Will 30 feet of Grain Drill stop the 1955?
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Here it is, harvest time, and I'm already planting a crop for next year. The Oliver 1955 has the four wheel drive turned on, but it can pull this 30 feet wide Great Plains Drill without it. I talk some about the tractor and farming in general, and there's also some great music from that 310 cubic inch Oliver Waukesha engine in the background. I just love that snappy sound it has, with just a little whistle from the turbo.
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Thank you Chris for not playing music when using the drone. I love to hear the sound of the tractor and equipment.
It's a bit of extra work to sync up the audio, but I too would rather hear the machines at work. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Same, love the sound of these old girls work and do what they did when they were new. :)
@@ThatOliverGuyChrisme too…I’m watching because I want to watch and hear these machines. Thanks again Chris😁
Wow 50 years evaporated quickly. That must have been one of the last 55 series tractors produced?
The last 55 series sold where I worked was a 1755. That was in 1975. Enjoyed the sound of field work being done and of course the history of the 1955. Happy belated birthday 1955!
It's close to the end of the 1955s. They ended in 74 and were replaced by the White 2-105. The 1755 stayed in production through 75, ultimately being replaced by the 2-85. The last Oliver was the 2255, which stayed in production through 1976.
Chris, always good to hear about your tractors when you're out working in the fields and it's also good that you're able to get some work done in the fields. Thanks Michael
Thanks Michael
That's a really nice tractor Chris, sounds beautiful.
Thanks!
1955 and drill looking great! Looking for a 17-18-1955 FWA hard, but not much popping up out there right now. Picked up another 1755 Cockshutt RC with Cab out of auction in eastern Ohio a couple weeks back - it was mis-advertised as a 1855, but I bought it anyway. That makes two Cockshutt 1755s and one Ollie 1755 - we like that model pretty well, despite being the runt of the Big-55 series tractors. Love all the content - been reading past issues of the HPOCA when you and your wife were the esteemed Editors - likely the best content the magazine has ever had. Thanks again!
You're going to make me blush. Thanks!
That drill is one big daddy, what a beast. I guess that the Oliver 1955 is always there for the challenge, he sure does handle the Great Plains Drill well. Listening to that big boy run is a pleasure, thanks for sharing the sites and sounds with us, love the drone views. I hope you have a great Sunday!
Thanks Dan!
Good morning
The video is super good. I really like the drone video it shows so much what’s going on. Beautiful 1955 it looks good with cab..thanks for your time and the video.
Thanks John
Hi Chris 👋 Thank you very much for the Oliver paint codes. My uncle really appreciate it 😁👍
Glad to help!
Enjoyed this video bro, glad the hurricanes have kept away. Safe travels. Ken.
I feel bad for the people that have been affected by them. They commonly push all the way to Michigan, but by the time they get here it's just rain.
A channel I follow on Utoob was hit hard, his whole area was a mess with thousands of trees down along with power lines, he is in NC.
The old girl just hums right along. Nice video Chris.
Thanks 👍
New to the channel. Really enjoying it 👍
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice landing to go along with another great video. Thanks Chris
Appreciate it!
If i owned that beautiful tractor id have a tough time to stsy humble ... love the older iron especially in that shade of green 😊
She's a beauty alright.
Sunday reset. One big exception is that I am not watching you alone. Buddy, our new house cat set up here and watched your planting. He would reach out and bat at your tires going around.
Crops always drop in price at harvest. My Mother-in-law told of when she would drive the 1 ton Studebaker that did not have a dump bed so the elevator people would set her with the front wheels of the truck in a tire cradle and raise the front of the truck way up. They did the same thing with the old grain trailer. They unhooked it from the truck and raised it the same way. Then they backed you back and raised the front of the truck. When both were unloaded they hooked the wagon back to the truck and off she would go to the scales. Then she hurried back so the father-in-law could dump his hopper into the truth after he hitched the truck to the wagon he had filled. She would wait till he got the truck heaped and off she would go. She said she never got faster than 15 mph and when she got to the elevator she would sit in the long lines and chat with other farm wives that were in line.
Yields were not like today, a big farmer was maybe 300 acres of rented land. My FIL was a progressive farmer who was using fertilizer. However, weed control was still by cultivator. He planted on 34" rows which was laughed at by the farmers who thought 38" rows were close enough. He had a combine when most were still picking ear corn. 3-row corn head on his IH combine and a 6-row planter.
Then one relative of the 2 ladies that the FIL rented the ground from went to court and forced the aunts to let him farm it instead of him forcing them to sell the property and then distribute the funds equally. The FIL went into business leasing a gasoline station. The lady that owned the 180 acres around this home place offered him a super price on the 180 but the FIL was afraid he could not make the payments and did not take it. It was a big mistake that he regretted till the day he died. They only had 2 girls and he believed driving farm tractors hurt girls insides.
Hi Chris. Back in the day the tractors with cabs had no ac so when warmer weather came in the spring we just took the doors and all the windows out. Nice and breezy and kept the sun from pounding on you. Cabs were great in the winter time for sure.
This one opens up and lets a good breeze through, but that means dust too.
Thats one sharp looking tractor! We're really dry here in central Illinois also.
We got 2.5" of rain a week ago. The ground drank it right up
@@ThatOliverGuyChris I don't remember the last measurable rain that we had. It's probably been a month ago
The rain we got last weekend really helped the wheat pop up, everyone around me in SE WI is on corn now, like you said, ground and grain is insanely dry this year. I don't think anyone has turned on their dryer yet, other than testing.........
Same here. I could see the wheat popping up yesterday, got going on corn, it's going straight in the bin.
looks like that tractor is pulling a drill twice the average size of what was common when it was built and handling it just fine. great looking and sounding old iron👍
Thanks!
Another good one Chris!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I'd hate to think what it would look like if I tried planting with no markers! Great video, really like the drone footage. I finally got the 565 plow I had questions about earlier this year in the ground Saturday. It worked awesome! Set the tractor up to the book specs, it worked great too, 856 IH. Previous owner had the plow set pretty darn close. Minimal adjustments needed.
Awesome, they are a great plow
you put out a excellent video loveol herman could,nt stand running it all day but ounds good foora while almost bought a 1950 one time we had big footprint of ollie dealers at one time two i was personally aquainted with and there word /handshake was good a gold but i guess those days are gone i very bitter about the grain dealers /fertilizer co/ seed co they are screwing farmers bad im glad im retired im afraid there is some bad times comeing these prices cant go on without everybody going broke
The old 1955 Gettner done ,I just finished the last field of planting our wheat 🤠JD 4630 and a 20 ft JD1590 drill 400 plus acres , been a good fall but your right been a dry fall
We did get some nice rain a week ago and the wheat is popping up now.
Looks like your planting went well, good vid!
Thanks! It was quite uneventful. My favorite way to farm.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris can't beat that!
Seems like everyone is dry this year. We’re in severe drought in much of Oklahoma. Looks to me like the CPS was working pretty good…like you’ve done this a time or three.
I know a lot of people will say I'm nuts, but a good ol fashioned drought would help fix the grain prices and get farming back to being profitable.
That old Waukesha sounds pretty dang good
It's the bad boy of tractor engines. It talks sweet, but can leave you in a heartbeat. 😂
Chris, yeah I like to watch it 1955 work I had a 1955 and I traded off and got a couple two 105s and really enjoyed they got a 285 and 1650 and 1655 and awful good tractors for me when I was farming had a stroke so I had to quit
Sorry to hear about your health, but it sounds like you had some great equipment to farm with.
@ yeah they all over and white equipment really treated me all right they were really good on fuel operations easy to run. Very good tractors. I wish it was able to stay in business sir I do well thanks, Chris.
Nice video Chris
Thanks!
Plant your crops in the dust and your bins will bust! Pretty sweet sounding 310.
Thanks. Let's hope that applies to wheat.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris Grandpa said it so it has to be true!
I wonder how close your 1955 was built to mine. I’m impressed with how yours pulls that drill
Built June 3rd, shipped June 5th of 1974
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I turned 50 in July, I could go for an engine overhaul..... lol 😂😂
😂😂😂 I hear ya!
We have had a few local farmers with combine fires… so dry here in no. Illinois.
Always enjoy watching you. Will Herrmann make an appearance for Halloween?
That's a good idea! I'll have to see what I can do.
They actually use a ton of satellite data to determine run off zones now days. So they are using better data than 20 years ago. If crop insurance used that data you may have lots of uninsurable spots! American farmers are very lucky to even have crop insurance !!!
It's crazy in its own way. I'd rather farm without crop insurance, but some of my best financial years have been the disaster years where crop insurance kicks in. If it's bad enough for crop insurance, the prices are good and so is the payout.
Hi Chris. Enjoying your drone videos and especially your story telling about the equipment rather than adding music. We have had a couple of tractors with that cab ( 1855 and 1870) and I wonder if you know who built it? As far as I know it was only available in 1974 other than perhaps on a 2255.
That's the ROPS cab. It was built by Crenlo, but I think Oliver eventually bought them out and built them in house.
Do you prefer the 50 or 55 series Olivers and why in a nutshell? The farm where I worked on in the 70s only had 50 series except for one 1600 Tricycle.
I'd have to say the 55 series. They have better hydraulics, brakes, operator station, lights and styling. But they're all good in my book
Hey Chris hope everything is going well with harvest and all. I haven’t checked in lately it’s been crazy busy.I’m trying to catch up on videos. The 1955 sure seems to handle pulling that drill just fine, it sounds good too! So I bought a 15ft batwing mower that needs some work anyway I want to run it with either the 1800 or my 1955 2wd. The wings fold up/ down with single acting cylinders and the lift is a double acting cylinder. To use it on the 1800 I believe I have to hook up the single acting fold cylinders to the right side hydraulic outlets and the double acting lift cylinder to the left side outlets? Also do I have to screw in the bolt by the floor board to bypass the three point?
You screw out the bolt to bypass the 3 point, plus you have to turn out the interlock bleed screw 2 or 3 turns. You don't have to do a thing to use it on the 1955.
@@ThatOliverGuyChrisThanks Chris. Maybe I will just use it mainly on the 1955.
That’s the only 1955 I’ve ever seen with 16.9X38’s on the rear. Is that to keep the gear ratio right with the Front Wheel Assist
Sort of. It originally had 20.8-34s, and the previous owner wanted to spray with it and wanted a narrower tire. It's matched up really well, probably the easiest one I have for shifting out of FWA.
God you're high tech just like I am I put the GPS in the 1655 for spaying
We're in a drought here in eastern KS. Any plans on adding front weights to the 1955?
Not at this point. They look cool, but are extra weight I don't really need for what it's doing.
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