Posted by rrlund on January 21, 2013 at 07:27:40 from (207.241.137.116):
In Reply to: Life before raincaps? posted by Karl in MD on January 21, 2013 at 07:21:22:
The first ones were on diesels,that's all I can remember about it. Must have been in the 50s. Oliver had the majority of diesel sales back then,so a good possibility they at least had more with rain caps at the start. I seem to recall going to the dealer with Dad and the diesels had them,the gassers didn't. The first time I bought one from TSC to put on a tractor was in the 60s. Right now only one of my gassers has one. My 1550 Oliver. They all sit inside,so pretty much don't need'em. There is a soup can on one of the hydraulic levers on my 1600 though,just in case.
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