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Oliver Heritage Issue #113
Oliver Heritage Issue #113
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Oliver Heritage Issue #113 Feb/Mar 2023
- FEATURING: Oliver's HFWD, Levy "Live Power" Wheel. In 1962, Oliver began offering four-wheel-drive axles on their new line of tractors. Reaching to outside sources, they began installing two different axles to supply the needs of the user. Feature tractors: Oliver 1950 FWA and Cockshutt 1850 FWA owned by Folie Farms - Somerset, WI.
- Rebirth of Hart-Parr No. 3, Pt. 2: We told the early life history of old Hart-Parr No. 3 in Part I of this story. Part II will lead us up to the Celebration of Life everyone wanted to attend.
- A President's Pep Talk: On July 15, 1959, the President of Oliver, Carl Hecker, delivered a motivational speech to the entire Oliver team that even warned of the potential risk of losing control of the company.
- Yard Boss: The Many Faces of the White Mower: In the early-1960s, the trend was to have more power to get more work done in less time. Having more time at the end of the day suddenly meant opportunity for a nice lawn and landscaping. With urban sprawl on the move and country folks taking more pride in their homestead, the sale of mowers and lawn equipment was on the rise. And, White Motors wanted part of it.
- Cletrac Facts: Controlling Mosquitoes the Oliver Way. H.F. Davis Tractor Co. was very involved in mosquito control in the state of Massachusetts. In addition to selling and servicing Oliver-Cletrac wheel and crawler tractors and equipment, Davis also operated Davco Farm, and later, Bee Supply Co., working closely with agricultural related projects. Since this mosquito plague was a real concern for Massachusetts’s residents, something had to be done.
- Another Oliver User: Gary Buxengard. While recently visiting lifelong Spring Grove resident, Gary Buxengard, he stated, “There were several good Oliver dealers surrounding us in small towns across this area, and a lot of sales were made on all these smaller farms during Oliver’s heyday. That’s why we still have so many Oliver tractors in this southeast region of the state.”
- Collecting Olivers: Although Marty Wandersee grew up on his family’s 120-acre farmstead near Delano, Minnesota, his dad never had Olivers, but some of the neighbors did.
