Impressive that the Oliver 1550 handles 4-16 plows at only slightly over 50-55 hp.
Have zero experience with a 1550 but spent many an hour on an Oliver 1800a gasser working ground. The 1800a gasser was my all time favorite tractor to work ground with even over our International 1066 diesel.
Anyway we initially had a 4-16 cobbled Oliver tow type plow that had been home brew converted to a 3 pt mounted plow. Tractor handled it fine. However plows were getting worn out and dad found an Oliver 5/16 semi mount high clearance plow at a reasonable price. The new to us plow was adjustable in you could easily drop a bottom or alternatively you could even change the width. Although dad's original plan was to drop a bottom to make it a 4-16 unit that bottom was never dropped. The Oliver 1800a at 73 PTO hp handled the 5-16's and we never narrowed the plow either. The 1800a was not bad on gas either - one of most fuel efficient gassers ever tested and its fuel economy rivaled early diesels.
Can not say we farmed easy to till soil either. For the most part we farmed scrub, sod, overgrown lots of small trees that nobody else wanted and we cleared them - basically anything that could be rented for cheap.
Sure wish I had never sold the 1800a after dad died, but I was young, broke, in college, and without any acreage whatsoever so had to do what I had to do to help mom out. Still miss that tractor even today.
This post was edited by rankrank1 at 18:06:23 11/21/12 3 times.
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