1855 pic

[jasinpa]

1855

 

[jasinpa]

got new front tires after pic. was taken

 

[oliver1850T]

Sweet!

 

[NYOlivers]

Very nice lookin tractor! Is that a custom built front weight bracket, where the starter weight bolts to the front?

 

[rrlund]

Sharp!

 

[jasinpa]

the front weight bracket is original to the tractor , this tractor had suitcase weights , that is the starter for them, has original Oliver parts number casted into it. ive been told its a harder piece to come by , but alot of Oliver around here had suitcase weights not the slab type, but finding the weights is anther story.

 

[oliverkid]

Ive been at shows and seen Oliver Suitcase sets for sale. Last set I saw was at the Oliver Show in Kalamazoo MI in 2012, guy was asking $1200 for a base and 4 weights. We got lucky and bought a rear axle weight bracket for our 7300 for $250 from a salvage yard, when it got here wouldnt ya know it had two Oliver Suitcase starters bolted to it. I put them on both my 19's and just run regular White Suitcase weights. They hook the exact same way they just lack the lower handle like the Oliver/Moline weights had.

 

[NYOlivers]

I did not know that Oliver made suitcase style weights and a bracket to hang them on {there is my lesson for the day}. I thought only the style was the stack-on's and slab weights. I knew white made the suitcase style. If I were you I would keep those under lock and key being they are hard to find!LOL

What year is you 1855?

 

[NYOlivers]

I knew you had a weight bracket for the 1955 to use white suitcase weights on. In my area it is very hard to find Oliver weights of any kind, front slabs, stack-on or even wheel weights. Usually find them on a tractor already not being sold separate.

 

[excello]

That is nice !

I sometimes wish I had something in the 1650 - 1855 class instead of my 990. The newer row crop tractors are just nicer and a lot more versatile, and the bigger ones have just as much or more "grunt" when it comes to doing real work.

excello

 

[Kow Farmer]

That is a great lookin' tractor! Thanks for sharing the pics.
Kow Farmer Kurt

 

[jasinpa]

that one is a late 1974 , it has some of the later updates , such as the add on oil cooler , gravity feed injection pump eliminating the lift pump , it has its original engine , even throw it did throw a rod back in the day like all of them did , ive completely overhauled & updated the engine , got inj. pump & turbo rebuilt. everything you see in pic. it came with from factory , have the duels wheels that came with it also , everything checks out according to the build sheet i have . Oliver did make suitcase weights , there the same as Moline used W/ the handle on top & bottom , but they didnt have (MM) casted in them , they are very hard to find & pricey . I did find a guy online that reproduces them around $125 each , if i remember right , plus shipping. but finding the Oliver starter block is the problem . i do think White's will fit on the Oliver tractor though , I know the suitcase weights will fit my 1855 starter but are shaped with that pointed style front instead of being flat like original weights would have been.

 

[Dugger]

(reply to post at 00:31:35 04/01/18)

I’d like to see a pic of the suitcase weights