1985 AG-CHEM TerraGator - Dry Fertilizer Conversion [EP1]

Bringing home our latest - and biggest project to date! Should we put a DT466 in it?
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This 1985 TerraGator liquid fertilizer spreader is getting converted to dry spreader.
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[@DGHD]

Let Kevin know if you want to see us put a DT 466 in the TerraGator! KeyTag teespring.com/here-we-go-keytag?tsmac=store&tsmic=debossgarage&pid=951&cid=103920

[@robertcirincione6099]

How can you go wrong with a DT.

[@lawrencefunk6520]

How bout a big cat?

[@gizmo8564]

Can't buy the key tag for some reason. It won't proceed to checkout

[@carlthor91]

Yes either a DT466 or a Cummins NT855. I am not a fan of the 555, no way, someone wants it, good riddance.

[@DGHD]

Gizmo Thanks for letting us know! We were experiencing issues with the merch cart yesterday but the issue has been resolved.

[@911delorean]

Oh boy a heavy duty reliant robin.

[@alexandershriver284]

They're actually really stable. We run three newer Terra Gators and have never had one tip

[@Klajnepojken]

@@alexandershriver284 Bet Clarkson would be able to flip one.

[@albineriksson2667]

@@Klajnepojken agree

[@mvcharisma]

You should do an ‘everything wrong with a Cummins V-555’

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

I remember the 3 wheel Terra Gators bouncing up and down the roads and in the fields when I was a kid. The only one I've seen used recently has been at our local dirt track. They water the track with it. Judging by the condition of the frame under that bed, I'll pull out one of my favorite sayings from back in the day...that's gonna be the ultimate piece of "farm boy fabrication"! I'm allowed to say that since I'm an old farm boy and I still do a lot of "fabrication" lol!

[@jaredanthony8070]

Too bad it's not a international... then it could the the IN-TERRA-GATOR😂

[@vsTerminus]

INTERIOR CROCODILE TERRA-GATOR. I DRIVE A CHEVROLET MOVIE THEATER.

[@michaelgatti8642]

Chugalugaluging 5 miles an hour... on my International Terra-Gator

[@mopartshemi]

Also you need to mount all the cameras on the boom and drive down the road doing rollers next to your rides perfect camera rig.

[@busyonthefarm]

Seeing that sprayer brings back some memories.

[@t.c.bowling1934]

Mostly gone around the US. But they were easy to tip! Nice machine to see in field.

[@peanutgallery4177]

it'll be cool seeing content on these considering the fact that ive run both Ro-Gators and Terra-Gators doing ag lime and dry fertilized with both spinners and with an Air flow. that and ive done all kinds of work on them. Keep making good content on things nobody else has the balls to do Rich!

[@yako0000]

awww. you changed to the little kitty saying mew at the end.

[@Beandiptheredneck]

One of my buddies works for Anthony’s excavating, I’ve been seeing either this machine or one just like it around for years

[@DGHD]

Anthony was a great guy to work for, but he did expect you to work a lot

[@Beandiptheredneck]

DGHD that’s what I’ve heard, I’ve met him before, he seems like a pretty good guy

[@billnlori3149]

I worked on a few of these things years ago, the trick was to keep your foot in it till it smooths out. It is pretty bouncy till then lol!! Would be a shame to pull the V8 Cat though....

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

When I saw the yellow, I also thought it was a Cat but, it's a Cummins. Still would be a shame to replace it as long as it runs strong.

[@billnlori3149]

@@MikeBrown-ii3pt 10-4, the ones I worked on had the 3208 Cat engines. I just have a soft spot for the yellow engines lol!

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

@@billnlori3149 I'm an owner operator truck driver as well as an old farm kid. I've never owned, or even driven anything with Cat power but, I remember dad and his buddies arguing about the 8v Detroit being better than the 3208 Cat and vice versa. Dad had a GMC General with the 8v92ta Detroit (it's in my shop being restored now) and his friends also had either screamin Jimmys or V-8 Cats. When the 2 stroke Detroit went away, he switched to the 3406 Cat, later the C15 and didn't look back. Except for 1 tractor, I've always run Cummins power. That 1 tractor had a 12.7L 60 series Detroit, which I thought would be an upgrade from my M11 Celect +. The Cummins was only a 370 horse engine while the Detroit was a 500. The torque ratings were the same though and, so was everything else about those 2 tractors (except for the model year). Both were both were Freightliner FLD12064s, Super 10 transmissions and 3.73 rears. With an identical load, that little Cummins would out pull the bigger Detroit until 6th gear (aka 3 hi in the Super 10). After that, we were rolling and the horsepower took over. I didn't keep the Detroit powered tractor any longer than I had to but, I still have the old Cummins powered 'Shaker. It's a backup to the other 4 (all Cummins powered) that I own and my drivers and I all love taking the old girl out to "lube her up" once in a while! I've heard rumors that Cat might be getting back into the on highway market with an engine that will pass emissions without a dpf system. If true, it'll be a game changer and I'll be the FIRST in line to order one!

[@boberson83]

Looking forward to more episodes on this thing!

[@bigfoot-wo3qy]

That’s actually a great old terra gator. Our backup 1603 is a similar unit with 555 and 10spd. Unfortunately for you the auto trans sucks up a lot of hp.

[@pjbth]

Oh fuck yes!!! I've seen these things or similiar rolling down the road always wanted to know more as they are so cool looking.

[@jonathanhill7295]

At the local co-op in my town there is 2 of these terra gators and a John Deere sprayer that go through town occasionally

[@haydenuk02]

Excellent work and thanks for the awesome content

[@chadarcher4299]

DT 466 the old bag and add a chrome straight pipe, got one on an IH 2+2 good motors.

[@FoolOfATuque]

That thing is as old as I am and in better shape! Lol!

[@Acoustic_Theory]

This was the hot ticket in the year I was born.

[@Ihbinder14]

Make sure and use old style (93 and older ) dt466! Best diesel ever built!!!

[@Modlendingen]

If you get your hands on a Scania DS14 truck engine, that would be a great engine for this beast :) Preferable from a Scania 142 or 143 :)

[@danieljacobs5111]

Can y'all take the camera and show us a day off work in the fields. Where I'm from is allot of farming, where number one producer of chicken, and number one in scrap steel. If you can't guess I'm from the south. ALABAMA. Just love love the content!! I'm 32 and I feel I could be a kid again just by playing wth all the junk in your yard lol

[@DGHD]

The combine and this thing will be in the fields for sure.

[@baronclime6423]

Keep the Cat if it is reliable. Looking forward to the next one.

[@GCF-Media]

Terragators are awesome. They're pretty easy to find in Arkansas. The toys are expensive as hell

[@leighriley6277]

Cummins 555 and 903, good engines back in their day, just not by todays standards 👍👍

[@strelokblackburn4651]

We got some of those, some new some old, but ours are 5 wheel

[@bigfoot-wo3qy]

That chassis is going to be a pain to link up to an air box as it doesn’t have a heavy live pto mount.

[@timbowers1]

i was a drive for the speader teragator had a fuller trans and cummins

[@jakegingrich7214]

By road permits do you mean 4 way flashers

[@northern1937]

I rebuilt an air max over the winter. Flip it right over. Way easier

[@lolbr6818]

If you run 15lbs of air in the tires she will bounce like a basketball. I ran 11lb loaded or not...

[@MisterDoro]

The tow truck comment 😂

[@chriswoodward5368]

It’s just Honda big red. They tip easy just like the Honda big red. I have experience The five wheel are way more stable than the three wheel.

[@ZekeGraal]

Ah yes, the "Triple Cripple."

[@invinceable515]

Did you guys ever get episode 2 put out?

[@DGHD]

Will be the next video. Took all summer to cut out the rusty beams and weld in new ones. Just about ready to lift it on the Terregator.

[@invinceable515]

@@DGHD Great to hear and I look forward to watching it! I really enjoy your content. 👍

[@mesh1248]

Trying to one up Welker farms lol

[@heathersanborn4914]

If your standard is " I'sh " then every thing you do is perfect

[@DGHD]

Its a happyish world I live in

[@fredischwarzer3549]

It won't let me buy a KeyTag, Teespring keeps on removing it from my cart :(

[@93mark8]

same problem. did you ever figure it out?

[@fredischwarzer3549]

Nope, I've been trying again from time to time, but still is doing the same. I was hoping someone else would know the reason why

[@fowletm1992]

Prob only had a set number for pre order and its been reached

[@93mark8]

@@fowletm1992 possibly but its not worded that way. "You can keep buying until the campaign ends!" available until june 1.

[@fowletm1992]

@@93mark8 Maybe I see some where further down someone said it was doing it to them but they were getting an out of stock error

[@Turbochargedtwelve]

Can’t believe foam markers have gone the way of the dodo. I mean I makes sense I just remember learning about them as a kid and thinking it was a cool idea. Ah well guess the reality is my family retired from spraying themselves some 10 years ago when I went off to school and behemoths like this paired with more regulations made it not economical to do your self on a a smaller operation. Technology moves on.

[@chingobling5063]

GPS all day baby

[@shaunkissane]

No idea why but the sprayer reminds me of a school bus an American one as iam from Ireland 🤦‍♂️

[@bigfoot-wo3qy]

Front tire air pressure is to high

[@williammayhew2783]

Teespring keeps removing the keytag from the cart because its "no longer available"

[@DGHD]

Thanks for letting us know! We were experiencing difficulties with the merch cart yesterday but the issue has been resolved.

[@Chrisjvance]

Ok - can i have an explanation for the backwards front tyre? My quad came with the front tyres reversed too.. can never find anything definitive on google

[@marthamullen5937]

Not a drive tyre it well wear better

[@chingobling5063]

Wears better

[@timcanterbury9738]

Can't prove otherwise. ;-)

[@rkzooplays]

How cool

[@briankingwelding4531]

Boy the amount of money these floaters cost you think they make those beds out of stainless steel so they last more than 2 or 3 years

[@memadmax69]

Canadians............ Ehhh...............

[@Stevop79400]

Good to know I’m not the only one doing sketchy shit to get the job done. Great job.

[@gmjunky87]

It's like a monster big wheel! 🤣

[@DGHD]

Big toys for big boys

[@gmjunky87]

@@DGHD hell yeah!

[@rishi-m]

Cummins powered big wheel! Now someone's gotta do that swap!!

[@russellkolat184]

Please get Kevin a mic ! It's a bit hard to hear him when hes being filmed. Thanks for another awesome vid 👍!

[@00nutt]

Hey get Kevin to do an overview of his farm!!! I'd like to see how Canada gets it done!!!!

[@mjberta7319]

Look up mike Mitchell he's a farmer out of Saskatchewan

[@00nutt]

@@mjberta7319 thanks man!!!! 👍

[@chikendagr8994]

seems like you got a few hydraulic pressure leaks in the payloader

[@DGHD]

Yeah, she's pretty rough

[@Suedeman]

I think the term is tired

[@detroitdiesel12v71]

I have a 5 wheel terragator set up for spreading manure

[@teamstromski]

We bought one, stretched it and put a big dry manure spreader on it and have one hell of a chicken sh!t flinger now.

[@stu110213]

I love how in the time lapse you can see how much the machines hydraulics leak down lol another great video!

[@bearatts]

Almost 20 years ago my dad had something like that from the late 70's called a big A fertilizer spreader. It had a monster Cummins V8. Was hands down the coolest thing I've ever driven/operated. I remember it used to hop like that down the road if you went too fast.

[@Suedeman]

If I remember big A were some of the first guys who made these floaters back in the 70s

[@waggtech4883]

I ran a BIG-A for the local Co-oP one season. It had a 360 Ford gas engine. The gas engines didn’t last long in them. I finished it off and it went away that year and completed the season with a SpraCoupe. I went from running a monster to a midget! The BA held 1200 gallons and the Coupe 300…

[@martinedelius]

I really love this type of content, and Rich and Kevin are great together, but I could barely hear half of what Kevin says. Partly because the mic doesn't pick up what his saying and partly because Rich is laughing right next to the mic. So please get a proper mic setup for when Rich and Kevin are shooting together, a large part of the appeal is the back and forth between the two of them.

[@boowiebear]

That thing is the bones for a sweet Mad Max vehicle!

[@francistheodorecatte]

Hmmm, now, if only Kevin had a house boat to mount on top of that TerraGator... Could call it the Beast of Burden and sail the finger lakes. ;)

[@Ninjaman2777]

That thing moves a lot faster on the road than I thought it would

[@bigunone]

"Neither of us has ever driven anything like this before", You didn't have a tricycle when you were little, in your time it was probably a big wheel

[@fix_r_up955]

Love the new channel love seeing deboss garage move into new projects but was seriously missing the heavy equipment and farm machinery

[@FoolOfATuque]

heavy equipment and farm machinery projects are the best!

[@aFLYJF]

OMG that ending :). can we get some Marlene merch?

[@ckaspersen]

What are the advantages of having a dedicated machine for this instead of a tank behind a tractor? Love the channel, keep up the good work Rich.

[@daveR0berts]

The advantage in buying an old machine like this that its comparatively cheaper than putting hours on a new machine or possibly needing a whole new tractor during busy times but not needing a tractor when its quiet, its also a huge benefit having a dedicated machine with a higher capacity.. I would guess that thing with all the work done to it will still come in cheaper than buying a new fert spinner with less payload.

[@chingobling5063]

Compaction is reduced and these are faster more capacity

[@chingobling5063]

Go spinner box instead of air boom for reliability and more ability (Ag lime and sustanite) just as accurate if set up right

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Great backup Skills Kevin with the Wagon even without the 4 Wheel Drive or 4x4 @DGHD

[@RedDeadSpearhead]

Ah yes, the 3 wheelers, in case it isnt evident enough, this have 0 suspension, wheels that should be at 40 psi, and they bounce everywhere, and the old triple nickel, the one we have is N/A, and just today it smoked out the seed barn enough to make my eyes water Edit: thank you for emphasizing how bad those bastards bounce, only good part about is you're doing about 40, so you get where you're going, just gotta survive the trip

[@ianwoolley487]

Nice terra gator any videos of the conversion. I would love to see

1985 holy moley that's in good shape.

[@TATEXPRESSINC]

Definitely gonna subscribe to your channel

[@mjmcomputers]

So is that just an adult version of a big wheel tricycle?

[@kizerbread]

Spread them thighs, I'm here to fertilize!!!!!!!! We've got a tandem axle, 5 wheel terraGator with the VT903. They have a bad rep but man she just keeps goin, fuckin loyal engine! It smokes alot but i like it. The local fertilizer application place, CFS, has a giant terraGator, straight pipe C10 kitty. Be nice if they had like a hydraulic driven front wheel assist, boat anchor in muck.

[@robh.8214]

How long did you guys plan this episode? I think you found a way to use every piece of janky yard equipment possible... Let’s see Loader Tractor Forklift Partially dismantled vehicle as a safety stop... It’s all there!

[@DGHD]

This was shot over about 6 weeks. That's why it jumps a bit.

[@KY.0009]

Glad to hear that you guys had all the proper permits for everything 😂

[@woodenhead8887]

The Honda Big Red of the fields.

[@wazza33racer]

Oh No.............a cripple 5. Super phosphate fertilizer commonly used in farming is basically bird 'guano' mixed in almost equal parts with sulfuric acid...........super corrosive.

[@lanemolitor188]

My bladder hurt watching you bounce down that road!😂😂😂😂

[@imouse3246]

Super big toys, for really big boys.

[@chasemitchell2816]

I saw ome of these driving threw cayuga today was it you lol

[@bearbait2221]

A clark loader still running wow never seen that before

[@rd1084]

Remember those beasts moving down the road as a kid. At speed on hardball they made quite the sound with those huge tires!

[@hendo337]

I'm amazed that 555 runs, from the way people badmouth 555s and 903s you'd think they would be completely extinct engines.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Omg a monstrous Big Wheel that is so Cool Rich 😎 🤣 @DGHD

[@mp40submachinegun81]

We've got 3 terragators years 1988, 2003, 2016 and the hop is the biggest thing we hate. Really starts to feel uncomfortable to drive at high speeds. When loaded it isnt as bad but still prevalent.

[@aaronclark4871]

Rich! Everything wrong with AGCO Power engines, especially the 7 cyl diesel put in new Terragators

[@stephendekoschak9555]

I always thought those have 3208 cats ours does anyways

[@Modlendingen]

Awesome machine! Just need straightpipes ;)

[@CherrineShortdy]

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[@RubenKelevra]

Why not using the stainless steel tank for the solid fertilizer as well? You just need a progressive cavity pump and probably remove some splash-preventers from the tank

[@bearbait2221]

dam that newer truck is rusty dum people put to much shit on the roads to de-ice. In Alaska we drive on ice its not hard and no dumb chems killing you truck guess what in spring the ice melts (magic)

[@fastinradfordable]

Can’t go wrong with the boss Daboss

[@fastinradfordable]

Sick.

[@trevormurphy7041]

You got to find a crazy vehicle like that and make the ultimate off-road prepper camper because the world is getting a little crazier every day

[@shaldurprime7154]

that is easily the most monstrous tricycle I have ever seen, it is so massive that it defies the dainty connotation of the word tricycle, how'd I find this while looking for a dipshit transformers toy that turns into a turtle and it's fast holy crap, I just jumped to this by accident 13:41

[@jingorat]

what are you talking about? Farmers always get the proper transport permits. We used to use a big extendable pole to get loads of hay on trucks and trailers under power lines hahaha.

[@379insk]

I have buddy that did the opposite to a Rogator. Converted a granular spreader to a spreader.. Guess it was a nightmare!

[@IronDragonSC]

Did anyone notice what looks like the front end of one of these in the 6 cylinder Detroit video where they got the generator running, looks like the front wheel on yellow forks sitting next to the genny.

[@harryguy76]

She seems to have a bit of a bobble at speed Captian....that big dash needs a collection of bobble heads all rockin in unison lol...

[@David-xl8zf]

Drives like any vehicle. Just don't drive lengthwise the side of a hill.

[@Bennyboysgarage_]

Would you consider the front tire to be backwards? Or do they come like that? And why

[@chingobling5063]

That’s how we run em... they wear better like that

[@johnst14]

Please do an everything wrong with a 555 cummins

[@1973GLH]

Bet the boys at Welker Farms would buy what you are selling