Description

TITLE

Oliver Farm Tractors

AUTHOR

By T. Herbert Morrell and Jeff Hackett

PUBLISHER
AND
COPYRIGHT
Published by Motorbooks International, 1997

SIZE and ATTRIBUTES

Hardcover book with jacket in clear protective cover measuring 10-1/4" x 10-1/4", 160 pages. Both color and black and white illustrations, mainly photographs.

CONDITION

Good plus. Clean and unmarked, very nice interior, and good binding. Jacket has a small nick along front outside edge.
COMMENTS

 

The author, a former Oliver Chief Engineer, tells the inside story of the famous Oliver Fleetline tractors and their successors, the problems the engineers encountered and the innovative solutions they engendered From design criteria to styling improvements, engines, brakes, independent power take-off, Hydra-Lectric implement power lifts, transmissions, axles, hubs, wheels, electric lights, easy-riding seats, noise reduction and safety devices, Oliver engineers kept the needs and well being of the farmers uppermost in their minds.

The book also includes the industrial and other tractors specially modified for industrial, construction, and other custom applications. Crawlers are briefly covered, and a comprehensive appendix lists Hart-Parr, Oliver and White tractor models and the years they were produced.

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