reversed trators

[jimkurk]

has anyone ever seen or built a reversed oliver, have a spare 770 that I have been thinking about doing

 

[JMS/.MN]

I did my AC WD back in the late 70s, but don"t know about an Oliver. Critical thing for easy reversing is can the differential be reversed so you get multiple speeds in the new "forward". Some AC, IH, Ford are easy....just flip the differential, bolt back in.

 

[IA Roy]

I saw a farmall 560 that had been reversed. I heard that the shifter mechanism, or the transmission cover had to be raised a little to do the job. I also heard about the Farmall Honeybee that was in production by a second party and used for handling fertilizer. Don't forget about the farmall cottonpickers that were mounted on a reversed tractor.

 

[DeltaRed]

Knew an old man once(he's gone now) who reversed several tractors.This was before the days of the articulated indusrial loaders.
He said the Farmalls were the easiest.Reversed lots of ACs,some Cases,others.He did say That Olivers were hard,not really
'feasable'.Said Olivers had a 'bulkhead' in the rearend that prevented the ring/pinion from being flipped.Never indicated
anything about (2cyl) John Deere.

 

[tim s]

Deere made a kit to reverse 60's it happened on the side cover where 4th/6th gear are, a new set of gears, Heavy cover with an Idler gear between them, was used for cotton pickers..

 

[Dieseltech]

I still have the Cockshutt 30 I reversed back in the mid 1980s. Used it for years with a home built seven foot mower that hooked into the cultivator brackets. Has the loader on reversed too, think it's a Horn but not sure. Have a pipe to work the loader valve while standing in the bucket, put up all the lights in the shop with it in 1993. Handy to trim trees with, but does not raise very high..

 

[504]

The Honey Bees were very popular around here,seems every MFA fertilizer plant had one(H or C) I was too young to know the difference.

 

[Owen Aaland]

On an International if you do not have the shift rails for reverse operation you need to raise the deck enough to clear the ring gear. with the shift rails for reversed operation you just have to move the shift lever to the right side shift hole.

 

[Vern]

We had a reversed Oliver 70 row crop with a swather on it.
Worked good.
Vern

 

[gordey]

There are lots of reversed 770s used for lull loaders