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1550 Oliver fall plowing with a 4 bottom

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BANDITFARMER

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I have been looking (for a long time) for an Oliver 565 4 bottom simi mount and Saturday I found one. The price was $50 and I had to have it. Went and got it this morning greased it took a DA to the mold boards gave them a primer coat and to the field we went. The plow hadent been used in 20 years so I was praying they would shine without alot of problems. Made the head land and one more round and adjusted the deepth and a turn on the 3pt arm and it was about perfect! I wont win any awards for the plowing but it didnt look to bad. Everybody tells me that a 1550D wont pull a 4 bottom but it dose! Was running 4th gear low side about 1600 rpms and 7to 8inchs deep turning corn stocks under. This ground hadent been plowed in 10 years and it was hard and I do mean hard! It didnt take long to shine the bottoms so the longer I went the easer it pulled. The smell of fresh turned dirt alittle diesel smoke and the smell of corn fodder... Life is good! Good thing I have more to go! Bandit
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C'mon over. I've been fighting the urge to hook the plow to the 2-135 and plow my oat ground for next year. But if you wanted to plow it for me,I wouldn't say no.
 
What do you mean that it's not a good job of plowing????? Looks damn good to me! I can't figure how that 1550 pulls that 4 bottom so good-it is just a zuped up 77-LOL
 
No way you'd pull it here- we can pull 3-16s with our 1600 but not too fast. Either 2nd gear or maybe 3rd in better soil. It takes our 1855 (105 pto hp) to pull 4-16's. Our 3 bottom is a 565 and our 4 is a 546.

Donovan from wisconsin
 
The boys at the local White dealer have been scraching there heads for years on this one. Dynos out at 54 hp and its been pulling 4x16s for years and been pulling more than it should sence I have owned it. Its just a good old Oliver! Bandit
 
Yes, that looks like a great job to me. I just think you need to adjust your colters. In my JD manual it says 1/2 to 5/8" to the outside of the shin. That should give you a better cut, maybe save some HP. Again, looks great. Paul.
 
Thats a pretty nice plowing job. It seems that plowing is starting to catch on again. I plowed some for the first time in several years this fall, and I'm betting that it will be some of my best crops next year. I can't believe that 1550 pulls that. To pull 4 bottoms in 4th here, especially in hard ground would make an 1850 grunt, and it may not do it.
Josh
 
The only thing I can see that needs fixed is the tail wheel, If you look at the picture of the back of the plow you can see it turned in and the back of the wheel is tearing up the edge of the furrow. What can I say its a $50 plow! Bandit
 
Forgot to ask- where are you located? Like I said, around here 3-16's would be a load. I tried plowing some sod this spring with our Massey 285 and the 565, but all it wanted to do was stand up. I put the 1600 on as it always seemed to be better balanced, but it was the same thing. I finally broke down and pulled a dual off the 1855 and hooked onto the 4 bottom and plowed it, cause I was struggling to get even 1 round with the other 2 tractors.

The 1855 has so much weight up front it doesn't ever come up unless I snag a root, and even that was starting to come up a bit.

Was some hairy plowing... Made a great pumpkin patch for my brother though.

I still have most of our corn ground to fall plow this year yet. Waiting for Dad to finish hauling manure on a field then I'll start tipping it over again. Hoping to do some tomorrow.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Wow, $50 bucks, no awards for plowing??? Bull, I think you hit a grandslam! Thanks for the great pics, have fun with it.
 
The tail wheel is supposed to track towards the plowed ground which it looks like it is. The tail wheel is also supposed to be set about 1 inch away from the furrow wall, this is out of my manual for my F145 plow. It shouldn't be any different for an Oliver. Looks like you got a great deal on a nice plow. Ya, I have no idea how that tractor pulls that plow. :) Good luck. Paul.
 
Looks like your doing a good job with it. I would have never guessed you could pull that plow with a 1550 either. The price was right for the plow, thats for sure. Nice pics.
Maybe its like the Farmall C I brought at an auction a few years back. After I got it home I found out it was a Super C with C decals.
 
I am 35 miles NEast of Cincinnati Ohio in Blanchester Oh. The field I am plowing has 3 or 4 soil types from top to bottom, White to Black gumbo and 4 diffrent types of clay from light to dark gray. Dad has a 1550 gas that 3x16s pulls it hard enough and I dought it would pull a 4 bottom. I had dad chopping stocks in front on me and this seamed to work better than leaving them standing, Normally we wait till spring to plow and run a double packer over the stocks to knock them down so this worked out good. Bandit
 
That is a NICE srraight plowing job!I wouldn't have thought a 1550(50 horse?) could pull '4'.You "did good" on that plow!BTW,I see a bit of 'crossbreeding' on the tractor/loader.LOL Steve
 
A buddy bought a 460 with the loader and I bought the loader for a $100, He turned the 460 into a pulling tractor. It has saved my back many times. The crossbreeding seams to be a thing with me. Bandit
 
Bandit,
I have to say also, that is an amazingly straight job of plowing. You must not be chasing jack rabbits while you were plowing. LOL Moldboard plowing was one job my dad was very fussy about. I try to do the same. You should be very proud. I plowed last year with an 1850 gasser with a 4-14's Case plow and I had all I wanted here in Southern Minnesota.
Kow Farmer (Kurt)
 
Your plowing looks perfect to this old farmer that has plowed for more yrs. than I can remember. You could plow for me any time. Thank you for the pictures. clint
 
What strikes me is the uniformity of the furrows- excellent job, and especially at that (slightly shallow) depth. (for here). So very typical of Oliver plows- no wonder the good rep. Way better than my IH 720. Which is why I had two Olivers, and still have one 548.
 
Would be hard to believe, if I hadn't seen it. I had a 1550, and would never have thought it would pull 4 bottoms. And a very nice job of plowing, BTW.
 
Thank You for your comments guys, I was tought at a very young age that if your going to do something do it right and take pride in what you do. As a kid in the spring when farmers hit the fields to plow there was an unspoken contest to see who did the best plowing job or who planted the straitest rows. This would leed to the pat on the back for the good job you did or a little ribbing if you made a mess in the field. I guess I still think this way and allways will. Bandit
 
Well done. I'm in the "amazed it pulled it" crowd. A friend had a 1550 that was a a good puller, but 2-16's was all it would do on our ground. Soil types make all the difference I suppose.
 
Surprised no one has brought this up yet. Why run at only 1600 rpm when you're plowing? Seems that would be lugging her and you'd be shorting yourself on power. I think your 1550 diesel is rated at 2200 rpm. I'd recommend to try plowing in 3rd direct at about 2000 rpm. Bet she'd sing right along. Plowing job looks good.
 

Hello Bandit..!
I am just North of Columbus, Ohio..
There must be something about the way the "Old" HP ratings are different than the "New" HP ratings..!!
I know, field "conditions" make a big difference and your pictures show that your ground must have been pulling Hard..but, turning everything under perfectly..!
I have pulled my F-145 4x16 with my JD 630 (with extra weight), but it is a Maximum load in 2nd..and that is only rated at 48 HP and also with my JD 720 in 3rd which is about right, as it is almost showing a little smoke at times (hard to tell how hard they are pulling except for a show of smoke!)..
Those old tractors must have been under-rated or had way more torque than more modern tractors..
VERY nice job..!!
I imagine the loader helps keep the front down.!
I really wouldn't change the settings much..!

Ron..
 

Might be, he has a lot of wheel slippage that is crumbling the ground in line with that last furrow..
Light steel rear wheels and probably not "loaded" would give a lot of left-side slippage..
I got so I like to use one dual on the left side, to compensate..helps a great deal...

Ron..
 
Impressive that the Oliver 1550 handles 4-16 plows at only slightly over 50-55 hp.

Have zero experience with a 1550 but spent many an hour on an Oliver 1800a gasser working ground. The 1800a gasser was my all time favorite tractor to work ground with even over our International 1066 diesel.

Anyway we initially had a 4-16 cobbled Oliver tow type plow that had been home brew converted to a 3 pt mounted plow. Tractor handled it fine. However plows were getting worn out and dad found an Oliver 5/16 semi mount high clearance plow at a reasonable price. The new to us plow was adjustable in you could easily drop a bottom or alternatively you could even change the width. Although dad's original plan was to drop a bottom to make it a 4-16 unit that bottom was never dropped. The Oliver 1800a at 73 PTO hp handled the 5-16's and we never narrowed the plow either. The 1800a was not bad on gas either - one of most fuel efficient gassers ever tested and its fuel economy rivaled early diesels.

Can not say we farmed easy to till soil either. For the most part we farmed scrub, sod, overgrown lots of small trees that nobody else wanted and we cleared them - basically anything that could be rented for cheap.

Sure wish I had never sold the 1800a after dad died, but I was young, broke, in college, and without any acreage whatsoever so had to do what I had to do to help mom out. Still miss that tractor even today.
 
I was running 4th under at 1600 rpms and it runs easy and runs smooth, 4th over tends to pull it hard and smokes alot. It burns less fuel running 4th under, Running 4th over burns about 1/2 a gallon more an acre so its cheeper to run it in under. This tractor works better in 4th and 5th under than any other gear. I dont feal the need to run it that hard or move that fast. Here is a picture of dad plowing in 4th high and its pulling hard with lots of smoke. Bandit
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Definitely impressive. Our Oliver 1800a did not have any over/under - just a straight 6 speed. I am sure tilt telescope wheel would have been nice too had it had those like the newer models. Sadly I have never operated a field tractor that had any kind of shift on go capability. Even our 1066 was only 8 forward and 4 reverse straight gears as it had factory TA delete.

I have logged many tractor operation hours but never had the privilege of operating any powershifts, over/unders, multi-powers, dual powers, etc. Have only ever operated single speed crash boxes.
 
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