Anyone on here got a big bud? I have always wanted one but have never found one for sale. what are the pros and cons of these tractors? i know one is having the most B.A tractor in the field.

Big Equipment in Havre MT has like 8 or 9 on Tractorhouse. They range from $22K for a 350HP model to $225K for the big 650HP unit.
1-888-265-9554 ask for Ron Harmon. He's the guy who actually built them new.

A couple locals have 2 or 3 each. The one is the big 600HP or 650HP model :D. One thing for sure that 1150 Cummins is one wicked sounding machine.

Someone needs to post some photo's of Big Bud at work, they are unbelievable.

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I want one!

Got anymore pics?

Found some

Ive got a killer one but can't get it loaded.:mad:

Werent those tractors 2 stoke?

I may be wrong but I thought the only 2 stroke diesels were the "Screaming Detroit Diesel's", you can hear those things a long way away.

I rode in one when I was a little squirt, those are so cool.

Even today there still isn't a 650HP tractor. JD's biggest is 580HP currently.
Here's my favorite Big Bud pic. 4 tires on each corner

Even today there still isn't a 650HP tractor. JD's biggest is 580HP currently.
Here's my favorite Big Bud pic. 4 tires on each corner

Doesn't the new Challenger, the one with the wheels that AGCO makes, have 600hp in it's largest model? Just curious, I seen one being off loaded at the railyard a few weeks ago.

I know cat now makes a 600hp tractor but its still not a big bud. they are so cool. to work on them i believe you just have to switch a few levers and there is enough space that you can walk along side either side of the engine on catwalks and work on it. very good idea.

Doesn't the new Challenger, the one with the wheels that AGCO makes, have 600hp in it's largest model? Just curious, I seen one being off loaded at the railyard a few weeks ago.
beat me to it

Thats the picture I was trying to load. Glad you got it on here.

The Big Bud is 650 hp but it dwarfs todays articulated tractors in shear size, they are huge. There is a great video out there that is just about the Big Bud tractor it's terrific.

Biggest Challenger I can find is 525 and the same with New Holland. There's a Buhler Versatile that's 535,CIH that's 530,and the Deere shows 530 but they claim 580.

The thing with the Big Buds is that they can crank them up more. I've seen a couple that had
665HP ratings on them and the guy here that works on them {good friend of mine} I believe told me they can go even higher on the HP.

ya im pretty sure that they have them tuned down a little bit. I would love to own that one with quad tires on each corner :D

Biggest Challenger I can find is 525 and the same with New Holland. There's a Buhler Versatile that's 535,CIH that's 530,and the Deere shows 530 but they claim 580.

The thing with the Big Buds is that they can crank them up more. I've seen a couple that had
665HP ratings on them and the guy here that works on them {good friend of mine} I believe told me they can go even higher on the HP.

I guess the MT900B is only rated at 570hp, per their website....Anyone know what the Big Buds weighed???

In 1977 the Big Bud 747 tractor was built in Havre, Montana. The tractor was built by Ron Harmon and the crew of the Northern Manufacturing Company. The tractor was built to produce 760 horsepower using a 16-cylinder Detroit Diesel engine. The tractor measures 27 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 14 feet tall. The tires were specially made by United Tire Company of Canada and are 8 feet in diameter. When the 1,000 gallon fuel tank is full the tractor tips the scales at over 100,000 pounds.
It was originally designed for the Rossi Brothers, cotton farmers in Bakersfield, California. The Rossi Brothers used the tractor for deep ripping. They owned and operated the 16-V747 for 11 years.
After leaving the cotton farm of the Rossi Brothers the Big Bud found its way to Indlantic, Florida. The second owners, Willowbrook Farms, also used the tractor for deep ripping purposes. Willowbrook Farms retired the Big Bud and left it to rest.
In 1997 the Big Bud found its way back home to Montana, only 60 miles from where it was built. The Williams Brothers of Big Sandy, Montana purchased the tractor and brought it to their farm in Chouteau County. The Williams Brothers use the tractor for cultivation purposes, pulling an 80 foot cultivator. The tractor can work more than one acre per minute, at speeds up to 8 mph. Except its new paint job, chrome stacks, and a whopping 900 plus horsepower - the Big Bud looks like it did when it rolled out of the Northern Manufacturing Company building back in 1977.
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How the hell would you drive that down the road?

What size tires did these have? I would think its the biggest ag tire you can get.

747

WOW..:eek:...Imagine what that thing would cost to build now......

http://www.williamsbigbud.com/bigbud.htm
well this is of the biggest one ever made but the estimated shipping weight was 95,000lbs. and after it was ballasted it weighed 130,000lbs!!! Holy shite that is humongous! that guy that owns it now has it at about 900hp!!!!

Do you think it's got tie-rod sleeves and a StageIV???:D

Biggest Challenger I can find is 525 and the same with New Holland. There's a Buhler Versatile that's 535,CIH that's 530,and the Deere shows 530 but they claim 580.

The thing with the Big Buds is that they can crank them up more. I've seen a couple that had
665HP ratings on them and the guy here that works on them {good friend of mine} I believe told me they can go even higher on the HP.

John Deere only makes 530 horsepower 580 is there peak horsepower rise when load put on but the motor cant hold that. CASE IH and NEW Holland make a 535 horse out the cummins and have a peak horse power of 585. CAT is currently at number one and have been for a few years with something like 575 are 580 and the peak horsepower is over 600.

I think somone has a bigger tractor in the 650hp range. I cant remember who it was, some forign company supposed to start selling them in canada this year. I think they were from russia.

I hadn't seen that 747 before.
I did some wrenching on a smaller one with an 855 Cummins in it last summer{owner didn't want to do the belts himself} and my buddy rebuilt the motor in the bigger one with the 1150 Cummins.

Not exactly. Early versions ran 855 cummins. Larger models 8V detroit. Big ones "K" cummins at 1150 cubic inches. The BIG ones could be had with a 12V detroit and THE BIG ONE runs a 16V detroit (pictured above in bighawg's thumbnail)

I want the one with the 16V detroit, you could pick up chics in that. :D

The 484 just doesnt cut it :(

I want one!
Somehow I just KNEW you were gonna say that...

any buddy got a big budd

any buddy got a big budd

I used to have one when I was a kid, it was made by Ertl!:D

I used to have one when I was a kid, it was made by Ertl!:D
thats cheating right there. I used to have one of those to! it was even the 747!

I think somone has a bigger tractor in the 650hp range. I cant remember who it was, some forign company supposed to start selling them in canada this year. I think they were from russia.

(Buhler) Versatile was bought by a Russian company. I hope they drop the Buhler part of the name, and go with the good old Versatile name and colours again.

Anyway, I also heard rumours of them upping the power to compete, so we will see.

http://www.buhler.com/home.shtml

How the hell would you drive that down the road?

What size tires did these have? I would think its the biggest ag tire you can get.


you dont have to drive it down the road when you own 2k acres in one spot!

my uncle has a video on this thing that he bought. the Big Bud 747(biggest one ever) is the ONLY one. it has two 8v92 detroits bolted together (hence the 16v), and they are mounted on a skid under the hood so they can be removed within a short time. this thing actually still has the original tires on it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdr4dkt5c0s

here's a vid of how it sounds running

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjDshU8pDxI&feature=related

Bighawg that speech sounds just like the movie

PureHybrid, aren't 16V Detroits one block w/ 4 heads from 8V's, not two blocks together?

PureHybrid, aren't 16V Detroits one block w/ 4 heads from 8V's, not two blocks together?
I believe you are right. They just slap a real V16 detroit engine into it.
The one with the quad wheels (16 in total) is for sale in the farm paper i just noticed this morning. $150,000.

http://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=5299612&guid=252A302A72B7481289021F88A0A26215&dlr=1

Quads! Can't even turn that around on a 40 acre field... Not that you would even have a 40 if you had one of those...

Man, if I had one of those, I could plow my garden very fast. Then I would have more time to drink a Bud Lite while sitting under my Big Bud.

It would cost $100 in fuel just to start it. :(

http://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=5299612&guid=252A302A72B7481289021F88A0A26215&dlr=1

Quads! Can't even turn that around on a 40 acre field... Not that you would even have a 40 if you had one of those...

anyone notice atleast the outside tire is a clamp on, wonder if the outside 2 tires are clamp on.

Wonder if they're a clamp on set. 2 bolted together then clamped on as a pair. Damn... how would that go? Well at least the pair wouldn't want to fall over on you...Don't ask!

Wonder if they're a clamp on set. 2 bolted together then clamped on as a pair. Damn... how would that go? Well at least the pair wouldn't want to fall over on you...Don't ask!
thats what ya get for trying to manhandle those big wheeels

Quads! Can't even turn that around on a 40 acre field... Not that you would even have a 40 if you had one of those...[/quote]



We have a hard enough time turning around with triples, the outside wheels already hit.

Do you really need quads or is this guy just trying to show off? I could see tripples in soft ground but 4 tires that size just seems crazy even with a butt load of power.

thats what ya get for trying to manhandle those big wheeels
I HEARD of a guy once...:o: