Tractor joe's Oliver

The 1600 Oliver was bought in the spring of 2008. It actually looked better than this shot because it has a hood and sides. What ever they worked on, at that point, needed them off. It was used for mowing the pasture at our place. It just didn't look very nice....YET! But tractor joe was still very proud of his tractor.

When my sister was here last summer and saw it, she actually said "is this a working tractor???" She earned no brownie points for that question.


This spring Mike was here (between jobs) and he started painting. The WHOLE thing was taken apart to work on....it was REALLY a sad looking tractor then. Even the small front wheels were missing and it sat on blocks.


Bits of it were all over. The hydropower bell something went to the shop for repairs. Everything on it was gettting a new coat of "meadow green" or "clover white"........We were all excited, it would look SO NICE!



It was a Sunday night when everything was put back together....the moment of truth...would it run again?? YES it did...but wait....something wasn't quite right. The hydropower bell something wasn't running correctly. Tractor joe, his brothers and Mike worked on it. The repairman was called and asked if it was possible he left a rag in it. Silence for a second and then...


"yea, it is possible"...........oh no!!! The whole thing was taken apart again and back to the repair shop went the hydropower bell something. Yep, there was a rag in it.


So by the next weekend the tractor was back together and running. You can see we still need to get the Oliver decals and as I write the back wheels are painted now, along with the fenders and dash.....it is SO COOL.


Mike has done a FANTASTIC job of getting the paint on!!



We think its a keeper!!