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Oliver Big and Small

04/14/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

It was late August and I’d been waiting for the perfect night to photograph my Dad’s Oliver 1655 with my daughter’s 1855 pedal tractor. We’d bought her pedal tractor before she was born, my Dad’s tractor had just been fully repainted, and I had a vision that initially looked completely different than this.

I photographed the tractors together with his in the background before deciding to line them up. He really didn’t want any part of being in the pictures but when I asked him to be in “just this last set” he went (hesitantly) willingly. In his basic mowing clothes and her crazy baby ponytail, this moment was born. She turned to find Grandpa and he waved back to her.

Lindsay Dinkla
Casey, Iowa
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1955 Oliver 55

01/30/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

A friend of ours purchased a house to renovate and with it, came a tractor that was lost in the brush and even had a tree growing up through it.  He asked my Dad if he would be interested in coming and getting it out of there.  My husband and Dad showed up with a tractor and trailer and set to work trying to get it out.  As they cleared brush and cut the tree down, I think it became their personal challenge to get it running again. 

Within a week, my Dad and brother had it driving around with intentions of entering it in the antique tractor pull at our local, annual threshers event.  True to form, Dad pulled it and took first place in his class.  It looked a bit rough with years of grime on it, mismatched tires, and moss and lichen still growing on it, but Dad’s grin was priceless!  When asked what he spent on it, he joked that the most money was spent on oil and grease!

It is a 1955 Oliver 55  or affectionately known on the farm as “lil ollie”.

Veronica Brown
Sullivan, Missouri

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1964 Oliver 550

12/15/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

1964 Oliver was bought new by my great grandfather in 1964.

My brother and I had just finished putting a new clutch in and used it to clear snow on the place to break in the clutch.

Jonathon Schmedding
Walthill, Nebraska
Tractor Photo Contest Winner


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11/11/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

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