STEIGER Tractors | Lions, Tigers & Bearcats Oh My !!!

[@stuartleis9079]

We had a 1985 Panther CM360 for years on out farm and have nothing but praise for it. What a brute! Very fuel efficient too. I've always loved the looks of the green Steiger before they were bought out by Case.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. The Panthers were hard beat. What implements did you run on yours?

[@stuartleis9079]

We pulled a 60’ Bourgeault cultivator with a 350 bus. air cart for seeding with the Panther. In the fall we pulled a 49’ heavy duty chisel plow with anhydrous ammonia teeth and a 2000 gal tank behind. That was a big load. Often times we’d be going in late fall in the snow. As long as the ground wasnt froze. That Steiger could sure pull. 70’ Degelman Heavy Harrow at 11 mph was no problem. That’s over 70 acres per hour. I miss that brute. It was such a pleasure to operate.

[@madtrapper8301]

My brother welded front frames in Fargo in the early 90s when the 9300 series came out they shut the whole plant down for a day and the families of the workers could take a self guided tour of the plant that was really something to see the 9300s had the name Steiger on the grill

[@bigtractorpower]

Wow that is very cool to hear. The 9300s are solid machines. The return of the STEIGER name was a big deal in 1995.

[@madtrapper8301]

@@bigtractorpower oh yea Case IH rolled out the red carpet on that day my brother also told me that him and another guy snuck back in the engineering department and he said there were 2 experimental Quadtracs in there painted all black and they would test them next to the plant at night no lights on of course lol

[@Savage1351]

We owned for over 25 years three of these machine at home. and put over 15 000 hours on each of them.We had a Case 9170, 9250 and a 9130. And I have to say that these were incredibly reliable and strongly built machines. Great video

[@joescheller6680]

when case ihc took over stieger the quality went down hill they werent the same anymore

[@rickbrandt9559]

Old guy here likes older equipment videos, Thanks.. My era was before no-till was a word, The world wasn't flat , had hills & gullies.

[@taddspaulding]

The aerial shots of those Tigers are fantastic! Wish I could give this video more than one like. Thank you for another great video!

[@jwedel1777]

A straight-piped Bearcat IV!!! My dad has one just like it when I was a kid. It’s long gone, but the memories of it aren’t!

[@deandanielson8074]

I loved seeing the Lions, Tigers, and Bearcats. Animal names are much more fun than all those 4-digit numbers. Thanks!! - Dean from Minnesota

[@ih1206]

There’s always something cool about old school articulated 4wd tractors. Not too many of the green Steigers around here anymore.

[@briandiesel7295]

Learned to drive/operate a late 70s Cougar model with an 855 inline cummins that sounded so sweet,this farmer has 4 Steigers still today in SW Ohio that sadly don't get used since he No-tills with newer Case IH magnum series,great video and it took me back in time👍

[@interman7715]

I remember when the 1000 series came out ,they were the biz especially with that safari cab .

[@bigtractorpower]

The 1000 was a big design change in 4wd design.

[@Drew-in-NoDak]

and a design that stuck around through the first quadtracks

[@nellsonstout7001]

interman 77 I can see why. They’re still reasonably nice

[@Parents_of_Twins]

The KTA 1150 in the Tiger III and IV is a beast and can be pushed well past 600 with relative ease. Tractor itself seems kind of light for that kind of power although I'm sure with enough weights and fluid you could get it to hook up. Truly a beast and barely pushing that engine to get 470 or 525 hp out of it.

[@jfdb59]

Those tigers were such a beast. Wish I could see one in person.

[@marksinn3173]

The big square bodied steigers were the best looking,thanks for this video!!

[@curtiscains8533]

Some of the Best pullers even still today

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@dolansmith7143]

Over the years, I got to farm with Series 1 Super Wildcat and Cougar. Series 3 ST225, and ST325. CIH 9150 and 9170. And finally 335 and 535. All were a pleasure to work with.

[@joelee662]

That was a lot of work those tractors could really handle it I was glad to see the cost of how much they were thank you for taking this video 👍🇺🇸

[@ishkur1645]

Steiger and big bud history has always fascinated me. Love these videos when either is in them! Does this farmer have a KZbin channel? He should, I watch Welker and Fast Ag a lot and this guy would sure be up there with them

[@nellsonstout7001]

IsH Kur16 this is several different operations in different states

[@danlowery3235]

I always loved those big green machines!

[@noctorius666]

My neighbor has a few old steiger tractors but doesn't use them much any more since he's been updating his fleet but every time he fires up one of them old beasts it's amazing to go watch them work

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Steigers are solid machines and always great to see.

[@Ticky66MN]

That was awesome. Seeing these was very rare where I grew up in the 80's but I always thought they were cool. Love the green Steigers. Thanks BTP!

[@svennilsson8459]

6:47 to an untrained ear that sounds like a two-stroke Detroit diesel, or is he just reving it very high? Lovely video, thanks a lot indeed! 👍

[@crslyrn]

Neat to see those beasts out in the fields. Good information as always. Thanks for sharing. Hope you & your family have a Happy Easter. Stay safe.

[@saltymahero9898]

These tractors must have appreciated in value significantly...yes?

[@nickzimmerman1447]

Always liked the looks and color of the Steigers ,the lime ish green.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@horselakeranch]

I never clicked on something so fast! I love my cm225 bearcat

[@kevinfox5068]

I think you got to get your hands on one of those beauties for your collection, great video, God Bless, regards Kevin Fox, Essex London.

[@АлексейСобко-ж1щ]

Классное видео снимайте побольше, спасибо большое за работу!

[@kswaynes7569]

Impressive tractors and impressive results of the tillage tools being used, especially since I came from the age of moldboard plowing.

[@nellsonstout7001]

This is one of your coolest videos in a long time! Knocked it out of the park

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you. I have wanted to make it for a long time. Just took getting a Bearcat filmed to finish the puzzle.

[@chadshafer8095]

Great Video. Love Steiger tractors. Keep the videos coming.

[@darrelschulte6214]

Those cats have a pretty mean sounding meow to them 😂

[@billthompson5644]

I like the title of your video very catchy. I really do like your video, it's so relaxing watching these big monsters do their job.

[@SimonKL11]

Very interesting to hear the history of the steigers. They sound really good👍

[@bigtractorpower]

The 70’s and 80’s Steigers have s big deep sound. Thank you for watching.

[@thomasforst7327]

Beautiful steiger tractor s

[@justinwhite5047]

It be great to get a Tiger KP525 working in the wild! Great video as always!

[@nellsonstout7001]

Justin White if memory serves, the fella that owns this tiger has one. He has a thing for anything with an 1150 cummins

[@trtj200]

Very nice, never had one ,but a close friend and neighbor had a Tiger.

[@mrourcanada8964]

I never heard of some of those before that’s a great video thanks for sharing

[@SteveHolsten]

Thanks again, BTP. Your videos stay superb.

[@ZekenStreak]

More of these please!! That Tiger was quite the tractor. Great vid & story behind the title. Is he’s still thinking of writing a Steiger history book? Cheers

[@MienTayTiVi]

tractor legend

[@troyadamswaymarfarm5224]

Great video... A wonderful piece of agricultural history.... If you ever gets chance to do a video on the Australian made Acre Master tractors, that would be fantastic...

[@ampatriot]

Another example of a company that saved IH. In the early 80's around northwest Tennessee only a couple of farms had the big Steigers. Us kids would ask for a 1/64 toy for our birthday or Christmas and if lucky enough to get one, would pry the wheels off another toy tractor and super glue them on the Steiger to make duals. They were not very detailed back then.

[@bigtractorpower]

I was right there with you on wanting a Steiger toy. I ended up getting an Industrial Steiger toy. My friend and I cut wheels off too to make duals. We used modeling clay to make the duals removable like the real ones.

[@ampatriot]

@@bigtractorpower Ain't it great to go back to those days...

[@interman7715]

G Black "Another company that saved IHC " what on earth are you talking about?

[@armyguy872008]

Man that was awesome!

[@ArchersView]

Excellent video & great commentary!

[@kimnelson3793]

The lion in this video is powered by a 3406 Cat motor not an 855 cummins. There were a select few that were CAT powered. Minute 4:08 of the the video shows a side shot of the motor where you can clearly see the large in line Caterpillar injection pump on the side of the motor.

[@paulkatelyntoney3219]

The cat names remind me of German tanks of WW2.

[@janetfromanotherplanet1301]

Built as heavy and as tough as one too

[@jamesshoemaker684]

Great viedo👍 the first tractor the Steiger brothers built was called Barney...he was a HIPCAT!😁

[@stuartrussell8529]

Cummins! Best noise in the world!

[@barrychouinard4019]

That green looks great. Should have kept the color!

[@zacharbert6604]

Where did you shoot the tiger footage? Is that Montana, Wyoming or Idaho?

[@piperdoug428]

Funny you post this, my buddy is in Australia setting up Seedhawk air seeders and he was just in a yard where the backup tractor is a Tiger but the unit thats hooked up to the seeder is a 1997 ACO 460, 820hp Cat motor in it built in South Africa 700 triples all around.

[@bigtractorpower]

Wow. An ACO is a monster. I have some ACO sales literature. I hope to be able to feature one here on Big Tractor Power someday.

[@piperdoug428]

@@bigtractorpower i'll see if he can film it for you, i have 2 photo's of it on my phone.

[@mikeleschber33]

My uncle has one he completely rebuilt. He is wanting to sell it and I would love to have it......even though I have no use for it.

[@Murphyslawfarm]

Good to see tractor's working

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. .

[@Northern_Farmer]

We might be selling our 9250 caseih Steiger maybe... might be a new addition

[@bigtractorpower]

Congrats on the story on your KZbin channel. I really want to feature your 9250. It’s a unique part of Steiger history.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@bigtractorpower maybe I could just somehow send you some straight footage of it working?

[@jamieshields9521]

Awesome vid BTP👍with sowing season just began, our CaseIH 9370 has 20,000 hrs n wonder why these Steigers hold there value for their age although I have seen few red 9300 around $50,000 n Basic green Steiger for $25,000.

[@markreetz1001]

Cool tractors.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@rodolfotabarez1826]

Muy lindo tractor

[@gpax-6197]

I always thought that these tractors were the coolest looking machines in the field.

[@RockinRobbiesRoadhouse]

You should come up to Canada and see the Case IH Dealership In storthoaks Saskatchewan. They’ve been in business for a long long time! Very cool

[@fabiobellini7642]

Che maghena ragazzi

[@luisnunes7933]

Oldies but "goldies"!

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@jasonknight4906]

Not only did I like it I loved it 👍🏻

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you Jason.

[@carlbloomquist708]

So the Tigers pulling the air seeders....where exactly was that filmed? Looks like Montana....

[@AgriStudios]

Cut Bank, MT

[@carlbloomquist708]

@@AgriStudios I thought so. My uncle ran a ranch near Highwood and I visited there (and Fort Benton, Great Falls, etc.) many times when I was a kid. When I saw the film, I was like "That's Montana...."

[@EinachserLS]

A german tractor manufacturer, Eicher, did that for a while too. They had Leopards, Panthers, Tigers, Kingtigers and Mammoths for some reason. The range went from 15 to 60 engine hp in the 1960s, so any Steiger cat would have eaten them for lunch.

[@marjoriejohnson2755]

Remember, datth jingle .. If you have rig to snig look at a Stiger they pull like a tiger . Classic Line !!!!

[@yurizhivago4848]

I like when tractors and implements have names like Puma and Joker. Case kept the Puma name. The big body style of those old beasts was cool. We had LOTS of big Versatiles in Canada and they were built in Winnipeg where I am.

[@Samschannel-xi2ev]

I could watch that tiger all day I think. What tea tor was in the back ground of the seem of the tiger another one?

[@MegaGeorge1948]

These tractors look like the "Big Buds" owned by Welker Farms in Montana.

[@allenstone814]

TILL THAT GROUND.

[@wesleyclark4777]

Need to see ifyoucan find the yellow stager. A farm by me win i was younger had one back in 1985.

[@markpayne5710]

I don't know if it's just me but that Bear cat sounded like it had a Detriot in it not a Cummins

[@nellsonstout7001]

Mark Payne it was definitely an L10 Cummins

[@dimduk]

I feel sorry for the cutter bar that has to harvest that wheat. Those were some big rocks.

[@rubenbraekman4515]

They probably don't cut too close to the ground

[@xSCHEF]

I’m sorry to say but 5:41 is the driver sleeping? Implement is brushing the soil.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a seeder. It only places the seeds one inch in the ground.

[@claterpillar1]

That Lion 1000. Sure looks like an 3406b Caterpillar in it, no?

[@claterpillar1]

4:08 clearly a 3406 inline fuel injection pump.

[@jeffyoung2089]

👍👍

[@derrickzenner9300]

I want a pet lion.

[@jonboehm291]

never mind u cover it in the intductions

[@user-snowman5]

Good ole iron wonder where they ever came up with that color. Like the color don’t get me wrong just different

[@joescheller6680]

bosses wife 20 yrs ago used to say calf shit green but they were great tractors

[@carterspeegle8359]

What is the biggest tractor on that farm

[@nellsonstout7001]

Carter Speegle that’s 3 different operations

[@brirei4417]

What models were made for Ford?

[@nellsonstout7001]

Bri Rei my understanding is that the FW-20 was a bearcat with a 555 cummins v8 (cripple nickel,) the FW-30 a cougar with the 903 naturally aspirated V8, the FW-40 the same with more power, and the FW-60 a panther with the VT-903

[@samellis4054]

The goats

[@Diy_Ua]

🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍👍💪💪💪🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@sinfuldebauchery]

The druids of the moon like the John Deere model A. On steam.

[@joshbakker7541]

In the Bearcat it sounds more like a Detroit then a Cummins.

[@mikekuchinski1086]

855 Cummins 👍

[@rosemarieacipperley280]

HAY. YOU FORGOT COUGERS.

[@nellsonstout7001]

Looks like someone paid Nymann a visit

[@ildairyfarmer2436]

I’ve got a cougar CR1225 for sale

[@jonboehm291]

why was the panther not in this video lol

[@markrskinner]

I've seen a Bearcat here in the UK but never a Lion or Tiger.

[@nellsonstout7001]

Mark Skinner lions are uncommon as is but if you’ve seen a 9180, you’ve seen the closest thing.

[@tommybecker9028]

It sounds like the Bearcat has a Detroit Diesel motor

[@bigtractorpower]

It does have a unique sound. It has an LT10 where most Steigers with Cummins used 855s.

[@vincnet010]

Why no more Steigers built? Carole Baskin

[@RJ1999x]

Because they were bought out by CaseIH back in the 1980's

[@nellsonstout7001]

vincnet010 they’re still being built, just not in the way we’re accustomed to. Now they’re red or blue

[@RJ1999x]

@@nellsonstout7001 and junk in comparison

[@nellsonstout7001]

RJ 1999 everything is junk in comparison to something so simple and reliable

[@RJ1999x]

@@nellsonstout7001 valid point

[@rubenbraekman4515]

Crazy how cheap these behemoths were compared to tractors now

[@bigtractorpower]

Back then they were big money. Similar tractors today are $400,000 to $600,000.

[@bradh7472]

I have the die-cast toy.

[@luisnunes7933]

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[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for your enthusiasm.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

If they were still using cat names, an autonomous tractor could be called a “Stray Cat”.

[@bigtractorpower]

Oh no. 😳

[@garyjanssen5388]

I am going to invest in a ball-bearing company, lots of them lye in the land. 😉😉😉

[@Cenlafarmtoys]

Great video Jason! I sent you a couple private messages on toytractortimes please check thank you.