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Post by kenmb on Oct 3, 2020 10:41:03 GMT -6
Saw this posted on Ag Talk. In the field now with those new tires.
At one point there is the comment on showing 22,000 hours and the driver can't definitely say if that gauge is original. She could use a little revamp inside the cab though.
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Post by torriem on Oct 3, 2020 13:54:09 GMT -6
Interesting machine. I wonder why they till in front of the drill like that.
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Post by kevlar on Oct 3, 2020 14:53:43 GMT -6
Impressive tractor no doubt, but that cultivator isn’t much to be desired, they don’t need 1100 horsepower to pull that! I’m more impressed with the 3000 acres field! Sure wouldn’t want to doze off and go over the edge of that field!
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Post by Beerwiser on Oct 3, 2020 17:24:27 GMT -6
A shot in the dark at tilling before seeding. Due to altitude, maybe to get some black soil to get ground temp up in spring??? As far as 3000ac field, I am happy with 158ish lol. If I dozed off at the far end, by time I made it to the bad end I would have had a 10 minute nap just in time to grab the wheel!!!
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Post by Oatking on Oct 5, 2020 19:29:33 GMT -6
How many guys unfold the deep tiller on the go like that! Surprizing that old frigstad aka flexicoil hitch is not pulled off from 1100 hp. lol. That would be real down time if the leading tractor broke down! Watching that video brought back memories of my old 750 versatile from 1976. Back than it was a sweet ride. Is 1100 hp or 1900 hp maxed out really needed in todays agriculture. The Drone tractors are not built any bigger. Drone tractors, wont be in the budget in my life time!
Thanks for the video kenmb!
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Post by cptusa on Oct 5, 2020 19:50:52 GMT -6
Don't bet on autonomous tractors not being in the budget in your lifetime. 15 years ago autosteer wasn't affordable...
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Post by northernfarmer on Oct 5, 2020 21:39:37 GMT -6
When you can hear the crash/crunch of the cultivator wing come down from a drone that far away over the roar of the V16, you know you've accomplished something. With that "quiet" cab the operator wouldn't be able to hear it though, assuming they have any hearing left ! LOL.
That is quite the road to be hauling all the grain down off of or hauling all the seed/fert up it.
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Post by kenmb on Oct 6, 2020 8:12:05 GMT -6
That looked out right abusive watching that cultivator unfold on the move like that. Looked like something was going to break off. Maybe the frame on the cultivator is designed to flex and that explains a few things.
Back in the day when Tigers, 425 Bud's and Big Roy was experimental there were a few offerings of 60 to 80' cultivators. But I think the people who decided to put together a +750hp unit were more likely targetting an application where it is used to pull a subsoiler or tile plow or other jobs rather than field work. A portion of the biggest 4wds of the day went to those jobs from new. There were also the industrial Steigers built then that were painted yellow and intended specifically for earth moving jobs. Don't remember the Tiger being one but Panthers were.
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Post by kenmb on Oct 10, 2020 11:33:58 GMT -6
Been meaning to look through my collection of brochures from years back. Finally did. Found these relevant. |
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Post by kenmb on Oct 10, 2020 11:36:01 GMT -6
Notice the models offered in the Steiger line up at bottom of brochure. Quite a few.
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Post by kevlar on Oct 10, 2020 20:08:17 GMT -6
One thing I don't understand is the model numbers, I know the first is the horsepower, but what is the second number for? Haven't read up on them much, how long were they made for, were they an actual manufacturer or just a couple guys seeing what they could build? How many were made? I've never seen one, thought I did a couple years ago driving down a road and got a glimpse of something that looked like one but painted blue, had to turn around and go look, turned out to be a Ford I believe it was. Had a lot of the same styling. Nice brochure Ken.
I bought an old brochure to go with our 895 Versatile, laughed at it and found it interesting as on the back page it had a picture of what was once our local dealer and a couple of local farmers!
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Post by kenmb on Oct 11, 2020 8:43:11 GMT -6
The second numbers were the tranny designations. Seen a number of 518 units built over 21 years. The mid 80s hit and did them in like so many other companies. Around 1975 dad was looking at the smallest one, they were around 10% more I think than a Steiger at the time but Steiger was sold/serviced in Regina where as Bud didn't have such a network. The attraction of the Bud was it was built up around easily available parts so didn't have a need for dealer support. And they were built to make them easy to work on. Tilting cab. Engine/trans installed as a sub assembly on a skid - pull the whole skid to do any real work. May have a brochure showing that idea. |
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Post by kenmb on Oct 12, 2020 11:21:29 GMT -6
Another Bud brochure highlighting what I mentioned the other day. They use the same photos and descriptions of the skid mount system in another brochure I have. Would be nice to have a brochure with more details on how the skid system connected to the frame but probably don't exist.
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