World's LARGEST Tractor Returns to the Fields - Big Bud 747
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It's been over 10 years since the Big Bud 16V-747 has worked in the farm fields. But now, the tractor has finally returned to the Williams Brothers farm in Montana and with a new set of tires, is ready to continue its legacy.
PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING:
1. The Welkers do NOT own the 747 and have revealed no plans to buy it. We are grateful that it remains in the care of the Williams Brothers, who are great people and continue to take care of the tractor.
2. Viewers have suggested that the 747 should pull a large air seeder. This is certainly possible, but there are reasons why it is currently not pulling one. First off, the hydraulics would need an overhaul to support a modern air seeder. Second, the Williams currently own an air seeder that suits their needs, and larger air seeders are very expensive.
3. Please be respectful. I personally read all the comments on this video. Many have been hurtful and disrespectful to those who contributed to this video. Constructive feedback is always welcome (will be doing the narration differently next time), but please make it respectful.
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"Nothing is more American than an M1 Abrams" Farmers: "Hold my Big Bud 747"
nothing sounds beter than a cummins me and the detrout 2 stroke: hold my 671 detroit big bud: hold my 16v71
115-year-old Case 150 Steam Engine yawns and says watch me pull a 44 Bottom John Deere Plow.
@@AndyFromBeaverton big bud yawns, watch me start up in 2 seconds
@@dodhdhdfdffgdhfonhdh True, sleeping giants take a while to wake up.
this thing screams communism towards me - sorry
The scenery of that area is absolutely breathtaking!!
It is
Yes quite literally. Can't see a single healthy plant that would give us some oxygen to breathe. Fields like these are killing the goddamn soil and environment. "Hooray!"
@@teemusiponen5616 why are you so pressed dude? These fields feed you and also you don’t think the thousands of plants planted by farmers give off oxygen? We’re not running low on oxygen dude. How do you think anything survived in the ice age? Hardly any plants
@@teemusiponen5616 also funny you think the sand and weeds around the fields are any better than the fields themselves. Lol.
@@rickybobby8704 lmao he do be pressed
Talk about owning the road
Owning the road? He owns the road and the ditches!😂
This guy owns all 4 lanes heading south, and all 4 lanes heading north
the road? that thing owns the damn mountain
it IS the road haha
And destroying the road, 100,000 lbs is pretty insane. Not sure rural bridges and crossings would like that.
Saw this when it was new, built for my father’s friend. So much bigger in person especially when you’re 5 years old. Very cool.
Reread that buddy. My father’s friend Mike Rossi of Rossi Farms in Old River California. Mike and his brother Elmer were massive farmers in the area.
@Steven Lang Yes it is the only one in the world. It even has its own Wikipedia page which states who it was built for. If you re read my original post I never said it was built for my father. I clearly stated it was built for his friend. Do you have trouble with comprehension?
@Steven Lang en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bud_747
@Steven Lang Have you figured out how to suck an egg yet? Hahahaha
steven lang burn 🔥 🔥
Well done Agristudios!
You need it
More or less same video was posted by bigtractorpower 30th sept. alot of the same footage.
Agreed, was nice to see it in action and to have some more things/background explained!
@@predda85 they worked together to make Big Tractor Powers video. Both great videos.
well not really the digger part is not in his video predda85
For someone coming from a small country like Norway, it's insane to see the sheer size of the field you're working (I don't know the lingo, sorry) to imagine a 24 meter wide implement only doing a tiny narrow line on a field actually larger than the municipality I live in.. (I'm half joking but I seriously think it's bigger.. Let me know the size and I'll get back to you). And the Big Bud 747 itself. Man what a site to behold! Amazing piece of engineering marvel, a humongous piece of equipment that towers over almost everything else that move on land, and yet it looks like a ant on that field. Seriously, this short was truly awesome to watch. Seeing it being wider than the road and winding it's way up the steep hillside, man.. What a time to be alive! And thanks for making this video!
Well, judging from the shot at 5:21, I'm guestimating the field at around 12,000 (+/- 2000 acres)
@@Will91289 Okey, I was really underestimating the size of my municipality.. It's still just about 250 acres of land though. And I still believe all fields where I live wouldn't be close to this.
@@AfroMyrdal..... the field you see here in the video... up on the plateau of the bluffs, is only one "small" field, in one section of their ranch & farm.... they have MUCH more than what you see here.
If you think that is big, look up the worlds biggest airseeder which is 214ft wide. And here in Australia we also have the biggest farm which is 6 million acres, the size of Israel. Admittedly that farm isn't suitable for cropping, only suitable for running cattle.
the 16V-747 is a sight to behold and i have seen it in person ,it's also amazing when you consider this monster was built in 1977
When I was a child ( late 2000s ) my neighbour ( who was a farmer himself ) brought us a DVD with a documentary of this beast, and we used to watch it on rainy days. Being from Italy, in hour area the most powerful tractor we had was 160 HP ( boosted to 170-180 ehehe) and this thing, with hs 1000hp engine, was something amazing to see. Now seeing it back on the field, even for me, even if I've never seen it in real life, it's something incredible, like seeing a friend after a long time... Thank you for this video, and thank you to the owners of this beast too.
Love seeing Big Bud in action, but also it's great to hear about the more sustainable farming getting mainstream - no-till, preserving the soil and moisture, building topsoil is so much the way to go. I guess pulling the sowing rig doesn't take so much power?
This is a more nuanced issue than you probably realize. Us farm boys see all the glyphosate that it takes to make it possible. I have a separate garden I eat from away from the fields, and we collect rain water to use in the house. Try not to touch the well water if we can.
@@ridenorthwest1687 Exactly. It makes the plants grow but it's awful stuff.
@@echofoxtrot2.051 it's weed killer not fertilizer. Most people know it by the off the shelf name of Round-up. Unfortunately it's now in 100% of the worlds water supply because it bonds to water and gets carried by rain. If we completely quit using it today it would take 70+ years to dissapear.
Less tilling more chilling
No til practice is not the way to go. Mechanical tillage was much better for the environment than no till. It’s a scam to the public to push it. The amount of chemicals they use to no til is ridiculous. They have completely destroyed all the aquatic wildlife. I also noticed the ducks and frogs disappeared at the same time,and they said it was lead shot, bullshxx! It had to be chemicals. The snakes,frogs, and turtles are gone from the delta. You can’t even find a snake or frog in the swaps anymore. I used to feed frog legs to the family once a week in the spring and summer. Haven’t seen any in a decade now.
What an epic machine. Great to see this type of history being preserved.
Since they are still no-tilling, I say someone build a very very large airseeder like the big one in Australia
If it had the modern hydraulics, this tractor would be perfect for that seeder.
@@bcdieselsofficial all that would have to be done would be add a reservoir and a pto driven pump
@@darknightinlight4201 a power take off would be very expensive and difficult to build.
seed the whole field in just 1 pass. haha
Bourgou make a 100 ft seeder. Have one in Montana already might as well have another one
What an impressive machine! Thanks for bringing it back into service.
Covered the van already on a separate note when can we catch the “terrorists” that keep on Downing planes and making them go missing 😭
I am an old mechanic who still repairs old tractors and other machines hear in Italy. Thats what i call that a real heavy duty tractor. There is a saying some where in the world that (old is gold) and thats it. No eletronic devices on it, just pure simply manuale/mechanical movements. My best compliments to you all.
Big Bud 16V-747: the real “Legends of the Fall,” . . . and Spring. Great video!
What gorgeous view from the cab! You are blessed farmers out there! Love the BIG GUY, BUD! Take care, from a small farmer in Michigan.
I cannot understand anyone making a bad comment. This tra tor is amazing to me. I grew up in nortern Illinois, my Dad share cropped 500 acres, the biggest thing we had was a 130 horse Case 2290. This Big Bud is amazing! You guys take great care of it, and it shows. I could not farm due to lifelong extreme allergies, so I took up truck driving. I always wanted to farm but not possible. I am 61 now, and I have watched the videos of this Big Bud many times, it is great to me. I hope this tractor will be around Forever it is a great piece of American Farming History! I would love tosee it one day! God Bless and Best Always. Thank you.
Thanks for getting the 747 back in working condition and sharing your video. I truely hope to see the Big Bud back working the land once again, for shat it was built for. Maybe Welker Farms can put it to work with there other Bud Tractors.
I'm sure the Welkers would give it a good home.
When you see the size of the field it's used on IRL and then look at what Giants turn out in FS... man they need to up their map game.
I think Giants depends on the modding Community for that lol.
Oooooooooo!
Welker Farms has a Map I believe
Giants definitely needs to star making bigger American maps, like 4x bigger.. For Europe that size makes sense though.
I mean there are a lot of awesome 4x maps, which I very much prefer over any vanilla map... Also partly because of the realism of the non-squared fields
Anyone who is forgotten what America is watch this video look at this piece of history that is still living and still kicking Ass to this day Made in America
@AgriStudios your production and filming is really amazing. Beautiful work. What an amazing piece of farming history. Thanks so much for sharing with the world!
Nothing will ever beat that machine. Good diesels like it built america.
whoa 😮 this guy's land is so beautiful 😍 it's sitting on top of a mountain it seems like
So glad that I got to see this massive tractor and do a couple videos of it and yes, an interview with Robert Williams.
Amazing. Thank you to all the farmers in the USA!!
I would never retire that machine! I'd run it and tell my kids and grandkids to keep it running no matter what. What an awesome machine!
Awesome video!!! Great way to showcase what happened to the tractor and awesome to see it back in the field!
Thanks for watching Everyone! Please Read Before Commenting: 1. The Welkers don't own the 747 and have revealed no plans to buy it. We are grateful that it remains in the care of the Williams Brothers, who are great people and continue to take care of the tractor. 2. Viewers have suggested that the 747 should pull a large air seeder. This is certainly possible, but there are reasons why it is currently not pulling one. First off, the hydraulics would need an overhaul to support a modern air seeder. Second, the Williams currently own an air seeder that suits their needs, and larger air seeders are very expensive. 3. Please be respectful. I personally read all the comments on this video. Some have been disrespectful to those who contributed to this video. Constructive feedback is always welcome (will be doing the narration differently next time), but please make it respectful. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel!
What? The best comment ever and so few likes? I guess more people come to comment, than to take time to learn from educated commenters. That’s ok, but I appreciate seeking out the wisdom of others. It’s so rewarding!
What an amazing landscape to work in - it actually made the tractor look small!
Bourgault makes a monster drill with a 1300 or 1400 bushel cart that would be the perfect match for that tractor in the hills down there
Doesn't that need a PTO?
The 747 would have the power, but probably not the hydraulics to run that unit. Bourgault's biggest drill and tank combo is a 100ft 3420 drill and 91300 tank. Would be a good match if they could make it work though!
Ruben Braekman no
@@christopherhannotte2086 I wonder if you could mount a big hydraulic pump on the back of it, behind the cab.
Will B you probably could. The beauty in big bud tractors is how easy to repair and update them
Just got my 1/64 th scale model of the 747 signed by Williams brothers. Love it.
I want one lol how can I get it?
@@rogerl8488..... contact them at their internet store... www.williamsbigbud.com/about-us/ - Just scroll across the header to "Products" and there will be a drop box with a short list of different items for sale... and you will see a yellow highlighted number under each item.... that is the "real time" count of how many they actually have in stock, left. They currently have only 2 left of the 747 with the new Titan LSW tires, one is white (die cast metal) like the real one, and the other is Gold Plated.... $100. and $300. respectively and both are in 1/64th scale.
Iconic, thank you for growing the legacy and sharing!
Another stellar video !! Thank you ! The old saying " they don't make em like they used to " holds true here .
the scenes of BIG-BUD coming up out of the river valley is the most magnificent and powerful scenes that ive ever seen
I remember comming into work and getting the wheels ready to ship and could only imagine how how this tractor was going to look with them on it. Yep its about as crazy as I thought it was gunna be 0.0
How much did they cost him ?
I had a pack of collector/playing cards with some tractors back in the 80´s and this was in them. So nice that this video popped up on my recommended list. Made me happy to see it now again after a while :)
Amazing video. Thanks for producing this with the scenes from above. The shots are just awesome.
That agriculture land and the location is amazing.
Wow what a tractor! Even for its size it seems really powerful. That plow looks way, way bigger than Big Bud, but that Detroit powered bad boy makes pulling it look easy.
Thanks so much to ' AgriStudios ' and any and all others for bringing this presentation to KZhead- - Great Job. This is ' CLASSIC AMERICAN SPIRIT '
Makes me smile every time I hear her start up
Nothing quite like a Detroit
Love to see Welkers buy this beast and use it.
Walkers does own it
@@jacobeickhoff4116 not this one. Just under 3 minutes in shows the owners of this Big Bud
They wouldn’t have any real use for it
I would pay to drive that big bud. It’s on my bucket list !
Big bud 747 nice to see still can keep up with the Big Boys of the farms today
Rock on Big Bud!!!! what a Awesome tractor!!!! I think it would really look good at the Welker Farm some day!!!! they would give it a good home!
Thanks very much for the video. Was interesting seeing big bud actually working in the field. Looks different with the new tires. Looks even bigger. Nice video with wonderful American values and music. Part of farming history. Thanks to all of you. Iowa farm boy from years ago.
It went from 21ft to 25ft wide I believe. Those LSWs really add to the tractor!
I think so too. Looks bad ass👍
@@AgriStudios an extra 4 feet to overall width of the tractors stance..amazing!
I heard LSW provide free tires if the owner bought new rims to put them on as a promotion
Let the Bud keep doing the job it was built for, legends never end
Great video! Good to see the 747 back in Montana!
Great video. The scenery was beautiful
Those shots of Montana fields and streams @ 5:45 literally had me emotional.
Beautiful land ❤️
That's the Missouri River, roughly 700' (215m) of elevation from the fields up on top down to the river. Neat country, but hard.
pushing gravel off the edge of that ledge was epic
That flat top field is INCREDIBLE!
Incredible. Beautiful machines, and beautiful scenery.
3 down, (agri studios, farmhand Mike, and bigtractortpower) now it's time for the welkers to take it around a field with the cultivator😄
I wouldn't say that the tractor has a "cab" more like a "control tower"! Maybe that's where "747" came from. As a kid of the 70s, I love the sound of Detroit diesel engines - just so, well, "dieselly"
The view on this field is amazing!
I first went to Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana in Fall of 1978. A buddy of mine had a roommate from northern Montana that was a farmer. He would talk about the "Big Bud" tractors. Not being a farmer, I did not comprehend the significance of a tractor that large. After seeing this video, Holy Maird, that is one big tractor.
Awesome! While I love the move to no till, it does not diminish the achievement of this machine. Been watching Kory Anderson's 150 CASE pulling a 44 bottom plow and wondered how this tractor compares in raw power. Certainly faster but the 150 CASE did not break a sweat pulling that huge plow. Now the question remains was this tractor moving or simply moving the ground beneath it?
No till involves spraying huge amounts of glyphosate (trade name Roundup) on the field to kill weeds.
Thanks to welker farms for the recommendation, that beauty of American farming engenery deserves to be a the museum 👍🏼🇺🇸🦅
My family and I just came back from Iowa last week and we toured the museum it was great we enjoyed it . 😀
Big Bud is very calming to watch, putting me to sleep. What a great tractor!
I miss the good old two stroke Detroit Diesels...love hearing 16 cylinders getting it done!!
6:44 Here you really get a perspective on how big the 747 is in comparison with the 4 series BIG BUD
Absolutely awesome Thank you....
Big Bud and MonsterMax will go down in the history books.
I need those rims for my 98 Honda Civic.
Match your exhaust? Lol
🤣
Anyone else noticed they took a road grader to the approach road first.
I am sure that road requires a lot of maintenance but yeah, I caught that right off.
Thats one wild tractor! Those views from his fields are stunning 😍
Very good watch. Thank you to old timer explaining Contenential Divide & which way all the water goes from there. In old times some of that water affected Oregon & washington Big time, When Ice Age was thawing out a huge lake inyour area blew out and ran west 70 miles an hour and swept Ice water and rock and flooded Snake & Columbia rivers & made some huge changes.
Who came from the Welkers post
We did!
I did glad to see Legarms is home!!
I did
Likewise!!
@@wayneengelbert9537 Hey Wayne, Where did you see that? That is some great news, so glad the accident wasn't worse!
Welcome home legarms!!!!
Love the Detroit humming! Beautiful piece of equipment!
Coolest Farm tractor I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing Williams brothers!
That's great for silage packing.
I thought this is a Farming Simulator 19 mod .. now I realize it's real ..
Ha lmfao
As a kid I was on and in one at a steam tractor event. They are absolutely massive Thanks for the video
Awesome video! Really cool piece of farming history!
That's some impressive scenery. Watching from New Zealand.
Everybody wants automation, those people don’t seem to understand, man with the machine, man working the ground, will always produce something better than just the machine doing the work. Beautiful tractor, the passion is there on what this tractor meant in its creation
Are we not so lucky that the great tractor is still being looked after and used It could have been chopped up years ago I say thank you Williams brother please keep the mighty beast in tip top shape for as long as you can 😍😍👍👍
Was in Bay City , Tx in 1980 and met one of these Big Buds coming through town and it was a impressive sight .
I mean I like their tractor, but that field they own with the huge cliff drop to the side, that’s a thing of beauty
There are some more views like that on this channel.
Matthew Slivka buddy you got no videos
@@rowanprice2304 Sorry, I meant the Agristudios channel.
Matthew Slivka actually sorry I just realized you work with agrisudios
@@rowanprice2304 Oh, no I just work on the farm that Agristudios documents frequently.
ay bud a little small road there you get it?
Wow. Amazing machinery and view!
I'm from Havre, Montana. I seen it at the Fair just a few weeks ago. Very cool tractor 🙂
You really should sell it to the welker's farm they will take good care of that tractor restore the tractor to its former glory they'll put it back to work they won't let it go downhill ever!
If no-till is the way youre going, this thing should be pulling a gigantic drill, not a plow.
I think no till works on a cycle and eventually you need to break up compaction somehow
@@nellsonstout7001 Nah. If there's enough organic matter and root structure, compaction isn't a problem. Everybody is missing the point about compaction: blaming it on tractor tires or lack of broken ground. Reality is, tilled dirt has no structure and won't hold water. It settles into "concrete" over time.
@@pearsonbrown6740 you could be right, but I stand by what I said. It’s very low moisture ground, and who knows how long it had been no tilled for.
Also it wouldn’t have the modern hydraulics
I grew up in Malta, MT and remember a Big Bud dealer or shop in Havre, just before the turn to head to Great Falls.
I'm in Britain, but I follow the WELKER family over in the U.S. They have a small collection of Buds. They've fitted them with auto-steer, and one has become a sprayer unit, that can also be used as a fire vehicle during harvest.!🥰! AMAZING MACHINES.!🥰!
That sprayer was originally a Case IH that they rebuilt😂
As an aviation guy, I was extremely confused at first since I thought these absolute chads were using a jumbo jet to harvest wheat. Boy was a wrong 😅.
And it doesen't need john deere's blessing on EVERYTHING you do on it...
Dude, John Deere was terrible even in the 80's. Why do you farmers keep buying them? You do know they arnt the worlds only tractor brand, right?
What in my comment had even brought you to thinking I might be a farmer,or that I think that the john deere is the only tractor manufacturer in the world?
@@TheChudoviste IDK, just casting a line in for the off chance you were. I really do want to know, honestly. For all the bitching and moaning farmers make about them they obviously still continue to buy them for some reason or else it would have been good riddance to that whole company a long time ago.
@@pinkhead6857890 Oh I totally agree on that.That is why I compared this monster with john deere's ones,e.g. "you can repair it in ANY workshop,not only john deere's" showing the aspect of why it is better.
I love big machines. I operated large stationary diesel-electric generators (four inline 6cyl 750kW White Superiors; two 7 cyl inline 2000kW Nordbergs and a V-16 2000kW General Motors EMD) almost continuously from 1977 to 2000. Then from 2007 to 2017 I operated a landfill gas to electric plant with three V-20 1000 kW Jenbachers. My favorite were the Nordbergs, built in 1948. 7 cyl inline 4 strokes, 16” bore, 32” stroke (if I remember right); 8’ diameter, 12 ton flywheels; just the engine measured around 25 to 30’ long and stood 13’ high from the bottom of the oil pan to the top of the rocker covers. Magnificent machines. Nominal speed (60 hz) was 327RPM. You could almost keep your eye on a single point on the flywheels while they ran. They had so much mass in the engine and generator They took a full 5 minutes to come to rest after shutting off the fuel racks. Under full load (1000kW or 1 megawatt) they consumed 5 quarts of diesel fuel per minute. Very fond memories from that plant. And, that’s quite a tractor! 🚜
I just want to thank our American farmers and their families. Thank you
I would love to have that tractor on my front lawn! Hook up a small hay wagon and give kids tractor rides !
I remember when this tractor was new all made in America don't see that anymore
What a Tractor. Never heard of the might 747 tractor . Thanks for showing it i liked it.
Awe inspiring is the only way to put it to words. You think this beast is big until the camera zooms out to the plateau field and then out further to the river basin, it brings a tear of happiness to your eyes knowing this tractor and that land is American made. I wish there was a way to take that thing for a spin one day but the closest I'll ever come is on FS19 I guess. Keep her running smooth fellas. Takes some mighty big mountain oysters to drive that thing with an attachment up that road to the field. Good stuff!
That's some majestic country.😊
I need this map on fs19
Same
just came across this channel..........love it,,,,,keep making them vidyas!
Great Video, Fantastic tractor, Thanks for sharing