RAKING HAY the Oliver Way! 4 DIFFERENT RAKES Oliver 66 Super 66 1450 60 #2 105 107 207

Here we use 4 different models of rakes to take care of our hay
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[@DouglasMitchell-b8c]

Holy crap 4 different tractors made it all the way around field 😂

[@derrickzenner9300]

When I was 14-16 years old I worked for a farmer that raked with a 550 diesel. If the sun was shining 9 chances out of 10 I was raking hay and I could not have been happier.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

I agree with you that Freddie is the pick of the tractor for overall use and the 107 is the pick on the rakes. I enjoyed watching, great video, you gave us a good comparison, thanks. I hope everything continues to go good for you, have a good night.

[@diamonddahlberg]

I truly appreciate your effort showcasing those rakes and tractors in action. Thanks!

[@iowaoliverguy]

Had a 207 - LOVED it, so did my neighbor, he borrowed it when his New Holland was "broken". Sometimes I think he just liked the Oliver better.

[@DonWelter]

NIfty comparison of tractors and rakes. Always seemed to me that each type shined in various hay types and situations.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

That was cool. Hard to beat the speed of the 105. I'm impressed the hay didn't wind up on the wheels. I need to fab up some wind guards for mine.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I’ve been investigating some of that polypropylene to make them out of. they’ll be super expensive, but they would last forever. If I ever figure that out, I’ll let you in on the secret.

[@RodneyStephens-f3r]

Freddy has come a long way. Looks like a good rake tractor

[@josephfraley4215]

Ross, I watch all your videos. This was by far the best one. It was great to see how each of the rakes performed. Thanks for all the hard work.

[@keithwuchter624]

Great video Ross. Was really great seeing the Oliver equipment working. Brought back a lot of great memories for me being a kid. Thank you so much for that. Buddy looked to be in his glory also.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

Ross, loved the black and white along with the old advertisement but the real amazing thing was there were no animal sounds. Not even Buddy ! 👍👍👍

[@Machi74005]

Always enjoy seeing buddy take off running to follow you around the field. Brings back memories of me and my dog growing up in Washington county many years ago.

[@reedchandler2372]

Loved the video. It is fun to see old equipment out working. In 1980 I rescued my Grandpas first tractor a standard Oliver 70 from the scrap pile. Once I got it all done raking hay was one of the jobs we used it for. I am sad that we didn’t get any pictures of it working.

[@jonathancrissinger2301]

I really liked the #2. It's a tough choice between the 107& the 207 because they both did a great job and were very quiet along with the #2. The 105 did ok. Put Freddie in front of the #2 or 107 and you will have a winning combination, jmo 😂😂. Thanks for your time and effort to make this happen. I could've watched you rake the rest of the field and had a blast. See you later.

[@jamieebersole6755]

The 60 putting in a days work👍👍 I think the #2s are a cool looking rake. I raked many many acres of hay with a 60 and imo they are the best hay raking tractor if you have a small rake. With the tricycle front, you can spin that little light tractor right around at the end of a row. I've even baled with the 60 just for kicks to prove it can be done😂

[@johnbender1596]

The 105 wheel rake was made by Darf in eastern NC. Believe I only assembled one Oliver version, however Darf made the same rake for New Idea and we sold many of them. Remember spending hours removing the paint from the crank bearing surfaces with a wire brush on a bench grinder. If you got the rake level, the stop chains and flotation springs set right they did a good job. The Masonite wheel shields didn’t last long if the rake was stored outside. It was a quality rake at a reasonable price.

[@johngreasamar7730]

I am sure that was time consuming to put together. But for me it was very enjoyable to watch. Enjoy all of your videos. This one hit a home run

[@joeromeiro3858]

Enjoyed watching vintage equipment still on the job 👍

[@masongillespie4360]

One of your coolest videos!

[@LynnKorte-ve4qf]

You were flying while Freddy was raking with that model for sure

[@frankwurth5375]

I used grandpa's # 2 for many years, starting at age 11. it was a 3 bar and it tended to need to have the bars move too fast and beat the leaves off more than dad's old McCormick 4 bar. The Oliver was super quiet and used a roller type drive chain. The McCormick used a detachable link chain that often broke, The folks bought it new in the 40s. It also liked to break the rake teeth if set even a bit low. I picked up an older high wheel Deere 4 bar. It was really good and I still use it yet today, some 60 ears later! For a while those large wheel rakes were the norm, but I never got one, these old timers were just fine for me. That 105 rake looks nearly identical to the Farm Hand rake the neighbor had. I always enjoy using my old tractors and balers for this work, Allis C ,WC, Farmall H or M. One of the few things that I enjoy anymore!

[@donaldmatthews6035]

Freddy can really pick up his heals and move!

[@molinedan]

Those rakes are neat pieces of Oliver history! Glad to see them in action.

[@kellyschurr3675]

What a great video! The nostalgic screen was awesome. Thanks Ross!

[@TomBean-qf6zv]

Always a treat to watch the old machines working, brings back a lot of fond memories, thanks!

[@markthompson9454]

This is my first comment I like all your videos. I like you still using older equipment. And teaching me something's.

[@stephenandert6154]

That was neat seeing all the models working in one field. We had a 207 when I was a kid and a 2 that sat in the weeds that I never saw working.

[@Ham68229]

When I raised beef cattle and cut my own hay, if the rain percentage was 30% or higher, I never mowed, worked on cleaning up the bales left in the field. When I did mow, usually with my JD1209 MOCo, I'd put in a windrow with it, if they were calling for a 20% or higher, I'd close the swath board, make the hay lay flat. Flat hay dries better if rained on plus, when you needed to rake it, you did the full swath. If already in a windrow, was simple adjusting where I drove to just bring the bottom to the top, let sit for a day, then turn it over one more time, then bale. If there was standing water in the field, would roll the hay out of that standing water and let that sit for an extra day or 2. Believe it or not, the old NH Super 55 5 bar side delivery rake, was always gentle on the hay, only thing I worried about was Alfalfa, doesn't matter with that hay crop, you'd start knocking off the leaves and that's NOT what you want to happen. That's a sweet rake, they should sound quiet, my NH you'd hear the teeth rub against the hay bars every so often. Now, big wheel rakes, those are way better rakes except for wet hay. I preferred the big wheel rakes with left and right folding arms, can get a lot done with them and if you had them set right, would fluff the windrows better as well. Good to see that old iron running again, cheers :)

[@johnkissack5295]

Excellent video!! Thanks to you for your time and getting all 4 out there! That is very impressive!

[@steveschumacher5470]

you put a lot of effort into this video, thanks Ross

[@oldasdirt1909]

Outstanding video what performance great idea even the way you showed the rakes in black and white. Looking forward to see how the baling goes with no sadness I hope. Enjoy positive thoughts

[@marcbeebe]

That is one of your best videos! Nothing like seeing side by side comparison of equipment working. I think I'd go with the 207 but on Freddy.

[@briannelson4493]

For good alfalfa hay you can’t beat a wheel rack there so gentle with the hay .

[@rosstheoliverman]

Agree. Anything with leaves the wheel rake is the way to go.

[@robellis7613]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@jasonandholliehuffman8291]

That was a great video! Thanks for your hard work editing everything. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@dougschmitii6165]

Its good to see that something went good and without many struggles for once for you! I'm hoping to cut hay the middle of the week. I'm going to square bale it but messed up my shoulder last night. That's not going to help

[@larryklostermann5779]

Nice video Ross

[@michaelsheeder148]

Ross, awesome video on the different hay rakes, Grandpa had a number two hay rake, Dad had a 207 hey rake years ago when I was a kid. Thanks Michael

[@JohnBryant-qc5zg]

Freddie is a good running little tractor!

[@texasj49]

I really enjoyed this one, Ross. Good job and thanks for showing off your machines! They all worked really well. Looking forward to the baling next. Oh, and the black and white shots were cool.

[@Ron-m9p]

that was a really neat video to have that many tractor all ready to go with balers to

[@alanmize5627]

you have had all the fun you can have putting hay now comes the work I hate square balers and barn lofts.

[@bobtuckosh9870]

That was a awesome video Ross. I liked all the rakes, but the first one you used was pretty darn cool. Thank you for the footage.

[@emmitt00]

Excellent!!!!

[@michaelshingleton1628]

I like the four wheel rake the best.

[@dougsturgill1356]

Super show with the raking,I am with you I would use Freddie and run the field

[@brianhartley4534]

That was cool to watch

[@davidroberts3489]

I like the black and white transition, definitely a 50s era commercial spot. I’m glad you are happy with our trade as I am.

[@larryfrey1283]

Cool video . Would the 107 be made in the early 60s and the 207 in the late sixties or early 70s . The next video of multiple equipment being used would be like 4 combines running wheat. Keep up the good work

[@ryanswrenches9351]

Which one did you choose to finish the job?

[@TomCox-x6b]

Outstanding!!!

[@DonaldSchleimer-pq7ux]

I injoy it very much u great job I didn't know Oliver rake. Dad jd Allis a massy Good job. That hard work to show different in rake Injoy your video I'm wait to see bale work.

[@justinblain928]

I have 2 different models of allis rakes. Early and late. The early rake which is pto and has tedder built in gearbox works the best but parts are hard to get and expensive. Our windrows also have to be 2 times what you have because the roto baler likes very large rows over small ones.

[@dougpeterson5257]

Thanks so much for the video, great fun seeing all the different models 😀

[@reedchandler2372]

It’s nice to see old equipment doing something besides plowing or picking corn. That seems to be the popular thing to put on KZbin.

[@troyshoup3695]

Very cool! 🍻

[@benbusfield6498]

Looks like you had a ton of fun. Now you need an older all steel wheel rake 😊 and have extra fun 🤩. Would loved to have see that in person. Way to much fun ❤❤ thanks for sharing this

[@mattwilkinson8502]

Very good video. Interesting see how each rake did

[@robertnelson5064]

Great job, loved it.

[@dankreoger611]

Awesome 😊

[@rtundlt1]

I had an old International 4 wheeled rake much like your #2. In the hilly terrain in east Tennessee it was a handful on the hillsides because it wanted to run down hill sideways on you, but if you were on flat ground or going straight up and down it did great, in fact it did as well if not better than my New Holland 258. Loved the video!

[@adamlarmer4598]

Completely awesome show of rakes, I bought a 207 last year, had a bearing to change so I never got to use it till second cut. Very smooth quiet rake, works great on my super 55

[@jamesmarsh4957]

Freddy raking was the one I really like we had a rake like that but it was a Vicon ,it was just like that on wheels not the type that was on the lift arms , but ours was terrible on the corners , we did have a Fahr centipede that you could use for tedding and then change the gear on it so it went slower and use it to row up the gear change was simple just buy moving the PTO on to a different connection on the machine it did a better job as a big wheeled like on Freddy can make the grass into a roll we use to find , we had a called a Lely Cock Pheasant too but they were great for tedding but terrible for raking

[@landontesar3070]

Great video Ross, thank you for taking the time for all these combinations

[@williammatzek4660]

I have 2 rakes , you have me beat!

[@AngusGilmore-ry6wd]

Cool video Ross. Very interesting

[@hobbybob5284]

Cool video Ross!

[@ericlindal8008]

Nice

[@martymurphy7477]

Cool video

[@jvin248]

Super great Farm Trial of "the latest in Oliver farming gear"! Saw the pinwheel rake was either not picking up as much or knocking all the hay leaves off, the windrows are half the size of the roller basket types, sure wouldn't want to try selling hay bales with that. We had a couple of old Case roller bar rakes and when I see demos of the new "hay tedders" I cringe at the amount of hay fodder they knock off. Looks like your best runners are the #2 and #207. You might get hay samples from those two rakes to lay out and compare hay condition after raking, asking if they are retaining all the leaves?

[@DaleHegland]

Brilliant!👍👍

[@haggefamily1564]

Cool video. Loved the comparison.

[@SamElliott-wx1tu]

Pretty cool seeing all those in the field I started out on an international version of the number 2 takes talent to do good corners with those but fun

[@oldcars5547720]

This is a unique video. What is the horsepower rating of "Freddie?" He seems to be just a little larger than your Jubilee but must be more powerful. All the rakes seem to work well. Love to see the old tractors doing the work.

[@stephenheyes4324]

Great to see four Oliver rakes and tractors out working they are a credit to you Ross and made a fantastic video

[@ronwhites1432]

Now if only Ross had 4 Hooters girls to rake at the same time he could really get er done

[@robault6086]

I really like the black and white. Shots you put in there. Really takes a guy back in time.

[@Olivertractoruser]

Love the old picture shot with Freddy and the brochure picture side by side

[@markflick1641]

Ol buddy loves when your working the fields . I grew up on red tractors but no matter , it makes my heart happy to see the old equipment getting it done 😀 . I never miss one of your videos . Great stuff Ross , see ya tomorrow

[@alexgarrod9093]

Nice job bud im getting there with my channel too love content

[@jacobb3446]

So which one did you choose finish the fields with.

[@davidbarnes706]

I really enjoyed this episode 4 tractors 4 different rakes

[@KurtMillermon]

I thought I'd reach out to you once again. I was the one inquired about the 1365 parts tractor engine. If it runs I would like to buy it for my 1365 which has gotten spun bearing. And I also need a front wheel

[@kcphillips1000]

Those old rakes are still capable of doing a nice clean job ..and quietly !

[@steveshuminski]

Love the little 60 it just flies around. Thanks.

[@rog4864]

That is so cool to see all of those generations of rakes out doing the job they were made for. Excellent video Ross. Thanks for sharing.

[@billkroczyk3749]

I was just wondering why the belt pulleys don't shut off on Oliver tractors I know the Massey Harris the Allis Chalmers wd45 then the farmers I drove all of the belt pulleys shut off

[@mikei2141]

Good to see all 4 rakes in action, and they all work good. Also good to see you getting some nice weather for a change.

[@TheFoxGuyBarry]

You bring back old memories at grandpa running 1355 with polar rake

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

What an awesome video! Thanks for taking the time to give us 4 different Oliver rakes and tractors! Love it!

[@herbhungwell8134]

Hell, I think I was your neighbor. Bobby Rieckers your Grandpa?

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yes! Where did you live?

[@shanesattler6532]

Any idea how many of them number 2 rakes were built

[@paulpochan9631]

Chris would be so proud... 😢

[@michaelclark6603]

Great video, in your opinion which rake would do better in a hilly/uneven environment?

[@kevinchase9581]

They can’t keep up with freddie! He’s the fastest

[@dougrobertson5966]

Maibach Tractor has teeth for a #2 rake.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Cool! That’s good to know. I’ll have to see how many I’m missing.

[@aarisom]

​@@rosstheoliverman​I was about to mention this as well. I just bought some for my #2 rake. I believe AGCO still makes them so any AGCO dealer should have them. AGCO Part # WZ6600

[@thomasr.miller5553]

😁👍👍👍

[@billkroczyk3749]

And how did Freddie get his name

[@billkroczyk3749]

I don't understand the 16 some of your other tractors at the belt pulley don't shut off is it true that most of them all the tractors is that Romance lyrics is infernos and then shut off never ran a Oliver yet yet small words big meaning