The Oliver sounds like a nice tractor. Baling with live or independent PTO is handy too.
My MF50 has live PTO where half way down on the clutch stops the tractor movement, but not the PTO, and all the way down, stops everything. Stopping everything with a foot pedal is nice when you slam something like the bush hog into a pile of rocks or a stump - or a cattle salt block (hard as a rock -LOL).
OTOH - independent PTO is nice in that if you are running PTO driven spreader or sprayer, you can turn off/on the PTO without stopping the tractor. This is how my JD works. I feel the independent PTO gives a little more dimension to the tractor - and it sounds like the Oliver has it.
I thought my next tractor to refurb was going to be an old family Ford 3000, but my brother has decided to keep and restore it, so I'm back considering a 50's era tractor (just because) and live/independent PTO and some type of hydraulics and 3pt capability are necessary as it will be a worker too. The Allis Chalmers WD45 is high on the list, but maybe I ought consider an Oliver too as like the AC, they bring the above features to the table, are plentiful and are relatively low priced.
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