Oliver Tractor and Equipment Tour Part Two - Super Series

It's time for the Super Series! From the Super 44 to the Super 99 GM I give some background and history on each one.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Man I'm jealous lol

[@dennisspiehs5822]

Why would anyone want a lavender tractor?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

To copy a promotional tractor Oliver made in the 1960s

[@corydriver7634]

You have an amazing collection. Love watching this stuff and hearing the history.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@michael7423]

Thank you for the tour of your beautiful equipment, I have some really nice cardboard if you ever want to trade 😂 just kidding!

[@gordonjohnbook3463]

I live near Battle Creek, do you know were the Oliver plant was located? . as a kid I started out operating oliver tractors in the 60's 77's 88's and we had an 880 ,1600 Oliver built combine's in battle creek too, painted them blue and put ford on them, be interesting too see were the plant was, keep up the great video's love to see them.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I can't find a specific address at this point, but it was located across the road from the Post factory. Everything was torn down shortly after Oliver left in 1962. White had moved all Battle Creek production to the newly acquired Cockshutt factory near Brantford, Ontario. Another history tidbit... Oliver made fuselages for B-52 bombers in Battle Creek.

[@johnirwin1837]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris , that's cool about Oliver building parts for the B-52. Grew up with Oliver's and retired as a B-52 Crew Chief Supervisor.

[@zackvahlkamp5044]

I would like to hear more about your dad winning that plowing contest. And you could do a video on your signs hanging in your sheds. Great video thanks!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Someday I want to make a video on Dad, Grandpa and the plowing contests. Grandpa coached 3 different men to national championships.

[@marcussamson7640]

Agree people don't know how to set a plow anymore and that information would be a big hit on KZbin

[@bigDH123]

You definitely know your Olivers Chris, i could watch this stuff all day. The boat motor i wasn't expecting to see, that is so cool. Thanks for the awesome videos.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you for watching.

[@JEDI-MAQUINAS]

Que maravilha de tratores pena que no Brasil o máquina antigo não tem valor

[@rosshall641]

got Dad's supper A .cultivision is what they called that for off sets .pulling beans and scuffling

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Case Diesels are also very nice. My Grandfather has a 930 and it takes usually 2 days to empty the tank while running a New Holland Stacker Wagon. That was years ago when he had 20 head of cattle. My Grandfather used to work 2 Case Dealerships Snyders in Portland in the early 80s to the mid 90s and Jansons in Charlotte from the early 90s to maybe 2001.

[@rburli]

Wonderful video Chris, thank you. My Uncle owned an 88 and a Super 88 while I was growing up and working on his farm. Wen went on to buy several more Olivers and White Tractors. Great memories

[@rosshall641]

we have the 4 row scuffler for 77 goodison foot pedal trip and lift (I'm 56 yr' s old)

[@bustersmith5569]

Thank you Chris ! The videos just get better and better ! And they go so fast,,,,,, 👍

[@macfarms]

More great tractors Chris really enjoying the series. Honestly if you had of made it into one 2 hour video I probably would have sat there and watched it all just the same LOL

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks. I am making a playlist of them so if someone wants to binge watch, they can. I'm about half done with the tractors at this point.

[@John-lu3yq]

Thanks loving the "Oliver Tours" the outboatd surprized me didn't lnow about yhem. Way cool collection love Your channel

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you!

[@stevevanvalkenburg5449]

I just finished restoring a 1957 Super 55. I grew up driving a 1955 Super 55 on our farm and our neighbor had a '57 S-55 with a loader. Another neighbor dairy had a Super 88 diesel. They were all good tractors. When my folks sold our farm to a developer in 1974, like an idiot I did not buy our S-55. Wished for one for years, finally found one two years ago at an auction. It had a loader and was in good condition except some front sheet metal damage and the PTO clutch was non functional from leaking seals. Pulled the loader, rebuild clutch pack and seals, other work like brakes, radiator, electrical, front axles, new front tires, hammered out the sheet metal and repainted it. Looks almost factory. My sons are already fighting over who gets it when I'm gone, which is pretty amazing since one is a John Deere guy and the other has Allis Chalmers orange in his veins. Use it all the time on my small farm, stays parked inside. Wife thinks I'm nuts, but that what happens when you're retired and love good tractors. I enjoy your Oliver videos, Chris. Keep it up.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks for sharing and watching!

[@johnrutledge3892]

Dood - i think you mighta painted'm wrong - still they're painted - so thats good !

[@johnrutledge3892]

Ill have to get back to the ox roast , watch some spud wraslin !Nice vid bro !

[@emrythompson]

Do you know where and when you bought the 44, my Great uncle’s Oliver’s were sold at a sale on our farm when he died, in Shreve Ohio, his name Was Harold “Bud” Bucher

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Not exactly, I didn't go to that auction with dad. I believe it was 1990, maybe 91.

[@emrythompson]

Can you do a video on how to drive tractors with 3 middle pedals, like the 66 and 77? Would really help.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'll cover it in the next tour video.

[@davevandevenne1330]

left side left wheel...right side right wheel ... middle does both...

[@danielkacko7616]

thanks so much chris for these videos! great collection

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@rosshall641]

the supper 77 has hydraulics 1 remote

[@nellsonstout7001]

So here’s another question: how did Oliver get their plow ratings? Early FWA literature shows the 1900A FWA as an 8 plow tractor. Did they use small bottoms shallow in light soil?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The rule of thumb was half the width of cut should be your plowing depth. So 14 inch bottoms are going to plow much easier than 16s. Of course most farmers want to bury their plows and run somewhere around 10 inches deep, so they don't end up pulling as many bottoms. A 1900 Fwa could pull 8 14s set at 7 inches on my ground, but I know there is ground out there it wouldn't stand a chance in. Another factor is speed. We go faster than we used to which also takes more power.

[@ghenry85]

Great video. Reallt nice collection, I like seeing old collections, don't care what brand it has in it or how old. As long as it's neat and you don't see it everyday. I've been to been to the Henry Ford museum(highly recommend if anybody hasn't been), and the Gilmour museum this past fall, also a gem.

[@Ironman-harmonica]

I think I have owned every model you showed in this video at one time or another except the 44 Brings back memories

[@MaclearieFarms]

I find Oliver’s have more Hp than deers and farmalls

[@bjornthorell1432]

Hello and thank you for your for spaning massive historic tractor knowlege. I'm a follower from Sweden, so my English is a bit " so and so". I wounder if you can share some story abort the late Oliver "Corporate tractor". There is not much information on that line up as I understand?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The corporate tractor was actually going to be several models that were new from the ground up. All new engines that were to be built in a new factory in Canton, Ohio. New transmissions and final drives, new sheet metal with a new look. These tractors were going to replace the Oliver, Minneapolis Moline and Cockshutt lines with one complete line. They were even going to have a continuously variable transmission. Everything was nearing completion, prototypes had been built and tested , but the early 1970s were a tough time for Oliver and parent company White Motor, so management scrapped the whole line, sold the new engine factory in Canton, and continued producing the separate Oliver, MM, and Cockshutt trator lines. A couple years later they decided to consolidate the 3 lines and that's when the White tractors first rolled off the line.

[@bjornthorell1432]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Thank you for a quick answer. It would be nice if you cold post something about this in You Tube in the future // Björn from Sweden

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

That would be a good winter time project. I have some pictures and video I can use.

[@rhondajungwirth8603]

I want a super 99 bad

[@claesmansson9070]

Only one for sale at TractorHouse,think expensive for a 3 cyl. 80 hp old tractor.

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

That super 88 diesel is that a 339 Hercules engine

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

No, it's a Waukesha.

[@chrisbeck8182]

Loving the collection videos, Chris! You take just enough time with camera pan pauses to let us take it all in rather than making us seasick.

[@jeremylee6668]

Can you do a video on what the difference between a 1950 and a 1950T

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Good idea, I get that question quite often. I'll see what I can throw together, because I don't have a 1950-T

[@MaclearieFarms]

God the old Oliver’s look so good

[@jar-dw7iu]

I enjoy your appreciation for the "original" unrestored tractors

[@TheJohndeere466]

My uncle has an oliver 77. Its an older one with band brakes but it has a brass clutch pedal and a brass throttle. Do you know the significance of this

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

At the end of and following World War 2, there had gotten to be a shortage of iron and steel. Oliver made some brass parts as well as aluminum sheet metal in order to keep the assembly line going.

[@TheJohndeere466]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Thanks , I personally never seen another one with brass parts.

[@redneckryan615]

I'm an IH guy by choice, but when I really started to love Oliver with IH was the first time I saw/heard a super 99 in person. I now know the guy who restored it and has two super 99s, a 990 and a Massey 98. Great video!

[@tuckerfuller7292]

Very cool...cant wait for number 3

[@Kronkus36]

Know anyone looking to buy a 1962 Oliver 1800A gas with plenty of parts with a 1800C gas motor included ?

[@ollie-lk5dx]

Great collection great info.

[@timhowey3644]

Wow Chris that super 55 has one heck of a story also it kinda looks like the international 300 and 350 utility’s I guess international kinda copied them them also that super 88 has a good story in how it got to go home back twice

[@timothybailey7118]

Appreciate your custodial care for Oliver history. How are you going to pass this knowledge on for future generations?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

A lot of the information on Oliver is is print in magazines and books. The Hart-Parr Oliver Collector's Association is a great resource for Oliver history. As far as the specific history of my individual tractors, I thought these videos would be a good way to document that.

[@SchnelleKat]

The super 44 really was an ingenious idea for Oliver to come-up with a new tractor lineup. sadly it didn't quite work out, overall the super 99 is my favorite and such a rarity too see that type of cab here in the mitten state.

[@littlerougue]

Nice video and I love the back stories on the tractors

[@kevinbachmann3040]

The last tractor you showed was that a Oliver rebuild cab

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'm trying to remember the name of the cab manufacturer, but I'm fairly certain it wasn't Oliver.

[@hughperkins707]

The cab could be a Mintoba

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@hughperkins707 , thanks! I was hoping someone would chime in.

[@jar-dw7iu]

Raby cab? The doors remind me of a Raby cab I have seen on an oliver 70, but the windshield is different

[@edwinhopcraft5974]

I can't remember what the companies name was. But here in Battle Creek there was a company that made cabs for Oliver also.

[@chevyon37s]

That super 99 is awesome! Love the cab and the GM 2 stroke diesel in it, so nice that you were able to keep the original paint on it even with it being painted over!

[@bigfoot-wo3qy]

So what your saying is, the s88 diesel isn’t for sale?.....lol

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Lol. It would have to put me in a very comfortable lifesryle.

[@Murphyslawfarm]

You have very cool old iron my favorite in this video is the Oliver Super 99 GM 😎

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you!

[@timbrand8315]

super 99 with a cab what a gem you have a real minty collection sir I love it

[@petedohmen8827]

Love your collection,cannot wait till the 3 digit series video comes out

[@scottstemple8105]

Hello chris i have a 1958 oliver 550 it has a front loader and a backhoe the water pump went bad it has a wakeshau engine with the cast pulley on water pump do yo know if the water pump and pulley from the farm oliver 550 tractor would fit they look the same other than the pulley?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It should fit. Korves Oliver has water pumps if you need a fresh one.

[@gmanchurch]

Chris, every time I start a That Oliver Guy video marathon it makes me want an Oliver of my own to work on and drive! I’m a retired aircraft mechanic that worked on several older aircraft as old as some the late 1930’s! I really enjoy older equipment. You do great work on those old tractors and equipment. Keep em rollin! Thanks so very much for sharing!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy them.

[@nellsonstout7001]

Minot? Could be Swenson tractor

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

As someone has pointed out, Minot is in North Dakota. I'll check my records on where it was actually shipped to.

[@TheHelgadog]

Amazing collection! Thanks for sharing.

[@peterhaan9068]

Just curious as to where the motors were made for all that you have shown. If you could mention this info in your next video it would be nice. Any sourcing or mechanical problems with any of the engines would be of interest also. Thanks for taking the time and us through your terrific collection!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The Super 44 has a flat head Continental 4 cylinder engine, and the Super 99 has the General Motors 3-71 diesel. All the rest in this video have Oliver/Waukesha engines .

[@stephenfonder7409]

Very nice tour Chris. I really like the back story on the super 55. They do really resemble the Ford 8N and N9 tractors. I have quite a few tractor books and really enjoy learning about all brands of tractors.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@markleman8649]

On the floor in front of your dads super 88 diesel, there is an old long reach hydraulic floor jack red in colour, I have one the same I have owned about 30 years and still works well.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Mine is a 10 ton Blackhawk. Works great!

[@jackpalatinus3042]

On that super 88 were you wet sanded it i think it’d be cool to see the difference between wet sanding and the flitz polishing stuff I’ve seen in the antique tractor community recently

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've been wanting to try Flitz. That tractor would be a good one to compare wirh.

[@MaclearieFarms]

What is the hp on the super 55

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

About 33 on the PTO.

[@brendondolan6488]

Great tour loved the first one

[@ericdaniel7069]

Waitin for the four digits next....

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

3 digits are next, 4 digits will be in part 4.

[@oliverfarmer-dx2qs]

I like these videos keep them up can’t wait for part 3

[@gavinhenderson3861]

I have a 1955 Oliver supper 55 I was bailing whith it and the pto started smoking so we shut it off then we went to see what was wrong whith it and the pto was locked solid. Do you have any idea what happened

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It was probably slipping, which is where the smoke came from. Then the heat from that slippage warped the steel plates in the PTO clutch pack to the point it can't release any more. The tractor will have to be split to fix it.

[@gavinhenderson3861]

Kinda figured that thanks for your time

[@jaydenferris8413]

Ionia Is where my old uncle alford had a oliver dealer that may have came from him.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Cool! That is very likely the case.

[@nickhill3362]

Hi Chris in the UK there isn't many Oliver's about did they export many thanks

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Not a lot, but they did export. Some went to Europe, they sold quite few 2255s to a diamond mine in Africa. They also sent some 66 diesels to Central America for banana plantations. Those had a special hand pump hydraulic starter for the engine, with no electrical system. The humid air would corrode the electric connections in no time, so these hydraulic starters were just the solution. They had a huge sale to Russia in the 1930s that pretty much saved Oliver from the Great Depression. So they are out there around the world. I often wonder what happened to some of those exported tractors.

[@mischef18]

Another awesome video of what you have and enjoying the history on each also. Stay safe up your way

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you.

[@Fieldman12]

Excellent video! I love how your keeping the history of Oliver alive. I often wonder how did White tractors become Silver? I am sure there is a story to it. Back in 94 when I was in High School the farm I worked on had a orange FWA Deutz Allis 9150 that was basically a White but with a Deutz Air Cooled engine. I really liked running that tractor and loved the big tub engine frame.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The story I have heard is that when they jad decided to consolidate the 3 tractor brands, Oliver, MM and Cockshutt, there was infighting over which brand should be the successor and have its name and color on the tractors. Finally someone said we're going to call it the White tractor and we're going to pick a neutral color. That's when they picked silver.

[@Fieldman12]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Yeah that makes a lot of sense. I am sure there was a big battle over which color would come out on top. Thanks for the info!

[@shawnartz7113]

Very nice Chris keep up the good work

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks, Shawn.

[@GMdieselman]

Love this series, keep the videos coming sir! You weren't kidding about folks painting and changing the Super series around. I have a 990, but it actually is a 1955 Super 99 GM by the Serial Number. They went and actually put a 990 hood on it, and repainted it green and white. Not sure as to why, maybe it hadn't sold and they updated it to fit the newest series on the dealer lot??? Someone with your knowledge would be able to tell right away that it isn't a true 990, since it has the older frame with no holes to attach anything to it, or the dash is the older cast style with no tachometer on it. Anyways, hope you're doing well!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Interesting. They didn't drill out the holes on the 990 either. They might have if it was an industrial. Mind sharing the serial number of it?

[@GMdieselman]

I’ll pm you on FB with the S/N

[@corydriver7634]

BTW, Minot is in ND.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I had a 50-50 chance. Lol

[@corydriver7634]

That Oliver Guy - Chris Losey LOL

[@glenparks5175]

I bet it had more power than the cub

[@jeffwilson1029]

Did Oliver ever do super 88 with white rims and electric hydraulic

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

No factory white rims on the Super 88. The used the Series 3 hydra lectric. The controls were all done with mechanical levers, but they were still set up to use the hydra lectric cylinders. There waa a manual unit offered, they're not very common.

[@rswany16]

We have a collection of minneapolis molines because my grandpa used them and we still use some of them. But i think if i was farming back in the 40s and 50s i would have bought olivers, they are just so good looking and they run so smooth. We have an Oliver 550 and a 880 too and they run so good.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've got a John Deere friend, and he always comments on how smooth the old Olivers would run.

[@rswany16]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris We also have a White 2-70 gas and that thing runs like a top, it's hard to beat the smoothness and torque of a straight 6.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

2-70 gassers are few and far between. I wish I knew how many were made.

[@rswany16]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Really? I had no idea there weren't many gassers. My dad bought it pretty much brand new from a farmer who only put like 100 hours on it, it was the first tractor my dad ever bought and i think it was around 1981. I'm pretty sure but not 100% that the tractor is a 1976 model.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I can think of less than 10 that I have seen. The discontinued the gas option somewhere around 1979 because they were selling so few

[@danhorrocks3431]

Small world, that first tractor came from my hometown of Ionia MI

[@gt5228z]

Could've guessed that based on your name.

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@johnrutledge3892]

nice tires - shitty seat.

[@dansherrell6803]

Why would someone thumbs down this vid?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

There's always someone.

[@dansherrell6803]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Hell, I'm an IH guy and I throw a "like" on all your videos! haha.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks I appreciate it! It's actually a good metric, my most viewed videos have the most thumbs down. So that tells me KZbin is showing a video around more, and the more exposure you get the more negative Nellies you're going find.

[@dansherrell6803]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Gotta be the Deere guys. They can't compete with "the right Green" or Red so they're bitter.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@dansherrell6803 , lol.

[@brandongustafson7497]

A beautiful collection you have!!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@johndeere-jh1pd]

Thanks

[@1ronztoys]

Thanks for sharing the history , I didn't know a lot about these tractors since we didn't have them on our farm or on anyone's close. My uncle had a 77 or a 88 ( I can't remember which) I appreciate the stories and learning about them. Great video.

[@Omgcorpse]

Have u seen oliver 500?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've seen a few. There's one less than 10 miles from me?

[@Omgcorpse]

My pop had one he said it was a great little tractor for it size. I remember it was a 4 cylinder diesel.

[@aaronohern8308]

Really enjoying the series Chris, never knew much about Oliver's so I enjoy the little bit of history with each one.

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day Chris

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Hello Murphy!

[@loganlawrencefarms8356]

On my s88 lp why does it spit and sputter when I put a load on it?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've never worked on an LP, but with gasoline it's typically because it is running lean on fuel. I'd have to look up how to adjust fuel mixture on an LP.

[@loganlawrencefarms8356]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris thank you

[@jarroddraper5140]

Or check your spark plugs