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Re: Harvest Quiz...#4
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Posted by Cory Z. on September 16, 1999 at 16:01:32 from (208.9.65.2):
In Reply to: Harvest Quiz...#4 posted by King Cotton on September 16, 1999 at 11:30:01:
Legendary can mean many things. I choose not to look at the most successfully sold tractors as legendary strictly based on number of units produced. The two cylinder John Deeres sold like mad and I certainly do not regard them as legendary (quite the opposite, in fact). I choose to interpret legendary as tractors which, in their own time, set the benchmark by which all others were judged and to which all other manufacturers endeavored to attain. With this definition in mind, here are some of my picks. Choosing an order is too difficult. 1) the Oliver 70-the first major row crop tractor to prove the real advantages of smooth 6 cylinder power and a high compression design combined with a modern streamlined look that made others follow. 2) the Oliver Fleetlines-the first tractors to be equipped with live pto. Although Cockshutt came out with live pto at the same time, Oliver is given credit in this regard. These tractors also set the benchmark for diesel engines in their time. Oliver diesels were the farthest advanced then. Add to that Oliver's Hydra-Lectric which paved the way for modern electronic hydraulic control. 3) the Oliver 1800-the first big, modern row crop tractor to which all other manufacturers had to catch up. This tractor also set the Nebraska Tractor Test record for gasoline fuel economy. It advanced the technology innovated by Oliver associated with high compression engines providing more power, more efficiently than the slower, lower compression engines of the past. Later 1800s also had Oliver's Hydra-Power Drive, which would later become Over/Under Hydraul Shift, quite arguably the best power shift transmissions certainly at that time and until only very recently. These are only the most prevalent legendary machines associated with Oliver. Other fans have their favorites but some I would include that are not pure Olivers are: Farmall M, JD 4010/4020 and related (for hydraulic system only), Case 70 series (engines), White 2-135/155, IH 1066 (engine).
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