Oliver Crawlers on Facebook

[Chris Van]

For those of you on Facebook or able to view Facebook, I am just building an Oliver crawler appreciation site.
There's some interesting pics on there, and even a few wheeled 550s & a 1255, with more to come.
Check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Olivercrawlerscom/115094158663103

I'd appreciate it if you could 'like' me, as it helps me to add more to the site.

Oliver Crawlers on Facebook

 

[Chris Van]

Loading an OC3 with Ware 3WI loader and Jet Trencher. Hydraulics on the backhoe were a bit baggy and it kept dropping down! I was doing this while trying to keep the spring-loaded choke wire pulled as the carb was dirty and engine was stalling under load due to fuel starvation.
Note to self: load backwards in future :)

The other tractor is a 4x4 Oliver 1255.
 

[dej(Jed)]

Worst piece of equipment I ever owned. Engineering should have been shot for that one.
 

[Chris Van]

Aside of it being back-heavy, I've done a ton of great work with it! Including digging out alongside cracked foundations in heavy clay. A nice feature in its day, was the way the trencher is offset so you can dig parallel to existing walls.
I just load up the bucket with blocks to move it around.

But each is allowed an opinion I guess.