[AT] What tractor for my snowblower?

[Ralph Goff]

Larry, those Cockshutt 542 and later 5542 combines were very popular here in 
Canada as a low cost but good capacity combine on grain farms. Always red 
with Cockshutt decals and no mention of Oliver. Occasionally when buying 
parts you might see a bit of green painted metal, a sign of Oliver 
connections no doubt.
The only Oliver combine I can recall seeing was an older version from the 
1950s that had no resemblance or likely connection to true Cockshutt 
combines. It had the engine mounted low down behind the hopper on the left. 
This one saw its last running in a combine demolition derby and beat two 
newer combines, a Massey 510 and Case 1060.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry & Barb Dotson" <dotson at loganrec.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] What tractor for my snowblower?


> Bear,
> In Janurary 1962 When White bought Cockshutt (after buying Oliver), they
> used the Oliver built tractors for both names up through 1972. Cochshutt 
> had
> just developed a new combine and Oliver had just closed their outdated 
> plant
> in Battle creek Michigan. This Cockshutt combine had many new features and
> became the Oliver (and later M.M) model. The name and color were changed 
> due
> to the larger U.S. customer base developed by Oliver. This combine sold 
> well
> in northern U.S. and was still Cockshutt red in Canada where it had 
> already
> developed a strong following due to a superior design. This line of 
> combines
> continued through 1986 when White Canada closed and they sold the line to
> Massey Harris. Massey Harris held a world wide dominance of the combine
> business although at times the combined sales of Cockshutt built combines
> (Oliver,M.M., White, and Cockshutt brands) actually out sold them. The
> greater number of these units were sold as White and Oliver combines, so 
> are
> quite common in the northern states.
>
> Larry
>
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