Last of the 72 Ollie pics

[rrlund]

Here's the big stuff from the 1972 Full Line Catalog.














 

[Bob Bancroft]

Neat pictures. I don't believe I've ever seen an Oliver SP chopper. I wonder if they made it?
Last picture brings back memories- the kind I would like to forget.
Worked on another farm for a short time. They had a new loader (1610 maybe?) on a 1750. I was remarking with my boss about how there were no grease fittings on the pivot points, and they were somewhat sloppy. His father (a real a$$) comes out to the shop. Son mentions to father what I just said. His reply- "who cares"?
Short time later old man comes out to shop with invoice from local dealer I had signed. He questions a screwdriver purchase. He hadn't seen any new screwdriver around. I think it was 99 cents. I pulled the tiny pocket screwdriver out of my pocket and said "right here".
I didn't last there very long.
 

[rrlund]

Yes,Oliver made their own choppers. Those self propelleds were based on the combine design. Some thought they bought out Fox because the heads and a lot of parts were interchangable. At one time Oliver tried to buy Fox,but somebody at the top at Fox wouldn't allow the sale because Oliver wasn't Wisconsin based company. Crazy.
 

[massey 333]

Very good pictures rrlund on that era,but is funny compared to JD-Case-AC lit.of that time frame of no cabbed tractors to speak of shown.We had 3 good Oliver and 2 MM dealers until the mid 70s and after the 55 seris came out everything was downhill from there.We only had one White(very strong) dealer left(within 50mi.) when Agco took over which they (Agco)then closed down because they wouldn't move and put up a mega $$$ building.Now we are 100-150Mi.from a dealer that will try to help with parts-service on Olivers.
 

[rrlund]

We lost our closest dealer when the whole Texas Instruments debacle happened. Luckily we had one as close as any other brand,and that's not saying much,about 38 miles away,that survived. They try their darndest to keep the Oliver and Whites going,even if they have to go with after market suppliers to get parts.
 

[INCase]

wow

I know a bit about Oliver/Whites (not much on MM) and I never knew or had the slightest idea they had a self-prop chopper.
 

[INCase]

Nice pictures. I have a 1973 "White is up to something" brochure my uncle gave me when i was a kid. its 95% oliver with a couple MM pictures. Some of the disk/chisel pictures are the same. My brother colored on and tore out the back hay tool pages.
 

[Cliff Nelson]

I have a sales brochure on the MM version of the SP chopper. Never seen one though.
 

[Larry NEIL]

Thanks for putting those up, I really enjoyed them.
 

[rrlund]

Wish I could find the 65 catalog and the Industrial Full Line Catalogs that I had.
I had a plant souvenir book from Charles City too. Notice I said had.
 

[massey 333]

The White thing with parts seemed to be one of the biggest downfalls.The last dealer,who was a 3rd.or forth generation dealer often told us at the end,he couldn't get everyday breakdown parts 2-3 weeks or more later,but things he might sell every yr.or 2-3 he would get overnight.Now unless the farmer is dead or fully retired,the loyal Oliver guys have went 50-50 JD or CIH-FNH and not Agco.
 

[Gary Spitznogle]

I have 2 840 self propelled choppers 1 is a early one with a continental flat head 6 cyl and the other has the 2150 mtr. There is several little difference between them for no more than they made
 

[Bret4207]

How times have changed. Can you imagine fueling a 141 hp tractor with LP and what it would cost to run? I have a Cockshutt 30 LP and love it for raking and such, but when you really work her she drinks the LP pretty fast. Setting out to do real field work with 141 hp? That giant sucking sound would be your money leaving your wallet!
 

[Huskers86]

We had a neighbor who had retired and had a farm sale years ago and then still kept about 1/2 of the equiptment line in storage and sold out again 20 years later. Anyway the articulated tractor at the top was one that came up on the 2nd auction and it only brought $2500. It had around 4500 hours on it and a dozer blade. I regret not bidding on that thing. A local fellow bought it and put it to work for a couple years and it disappeared. I wonder where it ever went.