresher.

[@rosstheoliverman]

The bad thing is most of this combine has bushings not bearings. I have a feeling something is slightly out of round.

[@emmitt00]

That was a good time!

[@roberttrimnerjr3539]

Really cool video! I like your new hat too, it's really you. See ya tomorrow!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks! I’ve actually had that hat for years, but I save it for special occasions 🤣

[@jamesstanley9839]

Excellence! well done!

[@dankreoger611]

I liked it 😊

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Dan!

[@landontesar3070]

Ross, thank you for giving us some credit for your adventures and success

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you all for watching!!

[@dougschmitii6165]

Really cool!

[@larryklostermann5779]

Fun with a pair of 88’s! Nice view Ross!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Larry!

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Sweet video, a video of gladness this time. I could tell you were liking your time out there! The old MM and 88 worked well!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Jeff! This is super fun when stuff works 🤣

[@nigelgwillim644]

nice old combine did have oliver 88 deseil the same flat line only kept a year didnt use.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Cool!

[@donlehman9930]

Good video. I combined with a 1954 88 and a deere 30 combined as a kid. Curious as what gear you were running in.

[@mattwilkinson8502]

Would love to get an opportunity to run one. May have to buy my own pull type and get it going,may be an interesting project. Good video Ross

[@rosstheoliverman]

It’s definitely a fun time! Especially when it’s not the main machine you have to depend on 🤣

[@jeffwilliams3642]

Theres a guy I follow on yt named Brayden Bowman that has a pull type combine very very similar to yours. He may still have it if he hadnt already sold it on Auction Time if you need one for parts. It lookedbto be complete.

[@rosstheoliverman]

The big problem is hauling. It is such an awkward thing to move. That’s gonna be why it’s hard for him to sell.

[@alexgarrod9093]

Sweet job

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Alex!

[@larryfrey1283]

Would swinging the drawbar all the way to the left help with road transport or you tried that and it didn’t make enough difference to bother with? I think it would be cool to have your 7300 and 545? all going at the same time along with this rig

[@glennschlorf1285]

I need to get me an 880 oliver or a 1550

[@paulprillwitz9901]

😄😄😄❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Paul!

[@MrJeep75]

Needs some grease and oil

[@thomasharrington5369]

85 comments and not a single response from you.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I have 800 videos. I get 40 new comments every hour. I can’t keep up with them all.

[@waggtech4883]

I’m always kinda disappointed when a raccoon doesn’t come flying out of the tail end of a combine after it’s sat all winter… 🦝 🦝 🦝

[@jeffstevens3420]

Man, that was awesome. It looked like the real deal ol timey video. Thanks

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Jeff!