Oliver and White Equipment Tour - Tillage Part 3

[@FarmerTed]

We were a John Deere farm in my youth, but we used Oliver plows. They had more clearance and plowed stalks without disking much much better than the John Deere plows of the day. It wasn’t until we tried the 2800 series John Deere plows that we switched back.

[@Jane-rq7sv]

My uncle had an Oliver flex back 10 bobem plow he had a 3300 Steiger open station it was a good plow tractor setup. The Steiger tractors where first made in a barn about 30minute drive away so you see a lot of barn Built Steiger around.

[@nellsonstout7001]

Open station 3300?!?! Who was your uncle?

[@Jane-rq7sv]

@@nellsonstout7001 I don’t feel comfortable telling you his name but he had a lot of Steiger tractors he had a turbo tiger a tiger 2 panthers and a bearcat. That 3300 sits in a salvage yard and one day ima go get it.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Does he still have the flex back plow?

[@Jane-rq7sv]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris he sold it a few years back.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

That makes the 4th one I have heard of, including mine. I figured there must be more of them out there. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@scottjaecques7409]

My 2-135 played with our 7 bottom IH plow and we plowed lots of hills and gumbo bottoms

[@michaelfreehling1914]

Great video. Plowing, one of my favorite farm chores especially in the evening when there was no wind the oder of soil turning gotta love it

[@davesfarmforestvideos8395]

Another great video, this series of videos helps if you are trying to figure out what plow you want to put behind a certain tractor.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@farm-n-cars2040]

My 448 has 3 cylinders and is plumbed the same way as yours. It was like that when I bought it 20 years ago.

[@paulkline2719]

Chris, Herman and that flex back would look so cool plowing with those big boys and the Renner Stock Farm plow day the other week. That way there would have been some of the correct shade of green there...lol

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've thought about taking him to Half century of progress, but that's quite a load and some tough ground

[@Ixlthim74]

So interesting. You should open a museum. I sure you have heard that before. But it would be cool especially if you could open the museum on the old dealership property your family owned.

[@mikeschwandt6050]

Nice plow video. First plow I bought was a 6-16 548 semi mount.

[@dalewalker2315]

Thanks for the trip back down memory lane, Chris. Of all the jobs that we used to do, plowin' was always tops on the list!! I got my first hernia fixing a share out in the field when a rock pulled the front bolt through the share!! LOL!! Ouch!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Sounds like it was a job for the hot wrench!

[@dalewalker2315]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris yes, it was, but I was back by my woods, behind my house, so sat down on the ground and took it off, scraped the dirt off the frog, and proceeded to put the share back on. I was sitting straddle of it and when I put the pressure on the nut, I felt like a burn on my stomach, when I got up, there it was. Not my smartest move.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Ouch!

[@jrhendershot1936]

Good videos of all the plows and your knowledge of explaining them

[@Adam_Poirier]

Another really awesome tour thank you! That 548- 7 bottom was really cool I watched that part twice lol. The video clips and pictures put in were really cool too

[@scruffy6151]

Nice collection and thank you for showing us.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you for always tuning in, Scruffy.

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Been a few years when we still plowed, we ran the cultipacker and drill right behind the plow.. In furrow is the original auto steer... But once you get so big, onland is best.. Nice collection Chris!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@stephenfonder7409]

Thanks for another great plow tour Chris.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

You're welcome!

[@timnichols9015]

Cool history on the flex back! Thanks for the great content!

[@shawnpoynter1900]

Great videos. We have an 1850 gas that came from a dairy in Michigan. Not sure where. We are the 3rd owners of it. It had a loader on it until we took it off to put it on the 1655 diesel. Anyway, really like the videos and history behind your equipment.

[@nellsonstout7001]

I love the little throwback clips you included. That’s back when you were just another tractor guy who was a casual uploader, before you really became that Oliver guy the youtuber if you’d get what I’m saying

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I had more hair, too! 😂😂😂

[@bigfoot-wo3qy]

Lol...we have Krause gangs on our 30’ Oliver disc. Krause gangs use a massive gang bolt. Super nice disc when you want to get something done...

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've thought about switching to someone else's c springs. I break 1 or 2 a year.

[@bigfoot-wo3qy]

It’s a nice rock flex. We rebuilt the whole thing about 4-5 years ago. New blades bearings scrapers got lucky with a bit of trial we were able to find the cast bearing guards that fit from John Deere. So it’s a really nice disc.

[@mischef18]

Enjoyed the video bro cheers for sharing with us. All the best for 2021 and safe travels

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you!

[@shawnartz7113]

Very nice as always Chris

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks, Shawn. I hope you had a great Christmas!

[@ohioplowboyhawk6738]

Again thanks very much Chris Great video 👍👍

[@piercismpropagandanetwork9846]

I think someone found a 8 bottom on land Oliver plow in Colorado or Montana. From what I remember it may have been pulled by a A4T I saw it on Facebook somewhere but it was totally a abandon in one of the plains states

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

There was an 8 or 9 bottom in Colorado on auctiontime a year or so ago. It was shear bolt, which is about useless here.

[@ollie-lk5dx]

Have seen lot's of Oliver have 3 plows and lots of White only 1 but never a flex back didn't even know they offered it.

[@aaronjarvenpa1743]

There is a Hermon for sale in ND

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

He sold today for $32,200.

[@petedohmen8827]

No wonder Oliver was plowmaker for the world, all the technology they had was amazing.

[@sterff89]

The flex back plow was a neat idea! What is the little tractor behind the hay rack next to your disc? Super 55?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Yes it is.

[@fdfarms4559]

If you put a smaller diameter cylinder on back on 3 cylinder plow, would that make front more likely to raise first? I sure enjoy your videos!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

That's a good idea! Drop that to a 3 inch and leave the 4 up front. Thanks!

[@fredf3391]

Happy New Year's Thank You for a wonderful year at your channel and more to come Check out the words to the song ,For Auld Lang Syne , remembering experiences new & old

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you for watching! Happy New year

[@petedohmen8827]

I wish oliver was still in buisness and you were my dealer.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks, that's a very kind thing to say.

[@fdfarms4559]

I just watched one of your older videos, I have a 2150 and that shield you have on your parts wall of shame makes me nervious dont want hydraulic drive bearing to mess up my housing, I also wonder about the engine pre heater after what happened to your 2-155 engine. Do you think Oliver's have more problems that John Deere's. I am Oliver fan all my life(71 years), but seems like 4020 s and 4440 s were pretty dependible.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I think every tractor out there had bugs that needed worked out. I have almost zero experience with John Deeres, so I wouldn't be able to do a fair comparison. As long as a guy shuts it down when you hear an odd noise, it's a fairly simple fix on that hydraulic drive gear. The big problem arises when guys hear the noise, but everything is still working, so they keep on running.

[@aaronbohl8234]

You wouldn’t happen to know of anybody with bearing end caps or salvage for an Oliver 330 disc ? I acquired 1 this weekend and didn’t notice 1 gang was rigged up with washers

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Not that I can think of. Sorry

[@MaclearieFarms]

A local farmer does all his plowing like that he has a white 4-180 and a 12 bottom plow

[@TimKrenz-j8t]

Did OLIVER MAKE A TANDEM PLOW HITCH SET-UP TO PULL 2 PULL TYPE PLOWS ❤😊 ???

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Not that I'm aware of. All the ones I have seen require a semi mounted plow for the rear plow. The front can be pull type or semi mount.

[@aaronkaraszewski2749]

Hey Chris another good video!! That disc with the manual folding wings looks like my Oliver # 252 disc. What size Oliver plow would you suggest for a super 88 or 880? I would like to find something for plow days and such.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'd stick with a 3 bottom. Some guys pull 4, but you never know what kind of ground you'll run into at a plow day. I had the 1655 FWA and 3-16s at a plow day that made it bark and scratch!

[@charlesworthfarm7586]

did you ever have one of the oliver plows with the subsoiler shank behind each bottom?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've seen that option in the literature, but had never seen a plow equipped with it. While cleaning and moving stuff around back in the summer I found I have enough to put a set on a 5 bottom. I also found a hydraulic hillside hitch for a semi mount plow. I should have thought to mention that stuff in the video.

[@millardhayes1884]

Your friend Alan does he farm too,or he just collect the Oliver stuff?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Alan grew up on a farm, but works for the DNR, so he's a collector except when he helps me out. His family was customers of ours and farmed with Oliver equipment.

[@ghenry85]

Salford uses the same concept as the Flex back in the model 8200 plow. The Salford website doesn't show it off very well, but there is a 8200 on Marketbook that shows the canuck version of the flex back. They go from 7 furrow to 14 furrow. We have our White 254 disc. Broke a gang axle last year(whoops)

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'll look that up. Thanks!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I found some pictures! It reminds me of the White 2549 or 2588 flex backs with tail wheel for the front half up on the land. Thanks!

[@ghenry85]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Not a problem.

[@denniscarter483]

Disk looks like a 252.

[@corydriver7634]

What!? A piece of Oliver equipment Chris didn’t recall the model number? Who are you and what did you do with the real Chris Losey?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Lol

[@billypouliot-jacques912]

Do you have a 1355 , 1365 or 1370

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

No, I don't have any of the Fiat built Olivers.

[@billypouliot-jacques912]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris do you early drive one of these tractor

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've drove a couple of them. My grandfather didn't care for them, so we didn't sell a lot of them, so there aren't many in our area. I've heard good things from those that do have them.

[@billypouliot-jacques912]

Me i have a 1355 4x4 but we sell it last year

[@billypouliot-jacques912]

And now i want to by a super 77 or super 99 but i dont find one for sale

[@humefarms210]

First

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Sweet!