Oliver Heritage Issue #86

Oliver Heritage Issue #86 Aug/Sept 2018

• FEATURING: Mighty-Tow 4-115 - Mighty Fine. This model was powered by a 453 Detroit Diesel engine, which developed 115 horsepower. Observed maximum drawbar horsepower was 99. Feature tractor owner: Ken Guile - Davison, MI.

• Cletrac Facts: Oliver-Cletrac in Europe, Pt. 1. The Cleveland Tractor Company and Oliver Corporation had a presence in Europe for many years. This presence varied greatly from country to country. 

• Bally Lloyd: Oliver's Most Colorful Character. If there was ever a class clown in the Oliver Corporation, he came out of the Shelbyville, Illinois, factory. While he played the serious employee in the plant, he wore many different coats on the road, entertaining dealers and farmers in multiple countries. 

• Another Oliver User: Jim and Joann Sypnesiki from Brainerd, MN. Picking through the Olivers...

• Pete Clark's De-Troit City - Clear Lake, WI. Head out to the Badger State and you'll find a host of family farms of all sizes. Take the back roads and over the next hill, you, as an Oliver collector, may just find something of interest. 

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