How'd They Haul The "World's Largest" Tractor? - Big Bud 747 Hauled From Montana to Illinois

[@victoryfirst2878]

I really like the Big Bud Tractor. Hope one day I could be lucky enough to see the beast in person. Nice job too.

[@kentcostello8099]

I seen her . I love seeing old tractors like her out working. Keep it up.

[@stevemeador8285]

WOW! This is a real monster!

[@norman6771]

Very cool thank you

[@gonerydin4225]

I was fortunate to see Big Bud in 2010, when it was stationed at Heartland Acres in Independence, Iowa.

[@hturbo1007]

I was going to make the same comment, but you beat me to it. You can't get a perspective of how large it is until you stand next to it.

[@jrshark3773]

Wow that is pretty cool thank you

[@tedmalley7636]

That is one huge tractor..

[@smjmike781]

The last I knew (less than a year ago) that tractor was in a museum in Clarion Iowa

[@ericbean2719]

Got new shoes and wheels recently too. Check out Welker Farms video on it.

[@andreabond3501]

Very impressed

[@larthefolf4246]

I love big bud 747

[@colinsymonds4665]

Down in Australia a bloke here had 650/ 50 had a 12 92 in it good bit of gear

[@ChiefAUS]

WOW just WOW!!!

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

There's a smaller bud sitting in western Minnesota for sale, I was kinda surprised to see it

[@davecaskey429]

Seeing another small one out in Upper Sandusky Ohio I think it was a 525

[@NorthEastSaskFarmer]

They aren’t that rare

[@justat1149]

One guy I know of runs 2 600’s here in southern illinois

[@CS-Benji2020]

Awesome tractor.

[@joebaxter1936]

Good ole number one diesel! #DetroitDiesel 🤟🏻

[@carterbowe9964]

what if it had a pto. Imagine all the implements it could use!

[@demoman1282]

The only thing it couldnt use is the small things so they would have to remake everything to fit that, but imagine a V rake on that if it had a pto and the rake was made for it 5 acres wide

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Not really it’s intended purpose to run any powered implements, it was built to rip and with modern tech and modern understanding of less intrusive seeding and planting methods the 747 big bud is pretty obsolete although due to the nature of how Big Buds are constructed they can be adapted and rebuilt to suit pretty much any needs so nothing is impossible

[@bigcharliesmodelgarage296]

Awesome tractor

[@agent_bedrock5844]

Wow just wow

[@michaelwashington2682]

With the world biggest plow. Damn how long the tires last? Scene 1977? WOW

[@Silver_Turtle]

The lasted until a few weeks ago; baby got new shoes. . .

[@mircealucian7481]

Wow 747 -16 monster

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

A friend of mine had the 1/16 toy of the 747... HUGE TOY!! You'd need to reinforce your toy shelf just to store it!!

[@KoolBreeze]

I meet and spoke with an older gentleman in Limon,Co who was hauling the smaller version called lil bud. Looked exactly like big bud but only smaller.

[@morphman21]

Would love to see the big girl come to Oregon for the great Oregon steam up

[@danielginther4879]

I used to go to the steam up when it was at Harvey Mickelsons farm near Silverton before it moved to Brooks and was later called antique powerland. We had the 1905 Star steam powered drilling rig.

[@danielginther4879]

Easy to tell it's powered by a Detroit just by the sound.

[@jhomrich89]

A 16V92 twin turbo to be exact, usually only saw engines that big running large generators, marine applications or mining equipment. You never see engines that large in farm equipment, proves how incredible this thing is.

[@hsp3156]

Is it two stroke

[@Doge5600]

@@hsp3156 no, 4 stroke. 2 stroke would die lol

[@kowboy.kez359]

@@Doge5600 it’s a 2 stroke most to all Detroit’s of the era are 2 strokes

[@cmac_708]

Now the world's largest tractor has been paired with 8 of the world's largest tires!!

[@richardshaunesey8853]

Wellkers farm has a couple of those big buds

[@racecarwayne]

Not the 747 it's a one off tractor only one ever built

[@AndrewGray87]

@David Hotaling There was only one. This is the same tractor. It spent time in Florida too.

[@demoman1282]

I thought there was like 2 of them made total, one in Florida and the other in Iowa

[@johnanderson2451]

@@demoman1282 get the book , it tells you the number of everyone made

[@nellsonstout7001]

@@demoman1282 nope. Just this one. Built in Montana, sold to a cotton farm in California, then a vegetable farm in California, then back to Montana, then to the museum in Iowa, now back in Montana

[@joehusnik4337]

Would have been nice to actually see it being hauled

[@claterpillar1]

This just popped In my suggestions

[@faerieSAALE]

VERY COOL 4 X 4 DUALY TRACTOR/ATV/ORV - HOW IS IT ON JUMPS? B>O wow!

[@jacob-ih2zj]

I hear my grandpa now "they don't make tires like they use to"

[@bradhuston9198]

I would like to see them actually load the tractor just not talk about it.

[@brucewelty7684]

Actually loading this thing would be a very boring video. I have seen MANY huge loads and they are all slow motion events. Like he said it took them 3 and a half DAYS!

[@bradhuston9198]

@@brucewelty7684 I dont think so but I'm one that likes to see thing done, like how they moved those tires and to prep the tractor for travel.

[@daveanderson2316]

@@bradhuston9198 I agree, they could do a time lapse of it.

[@squirrelhillfarm9070]

Brad Huston that is why I watched

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

@@brucewelty7684 the video said it took 3 days to travel from Montana to Illinois, not to load it in the trailer. However, I bet it was the better part of a couple of days to prep and load it.

[@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695]

That half century of progress was in 2009 when big bud was there

[@flyinwalenda]

Would have been nice to see pics/video of how it was transported to and fro.

[@Tmanpuncher27]

The funny thing is it’s going back to Montana

[@Ticdaniel]

Welker boys should have that one 💪💪

[@jaybee2344]

It has a V16 with 2 superchargers and 4 turbos!

[@ShainAndrews]

It is just a couple of V8's. Supercharger is required for it to run. Turbo boosts the power.

[@jaybee2344]

@@ShainAndrews Very true

[@maintenancebynathan2150]

Ring Ring Ring. " Hello Triple A service!" Yes Ma'am, ahh, I ahh, got my tractor stuck in the field and I need winched out!

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

What a machine

[@nathanbottjer6141]

WOW

[@jons6125]

This footage is at least 10 year old right? What’s it like now?

[@mjones2305]

Best part of this tractor is the 16V Detroit diesel engine

[@billadams3861]

M Jones Only a Detroit sounds like a Detroit

[@Gj23jk2]

*Hollywood and Leg Arms want to know your location*

[@stubs1227]

Can't be to far away but I thought they retired the 747.

[@stewbird]

I thought it was in a museum setting

[@Blues_Man989]

they know where it's at and know the family and yes it is in a museum in Iowa now...this video was from quite a few years ago

[@vtwinbuilder3129]

Drew Hughes did any of you all see the latest Welker video with the Big Bud 740? The one they featured is Komatsu powered but they don’t own it and the owner wasn’t around at the time of filming so the details are pretty limited. They do share what they know however, in a nutshell it’s a Series IV, so the final, newest and “most modern/up to date” in the Bug Bud evolutionary scale and over course being a 740 it’s a VERY large tractor. They say in the video that another 740 exists as well, both were apparently manufactured for the same buyer and Big Bud the company was considering a production run of these large machines but obviously it never happened. They also feature a nice Series III 650/50. I’m hoping they end up with one of, if not all three of them eventually. I don’t think I have given away too many spoilers on the video. You all should give it a watch.

[@wolfrunner6462]

@@stewbird Look at the quality this video was taken a while ago but yes it is retired

[@johndziak98]

I'd love to see it at the Lagrange Engine Show in Wellington Ohio this fall!

[@johnanderson2451]

I went to to their farm in 1998 , and talked to the brothers about it, and fuel consumption was a question also, he if I remember right one of them said, it was more efficient than a riding mower, get the book if you don’t have one, I got mine back in 98 in Havre , at big equipment. I would think the web will have it

[@RJ1999x]

This must have been filmed quite a while ago , it's not worked in 10 years or more it's been parked at a museum in Iowa

[@FAL0perator]

They put it to work in 1997, and the presenter mentions owning it "10 years". So the vid is about 13 years old. The 747 is pretty useless without new tires,

[@daveanderson2316]

@@FAL0perator look up Welker farms, they use one all the time with tires in that shape.

[@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695]

@@daveanderson2316 theirs is smaller

[@nicholashollow9410]

@@daveanderson2316 Imagine getting a flat in the field.

[@dontworryaboutit3480]

@@nicholashollow9410 imagine getting stuck in a field

[@brianmertz1478]

Nice, but I wish they had showed it on the trucks

[@domagojmikola2602]

So it's still in the use or the video is older than 6 months?

[@Tractors_Trucks_And_Pups]

Robert is my cousin!!! Found that out when my grandpa from Montana visited me a month or so ago, haven't got to see it though!! I was SHOCKED that MY cousin OWNS BIG BUD 747

[@zapityzapzap]

Welker Farms has youtube videos where they detail the use of their Big Bud tractors.

[@tonhaogarageramos9265]

Esse trator tem muita potência e motor Detroit diesel 👍 excelente mesmo 👏👏👏👏👏👏🇱🇷🇧🇷

[@hubertrobinson8825]

I use to work long side a challenger that did a little more than a 100acres a day I thought that was impressive

[@augustreil]

Now they just need The Welker's dog Coby to ride on the fender, to make it complete !!!

[@chevyon37s]

Isn’t Titan tires making a set of tires for it?

[@J-1410]

2 years ago the head of Goodyear ag tires/titan ag tires said something like "what do you put on it? Goodyear lsw" and that's the furthest it got, no news since then

[@Blues_Man989]

yes

[@J-1410]

@@Blues_Man989 Where does it say that out of curiosity?

[@Blues_Man989]

@@J-1410 I've been talking to Nick Welker and he put me in touch with a guy at Titan Tires who has more or less been giving me updates on the progress every so often

[@J-1410]

@@Blues_Man989 so nothing? I mean if it was happening 1. they should be done, the molds still exist, and 2. wouldn't it be a big free advertising thing for titan/goodyear? I mean I've just heard that before "welkers say it is" yet still I would think Titian/GY would be waving it around, rubbing it in everyone's face?

[@bebo5558]

40 years on one set of tires, they must be as hard as steel, I bet the new tires won't last that long!

[@madmarty21]

Bet the new tires last longer

[@bebo5558]

I think these tires are going to be a softer rubber, so they won't last as long as the original tires, but I could be wrong? I probably won't be around in 40 years to find out, if they held up or not! They say the original tires were made just for that tractor, I wonder if they were designed for 1100hp?

[@bhensel100]

Looks like BIG BUD is due for a new set of tires.

[@boony3263]

This is an old video. They actually don't use it in the field anymore because the company that made the tires went under.

[@wiley1421]

They just put new tires on it yesterday

[@thermidorlevrai65]

the new tires are fucking ugly

[@lowercherty]

Which engine? 16V92T4? 16V149T4?

[@jonkreiser7757]

I believe its a 16V92T: 16-cylinder, originally 760 horsepower (570 kW), but later increased to 860 horsepower (640 kW), then to 960 horsepower (720 kW)[3] but is now at 1100hp The Displacement is 1472 cid (24.1 L) with 2 turbochargers, 2 superchargers.

[@rossbryan6102]

BACK IN THE 1970s THERE WAS A BIG BUD TRACTOR THAT MADE THE TRIP TO THE WINTER AMERICAN ROYAL FARM SHOW! UNFORTUNATELY IT RODE UNDER A LOW BRIDGE CLOSE BY AND SHE SUFFERED A BADLY CRUNCHED CAB!! A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR AREA WAS REALLY WANTING TO SEE HER AND WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED FOR THE MISHAP! IS THIS THE ONE?

[@michaelc9128]

What you say no 3 point hitch on the big Bird

[@48wilber]

tires were just replaced!!!! (July 2020) monster machine!!~

[@verlynnygaard4735]

BIG BUD 747 TRACTOR WOULD FIT IN WITH OTHER BIG BUD & BIG BRUTE ON WELKER FARM, IN SHELBY, MONTANA WITH NICK WELKER AND SCOTT WELKER

[@KPMACHINE1]

I’m waiting for the A380 tractor!

[@squirrelhillfarm9070]

I have to ask, how big is the chisel plow in Video? Also does it have a 3 point hitch and a pro?

[@AdriaanVerburg]

No 3 point hitch or PTO.

[@zachscheid4697]

No 3pt or pto. The is meant for one thing and one thing only. To pull massive digging equipment. Most large scale digging equipment is not 3pt. Only thing is semi-mounted plows bit those are usually 5 bottom at max. 6 bottom and higher are typically hitch pulled. And I've never seen one over 10 that was semi-mounted.

[@frankstoick5197]

I would check with he guy that hauled the junk from Montana to Florida isn’t that simple.

[@leebarnhart9725]

Do they still produce these tractors?

[@Doricini]

No, the factory shut down in 1992. Big Bud 747 is a one off.

[@geoffblanchard939]

There is a rumor that Rite tractor company has been licensed to start producing Big Buds again, but no firm start date has been set.

[@nellsonstout7001]

@@geoffblanchard939 Ron Harmon is a shady mf. That’s one thing that doesn’t get mentioned a lot. Don’t count in his word

[@jamesbyers2268]

What town in Illinois?

[@Silver_Turtle]

I'm thinking either Penfield or Gifford. They referenced I&I tractor club; I think one of those is the site for their annual get-together.

[@futurepilot6749]

That is boeing 747

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

I run two of them on Farming Simulator... I only wish I could run one for real

[@retireddriver16]

Way bigger than my John Deere

[@initialb5009]

how much is one of those ?

[@benjihight1180]

2 million

[@SlipFitGarage]

Only one 747 Big Bud was ever made....

[@nellsonstout7001]

There’s only one 747 but Big Bud was a brand itself

[@joshuathewelder24]

I would hate to have his fuel tab

[@marks_sparks1]

01:29 is that a rear facing video camera or an extra light on the fuselage behind the cab?

[@zachscheid4697]

Its a video camera so the operator can see the hitch as they back up to the implement. In most center turn tractors this is a big issue because its so far back you can't see it. (I'm not sure about newer stuff my experience is mostly with older center turns)

[@brucewelty7684]

Tires should not have been a limiting factor on this beasts life! 8 footers are not at the extreme size available.

[@matthewschofield9330]

Hi Bruce , that is correct . The largest tyres produced are 13 feet in diameter and are fitted on to machines such as the caterpillar 994 loader and the caterpillar 797 rigid dump truck .

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I still want to see the largest Case wheeled tractor with duals next to it for comparison.

[@freightshaker5897]

What is the series big bud is that?

[@nellsonstout7001]

It’s the first series 3 Big Bud made

[@CheeseMiser]

I like big buds. Off topic though, does anyone know where a Farmall f-14 is that 4 sale

[@VernonChitlen]

Excellent gas mileage too?

[@veetwotls]

old 747 got the bigger tires fitted now

[@716racingchannel]

welker farms inc was 3 of them an there Sprayer lmao

[@halfanacrefarms2375]

the brute is a case frame and engine spreader-less unit with a custom cab and a bud hood with a new holland 32 foot sprayer

[@melaniekeen3611]

Let me know if you want to sell it so I can start saving my money up for it Lol

[@paradoxdea]

It needs a 6 point hitch....lol!!!!

[@brettheath3182]

Bring it Australia next.

[@MoWhiskey22]

That tractor didn’t actually come from Montana its been on loan to the heartland museum in iowa sense 2014. www.heartlandmuseum.org/big-bud-tractor Before 2014 it was at the ag museum in independence ia i know that because im from there and grew up driving by it everyday

[@jasonsauskojus3639]

All big buds came from Montana that is where they were built

[@MoWhiskey22]

Jason Sauskojus that wasn’t the context in what they were talking about in the video if you actually watch it. They were talking like its kept in Montana.

[@SlipFitGarage]

Even though this video was recently posted on KZbin, it was filmed many many years ago. At the time it was filmed (12-15 years ago, roughly) it probably DID just arrived from Montana.

[@markissboi3583]

Straya ---🌳-----------------------------------🚜---------------------------🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾_______________🦘___________🌳_| Nothing Better than watching a Farmer Harvest a crop after the big drought ended in OZ the Grain hasnt stop flowing 🌾🌾🌾👍🚜

[@horsepower0539]

That is a big tractor but I don't know if it's a bigger than 777 dump truck I know the tires aren't as high Komatsu 777 truck has a two-stage starter V16 engine and was fun with three loads to tear it apart and Hall it it would halt a hundred ton

[@matthewschofield9330]

The 777 is a caterpillar rigid dump truck , the komatsu rigid dump truck you are talking about is the hd785 .

[@dave0z96]

I'd put a big v12 Cummins, or Caterpillar in that thing .

[@mikemotor3103]

Having that Gun grabber Doomberg whose worth 58 billion dollars as your sponsor does not augur well for farmers futures

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

Not very informative.

[@miriambertram2448]

go to williamsbigbud.com for a 1/64 model :)

[@thomasandersson7236]

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