We are new subscribers! We have an old Steiger! We love it! It’s a tank! We use it primarily to pack our silage piles. We are a farm family of all girls plus dad! Our fourteen year old girl is the voice behind our channel! Thank you for sharing! Blessings!
@@bigtractorpower This is exactly what makes my day that this style of machine was shown. What I am wondering is how CaseIH and Steiger get along ?? Marriage made in heaven or marriage made in hell.
the 2 Stiegers my grandad owned back in the middle to late 70s in Missouri..ive seen them showcased on BTP. the initials 'HC' was stick welded on the frame. HC is my grandads initials and before he passed away in 1988, he asked me not to track down them tractors and leave them be and so i have. Thank You for showcasing these beautiful Giants Jason. i get teary eyed and emotional at the sight of them. i love this channel and are greatful for you. Keep Big Tractor Power alive and kicking.
Have had many.A Bearcat II. A bearcat IV. A 9370. A 435 Steiger and now a 450 quad track. I believe the Bearcat IV was my favorite. It was the first high horsepower dependable tractor that was on this farm. Loved the sound of that 3306 cat. Ran that thing for many years. Plenty of gears to choose from. Good fuel economy. The down side it didn't like running hydraulic motors. So when the air seeder showed up it didn't last long. The 435 was a jumper. Couldn't keep it from bouncing. But we were really pulling that tractor. The Quad. It just pulls and walks up and down the field. Thanks for the video.
When I was in high school in the early 90's I worked for a farm that owned a 1977 Ford FW-60. It was a cool blue rendition that Steiger built. Also ran an ST-310 for a while. I loved that tractor. For my money a mid 80's KP1400 is one of the prettiest tractors ever made. Thanks for sharing Jason!
My uncle had 3 9280s and 2 9270s when I was a kid. all bought new in the same deal. I spent a lot of time stirring earth with them. I now have a st 325 and a pt 225 with a pto. Both are CAT powered series 3s and I love em. Green is way better than red
Never been a farmer but I sure love your videos and the big tractors. Drove a truck OTR for 50 years. if I had my life to live over I think I would find me a big farming operation to work for. Of course the evolution of farming and agriculture have advanced 100 times over the trucking industry.
Great that you record the historic evolution of these remarkable machines WELL DONE‼️ Most interesting and stimulating to see humble beginnings going places world wide on such dramatic scale and engineering achievement‼️🥂 👊🔥 🪖
My favorite Steiger is my neighbors 1986 9170 with factory Cat 3406B engine. I got to run it for him on quite a few occasions. In 2021 however I joined a custom farming outfit and got to run a brand new AFS 620 Quadtrac and it is sweet
Love Steigers. We bought a Series 3 St 251 Cougar in 1980. Cummins had a deal on that they turned it up to 310 Hp. Later on they turned it up to 335 for us, Northwest of Winnipeg Canada. We never put ballast in the tires, always ran it at 7-8 miles an hour. Pulled a 47’ IHC Vibrachisel or 48’ of IHC Diskalls for seeding. Got to visit the farm a couple times in the 80’s 90’s through a mutual friend we custom harvested for.
Very nice. I have only filmed a Cougar I and Cougar II so far. It would be neat to get a Cougar III filmed. It would be cool to see a Cougar on a Disk All Drill.
Steiger really is an icon in my mind. Built in my home state for one thing. Also, on a 4-H trip in the mid 70's, I got to tour the brand new Steiger factory in Fargo. An experience I will never forget. They were producing, at the time, for other brands as well. One of them being the allis chalmers 440. Little did I know at the time, that I would be a hopeless allis fanatic, starting about 20 years later Andy still going strong today. Also, Steiger produced a row crop tractor in the early 80's, that utilized several allis chalmers drive train components. So if you see a green Steiger with bar axles vs outboard planetaries, it's has the allis components. One memorable Steiger, that was sold brand new by the dealership that I was working at in the late 80's was equipped with an Allison automatic transmission. Talk about weird, getting into a 360 horsepower tractor, thinking that there should be a couple sticks coming out of the floor that take two men and a boy to move, and instead, a little tiny lever on the console to select the gear, and not even a clutch pedal. I realize that's common now, but wasn't normal for the era. Thanks forget the great history lesson
Good information as always. I ran a CASE International 9250 pulling a ripper & a 30' vertical till disc. It was a little rough looking but, ran pretty good.
@@bigtractorpower because the Case was nearly 10 tonnes lighter, there was nowhere near the traction of the Steiger. It was a nice machine to operate; very much simplified but nothing on the build quality of the green one.
The green Steiger (Panther III) tractors are to me the absolute icon of articulated tractors. While I bleed green and love the 7520 Deere a green Steiger is just the coolest tractor...
I worked for Steiger in the Late 70's in South Australia, we serviced the Southern Hemisphere.....mostly Aussie clients (Big Country here).... I have a deep spot in my heart for there tractors.... I used to respray them, unload them off the trucks, fit the wheels as the customer desired and sometimes took them to the Shipping docks for places far away ( usually Western Australia)...not in that order. The engines were Cummins or Cats....both were good power plants.....I did prefer the Cats though ( just my opinion for no justifiable reason both are great) . They both had a 240w (Aussie) power inlet in them which baffled us Aussies.... they were to keep the engine fluids from freezing overnight.....something we have no need for here but educated us that there are other places on Earth than needed them. They were shipped to us from Dakota, I remember sending them a "Telex" (remember that old tech) asking why the paint job was runny and looked like shit.....their response was " It's minus 40 here, were doing the best we can".....us Aussies had no recourse to that, a totally valid reason.....and hard to comprehend for some of us...... usually Management. Occasionally, we would get a shipment with one of the Tractors having a six pack of American beer on the seat of one of them......The Dakota guys where great....we sent then thanx by "Telex" it's a shame we couldn't respond to them in kind. .....if there's any out there reading this "Thanx mate, it was always a joy to to get your gifts.....I think no-one actually drank the beer but kept them as souvenirs.....foreign beer was really rare back then. The Panther was a big seller in Oz ....however we had a huge order for 21 Tigers in Western Oz.....the Boss had an aerial photo of these in a "V" formation ploughing from the Client......Fucking awesome! Back then the Tiger was AU500+K (In the 70"s...Fuck)!......The buyer was however an American with a great Idea...."nuff said. I think Steigers were the most overengineered Tractors on the Planet.....saw a Bearcat that the owner only had to replace the Uni Joint in 40 years, and that was something they could do themselves. I love seeing the stuff like this.......Brings back many good memories......thanx Mate.
Thank you for sharing a great piece of history. Always neat to hear personal details in a brands history. Steiger tractors stood out and it meant a farm was really covering some ground when you that line green paint in the farm yard. What an amazing picture to see 21 Tigers. I own a Tiger I and a Tiger II I hope to make a video of them working together in the future. I have heard the last of the Tigers the Case IH 9190 was popular in Australia. Only 18 9190s were built and most went to Australia.
@@bigtractorpower Yep, even under the Case banner the 9190's were the best (they were Tigers after all with red paint)......we use to have an annual " Tractor Pull" you probably have the same in the USA where the Tractor pulled an implement that dug deeper into the ground as it pulled......the Tigers wone every time. Even now the old Steigers look like they meant serious business in the field......that they did. Look forward to seeing your 2 Tigers together mate.
Older ones will always be cooler. Like a massive metal box with a big ol' smokey engine. But damn these newer ones are strong, 700+ hp with a factory warranty is insane.
First Steiger I run was the 1700. Traded “up” to a Bearcat ll. Then I bought a Panther ll. Acquired a Tubo Tiger ll, tires give out on that. Then I moved to the Red 9370, wonderful creature comforts in that. Had to buy my cousins Bearcat lll with the in-line 3306 Cat. That sure was a better tractor than the Bearcat ll. Still have all of them except the 1700. Thanks for the great video!
@@bigtractorpower the Panther ll was an awesome tractor. Tires are about done. Tires stop old tractors in their tracks. The 1700 was one noisy tractor with the 6v 53 Detroit. It had no AC. Summerfallowing was one hot job. Hydraulic power is/was the down fall of the older tractors. When all you pulled was a cultivator or a set of drills it wasn’t an issue.
@@nellsonstout7001 no. My dad was the owner of it. He bought it from Zerbe’s in Lustre, Montana. It came from Whitewater, Montana area. We traded it in Minot at Krebsbachs, the IHC dealer, if I remember the name right. I do not believe I could find the paperwork on it, if it even exists any longer. Thinking now (on an edit) that is was Turner or Hoagland, Montana.
@@daledrawbond1222 minot? I bet I know exactly where it is. Thanks to Scott Galliart, almost all the barn series Steigers have been accounted for. I bet Swenson has it if it was anywhere near Minot
That was one cool video. I was brought up around Steiger tractors since series two, love them all. I have a nice collection of toy models of them, they inspire me.
There’s still a bunch of vintage Steigers out there working today! This is a cool video. Thanks for taking the time to get so many different model examples on film!
I’m an Oliver and white nut just the same as you (and an Indiana boy,) but I absolutely love these big green suckers. Have you ever been to Chris Wathen’s farm day down in Evansville?
that was an amazing collection of tractors!!!! how long did it take to find all of those tractors? thanks for all you do for us to enjoy your videos!!!!
I like the old ones, but man that horse power went up to 600 HP on thos quadratracks, amazing tractors, I love anything to do with farming and that last one flying old glory, America baby.
From the late '70s to the early '90 there were a licenced Steiger tractors were produced in Hungary by the RÁBA factory. They were called RÁBA-STEIGER 245 later 250. These machines were based on the Cougar II modell. The factory produced a couple of thousand of them mainly for the local market but there were some items sold throughout Europe. The engine was a MAN licence RÁBA engine 245 hp later 250 hp ( the majority of them was this type ) there were some bigger hp models produced in a very limited number ( 300, 320 even a 500 with two engines ) The transmission was always a mechanical Spicer 1010A with a double disk dry clutch . And of course the axels were those which you could also see on the original US made Steigers - manufactured here in Hungary. These machines were the "leading horses" of the Hungarian agriculture in the '80s. We have 3 of those machines - still operational. Repowered by JD 8.1 engines.
@@nellsonstout7001 Come to us and see them in person 🙂 I have a couple of them in one of my YT videos ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ce6BCuCs1iE.html
Thank you for sharing. I have always wanted to feature a RABA on Big Tractor Power. I have several RABA brochures in my archives. I think one is dated 2001. The tractor featured is a darker green with yellow and blue pin stripes. Could you email me at toytractortimes@gmail.com I would like to learn more about yours.
@@framfull Yes RÁBA made and still makes axles for many heavy equipment - including Ag. Eq. For example I know for sure they made the rear axle for the 30 series 9T's. They make the axles for the Claas Xerion's. And yes they were supplying axles for Steiger for many years.
My grandpa bought a brand new wildcat in 1970 I remember my dad and me roading it home from the dealer. We had it for 25 years. We own 9150 now they are and we’re good tractors.
Great memories. A Steiger in 1970 was an early factory model. Very cool. The 9150 is a nice tractor. I hope to film a 9150 soon. I got a Cougar 1000 filmed this spring.
I really like the series 4 Steiger. In early 2002 we nearly bought a series 3 Steiger with a 3406 cat in it, but decided a 7230 Magnum would better suit our needs, we still have it and it has now done just over 9000hrs and still going strong.
I have a bit of a rare one myself. I have a factory green 1987 panther 1000. Nice old girl. Has a pretty easy life now, all she does is push snow in the winter, and pulls harrows in the spring/fall.
That is awesome. The last green Steiger was a Lion 1000 in July 1989. Two green 9280s were built, a green 535 in 2007 and a green 580 in 2018. That is neat yours is a post merger model.
@@bigtractorpower I don't remember the number on it but it had a 400 Cummins and a automatic transmission. It was fun to operate and would pull anything with ease , we really needed bigger equipment. We had a huge 3 prong ripper that actually was about the right size. I remember the air ride seat we installed in the cab really was the cats meow. Thanks for Sharing 🇺🇲
As a little kid, i thought they were yellow. But i always loved them, i would cut them out of the tractor house magazine whenever i saw one. Now days i have a certain liking for the barn built series and the powershift pre case series
Was surprised you actually mentioned the 9260 everyone seems to forget about them! We have one I’m pretty sure dad and grandpa bought new or next to new and at one point was mainly used to pull our 1482 pull type then after our auction sale became the main field tractor pulling either 50ft harrows or 40ft morris neverpin air drill, till last year uncle and cousin bought a tj530 and a 40ft 5710 bourgault with a 6450 cart
i drove a steiger tiger i with v8 cat engine and a dozer blade on front had 30" tires all around it pulled a 34' miller offset disc ran about 5mph down the field this was in the mid 70's
It's funny how things work out. Steiger made the first Ford 4wd tractors until their merger with Versatile. Now, once again the high horsepower New Holland's are Steiger tractors painted blue.
International Harvester owned part of Steiger before the merger with Case. But in a last ditch effort to save it self IH sold its share of Steiger, I believe to Tenneco.
I’m dead serious I live in Doug Stigers old house (not his childhood one) it’s pretty big. He planted a crap ton of trees and sometimes he drives out to make sure we’re taking care of them. Truth be told most of them are dying but there’s over 3,000 trees in the yard and it’s a hassle to keep up on all of them.
9130. Rowcrop special. Three point and pto. I don’t know why anyone would have bought a 7140 instead of these. Changed the oil today. 10020 hours. The only things done have been a fuel pump and brakes. An amazing tractor wish they had ones of this quality still that were easy to work on. Added led lights gps and metric radials. Those add ons are probably worth more than the tractor.
@@bigtractorpower Have you ever been to Wise Bros. in Columbia MO? They have an impressive amount of old versatile, steigers, and ACs. I was wandering around there a few weeks ago and peeked into one of their sheds. Staring me right in the face was the big red "V" of a barn-built Steiger 2200. I nearly fainted!
Always wondered why they never used the title "LION " well that got answered. Never saw one in Australia. Usually Panthers and Tiger II's . FW60 my Fav.
I have a stand alone video on the Lion 1000 posted at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-whnCXHx7tfQ.html I have a video planned for spring 2023 covering a prototype Ford FW30
Friend of ours neighbour restores old 4wd and has a restored Steiger Co-op Implements Cougar in his line up, his name is Ken Harpelle from SW Manitoba.
Very nice. I am a CO OP Steiger and Deutz fan. My friend Has a CO OP Cougar II. I have filmed it driving on the driveway I hope to be able to catch it working in the field sometime.
Was wondering if the Steiger Tiger Series III 450/470 tractors were ever available with a three point or were they simply bare back, with a drawbar and remotes ?
We had a 1980 cougar 251 with a Cummins the bank said that I was through farming so they sold it in 1985. I just hope that if I had continued farming that I would have kept that tractor, it was simple enough that I could fix it. Not today
@@bigtractorpower We had the same Tiger. No dual tires, just four large monsters dragging large wing disc and field rippers thru the field. A great addition to our fleet of Farmal/IH tractors ie: 2-806’s, a 1206, and a 1456. Steiger was a beast.
The ROWTRAC was introduced in 2013. It remains a current option for the AFS Connect 420, 470 and 500. The 400 shown in this video is just an early example of a ROWTRAC. The 400 was replaced by the 420 in 2014.
