Ophelia the Oliver 1850 goes to School

It has been an annual tradition at our school for over 30 years. On the Friday of Homecoming week, FFA members drive a tractor to school and park it out front to show their pride in agriculture. This year Abby drove Ophelia, our purple Oliver 1850. She had after school activities, so I drove it home that afternoon, and made it to the shop before a tire decided to go flat.
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[@Dan-qy1rg]

Well, Abby sure did have a huge smile on her face, nice to see young people having a passion for the old tractors. Ophelia is looking sharp too, no matter the color! Thanks Chris

[@davidshultz4986]

Wish I had this when I went to school 16 years ago love my tractors

[@steveerickson1297]

Used to sit on the fender of my Grandpas 1650 like that all the time! Brings back good memories!

[@miniaturefarmer464]

That Perkins diesel sounds so nice!

[@toledojeeper2932]

I used to love "drive a tractor to school " day . My last year of school was 1976 and we just purchased a new John Deere 7520 in 1975 so I got to drive it to school ...loved it .

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks for sharing!

[@johnirwin1837]

I noticed the big smile of pride on Abby's face the hole trip in. Good job Dad.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

We've been looking forward to this day for quite awhile.

[@codyharland8542]

After seeing that big smile on Abby's face I'm thinking Ophelia would make a good birthday present for her :)

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've got pictures of her on it at her birthday party. I'd share them but there quite a few of her friends in the picture.

[@danmcculloch3928]

Was this a FFA project for her it is a very nice looking tractor

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

No, the restoration was all my doing. The drive to school was for FFA though.

[@aaronkaraszewski2749]

Thats just how it goes sometimes! Figures darn tubes. Tractor sure does look nice with the LED lights in the early morning. She had a simle the whole time she was driving, now you just have to get your daughter to help you run wagons while your combing!!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

She's busier than I am! One of these days though...

[@aaronkaraszewski2749]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris haha yup that is usually the way it is.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

No Jack Stand under the axle? You must have a lot of faith in your hydraulic floor jack.

[@MOzarkMike]

I am subscribed and have the bell set for notifications. For two weeks now I have yet to get a notification of your posts. Glad I checked to see what’s up. Great post as usual.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've had a few people tell me the same. The best solution I have found is to unsubscribe, then re-subscribe and re ring the bell

[@lancedever5633]

I don’t think your daughter could have a bigger smile. What a neat thing to do with her. Very nice!

[@corydriver7634]

I bet Abby was the envy of her classmates, she sure had a bug eating grin on her face 😁. She’s definitely in rare company, how many other kids do you think have driven a Purple Oliver to school? You get all the points for the coolest Dad for sure.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

There were a lot of Instagram posts from high school girls standing in front of that tractor that day.

[@corydriver7634]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris 😂that’s awesome. All those girls better talk to their daddy’s, I expect your subs to go up exponentially 😂!

[@erichelmer8098]

Glad that Abby was able to take such a unique tractor to school. Also glad that the tire problem happened after the tractor was safely back home. You inflate a tube tire exactly the way I was taught to do it.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍

[@VintageFarm1086]

Yes she was smiling and you were to. Looks like you both had fun.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It was a long day, but it was a good day. Slept good that night.

[@marcussamson7640]

I'm ashamed i was at a sale today, and a guy goes. I saw you on KZbin I'm like, what?? he was yea at the end of a that oliver guy video well I didn't watch this one till the end, thanks for making me famous lol

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

That guy has a good memory!

[@judithcoffing6326]

Grand daughter got to drive our 185 to school. 7 Miles. Grandpa did what you did ridding along. She had some experience "catching on the go" with that tractor and grain cart with her dad in the combine. I should have got some pics. For our farm kids it's kid of a "right of passage" thing when they do the drive your tractor to school. Abby looks like a pro behind the wheel. That 1850 is getting more road time than field time. LOL. Another nice instructional vid on tire repair. Thanks Chris.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Good thing they don't have mileage warranties on tractor tires.

[@judithcoffing6326]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Seems like you're getting a few "Do Overs"? Clutches, tires..... Just pulling your chain. Excellent opportunity to learn.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@judithcoffing6326 Repeat work is how I keep my labor rates so low. Why charge $100 and hour when you can do it twice at $50?

[@judithcoffing6326]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris I knew there was "method to your madness" LOL!!

[@bigun447]

The smiles were ones that would take an undertaker 3 weeks to get the body to stop smiling. Maybe if you put a few gallons of window washer fluid into each tire it would gently iron out any wrinkles and possibly make the tire run a little cooler along with automatically balancing the tire when running. Also, we always inflated the tube just enough to make it not want to wrinkle or fall into the beads when putting it back together. Ophelia and Herman keep popping up in a multitude of other tractor videos. Superstar status.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'm not seeing those other videos, are they on another platform like TikTok or Instagram?

[@scruffy6151]

Look like a nice weather for a ride to school. Smiles on both your faces means it was a fun ride.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It was on both accounts. Hope all is well with you, Scruffy!

[@scruffy6151]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris doing good and staying out of trouble, if you believe the last part of that statement I have some ocean front property in Wisconsin fore sale lol.

[@redironacres]

It’s really cool that your daughter’s school does things like this. When I was in high school most of the farm land had already been built up so we never got to do this kind of stuff. When I graduated in 2017 there were only 4 students left in the school with an agricultural background

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

We have a huge FFA enrollment in our school, and have been the #1 chapter in the state off and on the last few years. Our Ag teacher retired, and with breaking in a new one and all of the covid stuff, things have slipped some. There were only 3 tractors this year, but harvest started early so tractors are harder to come by for a lot of the kids.

[@adamprine5398]

Brings back Great memories driving to school.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I swear I left in the daylight. School must have started later back then.

[@scruffy6151]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris better eye sight back then Chris lol.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@scruffy6151 That could be!

[@joegotz1971]

What could be better than driving to school on a purple Oliver 1850 with a PERKINS!!!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Mrs Oliver Guy was wondering what Abby should drive next year. I said this one, but maybe Herman needs to make a trip to school.

[@nellsonstout7001]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Herman or the 2255

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The 2255 would be sweet. Guess I better get a water pump!

[@nellsonstout7001]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris it couldn’t hurt

[@crazydave4455]

That is the perfect going to town rig! Nice to see Abby get a kick out of it, not all kids do. I do like that fancy air pressure gauge, may have to check one out.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I got it on Amazon. It seems to be very accurate and sure speeds up the checking pressure process.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

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[@crazydave4455]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris thanks for the link Chris, think I’ll give one a try.

[@millardhayes1884]

That good easy listening music would calm anybodies nerves braking down a tire.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I added the music in editing. That's one of the downsides to filming this stuff. If I have the radio on KZbin might detect a song in the background that could get me in trouble with copyright laws. There's more tire changing video in the near future, I got several fixed with the almoat constant rain we've had.

[@johnwarren-649]

I always looked forward to that time of year of FFA than both of my girls done the drive your tractor to school all 4 years oldest daughter drove the 2388 combine on her senior year

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Cool!

[@farmerfarmer2801]

What about tubeless thats what i do with my smaller tractors

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I didn't want to mess with trying to get beads to seat. now it doesn't seem like such a bad thing.

[@farmerfarmer2801]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris up here in canada a good tube that size is $200 so if i dont run calcium i dont run tubes that tractor is nice how long till it ploughs

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@farmerfarmer2801 Probably going to be next year with all the rain we are getting.

[@Adam_Poirier]

Good Morning Chris! Aw lol the smile on Abbys face driving the tractor was awesome. She will remember driving that tractor to school with her dad forever. Very cool. Glad that didnt happen on the road, that was a weird mark in the tube tho.. usually when I catch them with the bar or pinch them it looks like a snakebite with 2 little holes lol. I can’t remember what it was on but I did a tire one day that had such a funny rim I actually used the shop vac to suck the air out of the tube and flatten it against the rim as much as i could, just because i was so worried I was going to pinch it. Awesome video have a great day my friend. Also, the viewer pictures at the end were cool, looks like Marcus is a younger guy that pulls his Oliver ?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

When I catch them with the tire spoon, there's usually an abrasion around the hole, plus they leak right away, not 2 months later. The rubber feels kind of thin for a rear tractor tire. We just bought a Firestone tube for Alan's 1650, and even though it was made in korea, it felt much heavier.

[@daverose4992]

That's just plain "COOL". Abby is a lucky girl having a dad like you. And you are a lucky dad with a girl like her.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks, We're pretty proud of jer.

[@paulcasefarms9933]

Anything worth doing is ...worth doing twice.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

You can say that again!

[@dalewalker2315]

No doubt about it, Chris, that is one of the coolest tractors out there! To bad about that tube, but like you said it could have been a lot worse, had it went down on the bridge! LOL!!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks, Dale. There was a time I was thinking of driving it to Oakley for the show. I could have stopped at your place to fix flats!

[@jeffgrier8488]

I'll bet Ophelia got alot of attention going down the road, and your daughter certainly looked like she was having a good time driving it!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

We always get lots of smiles, waves and thumbs up when driving Ophelia.

[@robertheinkel6225]

Oliver’s always had the best fenders for extra searing. With no fluid in the tires, at least the calcium won’t ruin your paint.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Even beet juice would have made a mess.

[@jaycow3154]

You had good weather for her to drive she looked liked she enjoyed it must have been before all this rain we put new tires across the back on our 2-135 ended up tearing down three out of four they were the Korean tubes

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

We just bought a Firestone tube for Alan's 1650, it was Korean, but it felt like much heavier rubber than the off brand ones I got.

[@jaycow3154]

Called our local tire dealer after they went flat they had regular tube and offered a heavier duty one didn't tell me that there was two different ones would have been nice to know instead of doing it twice

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@jaycow3154 I try to get a radial tube whenever possible. They're thicker to handle the flexing of a radial tire.

[@rosstheoliverman]

The only thing that would make remounting a tire better would be if you got to do it in the direct sunlight on a nice 140° day. lol

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The rubber seats so much easier, and the swear jar fills much faster!

[@rosstheoliverman]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ham68229]

Not too many in this day and age that would want to ride or drive an open station tractor. Chris, you should sneak in a train air horn on Ophelia. That would really get Abby extra points next time she drives it. Well, it's only flat on one side Chris, it'll be alright. Get you one of those rollers, looks like a pizza cutter, those work the best for patches. As much as I like running with fluid in the rears, this is where it's a good thing to not have them filled.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

There's room under the hood. Maybe some underglow lighting too.

[@farmerfarmer2801]

Haha thats awesome

[@mischef18]

Made for a really good video bro. Safe travels

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mitchellfay5725]

Just purchased my first oliver 1750. First tractor as a matter of fact. First day using it I busted a power steering line. Question, after I attempt to have NAPA make me a new line where do I fill the lost fluid back up at? I'm also assuming it's hydraulic fluid? Thanks for the help!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The power steering gets its pressure/oil from the hydraulic unit,. Top that off and you'll be all set.

[@mr.whatever2435]

Nice 👍

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks ✌

[@bigun447]

I try to email you the links that your superstar tractors appear in on KZbin. It seems that Herman gets into videos of various videos of tractors working pulling plows and etc. and Ophelia in her parades. Look at the tractor identification video I sent to you and see the guy with a light beard driving a tractor that looked like Herman or his identical twin. You driving Herman behind Abby driving Ophelia would make any parade boss and PA announcer say "IF YOU ALL LOOK AT THIS, THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ARE COMING PAST THE REVIEWING STANDS!"

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I watched the tractor id video. That clip of me was swiped from my friend Phil's KZbin. It seems nice to be noticed, but all these guys do is take tidbits from other channels, put them together, many times mirroring the video so it's harder for the copyright algorithm to catch them. Then with almost no work, they can sit back and make revenue off other's videos. It's nice to be noticed, but you don't see them giving credit to the place they snagged it from.

[@michaelsheeder148]

Wow, that would be really cool to drive the tractor to school. I have a question for you I grew up on a farm dad had two Oliver 770s and one super 77. We left a farm in the late 1970s I was in the middle of 7th grade. I've been seeing Oliver 880s and super 88s what seems to be the difference between all of these different tractors? I do miss driving the tractors and plowing didn't really miss the chores before school and after school. Thanks Michael

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The main differences are age and horsepower. The Super 77 was replaced by the 770 in 1958. The 770 was the same basic tractor as the Super 77, but with new sheet metal, more horsepower, and several new options like Power Booster Drive and Power Traction Hitch. Same thing goes for the Super 88 and 880. The Super 88 was Oliver's next bigger model up from the Super 77, and they were produced at the same time.

[@duaneadams1617]

do it twice do it nice

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

and third time is the charm!

[@TinoMog]

Can't you run it tubeless? or are the rims not sealing well enough?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The valve stem holes have some pitting, I think it might be hard to get a good seal there.

[@garybridger6707]

Will Herman and Ophelia make a trip through town on Halloween??

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

No, the only Halloween parade is the kids in their costumes, nothing else.

[@MrRandom750]

It’s just not fair, I attended a ag school and we never had a bring your tractor to school day, nor was the ffa very active. Also my drive would have been over a hour via tractor and New England roads arnt very tractor friendly

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Our school has been doing this since the 1980s. I drove dad's Super 88, the White 2-155 and 4-225. Those stuffed Garfields with suction cups hanging in the windows of cars were all the rage then. Dad had to get one to put in the 4-225 my senior year.

[@bobearl7859]

Just remember if it's made in the USA especially when it comes to tires and tubes our tire companies and tube companies are all owned by foreign companies so they probably have different standards now just because it's made in the US doesn't mean it's any good when it's a foreign owned company

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I agree. I just bought a Firestone tube of the same size. It is made in Korea, but is much heavier. Made in the USA isn't always a guarantee of quality, but at least more of my money stays state side.

[@alastairmccormick9657]

How did Abby convince her friends at school that the tractor is purple and not pink? Punctures are one of the joys of motoring….not. Thanks Chris for the video.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

She just let it slide. Most people call it pink, if I was to pick an actual color, I'd call it lavender, perhaps lilac.

[@bigun447]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris The real color is ENVY! Abby should point out to her Dad that tractor safety rules say that people riding on fenders is not safe. Great Father/Daughter moment that both of you will remember and your future grandkids will be told.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@bigun447 DO as I say, and not as I do! Lol. It was worth all the work to see that smile on her face.

[@ShainAndrews]

When I was her age that would have been my fault. LOL. Blow a hydraulic line... my fault. Doesn't matter it was the return side.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I know that feeling. She had after school activities so I drove it back in the afternoon. Then again, it wouldn't have gone to town if it weren't for her. It's her fault!