[AT] oliver 70 Price Check

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Andy,
 
38" pressed steel rims (and hubs) will bolt onto the rear end of the 70, which is what most people do.  Ironically, I have a 70 which still has the 40" cast centers in place, with 38" pressed steel rims bolted on-top of them, kind of like a large inner wheel weight.  I don't think the previous owner could find the right hubs and figured that this would work.  I would never have thought of that if I didn't have one sitting in my yard. 
 
Enjoy, Joe
 
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From: Andy Glines <andyglines at hotmail.com>
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>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:14:58 -0800 
>From: "Grant Brians" <gbrians at hollinet.com> 
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>I am curious about something. There were a modest number of Oliver 70's >here 
>in the Santa Clara Valley of California. One operation had several of them 
>they were still runiing until the late 90's in San Jose. Someone in the 
>midwest, I think Iowa bought them and about 20 of the 66's that were run by 
>this vegetables operation. I wonder what they were using as far as tires, 
>these were all Row Crop tractors with either cultivating bars or similar 
>equipment mounted on them. Were all of the 70 lug tires 40"? I know the >77's 
>and 88's had 38" on Row Crop tractors, with smaller diameter tires on 
>Industrial and Standard models. Was this similar on the 60 and 70 models? 
> Grant Brians 
> Hollister, California 
>p.s. I couldn't tell in my Oliver books.... Also, if anyone is giving them 
>away, I would love an Oliver 70. I would even paint it that PRETTTTTTTYYYY 
>Oliver Green! 
 
>********************************* 
I'm prpbably going to go ahead with the deal. This guy has some leads on other good tractors and i want to keep a good relationship going. I'll be needing some kind of rims that fit the cast centers and tires to fit. I'm also curious if Oliver 70s only came with 40" rubber. I like to keep things "accurate" but economics will certainly play a part. 
BTW If I get this machine it will take a back seat to the Huber steamer on the restoration docket. 
 
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