Oliver Crawler tractor

I went to this guy's ranch today and worked on a Oliver tractor that was a crawler with a dozer blade on it. What was interesting is that it was an old military tractor. I started to laugh because it said it was built proof. Had it up and running with in 5 minutes because the magneto had a wire on it that grounded it out. this got me thinking I wonder are these Olivers rare.
 
I am so sorry but I did not have a camera with me when I fixed it. I went over there to pay for storage fees on my tractor equipment. He talked to me because he could not get it started. It did not come to my mind at the time and till I got home.
 
Oliver made several sizes of crawler tractors from the OC-3 up to the OC-18. The OC-3 was, I believe, essentially a rebadged Cletrac HG after Oliver purchased them, and some of the others were based on wheeled models of Oliver tractors. We have an OC-4 that did all of our snowplowing duties until Gramp bought a 4x4 Ford pickup with a plow in 1988, and then it just did the spots, such as our sugarbush, where the truck couldn't easily get in. They were a handy little crawler for a small dairy farm like ours, and we also used it for working land too wet to get a wheeled tractor on, skidding logs in winter, moving and leveling dirt, and similar chores. It had a hydraulic lift blade with manual angle--you pulled two pins and could move it from roughly 45 degrees left to straight to 45 degrees right. I can't speak to the military versions though it wouldn't surprise me if there were some, as a small crawler is certainly handy to have around in a military setting.
 
Brent,I have a 1948 Oliver HG crawler with loader. It was the first time for me installing the mag and it runs good! I had the radiator recored and new fan bearing assembly. The first pic is when I bought it setting in the barn. The G900 Minni Mo was in front of it and now is sitting outside unfortunately.
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Little four cylinder crawler or big one with a six? You sure it is an Oliver? Oliver OC3 crawler had a Clark transmission and there was an Air Force crawler with a four cylinder engine made during WWII called the Clark CA1. Light enough to drop by parachute. Oliver made a big crawler called the MG1 or M2 with a six cylinder engine.
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No, here is my HG. I don't paint anything. Just fix and use. Mine has the aux. transmission,and thus the two sticks showing.
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