The Super 55 and 550 were excellent on gas. The 66 used the same engine.The 66 had a 13 gallon gas tank,and I can run my 12KW generator all night with that one on a tank of gas. Dad always claimed he could plow a field with his 66 on the same gas it took to drag the same field with John Deere A. As far as pulling a baler,no problem. Most of Oliver's baler literature back then showed them being pulled by a 550. Even some of the pull type combine literature showed them behind 550s. Don't be afraid to go with the later "Improved" Super 55 made in 1957 and 58. There wasn't really a dimes worth of difference between them and the early 550s. The "Improved" Super had a 12 volt system,key start ignition,all the goodies that the 550s had.
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