My oldest brother Albert started collecting tractors nearly 25 years ago. Today he owns the 27 tractors listed below. All of them run and, as you can see from the listing, he has a soft spot in his heart for Oliver (for too many farmers, the wrong shade of green).

Last week I asked him to send me a list of his tractors because I thought it might be a fun blog posting. My request caused a little tension in his family: what you see below may be the first true inventory of his collection, and the breadth and depth of this list may have taken his wife by surprise.

If any of these tractors appeal to you, please note that Al (like most collectors) is a tractor “accumulator” and not a seller. As to why anyone feels the need to own 27 tractors, I can only quote the humorist Dave Barry, who once said there is a fine line between “hobby” and “mental Illness.”

Year	Make	Model	Engine
1970	Oliver	1655	diesel
1969	Oliver	1750	gas
1969	Oliver	1650	gas
1969	Oliver	1850	diesel
1968	Oliver	1750	diesel
1968	Oliver	1550	gas
1967	Oliver	550	gas
1966	Oliver	1650	diesel
1964	Oliver	770	gas
1960	Oliver	770	gas
1957	Oliver	Super 88	gas
1956	Oliver	Super 77	gas
1956	Oliver	Super 55	gas
1955	Oliver	Super 77	gas
1952	Oliver*	Row Crop 77	gas
1963	Allis-Chalmers	D-15 Series-2	gas
1957	Allis-Chalmers	WD-45	gas
1956	Allis-Chalmers	WD-45	gas
1955	Allis-Chalmers	WD-45	gas
1953	Allis-Chalmers	WD-45	gas
1948	Allis-Chalmers	G	gas
1962	Moline	Jet Star II	gas
1959	Moline	Jet Star	gas
1953	Moline	ZA	gas
1958	Ford	641	gas
1953	Ford	Golden Jubilee	gas
1945	John Deere	H	gas

*This is the actual tractor Al grew up on, belonging to our farm neighbor’s next door.