Customer Reviews

A Guide to Hart-Parr, Oliver and White Farm Tractors 1901-1996

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The best book I have found on Oliver tractors. The most complete with specifications and pictures. Goes through complete line and history of Oliver tractors. I have bought several of this book to give a gifts. If you want a book on Oliver tractors, start with this one.

Book was given as a gift. My boyfriend was very happy with the book. He enjoys the older tractors and the Oliver is something fairly new for him.

Seems to cover everything, but with very little, if any, information that is not available somewhere else - most of it on the web at no cost. Very little depth here and for that reason I was disappointed.
It says it covers all models, but in fact it does not mention half the industrial and special models that were manufactured.
For example, just dealing with the 550: there no mention that later 550s were called White 2-44s. No mention of loader and/or backhoe models, optional extras like cabs, drawbars, 3 points, hydraulics or the Cockshutts made with the same specifications. I am sure the book would have to be twice as thick to include this, but this is a review, so you should now that. But as an introduction it is quite OK.
I found the history of the Hart Parr years interesting, however.