STEIGER Series III Tractor History 1976-1982

[@Military-Museum-LP]

I can’t never grow tired of the original Steiger reports. Thanks

[@bigtractorpower]

They are great tractors.

[@raywilson800]

I always love to see the big units at work, especially the old ones.

[@goodmorning1476]

wow!👍👍👍

[@joegotz1971]

I am still trying to convince the wife that we need one for our 2 acre property.

[@cullenmiller8170]

That might be just enough property to get it turned around. 🤣🤣 it’s like they say go big or go home. 👍

[@paulsumm1241]

I tend to agree you definitely need one as do I

[@tr165eaglebsa4]

Well I bought one for are 30 acres farm haha 😂

[@bertilsonadam]

You must have one!

[@joegotz1971]

Plus I can drive it to work, it’s only 4 miles to the office. Country roads!

[@spliceoncharlie]

Always enjoy the Steigers.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@ScottPykare]

I really love the new equipment. But............the older equipment is so cool and you can't beat the sound of those old workhorses!! Awesome video Jason!👍😁😊

[@ZekenStreak]

This was a very informative & interesting video. I tip my hat to you BTP!! for me Steiger is right up there with Versatile tractors. Thank you for this vid. Keep them coming! Take care & stay safe. Cheers

[@agentb35]

The old girl was scratching pretty good pulling that plow

[@nellsonstout7001]

Rantoul baby!

[@nellsonstout7001]

It’s 2 years later and I’ve been to Rantoul for my first time. You wouldn’t believe how abused that ground is.

[@brianschryver8314]

Was in the ol PT270 today getting the seed beds ready with the cultivator. Wiring keeps shaking loose all over, so it’s had a few improvised wiring jobs, but it still gets the job done.

[@tealx2014]

Beautiful lime green!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@victoriaseed505]

Last pert near new tractor was an ST325 that came to our farm with 60 hours in the spring of 1983. dad had bought a 55' wilrich field cultivator. it was a little big for the 1977 ST 270 with a 3306 SN 34. the hired man smoked the clutch on the 5th of may with half the crop to put in. we rented the ST325 to get done. dad went in to settle up on the bill in June and it was going to be cheaper to trade the 270 in for the 325 than to fix the 270 and pay the rent bill on the 325. So we kept the ST325 it was main service on the air seeder from 1983 to 2002 when we got our first 8850 Deere. Still have both the St325 and the 8850 but I farm now with two track Challenger tractors as they are more fuel efficient than case quad tracks.

[@straightpipeacres6365]

We had a CP1360 painted like the very first quad tracks. That was a powerful old girl. Good video buddy!!

[@General-Mayhem]

Good video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@trevorheinrichs7794]

Uncles had a PT270 Cougar. Learned how to use it in 1986. First big tractor I operated.

[@silasstedman7801]

Thank you. Very informative!!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching

[@chavellahudgins1271]

I like new tractors but don't see the older ones much and I enjoy seeing them

[@bigtractorpower]

I like finding the classics to feature this.

[@jaycow3154]

Neighbors had a bearcat and cougar they bought new they were the biggest tractors around here for along time always liked the looks of those tractors

[@bigtractorpower]

Steiger tractors really stood out when they were new. It was big time farming to have a Steiger.

[@carlospinto1973]

Hi BTP thank you for sharing the history class 👌🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@travisgullickson5567]

I could watch these all day. We had a Panther ST-325 with the Cat engine. Pulled a 60' JD field cultivator and sometimes planted flax with the Valmar granular spreader. Pretty easy to cover ground with that outfit.

[@noelhohberger1188]

I love learning about the Stiegers

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@markrskinner]

Here in the UK our neighbour had a Ford FW30. We could hear it working from well over a mile away.

[@straightpipeacres6365]

That Tiger at the start was just a scratching at the beginning hahahah. Awsome!! 👌

[@sidekick9409]

I worked for a Steiger dealership in 1982-1984, Most of the tractors that was sold were the PTA-310 and one CP-1325

[@SimonKL11]

I love to see steiger tractors👍😁 they are great sounding machines😉👍

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@lifebehindacow5999]

Running an ST280 with 17000hrs. Pulls anything I need for dry land wheat. Still running the original motor and gears.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing.

[@jayjaygee3306]

Grandpa had a Cougar, and a Cougar II back in the mid 80s, and I got to drive the Cougar II subsoiling and field cultivating when I was about 12 or 13 years old. Priceless memories. It was a beast for it's time and I loved running it!

[@chrisb_71]

We own 2. A PT225 Bearcat and a ST325 Panther. Both are retired now! The 225 was our seeding tractor for years and was eventually replaced with the ST325. The 225 pulled 40' of box drills and harrow packers. It also pulled a 40' cultivator with spikes for banding NH3. The ST325 eventually pulled a 40' air drill with a 300bu cart and a 1250gal NH3 wagon. Awesome tractors! Would like to buy a series III Tiger for a restoration project.

[@tractoragriculture1352]

wow 😳😳😍

[@chiefwahoo1196]

I like the one with the patriotic paint scheme.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a cool tractor.

[@sundarraj3660]

Hey Jason superb keep rocking And how many acres you have hold

[@Jorrie86]

Love all tractors fitted with CAT, Cummins or Detroit engines 😀👍

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@johnbonas8080]

Great and interesting video, as usual Jason. I could be wrong, but I believe that some of the Steiger that were painted blue and white as Fords, were also sold in Europe in orange and white as Fiats.

[@bigtractorpower]

The European Fiat tractors were built by Versatile. Versatile tractors like the 975 and 950 etc. were sold in England through Fiat.

[@johnbonas8080]

@@bigtractorpower Thanks for the correct info Jason, I knew you would have the facts 👍

[@bigtractorpower]

I hope to film a Fiat 4wd some day.

[@johnbonas8080]

@@bigtractorpower They are probably as rare as he's teeth.

[@johnbonas8080]

**hen's teeth**

[@NorthEastSaskFarmer]

Grew up on a 1979 Ford Fw-30, had the pump turned up to 300hp (like an fw-40). Had crappy 20.8-34 tires on it, later upgraded to 20.8-38s. It was a very quiet and comfortable tractor, although the PT’s were substantially more difficult to service than the st Steigers.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for sharing.

[@CKioxide]

Out here in Medical Lake, there's a guy running very similar Steiger

[@slipperyslope8752]

I have a st251 cougar, I pull a 36.5 foot field cultivator in the spring and a 530 dmi ripper in the fall, I like I can repair it myself though it hasn't really needed much over the years.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice set up for tillage. 😁👍👍

[@mr.whatever2435]

Very nice👍

[@NorthEastSaskFarmer]

Are you going to make a similar compilation for the other series of steiger? I’d love to see a compilation of series 1/2

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes but I need to film them first. It’s harder to find Series I and 2 tractors. This video is a compilation of 5 years of filming. I hope that I can share 1, 2, 4 and 1000 series someday.

[@NorthEastSaskFarmer]

@@bigtractorpower very cool! And I don’t doubt it, as the only videos I have ever seen of a series 1 and 2 actually in the field are from you

[@ishkur1645]

Meanest looking tractors

[@garydeweese8258]

There is a stieger being used around Smith's grove ky on a construction site. Headed north on 65 you can see it from the rd sitting off in the field hooked to a pan. I look for it to be running every time my wife and I drive through

[@bigtractorpower]

I have heard about that one. I think it is a 1000 series.

[@piperdoug428]

some day i'll have a blue n white one, lol.

[@decnijfkris3706]

Never heard of BIMA. The trend then was to go very big, Volvo and Mercedes did that too. Ford had a 12000. You don't hear from Poclain anymore. They delivered many cranes in my country.

[@mattcraztex9940]

The Old Iron is better then the New Iron. More classic, more variety. More Reliable before all the fancy electronic sensors and stuff that costs more to operate then its even worth.

[@bigtractorpower]

These tractors were built to last.

[@mattcraztex9940]

@@bigtractorpower For sure. It's amazing after all these years, Even after a Factory like the IH Tractor Factory in Rock island the tractors built are still around today doing the work they were built to do. All these years later.

[@Xkekeskfndsmw]

Which motor faired better in the Tiger III’s? The KTA or the 3408?

[@nellsonstout7001]

Probably the KTA, I’ve heard the crankshafts were weak on the 3408 and would fail *IF TURNED UP.* there is a farm in Idaho that has ran 2 3408 tigers since new and doesn’t seem to have anything bad to say about them though.

[@bruceallonby]

We still run a 9270 CaseIH built by Steiger with the 12 speed power shift coupled to an 855 Cummins. When my rime cimes, please bury me in this tractor.

[@danielsizer2222]

Do they ever let the tyres down a bit they look rock hard

[@someolscrublord7587]

Yeah I think they are Firestone tube tires, they don’t have a great footprint

[@dirtfarmer7472]

That 1st 1 was pulling hard, slipping a little bit

[@nellsonstout7001]

Was that Don Wathen running the ST-325 in the beginning? It wasn’t AJ and doesn’t look like chris

[@jeffgroce9736]

Good history lesson . But gets a person to thinking . So how long did Ford stick with Stieger ? When did CIH buy out Stieger ?

[@bigtractorpower]

Ford and Steiger worked together from 1977 to 1982. In 1987 Ford squired Vetsatile. In 1986 Steiger became part of Case IH.

[@williammeyer4836]

Is that my cousin Joe {DOEY} Meyer in that green steiger plowing with a 10-18 s IH plow up in Wayland New York ?

[@nellsonstout7001]

No, that’s Renners out of Illinois

[@kkduncanson]

Where does the Steiger Lion 1000 come in?

[@bigtractorpower]

The Lion 1000 was introduced in 1986 and became the Case International 9180 in 1987.

[@tr165eaglebsa4]

Okay so what is the difference between a steiger's cougar ST250 vs ST251?

[@bigtractorpower]

I believe a Cummins and a Caterpillar engine. I hope to film both something.

[@nellsonstout7001]

bigtractorpower you’re right. The 250 had a 3306 DITA and the 251 had an NT-855C. I guess since 250 was a popular horsepower option for both cat and cummins, they offered you a choice

[@pepejuan781]

Nice Steiger Tiger

[@markwilson2424]

hay how about the old IH 4166

[@bigtractorpower]

It is on my wish to film. I grew up watching a 4166. It’s a neat tractor. It is hard to find these days.

[@lyndonwilliams268]

Stage 3 with the catapilla v8

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@paulofrancisco565]

👏👏👏💪💪💪🚜🚜🚜🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@brianbauer7666]

Here because of whistlen

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Thank you for watching. I post a new video everyday.

[@wilsonandrade6246]

👍👍👍

[@tomhogan264]

I was part of a farm in Soda Spring I’d that had serial number 3 cougar . That was the first one to go to a dealer ,one and two were prototypes.we had red grille, the black cougar ll I think 4 then three panther ll,then tiger 470 with K T A ! Tom Hogan p o box 34 Malta Idaho 83342. 208 221-5567

[@karenwheeler8211]

You must’ve worked for torgensons

[@karenwheeler8211]

You must’ve worked for torgensons

[@adamclarke2251]

Love the big steigers in lime. Especially the tigers

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍👍

[@dougstierwalt1015]

Great history lesson Jason , thanks for featuring my PTA325!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for sharing your PTA with BTP. It is such a great tractor and a rare one at that. Filming your PTA made this video possible.

[@nellsonstout7001]

Thank you for allowing it to be featured so tractor nerds like me can enjoy it

[@marksinn3173]

The greatest 4wd tractors ever made

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@nadz109]

The Cadillac of tractors

[@nathanpike1908]

Yep we have a 1977 steiger cougar 3 st251 she's a beast

[@DancerOfClouds]

Steiger and Big Bud, what else is there? Awesome video. I wonder how many are still in action. A whole lot I bet.

[@bigtractorpower]

Steiger and Big Bud built tractors to last. 😁👍

[@MowersFamilyFarm]

awesome tractor! love it

[@daltonrorex744]

Hey I'm the one with the 4440 I sent you a dm on Instagram scene my email won't work so if you could get back with me on that would be great

[@cilliangalvin8646]

BTP please answer this guy👍

[@levistuck3960]

Love those old machines

[@interman7715]

I always thought the safari cab was introduced in the 1000 seies .

[@DeBa1226]

Man we had a Steiger in 1978, and that iron was a beast in the fields!

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@saltymahero9898]

Look ! It's a Terex working on a farm stay lol.

[@nadz109]

The Cadillac of tractors

[@michaelkoop6731]

That iron sounds great.

[@Killercrock88]

🤤🤤🤤🤤😍😍😍😍😍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@mikeabresch3827]

Love it great stream sir

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@bradolsen9981]

Why did Steiger go out of business what happened do you know the story??

[@bigtractorpower]

Steiger sold out to Tenneco in 1986. Tenneco was the parent company of Case IH. The reason Steiger could not operate independently anymore was because of a severe down turn in the agriculture economy in the early 1980’s. Grain prices were low, interest rates were high and severe droughts in several regions made things even worse. Many farms were forced to liquidate. Unfortunately this situation for not only Steiger but for International Harvester, Allis Chalmers, Versatile and White Farm Equipmemt lead to the sale of their company to larger companies.

[@robschmidt9402]

I've got a Series 3 PTA280 that does tillage and dirt moving

[@bigtractorpower]

Awesome. I am a PTA fan. Of the series III models PTA tractors are on the rare side.

[@kyleschies7345]

We have 2 pta 270s and a pta 280, one of each still runs if we need them too, been on the farm since they were new in 81 and 82

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. They are are rare tractors today.

[@bobsmith1814]

Steiger tractors. Ultimate Classic tractors

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@barrybush7884]

Jason, thanks so much for this. Those Series III Steigers are the best looking tractors of all time. We had two on our (now defunct) dairy farm when I was growing up...a Panther with the automatic and a Bearcat with 3pt and PTO. They were awesome. The Bearcat sold at auction this summer. I tried like hell to buy it... but had to give up. It went for exactly the amount that I had stashed away. Buyers premium plus needed repairs (it was in disrepair) put it out of reach. I'm heartbroken about it.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for sharing. That is a cool combo to have a PTA and a PT. The PTs are so rare. What pto implements did the Bearcat run?

[@barrybush7884]

@@bigtractorpower The PTO implements the Bearcat ran were the manure spreader and it applied herbicide while it pulled the Landoll Tilloll 875 finishing tool. It could also occasionally be seen running the tub grinder. I can't remember if there was anything else it ran with the PTO. It was serial number one for 1980. The Panther also had a 6 - way blade on it for pushing silage and haylege. They were really wonderful tractors...I miss it all so much. Jason I'm going to email you about a toy Steiger... be looking for that.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Hi Jason, with regard to 'ST' and 'PT' designated Steiger tractors, I was of the impression that the former meant a wide frame tractor whereas the latter meant a narrow frame machine - is this not the case ? By the way, your videos are awesome ! Footage has always been great but now even better with drone input too. Your depth of research is what sets you apart, your stuff is always highly informative. Keep up the great work

[@nellsonstout7001]

Correct, the PTAs had a narrow frame, apparently to fit down 30” rows without having adjustable axles (this coming from Steiger employees at the time,) and they could obviously have the hydraulic drive PTO

[@dustinlowry9075]

Jason I was always fascinated with the Steiger tractors. I’ve seen pictures of a prototype Steiger with two front ends together as articulated tractor. Crazy looking. Jason great video 👍 Do you know if I can’t remember witch brother Doug or Maurice Steiger still living? Thank you

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. The Panther Twin ST-650 was the prototype double Steiger. That would have been cool to see working in the field. Doug Steiger is still living. I think he is 96.

[@dustinlowry9075]

@@bigtractorpower Jason that would be really cool to See. Wow!! Good for him.96 years old and to build a great tractor. For him to see them still building them today with that famous Steiger Name

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@johnthompson4162]

This was a good video, only the Big Bud one was the best. Steiger holds a special place in my heart!!! They deserve more video time. No finer individual than Doug Steiger!!! Maybe you should interview him before he goes upward of course. JohnT.

[@bigtractorpower]

It would be an honor to meet Doug Steiger.

[@GoldenSectionBanned]

I used to custom harvest for a friend at Thief River Falls in the 1980’s and he was friends with the Steiger. I remember going to visit their farm one day. They were manufacturing their scrapers there then. One of his farm hands worked for Steigers during the winter welding their wood stoves they made.

[@chavellahudgins1271]

That's better

[@rickyjohnson4767]

Awesome video like 4wheel drive tractor's

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@briankellogg7241]

I need one anyone selling any

[@bigtractorpower]

Tractor House is a good place to search for Steigers.

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you Scruffy.

[@scruffy6151]

@@bigtractorpower you bet. Old or new brand does not matter. Just a old gearhead that likes equipment of all kinds. I don't like one channel better than any other everybody has there own style. That's the best part.