World's largest tractor - videos and photos

[Jon]

It's Big Bud, a hardworking Montana farm tractor AKA The World's Largest Tractor, and accepting contenders to that title.





A few short vids, and then a 6:41 feature from Classic Tractor Fever.

Previously:

Tractor plays percussion in bluegrass band - video
Unique tractor turning method - GIF
WWII flying tractor: LeTourneau D4 Flying Tournapull - video
Starting a tractor with a shotgun cartridge - video and photos
Tractor modified to work in the ocean - video
Tractor-powered wood chopper - GIF
Ford Flathead-powered 1970s John Deere lawn tractor
Ride-on roller attachment for tractor - photo
1960 Lamborghini Trattori Cingolato tractor - video and photos

[Frank S]

Not sure why they are only pulling an 80 ft cultivator with such a large beast unless it is the density of their soils there because there are several 400 to 450 Hp tractors around here that pull 60 ft disk setups.
I also suspect the 100,000 lbs they talked about would have been tractor only without fluids or tires those 8 tires. rims and duel wheel spacers without beet juice fill would just barely load legal at around 45,000 lbs for the 4 assemblies
Field ready would most probably be closer to 100k tractor + 45K tire assemblies + 25K beet juice (3200 gallons)+ 8k fuel and fluids making it come closer to 178,000 lbs if my estimations are anywhere near then this would put Big Bud in the same category as the D11N cat without its blade and much heavier than the dozer equipped for agg with only a draw-bar. both in power and weight. It would be interesting to see the 2 connected back to back in a pull off though.