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I've been meaning to reply since my initial post.  Unfortunately the day after I made that post I got bad news about the OC-3 I was supposed to buy.  It had been sitting for a few years and they were supposed to get it running before we sealed the deal.  Unfortunately, they pronounced it "dead" and are going to part it out instead.  After some work they got it to start and run briefly, then a bad noise deep in the engine kicked in and the engine would quit.  These guys are well known tractorheads around here and have worked on many Olivers.  The lead mechanic said he's never heard anything like it and has a guess that it's going to require a total engine rebuild.

Short of it is I'm out of the OC-3 owner circle before I even got in it officially.  All I have to show for it are two brand new Zimmerman manuals that were useless to me before they actually made it to my mailbox.  Bah.

For a variety of reasons I'm calling off the quest for an OC-3.  It was more of an opportunity knocking sort of thing, and now that opportunity is gone.

I wish you guys the best.  The OC-3 is fine machine and deserves to be preserved!

Steve

Hello!

I'm a new OC-3 owner, but I have experience with older vehicles.  One thing I'm surprised I haven't been able to find so far is a single source for currently available parts.  Especially common stuff like filters, gaskets, plugs, etc.  There's scattered information in places like this forum, but hunting and pecking consumes a lot of time.  Is there such a location to find current part number equivalents?

Thanks!

Steve

Hi all,

For logging (and other fun stuff) I am switching from skidding with a 1960s Bombardier J-5 w/winch to a 1953 Oliver OC-3.  Hey, why buy something newer when you can buy something older, right? 

I need a decent winch for the OC-3 that is capable of skidding tree length or 24' logs up to about 30" diameter for up to about 100'.  That and freeing up (censored) fir trees which stick to each other like velcro when I'm felling them.  The specs on the original Carco Model C are probably just fine.  However, I'd like to avoid the rarity factor that goes along with a Carco's price.

I do NOT want another electric winch.  Nothing but trouble with them.  There's a ton of PTO winches out there designed for crawlers of all sorts, so des anybody know of anything that could be cobbled onto an OC-3 without too much reengineering?

Also, I do need to tote a log arch behind me.  Looks like I'm going to have to make a bracket to make that happen.

Thanks!

Steve