Sometimes I Dont Think Before I Act, Oliver Iron Age 260 Planter

[@michaelmcconnell7958]

Cool bit of history. I didn’t know about Oliver Iron Age implements. Don’t feel bad about buying it. You’re saving history and I’m sure most of your viewers (me included) have the same problem of buying iron we don’t need. When you get it sorted, maybe plant some sweet corn with it. Maybe check with the Floyd County Iowa museum for info.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They will probably have manuals and that’s about it. They don’t have much info on implements thanks to White motor.

[@cliffblackburn8102]

That's awesome item 💯✌🏻💚🌱 them back Hopper's look like a peice of duct work for when you go to restore that 💯

[@tomshaw2358]

Lockwood was and still is a big name in potato equipment I've used to operate that name product in Colo. Monte Vista. may be a good place to start, seen lots of old equipment still setting around farms and back lots of Lockwood dealership. Not much ir any rust in that country also. Good luck on your restoration

[@kegar79]

Thank you for keeping history alive. Wish more people cared about that stuff like you do.

[@Fieldman12]

That planter is a neat find. I am like you in having more projects than I need. lol

[@jo-anneshort5815]

Great project good luck hunting them bits down

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@howardyounger5456]

that is cool. i thought it was a potato planter too. Gillcrest Colorado is big time potato ground. the ground is perfect for it. great video. that is a lot like most of the equipmet used when i was a kid.

[@danbrendadeveau8565]

Greetings. from Aroostook county Maine. My grandfather and my father had the first Iron Age potato planters . Three different models. My father had the model you have with potato boxes and I had a 426 Lockwood 4 row potato planter. My guess is Lockwood Graders purchased Oliver Iron Age in or around early 1960.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

That seems to be what happened after White sold the line.

[@stoudt]

We had one. It was my great grandparents. It was used to plant sweet corn. There also was an potato planter. They both were sold when my great grandmother passed in 95.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Cool

[@michaelbaumgardner9493]

Next time I'm delivering around Shipshewana I'll pay attention to a Amish Implement yard S of town for anything remotely close. Propane gets me all over the place in the back roads/ side roads. There's a salvage yard in Grant Michigan as well. E of 37 N of High School.

[@kcoers]

The Ainsworth yield wheel, brought back alot of memories. I've made many trips there to pick up small grain seed and spray their seed corn!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Who ended up buying them out. I’m assuming like most small companies them got dissolved into a bigger one.

[@kcoers]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy I left the area for a while and the last that i knew Horizon had the seed plant property

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Shame we lost all the little mom and pop seed companies. Little piece of America died with them.

[@kcoers]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy agreed

[@839Unipicker]

I'm guilty of rescuing old interesting stuff, too. We just finished restoring an MF65 utility. What do I then see on Facebook Marketplace about 200 miles away in New York state? A barn-kept, barely-used MF 61 1-row mounted picker with the correct brackets. I so want it but I have to keep telling myself there's no room in the shed and the money is better used elsewhere . . . . .

[@roadhogg1418]

Good find Far Boy! You are definitely one of a diminishing number who are actually about keeping the history going.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The fewer there are the cheaper things get for me. Gotta look at the bright side. Lol

[@jasonclark3127]

Nice sweet corn planter or for a small field nice planter

[@sampenis6963]

His small field should be for sweet corn. Two ac would be perfect size for a small town guy. If he could nail it he could quit working out.

[@jonathanstancil8544]

My dad had an Oliver potato planter in the early 80's. I, like you, thought that's what this was when I saw the thumbnail. Cool find. As far as over accumulating projects, somebody has to save them and at least in your hands it's safe from the scrappers. Nothing wrong with hoarding the good stuff.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I’m hoarding alright.

[@redironacres]

Lockwood bought the A. B. Farquhar Iron Age planter design from White after they bought Oliver. The Lockwoods are the exact same design as the Iron Age planters with the planter and fertilizer boxes updated. So if you can get ahold of them they would likely be your best bet at getting the missing parts

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Good to know. At least if they can’t help might be easier to find Lockwood planters for parts.

[@dennishuntley7688]

We have and use a old Lockwood 2 row tater planter, this looks alot like it

[@waynebonser2112]

Great video. Love to see old equipment bought back to life. I'm currently trying to prise an old Massey 525 super, dating back to 1969. I'd love to get it back to working order to show it. Second peice of machinery I learnt to drive/use at the age of 12. I'm now 54..

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Nice

[@jeremycherny2041]

Would be ideal to find a potatoe planter that size for doing our garden Haha. No potatoe planters anywhere near us either.

[@yagerfarms2720]

I think Chris Losey had pictures of one on Facebook behind a plow and 1800 at one point

[@jaycow3154]

Neat looking old planter thanks for sharing

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@reclinerdriver1489]

Cool is cool !! Itsa cool period piece .. Us recliner drivers love it ;-}

[@electriceye3942]

That's a cool piece for your collection. Use it to plant some sweet corn next.

[@jonathancrissinger2301]

Got some good laughs in this one. Really enjoy the history of this. I've never seen anything like that before. That dial was very interesting too. That's going to make some very interesting videos.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@brettlamont4965]

Good video. Good job with the history. More of these?

[@lawrencekiel-sr2772]

Very educational, my dad often bought at auctions used planting equipment and we used all that he bought, the farmers and industrialists came up with the concept and designs that they still use today.

[@philipvieck844]

Yeah we own/owned a lot of Lockwood potato equipment we even still have a Lockwood irrigation system

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Cool.

[@404nitro]

Interesting old implement. @ the 16:40 ish time frame, I believe that top line says Iron age drive parts page 21 & 22

[@jrgenthomsen3841]

Great video 👍 amazing history and you are just the right one to take care of that great machine 👍👍

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It’s in good hands.

[@fredmiller5651]

Nice find Ethan. Will be a nice restoration project as you mentioned. Thanks for the update. Take care. Fred

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@chadkalina1257]

Very cool piece of history love to see it plant again someday.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@VintageFarm1086]

That's a pretty cool find. I thought it was a potato planter to a first. I have never seen a corn planter like that before. I'm about an hour and a half from York Pa. Thanks for sharing.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It’s a strange bird for sure.

[@mikekahl5609]

I have a Farquhar one row potatoes digger, and live just south of York PA. It has rubber tires so I'm guessing 50s. I wouldn't paint it, keep it original. I didn't hear you say it but Oliver bought the gas tractor part in 1925.

[@dschefers9700]

That was extremely well thought out for the time. Impressive history.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It was ahead of it’s time for sure. Damn near identical concept to what then are doing now this strip till nutrient placement.

[@clinthochrein888]

Neat piece of equipment! I was surprised how very well condition inside the fertilizer hopper was in.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

There is some rust but I’ve seen a lot worse.

[@stevekeast2297]

Pretty cool find cannot wait to see what you do with it

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@oliversorensen5178]

Very nice

[@ronaldschultz1189]

Do you think someone added hydraulic cylinder or was it made that way?

[@robertwillie6080]

I wonder if the Springfield boxes are referring to the Oliver plant at Springfield, OH since the corn boxes and in row fertilizer boxes look like what is on an early Oliver 312 planter

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Would make sense.

[@Nick-tz2vl]

Pretty neat. I figured it was a potato planter. Id love to know all of the stuff Oliver made.

[@JohnDeereA]

I know the feeling lol so stuff is just too damn cool to pass up! I’m also guilty for such purchases

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It’s a drug.

[@JohnDeereA]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy that and eBay I really need rehab for both

[@scottthornberg4679]

Awesome find.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@Ham68229]

Ethan, restore that planter, let's see it in operation soon. You know you need to give that Super 66 a decent workout.

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

That tractor is a Fleetline 66, not a Super. He also drills, sprays and occasionally plows with it, so he does give it a pretty good workout.

[@minnesotaoliveranddeere5919]

Love it when you find something uncommon like that is always a good gem it'll look pretty good behind the super 55 once it's restored nice find.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@dylannade7030]

That planter was made in town here. I live in York PA and the old faqhaur building is a museum.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Neat that the building still stands.

[@bryanginder5903]

Their has been half a dozen of them selling this past year on sales up by me! Can't say if they were corn planters tho, an the ads said potato planters but they looked like yours! Now I'm curious if they were corn planters or potato planters!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Probably were. I can only imagine there were more potato planters built than these.

[@bryanginder5903]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy o I believe your right!

[@ghenry85]

Cool find. I woulda guessed the same thing. I'm certain that I have never seen one either. Prince Edward island and New Brunswick are the major Canadian potato provinces. Quebec, Ontario and probably Nova scotia also grow potatos, so Iron Age stuff may be hiding out up here. I don't know, just another place to look.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Good to know.

[@johnnyholland8765]

Neat old planter. Do a little restoration clean up and use it. I like the fact it puts fertilizer where you need it.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They were a little ahead of their time on the banding.

[@dankreoger611]

Ross the Oliver Man has a whole book of sales literature. Maybe he can help.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Maybe

[@jefferytrice9180]

That’s a pretty neat design. With the bolt holes on the back by the tag was it adjustable for row width? Antigo Wi is use north east of me like 40 miles that is some potato country up there as is just south east of me like 60 miles around plover/Plainfield Wi it’s sandy soil perfect for truck crops. It’s neat to see all the Oliver stuff I see around me different areas have some different specialty equipment along with the normal everyday.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yea it will go from 36-42 by sliding the frame if I remember correct.

[@donaldriehl9075]

there is a potato planter showed at the tiffin, ohio fair. there is a potato chip plant in tiffin, ohio.ballreich potato chip plant

[@mattutke4704]

Really cool piece of history 👍

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

Boss man, you are getting yourself a collection of planting equipment lol. A 38 Drill, Two 64 Drills IIRC, a 4-Row 540, an 8-Row 543, a couple of part units 4-Row 543s, now a 2-Row 260. And you are intending on getting a 6-Row 5100 (or 5400 I can never remember lol). You are a true renaissance man lol.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Gotta have backups for the backups.

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy Yessir! And it helps when the backups are just as cool as the main users.

[@realmongo7565]

I lost track, how many someday projects are we up to now? You could probably do a whole episode on that topic.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

To many.

[@shawnmarvin6348]

Nice history lesson thank you!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@americasdream1265]

Without seeing the back I also would have thought it was a potato planter. My brother bought a Oliver potato planter on a auction somewhere and I have no idea what he paid for it. From the front the potato planter looked just like the potato planter.

[@americasdream1265]

this planter looked just like the potato planter I mean to say.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The hoppers are very similar in appearance. I’m guessing they repurposed some parts to keep things simple.

[@glensquirrell6117]

These p0tat0 planter were very commen in ontario and there are still some aroud. Early oneswere sold as olivers ,later ones as McConnell manufactured in NY state . Last ones were model 555. I believe parts are still availabe. I have owned several.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks for the info.

[@Ixlthim74]

So cool can’t wait to see you fix it up and maybe plant with it a little.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@mattphillips4260]

if you could find 1 more of these and build a 4 row unit this may be a good way to go would be like the farmers doing the mid row banding and strip tilling

[@johnathonsheehan3773]

Not related to the corn planter, but do you know of any 704N heads for sale, or if any other brand heads could be made to work easily on a white 7300?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

There’s a couple on tractor house.

[@fallowcroftfarm6478]

I see Oliver stuff here all the time at auctions and I’m like I wonder if you would want it I did see a really nice small square baler and I’ve also seen a sprayer. Probably be expensive to get on a truck and get to you

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Sprayer would be neat to have.

[@mrbill4187]

I seen what looked like a mint condition oliver sprayer a year or so ago on a sale bill close by. Said it had a wooden tank? Wish I woulda went and took a look at it at least.

[@dylanhockaday9878]

Man we had one of them so right up the road from my house and also had a pato planter and I regret buying it but I at that time thay want it too much for it But it’s hard to believe there was one in North Carolina

[@greggergen9104]

The fact that it has hydraulics makes it relatively new. It looks like something the Amish would like.

[@ascension8811]

Awesome. Fascinating planter. Are you going to fix the rust holes on this project? Planning on painting it also?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yea

[@ascension8811]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy That will be fun to watch

[@vincentspratt9478]

Around where I live in Ohio there's a bunch of old oliver equipment, like a oliver 15 pull type combine a manure spreader and a oliver superior grain planter with the steal wheels, but can't the price you paid for it though

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

There were a bunch of big dealers in Ohio.

[@vincentspratt9478]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy true but now all there is here is case ih. John deere and Kubota, and hardly any one here has anything but case and jd other then my aunts husband he still uses his oliver and white tractors

[@glennschlorf1285]

Face it you see green you gotta give green.... Im a sucker for red things myself

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@prjndigo]

_it has its marker arms..._ In any way or form even if just parade you have a piece there.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@kristiankristiansen133]

My first thought was potato planter too🤥

[@timpille8495]

That's a gem for sure is a ghost planter would get a lot of looks and rantoul just for the lack of information on it

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

The first thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail was why did he buy a potato planter LOL Neat history you got there!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@b.t.3780]

Well it's better that it's in your hands then a scrap yard. If you look up Iron age farm equipment or iron age planters, ebay has some interesting items and info.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@samtalley791]

That’s pretty damn cool..and I think planting with a six row is slow some days.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

You should try a 4 row. Lol

[@jeffcongdon4469]

You could plant and sell sweet corn a long time farmer friend of mine makes a killing selling sweet corn im in New lorthrup mi by birch run area 5.00$ a doz he sells a 8' chevy truck with 4' side extions he sells. Out every day

[@Daniel-ul8py]

You can never have to many projects. As you get older and retire if you do at least you have something to do

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I’ll be dead before I get everything done that I want to.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

I often don’t think before I buy.

[@markgreen9763]

That is nice I have not seen one of them

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Me either.

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Do you have names for your tractors? The White 4 Wheeler reminds me of Snoopy the dog. Those projects are just educational man. It just give you more to share with us and more to learn.

[@paulpochan9631]

Great project for Rantoul in 2 years.....

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Maybe

[@randymonninger9913]

Plant sweet corn with ir

[@randymonninger9913]

Sweet corn with it

[@rileyzimmerman1228]

I was told by an old fella that we just have. An iron deficiency that’s why we buy stuff. Lol

[@hacc220able]

You keep this up and you'll have to build a new shed to hold it all.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@kyleshores432]

six lakes is about a half hour from me...

[@donaldriehl9075]

two row oliver vintage potato planter

[@scottmarteeny0441]

We raised potatoes till the 80s Lockwood was a good company Looks like a potato planter

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Sounds like they are still in business

[@benl1053]

See I have the same buying problem as many people do and I see it as when your 75 your gonna be that cool old guy who has cool stuff to look at and can tell good stories lol but you won’t sell shit😂😂.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Something like that. Lol

[@stearsfamilyfarms6264]

I’d buy it if you wanted to sell it. I’ve wanted one of those for quite awhile

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I don’t sell anything.

[@stevenandrews6627]

👋🇨🇦👍👍👍

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

Never seen anything like that before.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Me either.

[@russellpetrie119]

might be a imited edition

[@wesboettcher6105]

Thank goodness it's not just me. Haha

[@super6954]

Thats cool |Thanks for sharing it, don't be under the impression you've got to restore everything to perfect condition. I use to be like that with tractors when I was younger, now just saving them and getting them running if I can is enough. I'll even just save them and pass it on to somebody else as long as they aren't a dealer selling for instant profit, im thinking 2 County's and 3 Fordsons will leave here before next spring. You've saved a rare piece of equipment , now think of some younger guys and even older ones, that have a serious drinking ,drug, or gambling habit. They aren't paying child support they should be on 6 kids, are stealing stuff to fund a habit or don't even know what day it is and blow the whole lot peeing it away. You earn what you've got work hard and can see where the money went when you walk in a field or one of the yards you or dad owns. You bought what you wanted, and don't have to explain it to us as Dumb $#!T we totally get it from our own experiences. Take care

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

If im going to restore it I want it to be as neat to perfect as I can get it.

[@super6954]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy I get that just like the spreader, I'm just saying maybe just leave it original and don't restore it,if you find the missing bits. Just be happy you saved it from scrap and show it as it is, so people still get to see it. If you aren't going to actually use it to earn income like your other working machines It's still basically a cool machine and near barn find patina like your baler is. It won't be buying the equipment that's your expensive problem. it will be the aircraft hanger to store all the restored stuff in. That's why I'm thinning mine out because it's all outside, and I can't restore it and keep it inside. My building has to earn my living as a workshop not collection storage.

[@Doobie2100]

Pretty neat!!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@carsonbirmingham4953]

Lockwood is still a very well known company still making potato equipment today

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Good to know. Sounds like they bought Iron Age.

[@lindadanielson7849]

I don't know if what you have is cool, or a pain

[@internationalfarmer2153]

Neat

[@PAYNEKILLER..]

Funny they called it iron age back when they made it, shows self awareness haha Presque isle Maine pronounced (Presk isle) is only a couple hours from me.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I butchered that name.

[@PAYNEKILLER..]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy Can't say as though I'd get it right had I never heard it said. Not many would really.

[@joshpeiffer4122]

Very cool

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@keithrobinson1331]

Nice yard art

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It’s not going to be yard art.

[@standudek1372]

Your title implies to our president not you.that planter seems to be in pretty good condition

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Lol

[@justinschmitz8034]

Dude think of it as saving history

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yea

[@edadpops1709]

I can see from the front how u thought it was for taters.