Love seeing the Big Bud, can't wait to see the new ones this year. The Steiger, White and Versatile were really cool to see. The Rome and Versatile sounded like they weren't running to good. Thanks
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As a retired heavy equipment operator, I'll never understand how a triple tired tractors axles can hold up to the stress and pressure without snapping off. And I'll always be amazed at what man can build. Love them BIG 🚜 s.
Tripled are for greater flotation, not so much greater traction. The extra tires Tim progressively less air pressure, with the outer tire very low. Thus less axle stress. It's all about lower pound/square inch of weight on the ground. Axle breaks can still occur.
I always love seeing these old classics! My favorite is probably the case 4890, I am a old school case guy at heart. The 88 series anteater makes me kinda sad to think that was almost the end of an incredible farming giant like IH. I cannot wait till next year, ertl is releasing a JD 8850 1/16 in their prestige select line. I got one preordered!
Versatile all the way. so so miss sitting in that old 835 for hours. it was not biggest or best but no mater what I can say I am most partial to them big ol versatiles.
Liked the IH 6788. But, I'm partial to IH tractors. Would have been nice if the 2+2's would have survived the buyout. They were ahead of their time. The last one on the drawing board had a Magnum styled cab and a precursor to today's CVT transmission. So I've read anyway.
That poor old versatile, love them but that hydraulic pump was going wild with trying to keep that flexicoil cart fan going, surging like crazy. Don’t think they had an atom jet on it
The Allis sounds like maybe they did a Cummins 855 swap? Or maybe it's got a hole in the exhaust. Growing up on an 8550 the sound was a bit different and those big twin turbos could always kinda be heard
Loved the 80s, Go Big! Only triple I've seen in real was a new Panther at the state fair about that time. Really made an impression! ....nothing to do with my inner child I'm sure but, ...found another set of duals for my already dualed Panther ST325. The kids should enjoy it too. Great inspirational vid!
We ran a 8850 for a few years. After the v8 grenaded had a kinze repower. Really made it pull. It amazes me that the buds and versatile sold with the price difference over the others
The 8850 in this video is mine. I bought it in 2019. It was neat to find one with the V8. I was hoping someone would bring up the price differences. The Big Bud was built with heavier duty complements and thicker steel than any other tractor on the market and offered allot of power. It had a modern cab. The Rome had the most power but was a bare bones machine compared to the others. The Versatile offered lots of convince but was a bit lighter built than the Big Bud. The 8850 was really top end with its power, cab, controls and pto combination.
I'd have to say that 4890 was my favorite. I always liked the old case tractors. We have a 1983 4490 on the farm with 916 original hours, it doesn't do much anymore but we keep it around.
I am a big Case Traction King fan. The first tractor I ever got to ride in was a 2470. My neighbor had a 2470 and 4690 purchased new. A farm down the road had two 4490s. One on singles and one with duals. Nice that your 4490 has low hours.
A little less selection when it comes to big 4wd tractors today. Pretty cool they are restarting production of the Big Bud again though. I’m still a sucker for a versatile though!!! 👍
Case, Jd, versatile, challenger, fendt, claas, mtz, big bud. Don’t think anyone else makes a big tractor available in North America beyond this list. I’d love to see a @bigtractorpower video on the Mtz
@@NorthEastSaskFarmer I would too. Still some old Belarus 4wd from the 80s kicking around up here. Guys use them for breaking ground. Really heavy iron on them. I’ve got a 5 year old mtz loader tractor myself. Had a couple previous to this one.
Great footage Jason, but I'm thinking that that Series 4 Big Bud 440 wasn't made till 1987 if I remember correctly. One had Tripples. The other duals. Williams may have Both of them or maybe not?
Gotcha. I know when the restructered after the Bankruptcy from the Twin Disc debacle I heard they were still building Series 3 Buds, but I never got a time frame of when that stopped and the Transition to Series 4 began except for build dates. Torgesson lent a hand as well. I'm glad they are finally giving it a go again. If things wouldn't have gone the way they did, we might have seen Big Bud 665s and 525/84s a plenty in the mining industry pulling Big scraper pana the last 40 years with Friggstad partnership. Thanks again Jason for your dedication hunting down all sorts of Agricultural Machinery.
In terms of beauty contest; Big Bud 440 and that Steiger were in the league of their own. That last Field Boss is aggressive and fast!!! What engine in there Jason?
Always good to see MORE CLASSIC TRACTOR POWER!!! Our farm in central ND was home to a variety of Versatile's, including the 800, 850, and an 1150. The search for more horsepower led us to a couple of used Big Bud 525's. With long-standing loyalties to JD, the 8850 replaced all the Versatiles and BigBuds. While they were all impressive in different ways, in their own right, at the time of manufacture, the JD's were by far the most refined in build quality, and particularly in the steering and hydraulics. But we performed many repairs on the Versatiles and BigBuds (all Cummins) that we would have never tackled on the JD 8850s...meaning that the Versatiles, etc., were much easier to work on. I remember helping dad put new rod/main bearings in one of the big KTA Cummins...what a job! The neighbors with the Steiger Tigers, though...that was considered the Cadillac at the time.
Ok, photographer question. I noticed the John Deere 8850 at 4:30 the tires were kind of a stroboscopic blur but if you paused the video the tire were clearly shown. Is that a effect of shutter speed or frame rate or what? Not bad, I'm just curious. I kinda like the Case.
It is interesting looking at the horse power and cost of these machines. While the biggest of tractors is on the low end of the horse power range today models like the Big Bud were built heavy.
@@bigtractorpower yes it does. Never heard of that company for motor…interesting! Enjoyed your interview w/Tom, my neighbor. Thanks for sharing the man behind the deep voice. Haha
Oh ok. I hope one day you’ll be able to come out west. The governor of California doesn’t seem to like the farming community in California. It’s a shame all red tape the farmers have to go through. I appreciate you and your channel and I’m not even in the ag business. I work at a prison 😂. Thank you for always being so kind. I’d like to meet you one day. God bless you.
I always get a puffed up chest seeing the old Versatile's being the best of them all. Manitoba born and raised. not a multigenrational farmer that just had the operation handed to me like them shiny John Deere renter's down the road. haha. trust me...they want my land..all of it.
Not given a thing here also. Started buying bits of land before it went crazy psycho high , now farm it myself. Old equipment but have lots of fun. The Greed in farming is stunning.
