I probally got hooked and converted at the same time. I grew up and worked for the neighbor who farmed with IH tractors. Dad had a small amount of ground and we had an 8N Ford. I rented a small field and bought a Farm-all H when I was 11 years old, and paid for the tractor that first year. That hasn&#039;t happened again <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->. I started doing mechanic work when I got out of high school at a small repair shop. We worked on a lot of IH and jd tractors, the first Oliver I worked on was a 2255 MFWD. It wasn&#039;t the easiest thing to work on so I didn&#039;t have a high opinion of Olivers yet! The shop closed down and I went to work at a factory for about 6 months. Then I got the chance to go to work at the local White/Oliver dealer. This was a great dealer and I soon learned that Oliver was &amp;quot;The Finest in Farm Machinery&amp;quot;. My first Oliver was a 1750 diesel that I bought at an auction, it had water leaking into the oil so I got it cheap! Next I got a 60 that was a basket case, it&#039;s still sitting in the barn. Since then I have been buying and using Oliver tractors and equipment to farm with. Once you get started it&#039;s hard to stop! WB.