Second largest BIG BUD tractor built!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- We were told this tractor is tuned to over 900hp and weighs around 90,000lbs. To give perspective the BIG BUD 747 (world's largest ag tractor) weighs in at 120,000lbs and tuned to 1100hp. Our BIG BUD 600/50 weighs 52,000lbs and tuned to 600hp. Overall the 740 is a very impressive machine and we can only imagine even more so when deep ripping the hard pan.
Thanks Travis for letting us see the beast!
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6:55 anyone else notice papa welker dragging the rope on his leg 😂
Was just going to say that. 😂😂
Bailing Sting
I think Scott was afraid of losing him too so he took precautions. Great Video
That safety equipment to satisfy California laws.
I was gonna comment till I saw yours! 🤘😎
Thank you Travis for letting the Welker's show us your beautiful Bud, and thank you Welker's, for taking us along on your journey!
Well my guess is that Daddy Welker was dragging the string to check the height of the tractor when it's sitting on a lowboy trailer and its on its way to Montana! Lol
All the above are correct . Glad it wasn't toilet paper.
He should pay you guys to refurbish it. That tractor is beautiful. Would love to see your tractors and this side, by side, by side, by side.
Just watching him drag this big snag all the way up into the cab 😂😂😂
He saw that last night too 😂, didn't know it till this video 😁
Thought they would need it to pull him out
safety harness
Leg arms needs to keep him on a least 😂
Is this the farmers equivalent of the high priest going into the holy of holies? If I get struck dead just pull me out.
That tractor was a diamond in the rough
My son is a year in a half and comes home begging to see “tractors” everyday. He love your videos!
Yeap. My son is 3 and stops everything for the tractors, especially the ones the dogs ride.
I think Bob is getting ahead of himself. There’s a Wagner there that needs a lot of love and a Welker farms sticker.
Love the tractor. I’m a truck driver and one of the first times I was in California I was given fresh oranges off a tree in the front yard. Best tip ever.
Thats a man that loves his Buds to miss his flight to visit a tractor.
Some great pieces of history. Hats off to Mr. Travis for letting the Welkers take a gander and share some history with us. And it’s great to see a different side of California that a lot of folks forget about. It would be awesome to get out there and see some different kinds of farming.
BIG BUD lives up to it's name for sure.... Massive size tractor power 👍😎
Wish we could hear it purr!
Yeah i like the feeling you get from a massive engine running... almost vibrates your insides.. lol 😎👍
I think you should buy that 740 and give it the welker treatment take care god bless welkers
I don't know what it would be worth but if the day came we would empty all our piggy banks!
Ye could offer to restore the tractors???
@@WelkerFarms if you were to start a patreon what would the target goal be.
dkjphills79 well I’d think in the 100$-1000$
Great video. I guess those Big Buds played a part in keeping that land producing and us watching with fresh vegetables during winter months. 740 on the Welker farm would be “awesome “ as Hollywood might say.
You guys really need a series 4 to complete the Big Bud series. Maby in a few years:)
I remember reading about a Big Bud tractor in an engineering magazine many years ago that was bought by the Rossi brothers out in California. It may have been in the valley where you were or in Bakersfield. I remember the writer talking about when they were pulling a soil separator with the tines about 2 feet into the ground and at night you could see them glowing red hot. That is a tractor with a lot of suds!
Thanks for the tour, and by the way, Mr. Welker, Your name would look real good on that series 4. Might as well have the entire collection.
My wife and I drove through the central California valley last year and felt similar awe.
That 740 needs to make its way to the Welker Farm! Being only 1 of 2 it needs to be restored and appreciated.
Crazzzy the denial of the flight turns into something cool on your road trip! Everything for a reason!
Thanks guys! Being a farmer with a small 400 hp tractor as my biggest machine, I have always loved the Big Buds!
the bigbud tractors are amazing because they were built with totally off the shelf components so they are easily customizeable
and replacement components are easily found
In the 1990’s I worked for the farm that owned both the 747 and ordered the 740 new . They where both in Florida
Jim Sartori at Willowbrook?
I just really love this video! Just now it's about same count on views and subscribers, but I can understand it well. I've watched it at least 7 times. Thanks Robert and Scott again for the cancelled flight!
I saw a sign that said; "this Bud is for you, Welkers".
Any video with Bob in it is always worth watching. He is so knowledgeable and always explains things in depth. That's for another threat video. In the beginning I thought Scott was showing us the mold his arms came out of!!!!
I would take that ride over a plane ride any day . Great video of historic equipment . Thank You . 👍👍😊😊✌
The bailer twine on Bob's boot as he climbs into the cab reminds me of on Smokey and the Bandit when Jackie Gleason drags the whole roll of TP out of the restaurant cleaning his sunglasses lol
I read when they had the 747 in California pulling a big deep ripper ,the shanks got so hot they started to bend the curve out of them.
The 700 Big Bud uses the 23.2L, SA6 D170 Komatsu engine, which is used in the Komatsu WA600 wheel loader
New series 'Pimp my Bud' with the Welkers :D
I'd watch that
Old tractors tell tales. Modern machinery is unmatched for comfort, but if you want a machine with character and history, you just cant beat old iron
When I seen those tractors out in the fields, I never thought they was that huge. Now that I seen the size comparison, I believe it guys. Thanks for sharing .
You can tell the dad is the real farmer, hands in the dirt, talking about the dirt.
The Great Central Valley of CA has compacted soil and hardpan layers. So the fields have to be ripped down to 4 or 5 ft depth. A hundred years ago two local ag equipment companies, Holt and Best, came up with the track layer drive for the huge tractors needed to pull those jumbo rippers. In the late 1920s the company was renamed Caterpillar Tractors and moved its operation to Peoria, IL. It's a multi-billion dollar Dow Jones 30 company now.
The San Joaquin Valley varies along the rivers the topsoils can be 20 feet in depth. My grandparents had ranches a 1/2 mile from the Kings river. When we dug holes the topsoil depth would be 12' in depth.
@@ddorn04 Away from the rivers where the cotton fields are/were located, it's different and that's why those Holt and Best track layers were developed to pull those giant rippers.
You definitely should be#1 on the list if ever there's a chance to purchase that bad Bud.
""The other one maybe goes to a museum"" is that "museum" welker farms workshop?? Please!!!!! 😜😜
That would be sweet.. but if that beast was an example, you just KNOW that every moving bit, anything exposed to grit, is just used up and tired. The Welker's as willing and able as they are have limits of time and money. I am afraid a full refurb on that giant beast might be prohibitive.
@@billsargent3407 i'd wager they could pull that off if they set their mind to it..money providing
@@herbyverstink they would make a fair bit from RUclips if they did a series on it. I suspect that they provide probably the best chance of refurb of that tractor. RUclips Ad Revenue + Sponsors + a working tractor on the farm would make it worth it. Most other farms wouldn't have the resources that the Welkers could provide.
herbyverstink 😂🤣👏
Well done, very funny name!
@@jamesbainton I'd kick in $5 to see that! fark, It would be like $3.50 to you guys):
Thanks for taking us along on the trip
Just wait till you see the 747...
That thing is massive.
It was in a barn with some 2 bangers made it look even bigger
Welker Family you guy's are AWSUM!!💯 Thank you for all your videos!!👍🇺🇸 and God Bless your family!!💪👍💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🚜🚜🚜
The 740 should go home with you, and legarms would have his very own big bud
Legarms IS a big bud...
Thanks yall for the Big Bud history safe trip
Buy er UP boys!!
I was at the factory in Havre during the build of on of these tractors, it was in the assembly process and they were buying used rail car axles to cut and fabricate a very short billet driveline between the engine and transmission. Ron Harmon toured us around and also showed us the scrapers that were hooked up in a line of 3 or 4 that were used in strip mining as well. It was a joint effort between Big Bud and I think Friggstad. A lot of great ideas during the 70s and 80s. Tremendous growth and development of machines and new farming systems that are the current technology in use now. I saw a lot of different machines that opened new horizons for efficiency and coverage of large acreage.
Great video!! Scott and Robert do these so well together that a person almost forgets it was Nick who started all this. Thanks a million for missing your flight guys. 😁😄😉
Im a huge deer guy but i love big buds
The scraper pans on the 650 look like the ones built by Friggstad Mfg at their plant in Havre. They had some kind of marketing/partnership with Big Bud at one time selling tractor/ pans
Somewhere I saw a picture of "Friggstad/Big Buds" like that with 2 pans everything painted orange.
I don’t know how many combos they made, maybe someone on here could answer that Not sure why they weren’t more successful, maybe just ahead of their time
This tractor on the Welker Farm... unbelievable🥰
AWESOME Guys! The Lords Blessings come in mysterious ways! Thanks for taking me/us along!! Oh and Bob, sorry you had to endure KIDZBOP 🤪😉
Thank you Remmie!
I have an idea for crops. Lava rock is known for having large amounts of nutrients so if you plant seeds then lay down small amounts of lava rocks it should help boost the nutrition. Just a suggestion
I thought the state of California was buying those old tractors and giving subsidies for buying newer emissions equipped tractors but I ‘m probably wrong. Either way get that one to Montana!!
They are... 😔 So the 740 will get repowered to meet emissions and the other buds might be traded in exchange for credit towards a newer emission compliant tractor.
Welker Farms Inc well that’s crappy to hear
California has really screwed a lot of people. It isn’t just big tractors and semis, they’ve banned commercial vehicles over 14k GVW older than 2010. A lot of small businesses have really been hurt by an overly aggressive state legislature and an of control SCAQMD.
Motor 2of7 I live in Virginia and unfortunately it looks like we’re not gonna be far behind
Go nuts, get em both, park by the Versatile, Wagner. Restore later.
as they were saying they said san joaquin "valley" laughed little bit because where i live (Austria country of mountains) this would be a plane because a valley in our region valleys are much narrower. love your content.
greetings from Austria
Really neat tractor thanks for explaining it so clearly
I know the farm and farming is priority for you guys as it should be. The international restore is how I found this channel and eagerly watch every upload from all the content from farming to the lake house. I love your enthusiasm for the Bud's, they're awesome. If you guys had the time it would be awesome to see and add another bud restoration. I'm sure Hollywood is bummed he missed the 740
Thanks guys for the history lesson on the Big Buds wish we had something like them here in the UK. Keep up the awesome videos
Thank you Scott and thank you Pops for taking time out of your trip to share these awesome tractors with us. I have been a Big Bud fan since I was a kid!!!
Pops and Leg Arms, I really appreciate you bringing us along on this road trip! Thanks!
Patman Crowley is a great job and
Bob seems very excited to be walking around this machine, his face is lit right up. Gotta love heavy iron!
Komatsu SA6 D170
turbocharged intercooled diesel
6-cylinder
liquid-cooled
1413 ci [23.2 L]
courtesy of tractor data
Wow what a experience thanks for sharing.
Great video Welkers
Hey Welkers, giving you a shout out from Kentucky. Those tractors are 👀 “Bud-luscious” God bless
Nothing like some good machine envy! You guys do an amazing job explaining things while showing us, super informational but interesting at the same time.
I can remember when I was a kid when we would go to eastern Mt. we would always stop and look at the Big Buds in Haver. They are so cool
Noticed your dad's shoestring was untied , good thing he didn't trip on it. Thanks for the video.. Blessed day..
I noticed he had the same smashed finger as NIck. That's where he gets that from too.
While you may have missed your connecting flight home I got to tell you I think it was a most wonderful thing that could of happened.... That was such an honor and a privilege to see that Big Bud ...I just fell in love with that big dude 💙❤️ that would be so awesome to sit behind and go across the field (( knowing it was one of the biggest tractors built!!!)) But I am sorry you missed your connecting flight home but I'm not sorry you had to drive without you having to drive home we would have never got the opportunity to see that big boy he is a bruit!! Thank for a once-in-a-lifetime to see them BIG Budds...
Thanks for the road trip. We see them ripping the subsoil, I thought it was done only once but your explanation of the lack of freezing/frost heave makes sense to keep the lower soil permeable. Interesting your fascination with Big Bud tractors, keep up the good work- farming and restoring.
Wow! 740 big bud! Impressive
This past month when my cousins Buba and Melissa came down from Haver Montana where they farm wheat and hay, they came down here to Washington (state) and I found out that there neibhoors who just so happen to also be my cousin are the OWNERS OF THE 747, I was shocked that MY family OWNS the BIGGEST tractor in the WORLD!!!!!
I worked at Big Bud while going to school at NMC (now known as U of M northern). I didn't get to work on the series 4. I left before that iteration. the 747 was the one I had something to do with. As I understood at the time, the axles and transmissions were modeled after mining equipment.
You are correct. Hello neighbor 👍
I grew up in Iowa; now living in SoCal. I'm sure the freezing and compaction explanation would be news to Bloomberg because it was news to me. It was so well explained that it feels as though it should have been obvious. Great job! I love the depth and breadth of knowledge shown in your videos . Chemistry, physics, statistics, mechanical technology and economics are just the beginning of it. Thanks for sharing it all.
Nice, what a treat. Thanks guys.
Great video, and it was all made from a mixup at the airport. It was great seeing how excited Bob, and Leg Arms got looking at those tractors. It makes me wonder if you are going to plan to see the Big Bud 747 when you are in Iowa. You could also see John Deere, but it’s going to be during harvest time, and we know how Leg Arms gets around that shade of green paint. Lol
It would awesome to see it again. I saw it right after it came off the assembly. Blessings Davud
740hp. Crazy. Amazing.
please try your hardest to buy the 740 restoring it would make amazing content
You guys need to go to Evansville IN, there is a farm just outside on the bypass that has a couple Big Buds sitting
"That so much bigger in real life"
That's what she said 🤣
Take it home!! The dog would love that fender.🤑🤑🤑
I would gladly donate some money so you could buy that 740 and give it a new life
That might be an option in future
Thanks for the ride, those Buds are amazing. The pumpjacks brought back memories, my Dad was an oilman, from boss of the drilling rigs in Texas working for Howard Huges to his retirement in Ky. checking the input and output of several of the pumpjacks every day.
Something tells me we might see another BIG BUD restoration. ;)
Looks like your 9 hr trip just became a 13 hr trip.
Worth the time spent with the 740.
Thanks for sharing
We have a Steiger Panther ST310 with a 855 Cummins it it.
cory watland took the cherry on a 310 in 1984 and put the first 2100 hours on it. Great tractor! Would love to spend a day in one again
What a great side trip for father and son. We are so blessed with our farmers and the land they use! Sad to see those Big Buds fade-away in the heat and sun. Thanks guys great job.
Yeah.... There us a 4 series bud coming to the Welker farm it just has to be.
Loved that historian the big(gets) Bud I've ever seen. Thanks for an entertaining and informative video. I love the history and the engineering of old machinery - from horse drawn, stem driven and motorised. Great work, keep it up. And a big thank you also to Travis for giving you the opportunity. Cheers, Mark.
I hope you recorded the serial number of that 650/50 and compare it to yours!
Drew w they don’t have a 650-50. A 650-50 is a unique frame. I think there’s 7 of them
@@nellsonstout7001 Well ,iirc, they got serial numers as they went down the line. for example the crusier cabs got a serial number like 79 14, meaning 1979 14th tractor built that year.
I am happy you care for your dad so much, that you put a leash on him so he does not wonder off
😁
Because of welker farms and your videos I’m am a massive big bud fan. Would love to see that 740 on your farm with the other big buds! Keep up the good work.
6:10 big bud 747 is a popular tractor to the point of a living meme the 740 is a legendary tractor im in to farming and i never herd of this till now its a legendary tractor
On this trip everywhere you go and the tractors and the scrapers in the history of the valleys being leveled all goes back to the greatest earthmoving man in history RG LeTourneau. He is the man that needs the hat tip to what you see today. Check out his book. Mover of men and mountains.
E.g. Letorneau was one of the earliest guys in land leveling. He got into it purely by accident using it among other thing to test his new machines out. He was also the first inventor industrialist to want to build the biggest available now not next week and he was a very practical Christian who gave 90% of what he made to God and made God his business partner. My bet is the Walkers know all about him. The Company still exists afer many acquisitions and mergers but still makes many of the biggest mining equipment around using a electric motors to power the wheels.
No Tractor is complete without a piece of bale twine (13:30) to hold something together.....Lol.... Awesome video,
Thanks for sharing...
When were the series 4 Bug Buds built. Just wondering what the time line was. How many years these machines have tilled the soil helped feed America. Not so cushy but made to do a job longer than the builder envisioned. Great content 👍
87 to 1990. Very tail end of the big buds
Thanks guys, that was great
I love your videos and keep good work up
Thank you!
@@WelkerFarms do you need help hands work on your farm someday or oneday
I like the phrase leg arms said American Muscle tractor. Also thank you for the explanation on the frost going down in the ground to break up the ground I did not think about that
I think Welker farms should buy the 740 and get it working
Hope you guys enjoyed the farm show,if i would have known you where coming,i would have drove over to meet you guys.I follow your channel and live on the central California coast.Your capabilities on your farm are the best.
Thanks for commenting..appreciate you following us. Hope we meet in the future. Blessing
6:58 Do you keep Bob in a leash? 😅
Dude, I laughed so hard at that.😂😂😂😂. I love the Welkers.
I was gonna say this lmao
I used to say I was tied to the farm but I see the sons also.
I like hearing your dad talk :)
nice to see people talking about stuff they know well and love :)
You should tell them to sell it to you got to complete the series
Can we look forward to another Big Bud renovation? And I love you and your dad's input to the channel.