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Mike (WA)
03-10-2008 17:04:13
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Re: Oliver 880 users past and present in reply to Rodney, 03-10-2008 13:51:41
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I had a neighbor in the late '70's that I sold 20 acres to, to put in Christmas trees. It had some "old growth" (translation for our midwest friends- "huge"-) stumps on it. He hired a guy with a D8 cat to split and remove them, and while he was there, I hired him as well, to take out those on my remaining land. After stump removal, we both finished the process on our adjacent lands- he with his JD 2020, I with my 880 Oliver. After "stick picking" and plowing, the last step was leveling with a 16 foot steel I-beam dragged crossways, for final leveling. There was a hill that ran across both parcels, and he called me one evening- Gonna have to have the Cat guy bring over his D6, because his 2020 wouldn't pull the I-beam up the hill. I figured the 880 would handle it fine, so the next night, I hooked up to it, and waited for him to come over after work. When I saw him come around the corner, I started across the flat, and I was pulling the I-beam up the hill like child's play, just as he was coming down he drive. He admitted he was beat, and I suggested that before he hired a D6, he might want to consider just hiring me and the 880 for half the price, if his cute little JD couldn't handle it. We both had a good laugh, and I told him he could use the Ollie whenever he needed it. He took me up on it, and we still laugh about it, 30 years later.
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