[AT] Oliver 880 @ auction

[Ronald L. Cook]

More of a hay stacker than a loader.  I think you will find the 
cylinders are the lower of the "vee" with the hinge point at the top of 
the upper part of the "vee".  Very long cylinders.  It will lift quite 
high.  A company by the name of FarmHand built these things.  I am not 
sure that one is a FarmHand, but it is similar.  Early ones were cable 
lift with a winch drum operated by the pto.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Ralph Goff wrote:
> Dudley, my impression was that this is one of those old hay loaders sold
> back in the 40s and 50s. I've got some ads for them somewhere and I think
> they did lift pretty high. That 880 does look good. Might be a bargain for
> somebody.
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dudley Rupert <drupert at premier1.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:28 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Oliver 880 @ auction
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> 
>>Ralph,
>>
>>You're right, that is a nice looking tractor but I am sitting here
> 
> wondering
> 
>>what on earth that "contraption" mounted on it is used for.  From the size
>>of the "bucket" it must have been used to pick up relatively light
> 
> material
> 
>>like say loose hay or maybe a half dozen or so small bales.  I can't see
> 
> the
> 
>>lift cylinders on it ... but it's hard to imagine it going very high off
> 
> the
> 
>>ground.
>>
>>Dudley
>>Snohomish, Washington
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Ralph Goff
>>Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:42 PM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>Subject: [AT] Oliver 880 @ auction
>>
>>Now heres a nice looking Oliver 880 but that huge old front end loader
> 
> makes
> 
>>it look a bit awkward. Coming up at a farm auctiion this spring.
>>http://www.auctionsales.ca/image.asp?id=aucpics\2_121.jpg
>>
>>Ralph in Sask.
>>http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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