Oliver 830 Forage Harvester, Who made it?

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5 жыл бұрын

I found a bad bearing on my 830, so while it's in the shop I thought I'd do a walk around of the machine while giving some history on it. Was it built by Oliver, or by Fox? Watch for the answer!

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@billjoe4367 3 жыл бұрын

My family had an Oliver 840 and 3 different foxes, an spf, super d, and a max 1, and a 6650. There was a dealer in Indianapolis named sharp brothers, they were an Oliver dealer and a fox dealer. They were also neighbors of ours as they farmed in Lizton Indiana and we in Jamestown Indiana. Mr sharp told my father that when Oliver made a deal with fox to copy their chopper, they had sharp bros bring a fox from there dealership to copy. As you say, fox did not make them but Oliver made them to fox specs. We interchanged many parts on the ones we had.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 3 жыл бұрын

I asked one of the Sharps, and he confirmed what you said. I've often wondered if Fox knew what Oliver had done, and if there was any kind of agreement. My chopper has Fox cylinder knives in it, that's how close they copied it.

@billjoe4367 3 жыл бұрын

I have to ask if you then what part of the country do you haul from?

@ThatOliverGuyChris 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in southern Michigan

@billjoe4367 3 жыл бұрын

Guess I’m not too intelligent. It’s your video and you said Michigan. I’m a little slow

@ThatOliverGuyChris 3 жыл бұрын

@@billjoe4367 , I swear I'm getting slower every day. I mentioned Michigan in this video?

@user-uh9xk7bm7h 9 ай бұрын

The Turo, Air, corn pickers and Oliver was pretty good

@cesmith4566 5 жыл бұрын

Wow lucky to find such a low hour machine Herman would sound good on that ! Thanks for sharing Chris

@jakeziegler599 5 жыл бұрын

That’s just cool! Can’t wait to see it chopping this summer

@farmerbill6855 3 жыл бұрын

You'll use it. I kept an old JD chopper around to chop up windrows that had gotten too much rain on them. I just turned the spout about 45 degrees and blew it back on the field. Best regards from Indiana.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I've had to bale up spoiled hay just to get it off the field. Chopping it and spreading it out is a much better option.

@farmerbill6855 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Cool, thanks for the reply. Plus, you get the added benefit of the fertilizer return. That thing's a nice find. I know not much about Oliver except people who like them REALLY like them. I've been enjoying your tour, thanks.

@bobmiller9018 4 жыл бұрын

love the old equip, great video

@jamisgood21 5 жыл бұрын

Always fun having toys! Cool piece.

@Drewsadventures00 5 жыл бұрын

Man after watching your videos it make me miss watching oilver66farmboy

@ohioplowboyhawk6738 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks It looks like a nice chopper

@webandmn82 5 жыл бұрын

Another great informational video keep up the good work!!

@ThatOliverGuyChris 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@chriszenker2468 5 жыл бұрын

That is a good looking chopper nice to find good stuff like that. looking forward to seeing it work. Chris

@ThatOliverGuyChris 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Chris!

@bigtractorpower 5 жыл бұрын

Great chopper to have.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@rustyrelicsfarm2406 5 жыл бұрын

Now that is something you do not see everyday.

@griffinhamilton2299 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the shoutout!!!!

@dedrakuhn6103 2 жыл бұрын

Oliver made choppers? This is the first one I've ever seen

@ThatOliverGuyChris 2 жыл бұрын

In the 1950s they made a smaller chopper. I've got one of those that I want to restore someday.

@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin 5 жыл бұрын

Cool Chris!!! Now they say Agco, or whatever they're marketing under... seems like Massey is the forage division. Check SHOUP for the pickup teeth. They've got a pretty good selection. And inexpensive 😎

@ThatOliverGuyChris 5 жыл бұрын

I get quite a bit of stuff from Shoup, I just need to pull one off so I can match it up.

@billwhitman1529 4 жыл бұрын

Straight out cool. I didn't even know Oliver sold a chopper. I assume your family was a Oliver/White/Moline dealer? I grew up on a Oliver farm but by the time I was ready to farm on my own, White was coming out and I didn't trust the outcome. Started out with IH and eventually transitioned to John Deere. You should get together with Jake Ziegler. We just enjoy watching he and his family using older but extremely well maintained Oliver/White equipment to farm a good bit of acres.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 4 жыл бұрын

I watch Jake too. I'd do a collaboration with him, but the distance makes it tough. Hopefully someday.

@brandonstahnke1090 5 жыл бұрын

That cool I never seen one before

@jamesguralski5156 2 жыл бұрын

I thought fox before I started vid. 🤔 wow

@dalewalker2315 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, I don't want to argue with an expert, but we ran Fox choppers for years before buying a New Holland 717 I think it was. LOL!! If that isn't a Fox, Oliver made a damn good knock off! LOL!!

@ThatOliverGuyChris 5 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what they did. I got my story directly from an Oliver territory servive rep. The self propelled shows more differences since the frame and drive train were from the Oliver 525 combine.

@bryanginder5903 4 жыл бұрын

Dale your right that is one spot on for looking like a fox, even their sp looked like a fox especially the corn head just missing the orange paint

@scruffy6151 5 жыл бұрын

I worked for a farmer that had a 1,000 rpm fox chopper pulled by a 2- 120 White. Spray paint that fox orange lol looks alot like the fox. If you ever what to know how to set the cutting bar for the knives let me know i can help you there is a right way and wrong way. You do not need the tractor hooked up to sharpen knives. As rusty as those knives are it would not hurt to touch them up a little. If it works anywhere near like what a fox does you got a good buy. The gear boxs is for the length of the chop the higher you go with gears the longer the chop is because, it feeds it faster through the knives Brings back good memory looking at that chopper.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Scruffy, I may have to pick your brain before it's all said and done. I do have the operator's manual, but sometimes talking to an operator is better.

@scruffy6151 5 жыл бұрын

@@ThatOliverGuyChris any time.

@scruffy6151 5 жыл бұрын

@@ThatOliverGuyChris do you have the electric grinder.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 5 жыл бұрын

No, it's just a stone on a bar with a long handle.

@scruffy6151 5 жыл бұрын

@@ThatOliverGuyChris bummer..

@gianlucapalombi2713 5 жыл бұрын

Is Fox!!

@dschefers9700 5 жыл бұрын

Good chopper, but don’t put over 120hp on it. I always thought it was a fox.

@smartmooose 5 жыл бұрын

I wander if Hesston picked up after this model? We had a hesston 7020 with similar knife and blower setup...

@ThatOliverGuyChris 5 жыл бұрын

Hesston did buy Oliver's baler line, but I never heard what became of the choppers. It's possible it could have been part of the deal. Ill see if I can find a 7020 to compare it to.

@johnloy3988 2 жыл бұрын

How did kohering not go after oliver for the close resemblence??

@ThatOliverGuyChris 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew the answer to that.

@richardbailey7472 4 жыл бұрын

Would have been cool with the WHITE paint scheme

@SOU6900 3 жыл бұрын

I kinda wish Oliver had built semis.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 3 жыл бұрын

White Motor, parent company of Oliver in the 60s and 70s did. Does that count?

@SOU6900 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThatOliverGuyChris 😆 I guess it could, but not really the same as something that was designed and built by Oliver. To be honest I always thought White Motor company was separate all together from the ag company.

@ThatOliverGuyChris 3 жыл бұрын

For the most part they were separate. When they were working on developing the Corporate tractor, one of the engines they were developing was a V8 diesel that could be used in both trucks and high horsepower tractors.

@SOU6900 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThatOliverGuyChris was that a Cat V8 or a Detroit?

@SOU6900 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wait never mind my last question. My autistic brain got left behind for a moment.😅