Top 10 Big Tractors at the 2017 Half Century of Progress Show

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[@brandonhickman6658]

Man I could watch that 4840 all day! Seeing that little boy riding along takes me back to riding with my grandpa back when I was little. We had just bought a new 4640 and we were sure proud of that thing. Thanks for posting!!

[@bigtractorpower]

+Brandon Hickman thank you for watching. This show is great for reliving classic iron memories.

[@TheeAmericanDream]

Thanks for a great video. I agree it is hard to film at these shows. I got to meet Ryan of How Farms Work yesterday at the Farm Progress Show.

[@bigtractorpower]

I watched your video the Tri Bine. Very cool. Ryan is a nice guy. How Farms Work is a great channel.

[@timschmidt4089]

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[@sonubhullar3426]

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[@TwoHappyChildrenFarm]

Great summary for those who missed the show. Thanks!

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Great video, I love watching the older kit working and they were working! My favourite was the Steiger panther 1000.

[@bigtractorpower]

+George Saunders thank you for watching. I enjoy your channel. It was great to see the Panther at the show. I hope we see more Fords in 2019 at the show like your TW.

[@northsouth4299]

When I was a teenager , a neighbor had a big Steiger. It was the symbol of power back in the day around here.

[@agri-moto]

I can not understand why I find tractors so amazing while I am not a farmer

[@bigtractorpower]

You are not alone.

[@paturro]

agrimoto same.

[@Gamebreaker08]

Because we’re all little boys and girls at heart.

[@JP-uk9uc]

What did God do with man in the beginning but place him in garden and tell him to care and cultivate it... Just love the song "he's gone county, back to his roots"

[@rexjames0015]

I do, great stuff, great people

[@gordonbrand7021]

the one tractor toward the end looked like it had twin 10 bottoms. I had trouble counting through all the dust. that's like 26 1/2 feet. helping my uncle 55 years ago, Oliver 88 diesel with 3 bottoms, thought I was king Tut and proud as a peacock! great video, brings back awesome memories

[@andyharman3022]

I counted 10 bottoms on each of the 2 plows that Earthquake was pulling. It made a lot of noise for how fast it was going. After a day of hearing that thing bellow, I'd be numb. Seems like with 750 HP, it could have pulled faster.

[@U16716]

The Deere 6030T and WA-14 were my favorites....always have enjoyed your videos and please keep them coming!!!

[@wchunko]

Holy Cow! That's Chanute AFB in the background! I went to Air Force Fire School there in 1976.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. The retired base hosts the big show each time.

[@interman7715]

Thanks BTP ,great selection

[@America-First2024]

Hmmm, this just now popped up in my recommended. I like all tractors. I have to say the Steiger was my favorite!

[@southlakelife]

The 4840 running duals without a cab pulling a 8 bottom was one of the coolest things to see as a kid. I'm still on the hunt for one.

[@bigtractorpower]

The 4840 is an awesome 70’s tractor.

[@mthlaxer]

Love them old dually 2wds

[@Mikishots]

So cool to see the prototypes and the one-offs, especially that red Moline!

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s an amazing show. You never know what you see at Rantoul.

[@MrSexoda]

Mighty mini mo's.

[@tractorcorleone]

Awesome classic tractor show, well done bro :)

[@bigtractorpower]

The Half Century Show is a great event to attend.

[@dipakalaghimire8757]

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[@waheedkhan2335]

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[@robertheinkel6225]

I remember pulling a two bottom with an Oliver 77. Love these old farm shows.

[@bigtractorpower]

+Robert Heinkel Oliver Fleetlines are great looking tractors.

[@stevemetz9211]

Yes, and thought we were doing some great task back in the days of 1960's

[@mcpheonixx]

Great video. What a bunch of beasts! I especially liked that big Allice Chalmers, that thing could chooch.

[@bigtractorpower]

+mcpheonixx the 8550 was a stand out. It's too bad it and a twin WD were the only AC tractors in the tillage demonstration this year. It would be great to see a 190XT, D21 or 220 in 2019.

[@KennyGPhotography34]

I grew up on a 190XT Series III. It is retired now because everything on the entire tractor is worn out. When the hydraulic pump locked up, they retired it and it’s final resting place is down behind the pond. I’d love to purchase it from my uncle and restore it and make it shine once again.

[@2cylinderfarmer]

Another good one thanks BTP!

[@Masseydriver]

Excellent video, I think you did just fine picking your top 10.

[@bigtractorpower]

+Massey1105driver thank you. It was good to meet you at the show. I have been enjoying your videos.

[@Masseydriver]

bigtractorpower thank you. There was so much cool stuff to see, I am just happy to share what I saw with those that couldn't make it.

[@regsparkes6507]

My thoughts , exactly. Good video, great sounds!

[@mercedesmoreno4849]

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[@troyskeese1503]

The tractor trailer parking lot must have been huge to haul so much iron the the show. I watched yours an a few other utubers videos. Seams to be no end to the amount of great new an old machines there

[@troyskeese1503]

Kevin Wiltfong I thought it was like. The farm science review coming up here in ohio i

[@toddjacobs5660]

They are all great tractors, they all still run..

[@jimmycricket5366]

And will be for decades because they haven't got any stupid sensors and computers.

[@ih1206]

Anyone else catch that 66 series IH getting squirrelly behind that Case 1470? Somebody get that guy a couple more suitcase weights. And that 6030 is just plain badass with those tracks on it. And was that four wheel drive Moline a gas powered rig?

[@bigtractorpower]

+ih1206 it is a 1566. That was in the top 10 but I decided to cut it favor of the 6030T. I will have a video on the 1566. It is one of my favorite IH tractors. The reason the 1566 is back and forth was he was catching the last portion of the last pass. He had a plowing dual on and was set up to plow in the furrow but the two rear drive wheels were in the plowed ground and the plowing dual up on the corn stalks. Plus he was weaving to follow the Field border. The MM is an LP gas model.

[@ih1206]

bigtractorpower ah that explains it. I had to watch it again to see that was the edge of the field. The 1566 was a darn good tractor. The old 466 engines are tough to beat.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was awesome to see a 1566 at the show. It is a 1975 model. I will make a stand alone video on it.

[@Deereman1010]

I have a good video on my phone from when the front end was off the ground that day on that 1566

[@57fitter]

Propane, yes.

[@4gauge10]

The 6030-T and the WA-14 John Deere were Some of the most unique in the show,the open station 1430 Case was really unusual too.

[@jakeziegler599]

Good run down! Enjoyed this one a lot! U did good at picking them. I thought the ballon was a goner for sure lol

[@bigtractorpower]

+Jake Ziegler maybe the ballon ended up in your 7800. I see it back there as the Rite is turning out of the furrow.

[@NaTech94]

*Fantastic vintage tractor exhibition, great job, buddy! :)*

[@edwardmello6368]

That guy with the 8600 Ford is doing the best job.

[@jimmychambers1501]

I loved running the 8700 in high school. Great running

[@lfeco]

The 8600 was doing a great job plowing. Some of the others.....potato furrows.

[@battyice]

Nice video, and lots of nice tractors. If I had to pick one to spend all day in, it would be that 4840.

[@bigtractorpower]

+Rob Roy the 4840 was a very cool tractor to see at this year's show.

[@crslyrn]

Nice top ten choices there. Thanks for posting & stay safe.

[@fordfarming7700]

Love the sound of that old ford diesel 😍❤️

[@bigtractorpower]

+Ford Farming it was great to see a 9600 and 8600 at this year's show.

[@MrSexoda]

We had a 1066 out pull a 4840 jd and a 2590 case in the field with the same disc chisel. Put over 2000 hours on it that way with no major repairs ever done on it. All because of the turning of a screw. The 2590 case was dyno tested at 222 hp. The 1066 looked so small compared to both those tractors sitting beside them. But as the saying goes .....size doesn't always matter. Ran that 1066 field cultivating all night once with a straight pipe. Ears rang for a week. Sounded great but not an intelligent choice for a cabless tractor that is actually used(wasn't my idea to put it on). Straight pipe came off.

[@bigtractorpower]

Cool story. The 1066 is a well built tractor. One of the all time best selling IH’s.

[@hobiewilley6799]

Damn that 4840s in nice looking shape used to love tilling with that thing damn good tractor

[@tractormanmike1830]

I've been waiting to see some footage from that show. Thanks for posting. That stieger wanted to power hop, was the ground that hard

[@bigtractorpower]

I think they have a bit of a drought this summer. Plus the ground had been run over many many many times during the show.

[@annafeascaroli5746]

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[@kb80909kbbbbb]

O that's ok, usually see a case 1470 pulling 2 four bottom plows. thanks

[@harmab2]

Loved It, Thank YOU

[@bigtractorpower]

+Barry Harman thank you for watching

[@randallbyrd1973]

Awesome video TY for sharing

[@muscletractorfan2441]

That 6030T is awesome.

[@rondavis8566]

I think my favorite things is that boy sitting with I guess is his dad. I will always remember riding on Grandpa Davis' 1947 John Deere B. And yes, it had the roll-o-matic front end. I'm all about Tractors.

[@bigtractorpower]

The B is a classic. It is a happy looking father and son in the 4840. It was great they took part in the show.

[@MrSexoda]

My dad had 3 b's. Only one had the electric start. He was plowing one day I was sitting on the fender. Hit a massive rock and that tractor didn't even hardly grunt .....the front wheels just started to climb almost seemed like slow motion. Put, put, put it just kept going till dad reached up and pulled the clutch back. Backed it out and raised the plow and the front tip of the front plow was currled over about 6 inches. Neighbor came down with his backhoe and dug the rock up . it was about 15 feet across and about 12 feet wide and 10 feet thick. Boy what a ride. Hard to kill those put, put tractors.

[@paddypoolfc3579]

That 6030t was the winner for me. But that earthquake! Never a tractor more aptly named. Simply awesome!

[@bigtractorpower]

The Earthquake is an awesome tractor.

[@williamhunsucker9246]

Excellent video. Also very educating.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@57fitter]

I'm really grateful you posted this. 2017 is the first I've missed since 2007. Big thanks!!

[@Northern_Farmer]

There is a plowing match in my area every year...Be fun to actually go to it if it wasnt during the busy time

[@bigtractorpower]

+Northern farmer that is too bad they don't schedule it at a different time.

[@douglaslaramie9245]

Keeping the width of the front furrow even with an onland hitch seems kinda tricky. Never used one. I imagine it's kinda like painting trim in your house with a 4" brush. Just get it close. LOL. doug

[@robertpayne2717]

Not really that hard

[@mrih1586]

FWIW the Deere WA-14 was built by Wagner for Deere and rated 225 hp not 280 as shown in this video. The WA-17 was rated 280. Both had Cummings engines.

[@buckhorncortez]

Any one who says "Cummings" instead of Cummins isn't believable since you can't get the engine manufacturers name correct.

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

Anyone*

[@94XJ]

That Detroit diesel, though!! You can't not love a Detroit.

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@danielreis1322]

Muita potência e sistema de arrastão moderno

[@farmhandmike]

Awesome Video!!!!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

+Mike Less thank you Mike. I have enjoyed your videos from the show too.

[@wadep9916]

My granny used to have this old Farmall 4 cylinder gas tractor, back in the 80s, remember watching my grandpa use it all the time I don't know if they still have it..

[@bigtractorpower]

That is a true classic.

[@9mmand30cal]

Wow I could literally smell the diesel smoke through my phone! I love it

[@pennymilioni3069]

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[@richardhoepfner1633]

Makes me appreciate my 2012 Craftsman CTX 9500 Garden Tractor.

[@bigtractorpower]

I like lawn and garden tractors. I like yard farming with mine.

[@MrSexoda]

I have a early 70s model 80 " ford" (seen the same one painted as a mini mo) 8 hp. I made a front end loader on it .bucket raises level at 6 feet. Quick detatch bucket and forks. I have lifted over 1100 pounds with it . built a motocross track with it ( including using the bucket to cut through tree roots). Dug holes. Moved junk cars. Used it as an engine hoist to put engines in cars. Pulled fence posts(including ones cemented in).made forks for it and use it as a forklift ( often) had a 48 inch snow blower that attached to the bucket. Has an 80 pound wheel weight on each rear wheel and 430 pounds of suitcase weights on the back. Lets see any garden tractor/lawn mower today do that . 8 that's eight ....only 8 horse power single cylinder cast iron kohler engine that starts using the generator. 36 inch mower deck that I could and did mow green corn stalks , 4-6 foot tall weeds and countless acres of lawn with it and hasn't phased it a bit. Had it in several old tractor shows in Ohio. No one passed by that didn't take a second look. Always left the bucket up a couple of feet full of concrete blocks so people could see it is fully functional and capable.

[@amrinderbrar7646]

I love all these tractors

[@farmkidtakeu6983]

Awesome,just amazing

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a great show to see stand out tractors.

[@tomnekuda3818]

Really nice-looking dirt.

[@maddogdave6461]

That was a awesome video thanks for sharing new subscriber here 🤠

[@gabewynne3025]

I love these muscle tractors back when tractors were a hunk of steel and were absolute beasts in the field with that all American horsepower under the hood

[@user-qy9pj6sy8g]

It turned the tractor backward to the needs of its statehood - it's not easy on the right side, and there are no reasons for it here. baltic-forklift.prom.ua/g9747904-traktora

[@connorpendleton7091]

My favorite one was probably the demo I love those things

[@bigtractorpower]

The Golden 56 tractors sure stand out.

[@connorpendleton7091]

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[@lorenzomanetti3098]

Wowwww! Amazing

[@naren5554]

excellent machines... good job

[@bigtractorpower]

They are cool. Thanks for watching.

[@henrycarlson7514]

Thank You

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@samdodson9721]

Big tractor power will you be at the Western Minnesota steam threshers meet in rollag MN?

[@bigtractorpower]

I will not. Sounds like a neat show.

[@Drew-in-NoDak]

How about this year

[@andrewsobek2386]

Who's the lucky farmer that gets his field plowed for FREE?

[@joseantoniomartinezfernand6374]

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[@robertjackson5966]

Best video ever

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I can not thank the owners of all these tractors enough for taking the time to bring these tractors out to the show.

[@tractorlive4434]

Which country this program is trargated

[@bigtractorpower]

This was filmed in the United States.

[@gagealtman-lewis3381]

that kid in the jd 4840 has a international hat on! 2:15

[@semco72057]

Those are great looking machines, and they are so powerful too, plowing the field like it was very easy work.

[@marks_sparks1]

@BTP, was the Versatile Big Roy at the show?

[@bigtractorpower]

It was not. Early in the year it looked like it would but in the end it did not work out. Had it been at the show the museum that owns it was not going to let it do field work.

[@quappelle3637]

I saw Big Roy in motion at the Regina Farm Progress Show many years ago. Impressive!

[@TofsrudCubing]

This is why old technology will never fail us, they will always start, run, work, and nothing can stop these old beasts,

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@pkgondal435]

my #fiat 1979 mdl Nice work😍😍😍😍

[@fordfarmer97photography11]

Hopefully I'll get to take my Steiger Cougar to my local plow day next year.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@MienTayTiVi]

crazy tractors :)

[@TractorsChemer]

Power! Nice!

[@bigtractorpower]

Lots of cool tractors at this show.

[@stivenramirez7829]

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[@smoho0tfarmer728]

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[@jeffbangkok]

Enjoyed at 5 AM in Bangkok Thailand

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@eduardovaldes8945]

Que belleza ver estos titanes como me gustaria verlos insitu seria emoocionante estar cerca de ellos

[@jonathanhibbard2118]

R u gonna show the exhibits this year like 2015 shows

[@jsmovies4044]

Nice video

[@louedrobny5249]

J S MOVIESy

[@ericlakota6512]

I know a few men who would love that demenstrator.im not big fan of operating ih but their good cheep power and look realy slick all painted up

[@chanchaltomar5829]

Ok880#!:/zxdd: To be Nadya I love us and we will see how

[@dildarhussainhussain5570]

So Amazing I like it

[@AgricultureTechUS]

This is heavy machinery at its most impressive!

[@Mopar-Pioneer]

Just watched . Ex pat Canuck. in Australia. Loved vid. One Question how many furrows was that 750 horse unit pulling ??? Comment, No real horsepower here where were the G's R's and 720's and 820"s ???? LOL. good vid boys keep up good work.

[@bigtractorpower]

+Mopar Maniac 64 the Rite 750 is pulling a 20 bottom plow. Thank you for watching.

[@johntoothman4888]

Love big tractors!!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Me too. Thanks for watching.

[@aliverson2868]

I really have no use for anything more than a lawn tractor ,,but I would love one to play with .

[@bigtractorpower]

👍

[@lorzon]

I couldn't see how many points that Rite 750 had on it, nor what it was pulling behind the plow.

[@bigtractorpower]

+lorzon it is a custom 20 bottom IH 800 plow.

[@greaser3069]

I don’t know anything about tractors but that #2 screaming 2 stroke one is fucking awesome

[@jackcaldwell485]

Was the 6030t you showed original? Or was that a aftermarket or a one off special order ? I am just curious i am trying to find me a 72 model 6030 but would like one with tracks jus thth to be different down here in ga !

[@bigtractorpower]

The 6030T is a custom. The first rubber track tractor was the Challenger 65 in 1987. The first row crop tracked tractor was the Challenger 45 in 1995 followed by the John Deere 8000T tractors in 1997. I think I have heard the tracks on the 6030T were $50,000. That is a pricey customization. Best of luck on purchasing a 6030. They are a cool tractor.

[@jamesstewart6678]

love it

[@dwn197]

John Deere 4840, one of the best

[@muradshah6372]

Libertator Chilli 25 love the 4840s

[@Ethan-ck6iz]

I remember a couple years ago a stock 4840 2wd beat a Fendt 718 at the local tractor pull. They are beasts!

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Brilliant.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@karenbecker7702]

like to see the sound guards out there

[@wanderingman8921]

Time to do an image search for a 6030 halftrack. 😁

[@strangerdanger1271]

My favorite was the Case 1470. I remember growing up and that was the big tractor on the farm haha. Better than running am LA or 930 for sure. Still have one sitting by the garage that would fire right up with a couple of fresh batteries.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. The 1470 TK is a cool tractor.

[@strangerdanger1271]

I wonder if that guy riding along on the earthquake got his inflatable back or if it was chewed up by the back plow?

[@AnilJakharjohndeer]

Kaun se Desh Ke track train

[@harvester3355]

The moline A4T had to be my favorite

[@josephfinklea3650]

That 8600 is pulling with no problem.

[@fixed6.69]

Love it, I was there on Saturday what day was this?

[@bigtractorpower]

+Ice Cream Doge this was a combination of Saturday and Sunday.

[@fixed6.69]

Oh

[@kb80909kbbbbb]

j.i. case 1470 wasn't even smoking pulling that case 8 bottom plow. nice!!

[@RJ1999x]

caseman D csd 6 bottom

[@williamsnipes7608]

Wow, just wow.

[@taddmason1187]

wish there had been a 4W305 on this list

[@bigtractorpower]

The 8550 on the 2600 disk was a huge surprise. Maybe a 305 will show up in 2019.

[@taddmason1187]

bigtractorpower I've worked on a 4W305 and the owner of it had 2 more

[@MaitlandUnderwood]

We still run our 7580 hard on a 29' disc every spring. I am jealous of the 8550!

[@martina8918]

good old tractors👍

[@radharcanna]

Most of these tractors had very short production runs. Why was that?

[@bigtractorpower]

The economy is a big factor. In the 60s and 70s farming was booming and the companies kept introducing bigger and better every few years.

[@toddjacobs3988]

Very cool video

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. It is fun tracking down these machines to film.

[@mitchelllyons8268]

Very cool