One more Oliver related post other than the OC-3. After raking hay and trying out a newly acquired two-row cultivator it was apparent that the 550 needed to be widened just a touch to match the rows.
A job that should have taken an hour actually took about 4 hours. The rear wheels were rusted to the hubs and it took a hydraulic jack to get them off. The front axle bolts (all four of them) were less than easy as well. It has probably been 25 years since any of this stuff has been moved.
Anyway the job got done and now it is jokingly called the Row Crop 550. It is kind of like driving a 32 Ford Roadster with the wheels out so wide and away from the fenders. In the pictures you can see the Ferguson Two-Row cultivator acquired by my father-in-law. Did I mention I really love this tractor? It is pound for pound the best little tractor you can find.
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