Big Bud 747 or 16V-747 Big Bud is a large agricultural tractor made specifically in Havre, Montana in 1977. It is billed by the owners and exhibitors as "The Greatest Farm Tractor in World". This is roughly twice the size of many of the largest production tractors in the world, depending on the parameters.
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Histori
The first two Big Bud tractors out of Havre, the Montana plant are 250-series and bought by Leonard M. Semenza from Semenza Farms in 1968 located between Fort Benton, Montana and Chester, Montana on his 35,000 acre farm. Tractor 747 was originally designed by Wilbur Hensler and built by Ron Harmon and his Northern Manufacturing Company employee, costing $ 300,000. It was made for Rossi Brothers, Bakersfield cotton farmers or Old River, California,. It was used there for 11 years, then bought by Willowbrook Farms of Indialantic, Florida. Both farms use it to tear.
After a period of no use, it was purchased by Robert and Randy Williams, from Big Sandy, Montana, within 60 miles (97 km) where it was built, in 1997. It was used at the Williams Brothers farm in Chouteau County to drag a cultivator as high as 80 feet (24 m), includes 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) per minute at speeds up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h).
The United Tire Company of Canada, which made an 8-foot (2.4 m) tractor tire, bankrupt in 2000, partly contributed to the decision to stop using tractors for regular work in July 2009, to move Big Bud 747 to the museum.
After working on the farm, it was featured at Heartland Acres Agribition Center in Independence, Iowa. In 2014, Big Bud 747 was transferred to the Heartland Museum in Clarion, Iowa, with unlimited lending from the Williams Brothers; the museum builds a separate warehouse for tractors in 2013.
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Statistics
General
- Height: 14 ft (4.3 m) to the top of the cabin
- Length: 27 feet (8.2 m) frame; 28 feet 6 inches (8.69 m) to the end of the drawbar
- Width: 13 feet 4 inches (4.06 m) above the fender; 20 feet 10 inches (6.35 m) above the double
- Wheelbase distance: 16 feet 3 inches (4.95 m)
- Tires: 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter; 39.6 inches wide (1,010 mm); (38 x 35 16 ply duals)
- Weight: 95,000 pounds (48 short tons; 95,000 pounds) shipping weight; more than 100,000 pounds (50 tons short; 100,000 pounds) when the 1,000-US-gallon tank (3,800 liters; 830 Â ° c) is full; 135,000 pounds (68 short tons, 135,000 pounds) fully ballasted
Tank Capacity
- Fuel capacity: 1,000 gallons (diesel fuel)
- Hydraulic reservoir: 150-US-gallon tank (570 Â °, 120 Â °)
Engine
- Detroit Diesel 16V92T: 16-cylinder, two-cycle engine
- Power: the original 760 horsepower (570 kW), but later increased to 860 horsepower (640 kW), then to 960 horsepower (720 kW) but now at 1100 hours
- Moving: 1472 cid (24.1 L), or 92 cid (1,5L) per cylinder
- Induction: 2 turbochargers, 2 superchargers
- Starter: 24 volts; all other power is 12 volts
- Alternator: 75 amperes
Transmission
- Fast forward: 6
- Reverse speed: 1
- Torque: 3,100 pound-feet (4,200Ã,? m) at 3401 rpm
More
- Cab Features: Air Conditioning; heating; car glass sweeper; swivel bucket seat plus friend's chair; AM/FM Radio; An 8-track stereo system (created in 1977).
Comparison
For perspective, many of the largest production tractors like the John Deere 9630 are about half the horsepower, less than half the weight of the ballast, and often use the more standard six-cylinder six-wheel truck engine. By extrapolating the historic rule of thumb when tractors are sometimes measured by the size of the mouldboard plow they can pull, Big Bud 747 will be a 50-plow tractor, though this is no longer a practical convention.
References
External links
- Williams Big Bud Tractor - official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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