Posted by JD Seller on October 06, 2013 at 08:27:28 from (208.126.196.144):
I had a Oliver/White plow back in the late 1980s. It was a 4,5,or 6 bottom plow. You just bolted the extra bottoms on and lengthen the lift and steering tubes. I used it as a 4x16 behind my Oliver 1655 and as a 5x16 behind the JD 4020. I really liked how the plow worked. It turned sod over smoother than my JD plows. Like fool I sold it when someone offered me twice what I had given for it. If I remember right it was $1500.
So I have been looking for another one since then. They either where junk or went higher than what I wanted to pay for one.
I posted on the Oliver board a few months ago to help me find what model I had. Mine was a red plow but the knowledgeable fellows there are pretty sure it was an Oliver 565 painted red. They where GREAT in helping me find the model number.
So I have been looking a little harder as I have some dirt work to do and want a good plow to start it with.
Last week we had a light rain shower. It stopped any field work. So I went to Dyersville to pick up some things. On the way back I decided to go by a friend's organic crops. He rented a farm that just came out of CRP this spring. I found his crops, which looked good for organic ones.
On the was home from there I went on a road that I have only been on maybe once before in my life. It is not 5 miles from where I live but there are only two houses on that road an I never had a reason to do business with them.
Half way across that road there set a set of Oliver 565 4x16 plows. Not more than 50 feet from the road, in a pasture field. Went to a neighbor and found out who owned them. I found the son of the owner an asked about buying them. The fellow told me that they had been his Dad's but he had been dead for 15 years. I got the son's permission to look at them closer. They are in great shape. The moldboards look real good. The cover boards are good. I could not tell what the shears or land slides look like as they where down in the dirt. Rolling cutters are all there but do need new blades.
The son told me he had to talk to his Mother and see what she would want for them. HE called me up yesterday. I went up and met his Mother and we started to deal with the son on the plows. His Mother stopped us and told him he needed to show me the extra stuff that went with the plow. He was confused. She told us to go look in an old hog shed. That her husband had extra parts for the plow in there.
So we went and looked. I guess he had extra parts!!!! He had NEW moldboards, rolling cutter blades, new shears/points, landslides, and cover boards. They still had the Oliver/White stickers on them. These are not cheap aftermarket parts. All are OEM parts.
So the son and I went back to his Mother. I did not even try to dicker any more. They did not know what to ask for everything. She told me that the scrap guys had been bugging her for years. They had been offering her $100 for the plow. She knew that was too low but did not know by how much.
I had six one hundred dollar bills in my pocket. I just handed them to her and ask her if that would be good with her. She was delighted. She was very happy. I am happy too. I think I got a great deal with all the new parts.
I am going to go pick the plows up next week sometime. I will try to get some pictures of the plow.
It just struck me as funny how they had been setting for 15 years or more not 5 miles from me. Just what I was looking for not far away. I have driven to several sales only to see the plows bring sky high prices or be a piece of junk. It sometimes supprises you what you can find in your backyard.
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