Oliver sickle mower

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I have been given an Oliver sickle bar mower. Its a pull type with what appeared to be a 7 foot bar. I have not transported it home yet. Its a pull type without a hydraulic lift. Could this be a model 22 and is there a photo that someone knows of that would assist in the restoration and new paint? Owner has a new pitman arm for it as well.

 

[Leroy]

Oliver pull type mower could be a 415 and it was avaible with either hydrolic lift or rope lift and they are interchangable easly, also avaible with or without rear PTO and hitch for pulling a hay conditioner behind. Same mower was marketed under the Moline and Cockshutt names in their colors under the 415 number. I think the 22 is not a pull type but a semi mount type. Never seen or heard of any pulltypes other than the 415 that was being built at the end of the Oliver, Moline, Cockshutt names.

 

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Thank you for the info! This one is a pto driven model.

 

[Leroy]

All except the old steel wheel horse drawn mowers would be PTO driven. What I was saying was with the 415 you can pull two implements at the same time and do 2 different jobs, both mowing and conditioning at same time with same tractor

 

[Matt_In]

This is a Cockshutt 315 same as the Oliver 415 just red. Fact mine has a lot of green parts on it.

 

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Ah, gotcha. It looks like the one Matt has on there. I can leave it stored where is until spring. Its inside with a bunch of other antiques. There is 2 Case tractors next to the door. Both are 1939 models sitting on original wheels. Tires are shot, but both are solid and not rusted out. There is a JD 520 in there under inches of dust. It was purchased new by the same fella. He has his model T and a 1970's Ford Thunderbird under a cover in another part of the barn. His JD 4020 still fires off like it rolled off the assembly line and looks good. I didn't get into the back shed too far, but did see a pull type deere combine and an Oliver combine with a 4 row head at the door. Its amazing what an 86 year old fella has stored. Heck, there is even a pair of JD snowmobiles on a trailer.