Oliver 1550 or 1600 width?

rankrank1

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How narrow can an Oliver 1550 or Oliver 1600 get measuring outside of rear wheels to outside edge of other rear wheel assuming 15.5 width rear tires (or narrower)? I would still want full use of the 3 pt hitch with sufficient sway tolerances, decent operator platform comfort, and keep the fenders of course.

Do the uitily versions achieve narrower width ?
 
I have my 1600 set up to straddle 30 inch rows with 18.4-34s on it so if that's what you're trying to achieve it can be done. I think it's 62 or 63
inches on center.
 
(quoted from post at 10:32:05 05/25/18) I have my 1600 set up to straddle 30 inch rows with 18.4-34s on it so if that's what you're trying to achieve it can be done. I think it's 62 or 63
inches on center.

Not trying to achieve any center to center settings as I do not have any row crops whatsoever so row width not a factor for me at this time.

Mainly trying to stay around 72" outside edge to outside edge as that width I know works decent enough with all my other piddle type equipment and attachments that I already own for my other antiquated fleet. Most importantly my New Holland 65 baler that is a 2 joint short tongue so it does not work well with a wide tractor. I realize I could alternately kick a wheel way out to put the windrow on the inside of the rear wheel but then I am left with a tractor that is way too wide for anything else I might use it for like bush hogging or scraper blading. I am not going to be adjusting wheel width all the time either.

I would even be okay with a set of 13.6 rubber on the rear if that helped matters (on a proper width rim). Just trying to re-live some glory days of my youth on running Dad's old Oliver 1800A (my all-time favorite tractor to ever work ground with), but every time I look at an Oliver 4 digit series it is just way too big for my piddle patch operation even though I really like em.

A 770 would likely fit me best, but I do not like the ergonomic arrangement of the operator platform along with the brake pedal arrangement nor the thin tin differential cover so all you hear is the Oliver whine of that series. I love the 4 digit series.

May just have to settle for a Farmall 656 instead as those seem a little smaller and alternately try to re-live Dad's IH 1066 years instead although I liked the Oliver better.
 
I run an Oliver 60T baler behind our 1800C that's narrowed up for 30 inch rows and don't have any issues and that tractor has 18.4s on it. The
tongue and driveshaft on that baler are probably only in the neighborhood of 2 feet long or less. That 84 inch width from the manual is the width
over the axle shafts, not the width outside to outside on the tires because that will change with tread width. You will have no issues getting any
4 digit, aside from the planetary drive models, narrow enough to bale with, especially if you are only running 15.5s. Heck, I have my 1950T
narrowed up enough to bale with.
 
I went up and measured my 1550 gas as it sits its 77 inches outside to outside with 15.5 X 38 tires.The hubs are 2 1/2 inches out on the axles so by sliding them in it'd narrow it up 5 more inches which would get it to 72 inches wide,with a set of 13.6 X 38 that should get it under 70 inches.The fender brackets are in the wide position so they'd have to be bought
in to the narrow position which is no big deal and its made to do it that way.With a set of readily adjustable rims and centers like on a pressed set steel set of Cockshutt rims
its possible to maybe make it 2 inches narrower.Or if you flipped the hubs around on the axle you could get it real close to the fenders and be real narrow but I despise having
wheels on a tractor that way.
 
MY 1550 is a shade over 7 ft with 16.9-38s. One side is a little farther out than the other, the way I brought it home. I want to narrow it up some but can't get a wrench on the inside nut and still get a pipe on it. Have to wait for a day I have enough OOMPH to that the rims and center off.
 
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