INTERNATIONAL 1086 Tractor Harvesting Corn

In this video Big Tractor Power is out in the field with a 131 hp 4wd INTERNATIONAL 1086 Tractor harvesting corn with a NEW HOLLAND FP240 forage harvester and GHEL 970 forage wagon. This video shares the sights and sounds of chopping corn in South Central Wisconsin. The video shares the 1086 tractors production history, specifications, and list price.
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[@Stegs]

love those older IH tractors. The look, the sound, the performance. Great machine, love to see they are still put to work!

[@alspeers6931]

Plenty of torque plus added front drive, great work horse

[@farmking5088]

Love our 1086, use it on a 750 bushel grain cart. My IH tractors are a Super MTA, 560, 756, 966, 1086 and 5088 and an 8920 Case IH. I can't pick one favorite because i love them all! Lol.. Thank you for the videos!

[@Timkrenz-gr6ol]

❤😊THE FIRST TIME I REALLY SEEN ANYONE CHOPPING SILAGE was 1980. I was working at the fertilizer plant in Le Sueur Mn. And my Boss said go to the farm and check on the guy's chopping silage. So I DID !!! AS I GOT CLOSE I COULD HEAR THE RUMBLE OF A IH V8 DIESEL !!!! THE POWER'S BROTHERS HAD THE 1568 CHOPPING!!! 2 BLACK STRIPES ACROSS THE FIELD AND BACK !!! I WAS IN HEAVEN 😁😁😁

[@freedomrings1420]

That's a sweet setup right there. The New Holland harvesters were great choppers. As a retired heavy equipment operator, the 4x4 is worth the extra money.

[@bigtractorpower]

The FP240 is still being being built 20 plus years after its introduction.

[@404nitro]

This was excellent! I love this old school stuff that's been on here lately. That MFWD 1086 is really nice even still.

[@shrunkenskulloutdoors]

We always had IH on the farm. Learned how to cut hay with a 684. Work the fields with a 786 and plow and chop hay and corn with a 966. All three were last production years with the special paint job and decals. Currently our collection consists of 8 Farmall’s ranging from the Farmall cub up to the IH 560.

[@thomasgrider6697]

😎👊..love these old international tractors👊😎

[@EDBZ28]

So thankful you found this outfit and made such a nice full video & tribute to a 1086 Tri-Stripe still doing its job very well. These farmers are to be commended for preserving and maintaining this older tractor. It seems like all the good clean "finds" come from WI. I'd love to FIND MY FATHER'S 1981 2wd Tri-Stripe. We're from WNY and sold it to a farmer in VT. only pulled a 2-row chopper with ours, so it impresses me to see it chopping 3-rows...I think the key here is, it's an NH high-capacity chopper that most likely takes less hp to run.

[@timothyebertebertfarms6356]

You are right about the capacity of the FP 240. We had an older pull type Fox that we pulled with a turned up 1206 and it worked it pretty hard. We up graded about 17 years ago and found this 1086 MFD about 10 years ago. It is turned up somewhere from 180 to 200 with the stock engine and stock injection pump. We did put in a custom 7 core radiator, fan Is shroud, and a more aggressive radiator fan. We have a MFD 1486 that is very similar. That have a DT466 and a little wider tires all the way around

[@EDBZ28]

@@timothyebertebertfarms6356 so you are the farmer in this video? That’s so cool if you are. You make me really miss my fathers tri-stripe. I encouraged him to sell it in 2008 and wished we hadn’t. I hope Jason does a video on your 1486. All those 86 series were a bit on the crude side with their shifting and cab layout, but boy were they a reliable tough workhorse. My father bought his new in 1981 with a ih 720 5 btm plow at the same time an uncle bought a new 4440 with jd 2800 5 btm plow…my father would consistently lap him and tires lasted twice as long over the years. Ahhh I’m only 44, but already love “the good old times”. If this is you in video…what a special outfit you’ve got.

[@timothyebertebertfarms6356]

Yes, I am. That's funny I'm the same age.

[@franzlindinger6169]

We owend a 833, 955 and an 5140 Maxtrac. Best tractors ever. Greets from Bavaria, Germany. P.S. Love your job 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@wi.dave3812]

Great to see you visiting Wisconsin 😀🇺🇸

[@nathanalmond8280]

Nice looking tractor and equipment. Thanks for sharing the video. 1086 is doing a good job with the chopper. Good looking corn.

[@paulpeters5199]

One of my favorite models that one would look really sweet with the duals on another awesome video

[@2020Tundra]

We had a 1086 and it was a great tractor!! Wish we still had it on the farm… sure could use it.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Makes me feel at home and in my era. I could watch 40 acres of this.

[@kygreenskeeper8326]

Awesome Jason.... Looks like the grandfather of my 784.... I've often wished mine was 4x4.... Thx bud

[@TheGondal86]

Just one man job 💯❤ Every thing in perfect harmony

[@SimonKL11]

That's a nice chopping setup😁👍 thanks for the video👍👍

[@constructionwatcher5381]

Thanks, Jason. It's nice to see these advanced tractors -- they are so much bigger and fancier than the IH Hs and Ms we ran on our farm. The drone shots are great. How did the open up that first pass we can see in the early part of the video?

[@bobsmith1814]

My all time favorite IH tractors are 6588. The long nose looks so cool.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice. I just posted a video on the 6588 this past month at kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXfYm4F5iNagmsksi=9005n-EBtseOpgsd

[@noehueber6602]

Hello everyone big tractor good vidéo and good post and good jobs all vidéo bye big tractor power great equipement harvesting corn

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I like getting to feature classics like this 1086.

[@robertburt9071]

That 1086 doing a good job with a three row head

[@ScottPykare]

Wow Jason, can't believe you've surpassed 2,500 videos. Seems like yesterday you hit 2,000. This one is great as well. GO BTP 💪

[@jdtractorman7445]

Nice video. It is nice to see the older tractors out there still working. My grandfather had an 856 tractor with front wheel assist on it, kind of a rare option on that model.

[@isaacvilleneuve2721]

That is a nice classic looking tractor! We farm with a 986 tristripe and 966 international tractors. Great job on the filming my son and I love watching your videos when we have time 😂

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

That's a sweet chopping rig!

[@gregebert4209]

Very proud of our equipment you take of it it will take care you

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s great to get to find classics like this 1086 still hard at work.

[@jamesbuck3818]

BEST VIDYA YET! Keep them coming..

[@michaelaudy6415]

That corn looks great, 3 rows through a processor no less, very impressive for 130hp though those ih tractors rarely are stock. Great video Jason

[@bigtractorpower]

IH definitely under promised and over delivered on power.

[@tomkelley8313]

All-time favorite was our 826!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Great tractor. The 826 and 1026 are good IH tractors.

[@RandWFarmstead-TonyWalsh]

We used an IH Hydro 100 with a two row IH chopper, we had a mixture of wagons.

[@craigsibley8161]

Another top quality video big T 👍👍👍

[@RichardWright4707]

I used to own a CaseIH 885xl built in Doncaster England it was a great tractor and I only got rid of it because I needed something bigger my favourite International tractor was the 956xl

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Great video! We are a Red family here 🙂

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice.

[@M.V.2]

Bel video, bella macchina. 🚜👍👍

[@Mr4455dbirk]

Boy that is one sharp short WB MFWD! I wonder if anybody ever put front fenders on one🤔

[@jeremyswindell2330]

Nice video Jason !!!

[@LittleYellowCreekFarmMS]

I do have a 1086. It’s a very reliable tractor but the cab is very poorly designed and the transmission is not user friendly at all-maybe when it was new but definitely not now. I love my 1086 but I wish it were easier to operate. A jump seat would also be nice.

[@reyd6119]

Check the transmission brake. It may be out of adjustment. That will help your shifting usually. But it is moving straight cut gears so it will be a handful.

[@johnhyde111]

Great video

[@arnogunnewick7627]

Awesome looking tractor 👌👌yes we use IH tractors on are farm.

[@bigtractorpower]

Go IH 👍👍. Very cool.

[@MarkHemling]

Ebert Farns have some damn nice equipment out there.;)

[@bigtractorpower]

IH all the way 👍👍

[@sabertoothduck]

I always love these videos

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. This 1086 was a cool tractor to get to feature.

[@rosshall641]

God I don't miss cutting corn silage at all and probably haven't done it in 30 years or better I have built insleleg stacks with the backhoe after that but we had Mud on the tires every day. But yes that 1086 awesome tractor a lot of neighbors had them

[@jaybernieschoep3491]

Tractor sounds like it has over 200 hp 😊

[@Strong_Farmer]

Nice video, thanks 👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. This was a cool tractor to find.

[@johnnyholland8765]

Chopper is pulling on it pretty good. Never seen an 86 series with FWA...

[@Blackwellll3066]

Really cool to watch, wonder if they didn't plant 2 or 3 rows of corn in the feild cuz ya see it twice in the film

[@strong40]

Looks like where the field was split with an old self propelled. Some farms still keep a Fox or Uni with a two or three row head just to open corn fields

[@Blackwellll3066]

@strong40 yea that's what I was thinking but wasn't sure

[@timothyebertebertfarms6356]

Yes, opened with a RWD Fox 6350

[@marks_sparks1]

Another great video Jason. Hope you reach 500k subscribers by Xmas

[@rochusschmid1179]

1981 we worked this way in Harlemville (NY) We had Belarus tractors

[@jamesbuck3818]

I've seen the Same setup in VT.. Except there was a HD-9 Pulling!... It was SOO Muddy!

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video.

[@derrickzenner9300]

Looks so nice

[@bigtractorpower]

Great tractor 😁👍

[@LT.X380]

Good video. 😊

[@AkbarAli-zx5gj]

Very nice

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@douglassellers7528]

I got to break in two these plowing in 1977. They were 2 wheel drive.

[@quintinheckenkamp3095]

We use a 1979 IH 1086 on our farm

[@MrPummi88]

How did they clear the first Pass?

[@JD9RX830]

You mentioned it’s liquid cooled? Are there air cooled tractors?

[@bigtractorpower]

There are. Deutz-Fahr and Deutz Allis tractors are famous for them. Here is an air cooled Deutz Allis 9170 video I made kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4q2kGV5msiMfZosi=DblmrUvLc_xHKaw7

[@mikei2545]

That 1086 was considered a big tractor in its day, now it is barely big enough for a feed cart.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is amazing how tractors size and horse power have increased

[@rayjerome3832]

I own 2 of them. Still big enough to do the job if your not farming beyond your means. They will do any job a magnum will do they just don't have the power shift. But you have to ask yourself is the power shift really worth the extra forty thousand dollars??? Not to me it isnt😊😊😊😊

[@guydaubenspeck9206]

That my fellow tractor watching friend all depends on the area of the country you are located in

[@oldfarmshow]

👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@rayjerome3832]

​@@bigtractorpowerdo you happen to live north of pardeevile WI??

[@baker4030]

That 3 row is really making it talk

[@bigtractorpower]

Big chopping on a pull type.

[@markreetz1001]

That was a nice video. With the square hood and front wheel assist, it has a decidedly Russian look to it--and it is red...just saying!!

[@jamesbuck3818]

Eve Brosseure.. & Sons.. Last I remember they had 13 Silos.. (4 100' Harvester silos + 9 cement Stave)

[@jamesbuck3818]

❤

[@paulmartin8784]

That's a big chopper for a small tractor We run a 1586 on a 782 New Holland chopper

[@bigtractorpower]

Boy a 1586 is high on my wish list film. Cool tractor. Where do you farm?

[@paulmartin8784]

@@bigtractorpower central mn

[@BarnyardEngineering]

I think she's putting out a little more than 131HP at the PTO, LOL....

[@carloscordova6934]

🚜👍😁👌

[@MaxCroat]

Honest question - why do you call it front wheel "assist" instead of front wheel drive? I understand calling that way the systems which have like small hydraulic lines going to each of the front wheels which can power the wheels shortly when absolutely necessary, but tractors like the one in the video have a driveshaft, differential and all that stuff. When the front wheel drive is turned on, the front wheels are constantly powered by the driveshaft. I assume because Americans often refer to the big articulated tractors as four wheel drive, so I would guess maybe it is a way to differentiate this type of tractor from the big articulated ones? Otherwise, it doesn't make sense to me. I never hear anyone refer to a 4x4 car as having "front wheel assist".

[@toledojeeper2932]

A 4wd tractor is a tractor designed and built to always be used as a 4wd with the large tires or tracks all the way around . A front wheel assist tractor is just that . A tractor that has the ability to engage the front tires for extra traction. It’s not designed to be run for extended periods of time . We had a couple of John Deere hydraulic front wheel assist tractors and you couldn’t use the front assist for more than a hour or so as the hydraulic fluid would get hot . The mechanical front wheel assist was a much better system but again we didn’t use it for long periods of time .

[@MaxCroat]

@@toledojeeper2932 Thanks for taking the time to respond, certainly makes more sense now. Although I still feel like it's kind of not right calling that the tractors which have actual driveshafts powering the front wheels, just with the option to manually turn it on or off. For me, it makes more sense calling those big articulated 4wd tractors "articulated", but then again I'm not from the US so I'ts not up to me to judge. In my country we don't really have big farms so nobody really has these huge tractors. A 200hp tractor would be considered pretty big in my country.

[@jamesbuck3818]

That corn must be 8-10' tall + 3 Rows!😅..

[@jamesbuck3818]

This was mid 70's to early 80's

[@kurtlikesoldmilwaukee9087]

Not to be a smart alleck, but that 1086 is powering that chopper with a 3 row corn header on it, then that 1086 is turned up to at least 190 horsepower to be pulling it that fast.

[@gregjames5070]

2.5-3 mph isn’t fast.

[@kurtlikesoldmilwaukee9087]

@@gregjames5070 that's what I'm trying to say.

[@nellsonstout7001]

The owner replied to someone and said that it’s turned up to around 180-200

[@calebweaver3628]

If I counted the weights correctly and did the math he’s field weighted to “max”. But I never saw one without loaded tires so my bet is he’s closer to 17000 there.

[@johngraham6993]

I used To have an Ihc 400!!!!!!!?

[@bigtractorpower]

The 400 is a great tractor.

[@strong40]

That's a big chopper and head for a 1086. I bet it is turned up

[@bigtractorpower]

It may be.

[@nellsonstout7001]

The owner commented and said that it is indeed turned up

[@Laughnnyway]

Ive chopped enough corn with a NH three row chopper and a 1066 to know that isnt a stock 1086. Someone opened yhe governor up on that 414DT.

[@bigtractorpower]

It very well may be. I have not talked to the farmer about it. I just give the specs from the original IH brochure.

[@jasonmiller7434]

Really curious if engine was swapped out for DT 466

[@timothyebertebertfarms6356]

No still a DT414 just turned up the fuel screw a bit in the injection pump.

[@paulofrancisco565]

👏👏👌👌👍👍🙏🙏🇧🇷🇧🇷🌹🌹

[@mullic]

This 1086 has more than 131 hp to run a 3 row head and a processor. Lol

[@bigtractorpower]

It may but I do not know. I just give the specs from the IH sales literature. Back when the New Holland 900 chopper was new the 1086 was new I saw them run them all the time with 3 row heads. The FP240 is an upgrade of the 900.

[@davidrenwick6718]

Any 2+2

[@bigtractorpower]

They are one of my favorites too. I just posted a video on a 6588 at kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXfYm4F5iNagmsksi=9005n-EBtseOpgsd

[@tony98discovery]

This was excellent! I love this old school stuff that's been on here lately. That MFWD 1086 is really nice even still.