Past and present 1600 owners

I"m working on a magazine article focusing on the Oliver 1600. I have all the technicial information, but I need some past and present owners to tell me about their experiences with the 1600s. The good and the bad? what did you use it for? Did your dad buy it new? Any funny stories involving the tractor (like when I drove the 550 into the pond)? Have you restored a 1600?

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We had a 1962 Oliver 1600 LPG RC that was a delightful chore tractor. It was primarily used to plant corn with a JD 494A planter and was used to brush hog with a eight foot model, spread manure with a NH 202 spreader, and shuttle hay wagons from the fields to the hay mow too. It was a fine tractor that pulled well and was a pleasure to work on.

Since then who knows how many hours were put on it before the tractor just couldn't move under it's own power any more. Now I've got 20 hours on it and so far, it's been running like a top. Best I can ever remember it running. The 1600 was also the first tractor I ever drove, My dad was chopping corn and useing the 1600 to haul the wagon. He was done w/ the feild so he drove the chopper home and he put the 1600 in 2nd gear w/ the wagon behind it, and I drove it home. I was 4-5 back then, and I've been driving tractors ever since. Now I'm 21 and I do most of the feild work.
Donovan from Wisconsin

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Thanks,

Rodney