Oliver started work on a heavy-duty tractor in the midst of World War II. Speculation leads us to believe it was in an attempt to sell it to the government for building airstrips. It would be three years later before production actually began with the tractor that was basically a 99 with a facelift.

The Oliver 900 is one of those models that very little is known about. We do know that an 8-page piece of sales literature was printed and dated 1943 showing the Oliver Industrial 900 model. Nothing else appears until 1946 when production actually began.

The post war era of WWII brought about many changes for the country. One of the areas most impacted was industry and housing. The demand for new housing brought about the need for construction, thus construction equipment was in demand. Oliver needed a quick proven tractor with minimal engineering time and costs. The Oliver 900 was already designed, it just hadn’t been mass produced.

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