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Oliver Row-Crop History

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Mark57_420

01-26-2005 04:57:58




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Someone reminded me of a story I heard a long time ago regarding the development of the "row-crop" style of tractor and I hope someone might be able to help me out with it. I"m a pure JD guy, but I guess Oliver green is close enough to talk about. :-)

Anyway, the story goes that Oliver was the first to introduce a row-crop tractor way back when (1920"s or 30"s?). First off, is that correct? If so, the story goes that they bought the design from a small company located in Holton Indiana (SE Indiana about 50 miles west of Cincinnati). I don"t recall what the name of the company was supposed to be. Anyway, if the story is true it is just an interesting piece of history for a town that is nothing but a wide spot in the road today.

I really don"t know if there is any truth to the story or not, but I thought I"d try to find some opinions on it. I"d really appreciate any insight that any of you may have.

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J. Schwiebert

01-31-2005 05:45:01




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 Re: Oliver Row-Crop History in reply to Mark57_420, 01-26-2005 04:57:58  
Rob is correct. A local collector had a protype Farmall-1923. The Oliver rowcrop was the first rowcrop where the rear wheels could be moved on the rear wheels could be moved for different spacing on the axle.



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Rob in Mo.

01-30-2005 17:34:39




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 Re: Oliver Row-Crop History in reply to Mark57_420, 01-26-2005 04:57:58  
I could be wrong but I think the first real rowcrop tractor {although not called as such}
was the Farmall Regular built in 1924.It had the narrow as wellas wide front and could do all the jobs needed on the farm. Like I say, Icould be wrong but can't find any thing prior to that.
Thanks



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Mark57_420

01-28-2005 04:49:12




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 Re: Oliver Row-Crop History in reply to Mark57_420, 01-26-2005 04:57:58  
Thanks for the information. Like I said, I know absolutely nothing about Oliver history, other than they became White. I"ll keep looking for more information on the story. I do know that there was a tractor manufacturer in Holton sometime around the 1920"s. If I can find the name, maybe someone can tie that in some.

Once again, thank you for your input.



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LA in Pa

01-26-2005 14:18:58




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 Re: Oliver Row-Crop History in reply to Mark57_420, 01-26-2005 04:57:58  
Your story is good. The Row-Crop was first built in early 1930. I have one with a serial # 100157 that runs good and has not been restored. The single front wheel is on cut off, but the rear wheels are on steel. Not sure if this one is the oldest one alive, but must be close to it.



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Sherry

01-26-2005 18:44:35




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 Re: Oliver Row-Crop History in reply to LA in Pa, 01-26-2005 14:18:58  
Actually, the first Oliver Row Crop tractor was built by the Oliver Chilled Plow Works in 1927. It was designed by the Altgelt Brothers who had been long time employees of Oliver. They designed and patented the pipe-mount implement system which continued to be used for many years along with the tip-toe steel wheels. I've never heard anything about them buying another tractor to use as a model. There were less than a couple dozen models of the Oliver Chilled Plow tractor built before Oliver merged with Hart-Parr. I know of 2 of these in existance today in collections. After the merger in 1929, the Row Crop was redesigned using the engineering of both Oliver and Hart-Parr to create what we now refer to as the Hart-Parr Oliver Row Crop.

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