it is not GREEN ! I give up on the grey day's 15 years ago.

a detroit diesel alway's sounds like a phillips rotory shaver. now I am dating my age now.

Thank you for the information I just had purchased a 1655 diesel and I am currently trying to change fluid and filters and I didn’t know that was one. Again thank you.

Farmer I worked for as a teenager bought a new 1950 4wd with cab and air in '67. Good thing it had the over/under tranny because everytime you hit a soft spot, you had to downshift. We had a Oliver dealership in my hometown, so I grew up with them. I prefered the 990 over the 1950, even tho it was 2wd. Nice video, thanks for posting.

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Hey Chris! Love these 1850s. I'm restoring a Cockshutt 1850 FWA up here in Saskatchewan. I'm getting the seat restored and I have not much to work with. I'm wondering if you could tell me about how thick the foam should be to appear factor for the seat bottom? From the metal edge to the top of the foam? thanks a bunch!

Solid work tone ! Man that would almost put you to sleep. What a nice day no dust😊

Awesome video, one of the things I like most is how you'll take the time to explain things and provide the backstory. I remember that dyno video, seems like it wasn't that long ago but I scrolled back through the videos and I couldn't even find it lol. Time flies but I remember you had the 1755 and the 2050 two of my favorite tractors in that video that day. I think you had a third one but I don't remember what it was or if it was even your tractor. Thanks for the many years of Oliver tractor KZfaq enjoyment!

You are pushing that baler too hard. Slow down a gear.

I grew up 2 miles from the GM proving grounds in Milford. That corner was where they tested Detroit powered equipment. When i got off the school bus I could hear the engines roaring away.

Did you ever hear of a CBT 2105? A collector here in PA has one for sale this week.

My dad ran a Diamond Reo dump truck back in the 70 and 80's that had a 6-71 Detroit in it. He still talks about that old beast and the racket it made. He said one time the muffler fell off soon before he was headed through town and that it shook the whole town of Lebanon PA 😂😂😂

Baler really runs quiet!

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I grew up in the 70s working on a farm just outside of Fredericksburg Virginia with all Oliver equipment. They were all 50 Series except 1600 tricycle. There was an 1850, 1950T, and 2150 fwa with a day long cab plus a full compliment of Oliver implements. Every time I see Herman I think how good he would look with a rops and canopy. Thanks for taking me back to my teenage years.

I put some hours on a 1950 Detroit with standard tires. Later i was building fertilizer trucks withe the big tires.

Looking at buying a Gehl hay mower can a guy still get parts for them seen you have one thanks

Herman needs new front tires.

I became friends with the former mechanic of the Fowlerville Oliver dealership. I remember him telling me stories about try to sell these Olivers with the Detroit Diesels to two cylinder John Deere guys that couldn't afford or even get one of the 4020's Deere was making. Many, MANY of them brought the Olivers back because they thought they were riding a run away chainsaw. A LOUD run away chainsaw. Once they had some days in the seat, and saw what real horsepower was like, most of them kept the machines. His service manager Tom also told me about an add on deal they had for smaller Olivers to inject LP in to a diesel engine. It was intended to jump the horsepower for a minute or so to get you through a tough spot in the field. Farmers being farmers too many of them thought this was their new cheap supercharging to get full time horsepower. The lucky ones just ran the LP tank dry and stopped in the field with too much implement and too little power to pull it. The unlucky ones found out that that kind of cylinder pressure and heat really shortens the life of an engine, by years. Tom said they stopped selling them after a single season. I had a 2050 for three planting seasons. Had a Deere 6x16 plow for it. Truth is, I could have pulled eight bottoms with it. I went from a 400 IH with about 55 hp to 120 hp on the draw bar. No comparison. And it sipped fuel compared to the gas job IH's we were running.

I drove a 1964 1900 for years on the family farm. Pulled a disc and drag harrow. Many days were completed only because the harrow picked up some barbed wire to repair the broken bolts. I am happy I can still hear.

Are we going to get any harvest videos with that new combine? Been looking to see how it's doing.

Who would have thought that rock music would be so hard on a disc. Nice video Chris!

There goes the beast of the tractor world, Herman is the name, roaring is his game. Some really sweet aerial shots, great job. I miss doing some ground work. You sure do grow the mosquitoes large there, 😁. Nice job, enjoyed the sounds, have a great afternoon! Thanks!

How does fuel consumption compare with the 310 and the Hercules?

It’s always a good video when you roll Herman out of the shed!

Herman getting unstuck was the first video I watched on this channel. Thanks for the brief walk around and explanation of two stroke diesels it makes more sense to me now. Great video.👍🏻

Didn't you buy Herman from Blake an Christine Bolte?

My cousin works for a Deere dealership in Nebraska. They had an articulated four wheel drive there last fall when I was out for a visit. It was equipped with the terra tires. That's a $50,000 option. Make sure you dig up all those stub fence post. 😮

The first thing is That it is SUNDAY. The second thing is that Herman with his Detroit Diesel is a sound that was a trademark sound of the Oliver top-of-the-series tractors for years. The sound he emanates when the load comes on is fantastic. Actually, the exhaust sound is augmented by the sounds of that Rootes Blower. We had a customer who tried several exhaust muffling set-ups and never got the noise down to where he was happy. One would have to build a sound-absorbing set of panels around the Detroit including the oil pan. Diesel truck makers have gone to sound-deadening panels and oil pan covers to make the diesel noise less. Making a Detroit-powered Oliver tractor quiet would simply ruin the mystic that goes with it. Kudos to the drone operator for being able to drive a tractor and fly a drone at the same time. At least we do not hear you saying "This will probably kill me" as the Rodney Dangerfield of Oliver videos does. Also, I wonder if all of his DeWalt batteries have died as in the last couple of his videos he has used hand tools. So we are entertained by the Professor and the class clown which makes for great viewing. Keep it up. BTW, Dyno Day needs to happen again.

Love me some Herman! I grew up in the 60's running equipment in dad's earth moving business listening to 4-71, 6-71 and 8-71 Detroits. Tell Herman that he brings back a lot of fond memories for me!

Herman is one cool tractor

My husband was getting coffee and without even looking he hollowed “it’s Herman” I can tell that sound anywhere.😊😊😊😊😊

Herman wakes up the neighborhood like a Boss does. Forget the White Field Boss series, Herman is the true boss of everything agriculture.

Landing the drone on the fender was a nice touch.

Love the sound of a Jimmy

I had a small Tonka tractor and trailer that must have been modelled after one of these. When I first saw Herman, I had to laugh, because it was my little fat-tired tractor come to life. Herman seems to have zero trouble pulling that rig along. I like to imagine those tractors as if they had continued along on their development cycle instead of being phased out. Herman with a modern cab would be a nice ride.

As a retired heavy equipment operator in and out of the military, I ran plenty of Euclid rock dumps and other heavy equipment with Detroits. It brings back fond memories. 😊 I can't get over them tires . How much to replace the back ones?

Looking and sounding good

What a tractor, it's also a aircraft carrier!!

Chris, it's always interesting to hear you talk about the history of your tractors and the equipment. I have a question If you know the answer but I was noticing on the 4-Digit Oliver tractors they use different dash layouts are you aware of why they might have used different ones? Hope you have a wonderful Sunday. Thanks Michael

Thanks for the video Chris. How is the fuel consumption of the Detroit vs four stroke diesel?

I could listen to that tractor all day it takes me back to my teenage years when I had the privilege to drive one of those tractors

Is a Oliver 1850 diesel a good tractor to start farming with I’m 16 and just looking I just don’t hardly ever see you use yours maybe I’m just not looking hard enough thanks

That was fun. Thanks for the video. See you later.

Glad you got it. I was going to say usually if something improves by reducing the pto speed it's some due to wear. Good looking hay

Beautiful tractor!

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The dealer at Conroy Iowa was our local Oliver Dealer.

At least it's good to have backup tractors just hanging around bro. Safe travels. Ken.

Chris, Do you know what size front tires you have on your 1550? They look bigger than the tires on my 1550. Looks good! Thank you for producing content as well. Derek