Biggest tractor.

[MSD]

Whatever came of that? There was all sorts of news about it early on & then nothing. Did BB just produce the one new one?

Mike

Video makes it sound like it was going back into production.

 

[NoDakInMN]

I can't hardly fathom needing that much power in a farm tractor when you can pull 40-60 foot with 4-500HP and how can you turn around in small fields. We have a few BTO's that are working thousands of acres with 20 foot or slightly bigger chisel plows and keep up with the combine picking 12 rows at a time. 3 of them I know of get everything done by end of December. they all get planted in fine style time wise and just keep working at it . 2 of them have a couple Trains for hauling grain out of the field and one has 3 hopper trailers and a set of trains. They haul about 1500-2000 bushel per load. One of them went by the hose yesterday with the hopper train and was probably full up with at least the 2000 in it. We will be loading a train today a couple times and put 2022 bushel was one of the scale tickets he handed me the other day when he loaded here. 56+ 15or16 moisture off the field corn.

It isn't always increased width of implements, it's becoming more common to try to multiple functions in one pass.

 

[NoDakInMN]

800 -900 hp tractors , growing the same $180-$200/ton corn at least price wise that we grew 50 years ago with tractors 100hp and less. And harvesting back then with combine that cost less than 100grand. And we could buy and pay for the equipment. Hard to see how we have made what we call progress

Bigger operations require bigger toys. Then you need to figure in that you have narrow windows for planting and harvesting to obtain max yields, and yields with good test weights are the ball game right now. So you need equipment that can get in and get the job done quickly when that optimum time arrives. Failing to do so can cost a lot of money. Son is a grain merchant and he was showing me the losses in soybeans some growers were taking because it was an exceptionally dry fall and the drop in moisture content as the fall drug on. It was some astounding numbers but those who got their beans off right away came away with a lot more money. When you are dealing with tens of thousands of bushels, a few percent here and there adds up to some significant dollar amounts rather quickly.

 

[DoubleO7]

800 -900 hp tractors , growing the same $180-$200/ton corn at least price wise that we grew 50 years ago with tractors 100hp and less. And harvesting back then with combine that cost less than 100grand. And we could buy and pay for the equipment. Hard to see how we have made what we call progress

How many acres could one farm with that 100hp tractor?

A $2 million tractor is probably working several thousand acres, maybe 10k or more?

 

[Bruce from Can.]

How many acres could one farm with that 100hp tractor?

A $2 million tractor is probably working several thousand acres, maybe 10k or more?

Your question actually creates another question. If I can buy a 100hp tractor for $100,000-$150,000.00 it actually depends on the value of the crop grown and the dollars returned per acre. If you are growing wheat at 30bu/acre it’s definitely going to require a lot more acres than it would if you are growing wheat at 90 bu/acre.
So low yield per acre will naturally take more acreage to pay for either tractor regardless of size and cost. Farmers in the west are accustomed to growing thousands of acres and obviously will need bigger tractors to pull wider planters.

 

[ss55]

Post below got me wondering what's the largest horsepower production tractor being made today?

A some PR was released and a prototype was shown at trade shows in 2023, but not much since then. this is the manufacturer's website with one video: https://www.bigequipment.com/big-bud.htm

Sounds like they intend to use Caterpillar engines and power shift transmissions, which probably are computer controlled and have proprietary software just like everything else. 2023 projections were to build 30 tractors in 2025 ramping up to maybe 100 per year in the future. Very quiet since then.

 

[paul]

Video makes it sound like it was going back into production.

My understanding is that was kind of a mock up, and thry now have a better mostly real setup to put into production.

Unfortunately we are in a bad spot for ag, with lower prices and some uncertainty ahead along with higher interest rates.

So….. this likely will be a slow and small roll out. Over time. I mean really, they would be making dozens, not hundreds, and with the farm economy I bet the orders are pretty slow. They are specialty tractors, big hp for big wheat and other dry land crops with huge fields huge air seeders. Not the Midwest cornbelt row crops.

If you are interested in Big Bud, you no likely Have seen some of the Welker u tube videos, they run several of the models and have visited the Bud shop, even worked on the new model a bit.

Paul

 

[E.B. Haymakin']

Your question actually creates another question. If I can buy a 100hp tractor for $100,000-$150,000.00 it actually depends on the value of the crop grown and the dollars returned per acre. If you are growing wheat at 30bu/acre it’s definitely going to require a lot more acres than it would if you are growing wheat at 90 bu/acre.
So low yield per acre will naturally take more acreage to pay for either tractor regardless of size and cost. Farmers in the west are accustomed to growing thousands of acres and obviously will need bigger tractors to pull wider planters.

What about several bad years of depressed prices high input costs like we've seen mite as well be a casino

 

[showcrop]

My understanding is that was kind of a mock up, and thry now have a better mostly real setup to put into production.

Unfortunately we are in a bad spot for ag, with lower prices and some uncertainty ahead along with higher interest rates.

So….. this likely will be a slow and small roll out. Over time. I mean really, they would be making dozens, not hundreds, and with the farm economy I bet the orders are pretty slow. They are specialty tractors, big hp for big wheat and other dry land crops with huge fields huge air seeders. Not the Midwest cornbelt row crops.

If you are interested in Big Bud, you no likely Have seen some of the Welker u tube videos, they run several of the models and have visited the Bud shop, even worked on the new model a bit.

Paul

I have been a subscriber to Welkers for maybe ten years. I came across them when I googled Big Bud. I watch for their vids. They seem to be very good Christian people. Oops gotta go they just put a new one up.