Oliver Heritage Issue #47 - Digital Copy

Oliver Heritage Issue #47 Feb/Mar 2012 - Digital Copy

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• FEATURING: Oliver 1800 - The ABCs of the A, B, and C. Before the 1800 had a numeric designation, it was labeled the X89. The tractor had been tested on farms for several years when it was announced in mid-1958 the program was cancelled. George Bird, Charles City Plant Manager, persuaded the board to see the X89 in action. Feature tractor owner (1800 A): Dick Hitchens - Oreana, IL.

• Cletrac Facts: Following the Trail with Cletrac. Richard E. Byrd, better known as Admiral Byrd, made his first expedition to the South Pole in 1928. His second expedition took place between 1933-1935. "The tractor (a Cletrac 40-30) operated successfully in temperatures as low as 65 degrees below zero."

• Ask the Oliver Mechanic: Question and answer with Larry Harsin.

• White Motor Corp: White - New Idea, Keeping the Wheels Turning. By 1987, White Farm Equipment, through its heritage companies, had been manufacturing farm equipment and tractors for 160 years. Allied, the new owner of the White brand, did not want that heritage to spin out. 

• Collector's Corner: The Oliver Shield, Volume XVI, Part 2.

• Another Oliver User: The Schaar Family Olivers, by Mary Schaar. 

• Hart-Parr 28-50: Back Home with David Pence.