Planter Upgrade!

She is going to need some love but no matter how hard you try, sometimes you just cant hide badass.

[@gregwilson3371]

Would been cool to see this in the field over the white

[@sweetfarmsllc8886]

If you moving all the time you wont like end transport. Been there done that.. Its a pita. Hopefully you have wide enough roads to just pull it around with out unhooking. Otherwise looks like a fun project!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I have to get through gates and narrow bridges so I will have to end tow, but we are going to make it hydraulic.

[@oliverknapp3104]

how does it work now if its not hydraulic make a video

[@bigtractorpower]

Great planter to see. It was the last new product introduced by Oliver. I had s neighbor who had a 12 row Oliver like this in the 1970s. Looking forward to seeing yours out in the field.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

To bad that one isnt still around! Ill bet that was one of the only 12 row Olivers built cause ive never even seen a picture of one.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was a neat planter. It was the first 12 row in our neighborhood. I wish I had a picture. It is exciting to see yours. It will be neat to see it in action. I have Oliver and Minneapolis-Moline literature that shows the 12 row.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

That would have been a cool sight to see back in the day.

[@kravis_6131]

combine the 8 row and 4 row planter= 12 row with bigger fertilizer tank

[@terrellfarms1]

Nice purchase. I like that one Massey wheel. Just a thought you might want to take two of those old four row planters and make a splitter planter to plant on 18" rows for soybeans. I bet it would be the first Oliver 7 row 18" planter anyone has seen. Farmers used to make those planters a lot back in the 80's around here. It would defiantly have the cool factor.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The original plan for those parts planters was to make a 9X15 bean planter.

[@mathman1923]

that is a nice big planter. The tongue doesn't fold up though, that makes it kind of wide. any fun dragging it home or did you haul it? we had a 36 foot end tow drill for wheat back in the day. that thing was all kinds of fun and we had to drag it through this little town on the way to the other fields. man it got hairy.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I hauled it. We are going to modify the tongue so it folds and most likely so im pulling off the 3 point so it will look more like the hitch on a new planter.

[@oldironfarming5804]

Congratulations on the purchase! Already counting down to when we get to see it in the field lol

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Dont count to fast. I want a chance to run combine first. lo

[@caseih083]

what's nice about an 8 row is u can still use the 4 row combine head and the 4 row cultivater and not run into the planter end row being in the middle of any equipment running down the rows. awesome find! can't wait to see the beast running in the dirt!

[@banditfarmer1900]

About 20 years ago I did the same thing, Bought an 8x30 AC Planter. My 1550 handled it fine. To tell you the truth an 8x30 works great on flat ground but when you get into rolling ground there not so good. Just be ready for that problem. You did find a rare piece for sure and I wish you all the luck in the world getting it all fixed and back in the field working. You did good and keep up the great work your doing and keep us updated on it. Bandit

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

There are more 8 and 12 row rigid frame planters around here than you can shake a stick at so im not worried about using it. Hell theres even guys running 16 row rigid frame planters which surprises me cause normally when you get that big you are getting into a flex frame.

[@banditfarmer1900]

I used my 8x30" planter for several years and I really liked it cause you could cover a lot of ground in a hurry and you weren't going that fast with it. Then I found the 8x20" corn hear and the switch was on ! I cut it down to a 6x30" frame and but the 8 units on it and I'll never look back. I wish you good luck butting her back together as an 8x30 and getting her looking new ! You have a rare equipped planter and I hope it all goes smooth in getting all back together. Bandit

[@pa.heifergrower67]

For bulk beans I use a 1950's era grain cart , I lift the bulk box up high enough to put the bucket of the skid steer under it and dump into the cart one bucket full at a time ,it's really not that bad.i see you have a forklift and and the Ford backhoe tractor , just putting ideas out there. Thanks again for the videos !

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

You are brave using something that doesnt have a brush auger in it. That can be hard on the beans.

[@theczech5985]

Do you know we're I can get the little fingers inside the seed boxes?

[@alexanderhenggeler5773]

how did this planter work out for you? Curious after almost 3 years😅

[@yagerfarms2720]

Congrats now you're getting into the big time farming

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

No, big time farming doesnt happen till you get a 12 row. lol

[@yagerfarms2720]

+Oliver66FarmBoy good point

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

Not sure about leaving a row out but what I see is this planter was left out in the weather and why one box has been changed and why the adjuster is froze up. Looking at your buildings I would definitely put this under cover after I got everything working and the rust ofn it. I think you may need to train this behind or in front of a packer wheel and other implements. Good buy

[@jaceschlechter7941]

I love the fact you farm almost straight Oliver. Like 99.9% Oliver lol. Awesome seeing people cherish the old tractors!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Brand loyalty is a thing.

[@jaceschlechter7941]

+Oliver66FarmBoy Agreed, Oliver was the best tractor producer out there. Now Olivers aren't produced no more and tractors are built cheap with parts that are irreplaceable without a huge bill hanging off your wallet. Oliver also had the looks and power, like the Oliver 70 for example; tough, durable, beautiful, powerful you name it. Oliver was the quality tractor in the day and still is. :)

[@Farmboy-fs5xw]

hopefully you pick up more ground next year that planter is a nice addition

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I already have more ground for next year.

[@redironacres]

That thing is just cool. The bad ass level on that thing is through the roof. I'd love to find something like that

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

You need to find ya a Cockshutt 540.

[@webbsuperiorbelties5800]

In the big time now! Congratulations boss!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks man.

[@dirtthunder1638]

Can't wait to see you get it field ready. You could always go nuts and make your own 7 row splitter with the parts units for 15" row beens. LOL

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The plan for those 2 parts 543's was to make a custom 9 row split bean planter, but thats probably not going to happen now. At least not anytime soon.

[@jeronbuchholz6513]

What happen to this planter?

[@pa.heifergrower67]

I used to have a white 543 no till with 24 cell plates it was very accurate.Lincln ag has new plates for that planter. I think you would be very happy with 30 inch beans just use Envive herbicide preplant and follow up later with something post emerge. Buy you beans in bulk boxes the money you save in seed will offset any yield loss , 16800 population in 30 inch rows equals no yield.loss Thanks for the videos ! !

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I will check that place out. I dont have an applicators license so I cant buy any of those herbicides. I need to get one but there just havent been enough hours in a day. At this point I also cant buy bulk beans cause I have no way to handle them.

[@gabewynne3025]

That 1800 with duals will pull it nicely

[@kravis_6131]

just need to get an 8 row corn header know

[@41willys62]

His 4 row head will work with the eight row planter, he will just need to make two passes.

[@eliraines3426]

If you ever wanted to sell this id be interested

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Guess you better plan on out living me so you can buy it at the auction after I die then.

[@1850oliver180AC]

That is one rare piece. Running over the ground in front of the rows with my 1850 doesn't make any difference in emergence, but I've got no-till coulters. As far as using those tines for busting up a crust ahead of the row units; that may work for you, but would definitely not work for me on my normal ground, let alone the reclaim. Would the tiny holes in the those small box meters work for milo? Milo seed is tiny. It amazes me that there are still warehouses full of factory original parts for 40 plus year old equipment that never got used or scrapped.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Im not saying if we get a hard pounding rain and the first inch of the soil is crusted over I will be able to plant through it, I will still have to run the field cultivator back over the ground, but if we get a little rain shower that puts a light crust on the top those tines will bust right through it. No, there are milo plates you run in the regular seed boxes, those mini boxes are ment for small seeded specialty crops, the holes in the plates are even smaller than the holes in the milo plates I already have.

[@1850oliver180AC]

Smaller than milo. That's blow around in the wind tiny. I guess I've never really thought much about how planting into a crust would be a problem. We've always had no-till coulters, so if the mulched ground got rained on and crusted over, it would plant just fine when it dried out enough to drive across it. You said those planters are super light weight, so I can see how those tines would be beneficial.

[@larrybrewer6924]

Way to go nice find in a year like this one and you with your other job this should be a grate time saver way to go man!!!!!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thats the biggest reason I bought it right there.

[@Masseydriver]

Keeton seed firmers is a great idea, I put them on my John Deere 7000 this spring and I could tell a big difference in emergence.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Seed firmers are one of the cheapest things you can do to improve the performance of a planter. You remember right off hand how much that cost you per row?

[@samuelmckinley6327]

Sweet! Now you need a bigger horse to pull it in the mud...

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

No the 1800 will handle it just fine.

[@Derek_00Mustang83]

I live in central Illinois that's awesome you found parts!! Plus there is a HUGE salvage yard within an hour of me that might have something you need

[@grussingfarms]

where in central Illinois my dad and I farm at belflower

[@Derek_00Mustang83]

+Grussing Farms south of Springfield

[@grussingfarms]

+Derek Adams live in leroy

[@imdafarmergamerboy1650]

Im in Leroy all the time, heading to Weldon! We farm there

[@grussingfarms]

+Andy Rousonelos you farm at weld on or leroy

[@MrKurzhaar2000]

Interesting planter and nice addition to your all oliver lineup. We upgraded from a 6 row White 5100 to a 12 row White 6180 last year, planting faster was a nice change. I would have moved up to a White 5100, that would have been an upgrade.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

If you will be kind enough to write me a ten to fifteen thousand dollar check I would gladly buy a 5100. Plus it wouldnt have been much of an upgrade for my operation. A 5100 is heavy enough that I would have had to put it on my 1950T cause the 1800 would have struggled to handle it on the hills I farm. That would have taken away one of my ground working tractors and slowed up the entire works. This 543 will suit me better for now.

[@MrKurzhaar2000]

+Oliver66FarmBoy we pulled a 6 row 5100 with row cleaners, spiked closing wheels, yesterday fertilizer counters, and three 80 gallon tanks with either an IH 756 or Oliver 1800.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

A 6 row is a lot lighter than an 8 row. You start throwing in all the rigging for the vertical fold plus the extra frame length and 2 more row units it makes a big difference. Especially on the hills I have. I help a guy that has an 8 row 5100 with a yetter no till bar on it and he pulls it with a 1955 Cummins conversion and there are times when that planter is all 150 horse wants.

[@williamlewis9699]

Man. Moving on up aren't ya? I like how it's Oliver and White, being that it was made during the merger. I wish I could get a deal down here in SC, like you did on that planter man. People here in the South are crazy on pricing older equipment. Lol.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I still paid way to much for it for the work it needs but I didnt want to see it go to scrap.

[@adamreyling2779]

wow, that's a really cool find!!

[@Fieldman12]

Your in the big times now. You could get done with all your corn in one day if your fields are not to far apart. And if you try to plant corn also with the 4 row you will be moving along.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It will still take a few days to get done cause I am so spread out. But if I start getting into bigger fields I bet I could easily cover 30-40 acres a day with this setup if not more.

[@Andrew81au1]

Hopefully see this up and running one day.

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

pretty good find.......You are worse than my son always dragging something home that needs working on.......

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

But I love dragging home strays. lol

[@Masseydriver]

Shoup have 2 different styles. One fastens with a couple wire ties the other you have to strip her down to where the disc openers bolt on. I bought the latter and i think they were about $35 a row.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Ok, thanks man. Ill have to look in my Shoup catalog.

[@sterff8990]

So when's the new equipment shed going up haha. Looks to be pretty straight!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Its going to have to go up soon!

[@user-pm1gg7eu3b]

You won't be happy with 30 inch beans, do 15 inch, just plant the field the come back and plant between your rows.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Some guys like them and some guys dont but I figure its worth a try. This year the 30 inch beans are kicking the narrow and drill beans asses in this dry weather. There is one guy around here that double plants and you can tell every pass he took going back over the field cause the two rows he ran over on the second pass are shorter than the rest, looks like hell in my opinion.

[@tebfarms939]

Not to dampen your spirits but you will have a fun time changing it around from field to road if you have a lot of spaced out places

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Ive already done it and its not that bad. Once I get the right sized tires on it there should be a problem, plus we are going to make it hydraulic.

[@rustybuttrusty9960]

Love that u rescued another piece of history. You shouldnt need duals on the 1800. I pulled a 8 row 30 cyclo 400 IH back in the day with an 880. no duals. Also dont run your duals on the row, u wont like the results get them spaced to run in between the rows. Will your turning be severly limited unless you lengthen the hitch?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

You must have flat ground. I farm some hills that would have stopped that setup dead in its tracks. That 1800 is light enough that running duals on the row wont be a problem, I ran duals on my 1600 for 2 years while planting and they were on the row, never had a problem. There are soft spots where I will need duals, especially with that narrow front tractor. We are going to heavily modify the hitch.

[@rustybuttrusty9960]

If its worked for u on your ground thats great. I had depth controll issues and also when planting with the grade I had washing problems with the rows in the wheel tracks, even after the crop had emerged. keep them vids coming

[@mikemercer8395]

hell yea nice find

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks man. Chalk another one up that was saved from the scrapper.

[@scottmcleod614]

How are you making out with the tin for your fertilizer wagon?

[@bl688]

Did you ever get to use the 8row planter?

[@dschefers9700]

When did the "air planters" start ? Late Oliver's had air didn't they?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The 5400 came out in 74 or 75. They were offered in Oliver colors for a year before they became strictly White. First air planters on the market.

[@mitch285mx7]

I want the Allis charmers cylinder

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Sorry man somebody beat you to it.

[@dustinhuser899]

Those augers look similar to the ones that go in a 5100. Wouldn't you be able to swap those in?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They were the same in a 543, 5400, 5100 and I think a 6100 so I shouldnt have any issues finding good ones.

[@johnyreb5464]

their is an old white dealer still in service by me in Wisconsin that sells case IH tractors and implaments if u wont I can get their number or see if they still have parts for that sweet old iron just let me know

[@billwhitman1529]

I don't know about your ground, but if you have your tractor set up properly, you don't necessarily need duals, in fact with this planter, duals can be problematic. The tongue is a bit short but if you try and extend it you'll change the profile?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I need the duals on the hills I have. Fully loaded that isnt going to be a light planter. We are going to heavily modify the hitch on that so it pulls off the three point, or at least thats the plan for now.

[@billwhitman1529]

We have a neighbor who was an engineer on the Kinze planters and he was telling me that the planter is designed to pull from a certain point and that if you extend the hitch, a number of adjustments need to be made. Of course, he is an engineer, and they are known for extremes. By the way, I have another neighbor who pulls an 8 row JD 7000 with a Ford 7700, no duals. No problem with 18.4 R 34's. And we have HILLS.

[@cowcamp87]

See the internet is no good and pure evil lol! Thats why I try to stay off craiglists, dont read classified in farm paper, and dont go to sales....they all cost me money!!! Sounds like you got a really good deal though, movin on up! Youll be getting new JD tractors and combines before too long!!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Boy u wanna fight?lol

[@cowcamp87]

Hahaha hahaha lol!

[@michiganfarming1955]

Id buy that allis cylinder don't know when I can get down but I'll buy it I love anything AC

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Its yours if you want it. I can ship it to you to.

[@michiganfarming1955]

+Oliver66FarmBoy hey sounds good tomorrow I'll send you a message through YouTub let me know what the total cost will be I'll send you the money

[@brothersfarming9547]

nice video looks great

[@TrilexCoolcam]

where in michigan do you farm?

[@gabewynne3025]

Buy a gravity Wagon or make one and get an auger = seed tender

[@kravis_6131]

he has a gravity wagon

[@lynnhavenfarm8514]

Have you ever worked on a 770 by chance? I have my dad's now it's the first tractor I learned to run but not the most mechanically inclined

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yea I have.

[@jakeziegler599]

Oh boy! Gona cover the acres now! Now you have an excuse for a combine that can run an 8 row head........9720........

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

You will have to build me a barn first. lol

[@MrJohndeere3720]

nice. :) 17:33 here comes my setup...IH & NH..:)

[@jonathanhibbard2118]

nice planter where I'd ur farm located at

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Michigan.

[@kls1724]

Did you get a new dog?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Its my sisters.

[@gabewynne3025]

Nice

[@pa.heifergrower67]

Meant to say 168000 population

[@willowbrookfarms3441]

hhah i saw the title of the vid and i was like shit he brought some thing new home did't he but yes i think you made a good buy on that and better that you have got all the friken parts in the world thx for de vid

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It pays to never throw anything away. LOL

[@brothersfarming9547]

will you bale the straw from the wheat

[@kravis_6131]

he doesn't plant wheat

[@farmdude1008]

Still looking for another tractor?

[@farmdude1008]

+ extra traction?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

No

[@muddysprings9746]

Yaaayyy

[@timpille8495]

get your dad on the four you on the 8 you'll get done fast next year hope to see it next year