hey everyone you're in for a real treat today
something big is about to go down
so we just arrived here and just in time too
because they've got something something very big and massive
current like a kitten it might be a detroit
there's something very very incredible about what's inside of that building
lots and lots of really neat you got unique iron but not only that
the 747 big bud and they're pulling it out right now
let's go watch
isn't that something this is the world's biggest farm tractor ever produced in
1976 they started producing it 1977 they finished it that's an old
tractor and it's at i think about 11 or about
1100 horsepower is what it's rated at right now
that's awesome that is just awesome that's american muscle right there if
you ask me so this is scott here he's a buddy of
mine we're two scots but i have a better nickname than he
does but anyways what do we got going on right here
so this is the 14 30 46 elsa that's the largest ag tire in the
world right there on the big bug and that's something they're putting
they're taking these old suckers off which are
rotted and just you can't save them there's nothing you can do about it
and they're putting some new shoes on it what is this like nike or is this adidas
or yeah i like to think more of a maybe
sketchers under armour oh under armour
before we built steps on our tractors we kind of modified ours just a little bit
ours used to have three steps to get up this has seven steps
these tires are over 18 or eight feet tall
when i stand next to it you can tell right now i'm a short little guy
let's take a walk up the stairs wow this is just amazing
the opportunity right now i'm just like okay do you ever feel like a little
skitty like a school girl that's really giddy
that's me right now i can't even talk i'm stuttering and
this cab here is actually the same kind of
tab as we have on ours it looks so tiny compared to this whole entire tractor
let's step inside it's amazing to me i look around in this cab and it looks
just like our tractors everything about this feels just like
ours except for one thing when i look outside the cab and i start looking
around this thing's massive it's huge i mean i'm just sitting in
inside this massive tank people outside look
smaller because well i'm not used to sitting so high
i look around and the wheelbase on this thing and just how i don't know how to
describe it it's just it's a one of a kind which is truly the
truth it's absolutely phenomenal to see that there is history here that has a
story to tell and the story is that you know if
there's a will there's a way and if there's a need we'll try to make it
happen and they made it happen they realized
that there was a need for a big tractor like this
they built one and it left it at that but
still to this day like i said before this thing is still
the world's largest agriculture tractor
you guys don't know this is the world's largest track of the big bud 747
this tractor is the world's largest ag tractor
and it's been the world's largest for over 40 years and it is getting
the world's largest ag tires from tight tires
these are the lsw 1400s getting eight of them
eight of them it's happening today we're here in iowa
and uh the process started so uh enjoy the fun let's get these tires on this
girl and guess what we gotta drive it when it's done let's
go
where has that crane been all our lives man
that would make life a little easier but we have leg arms so
we'll save the money just keep beating him
you guys can think of a way for me to get distracted from the williams
brothers please let me know leave in a comment below i don't know
think of something we got to find a way there's a way gotta be
these tires could be anywhere from five to six thousand pounds roughly
so they're going to use this massive front end loader here to pull off those
tires
so if you look inside here they've got these braces going down the tube
that way as it flexes it can't actually warp or twist and because you don't
really want well there's a lot of mass on that
tractor they really beep this up this is probably a one inch plate
and i'm guessing probably quarter inch thick side walls and then they've got
about a half inch plates strips going down in here they're pretty
stout are you serious right now they let him drive the forklift
you know what the sun's in my eyes the brakes are really touchy and the
throttle is way too touchy too so and these levers
they just there's too much slop so i'm doing a good job
we get asked all the time on welker farms do we own the world's biggest
tractor do we own the 747 no we don't i'll tell you who does those
two gentlemen in the white over there do that's uh robert and randy williams
those guys have owned this tractor for a number of years they've been a part of
the big bud scene since the beginning they're good friends with a lot of the
big bud team and uh they're awesome you guys don't know them
i recommend checking them out shaking their hand they done some cool
stuff really neat guys and uh they're gonna take good care of
this tractor and they're bringing it back to montana
so and they're about an hour and a half from where i live
so i suppose i need to make a trip to their farm one of these days but yeah
robert ryan it's been a pleasure hanging out with them
good people and uh they represent montana and america well
and that track is a good fit the whole thing so as you can see they're getting
interviewed they should they need a little publicity
this is their baby not mine they have these duels to take off they
already got these off and if we want to look at this final
drive or the planetaries they're incredibly big
if you take the diameter from the outside to outside you're guessing
probably without a tape measure uh two and a half maybe three feet from
outside outside just to give you an idea
that's a big one
okay mr scott slowing he is the guy that made this all happen
from titan tires and uh he's one of the masterminds behind the lsw 1400s
and he took the helm he didn't like leg arms making him look bad so he's going
to jump in and run the forklift he'll be fine guys awesome
the sun's in my ass on your eyes again my eyes oh
it's a your arms are too big you just don't really fit in this cab
leg arm excuses wait are you are you saying even with
the sun and the bad breaks the the bad breaks i don't even have a
hat on first of all first the sun's even worse and you got it on
the first try and actually i had one arm behind my back and one eye
closed when i did that so
what now i am ashamed of myself and i can't believe i
oh i need to be fired that shirt should not be on you
i'm not taking it off
last set of duels going on
seven tires man that's a lot of rubber and they just about have
all the old tires on the trailer they got one duel to put on other than that
strapped up they're gonna take that back to montana but
you guys are doing a good job there's rain coming this afternoon too so
they're kind of hurrying up to get it done so uh
i'm gonna drive it awesome
so i've got a question here for these young guys what do you think about the
big bud 747 and the new shoes it's cool yeah it is pretty cool if you
give a thumbs up or like thumbs up yeah double thumbs up we have
the last tire we put on and then it's done right
come on come on
he's making it i don't have any kibbles and bits for him though
man those things are just massive tires just love how big of a footprint those
things are
okay she's done all eight tires are on this monster and they look
awesome hey hey what are you guys all doing over here
oh look at this oh my god come on over here this guy you guys
huh well we are guys we were trying to figure out how we get this out of here
without you seeing it but all right import it later yeah so we
have the williams brothers yeah yes that's us
and these guys have been threatening us the entire time we've been here
saying that we need to get out of here you've just been trying now we know
you're our neighbors you know and the thing the
big thing is is w yeah our names are with w
and you guys can adopt us if you want that's fine
all right you you can be williams is it yeah
that's right how long have you guys had this tractor well i guess since
uh 97 97 yep so what 12 14 years you know but you were
there when it was built we were there yeah yep we actually on
the floor and we've got pictures so this is the second set of tires
you've seen put on this thing yeah right absolutely
very first one wow that's pretty good for 40 years yeah
are these going to make it 40 years well i'm sure they will make it for you
because i doubt if
yeah so i think where the plan is now i think
someone gets to turn the key is that you or you turns the key
i'm the navigator you're right he's the driver i'm in the middle oh you right
the checks he turns the keys the brains behind the whole thing is
that guy oh no no no no the bronze yeah that's right so i got
up i got watched for guy wires and pedestal
cars and pedestrians and we decided that if anyone gets killed crushed it's going
to be titan's fault and can't they're
it's got a high speed gear too so if you need to get away you can get out right
we can kick your clear up to 12 mile an hour
there's hardly any compassion
a half mile an hour we'll keep a low profile while we're going down three
quarters yeah it's a little profile find a steep
hill and the poor old wagner's over there
goodbye to it is that that's not your guys yeah oh that's yours too
we just brought it here oh we sold it
oh this is nothing let's go to the oh it came on the truck
all right let's start yeah
your honest opinion what do you guys think
awesome i don't think it could turn down any better than it did
this is an exciting day because this tractor has not really taken a good
well jog in a long time and it's doing it finally
this is just awesome now let's find out how much this sucker weighs with all
those uh well the tires off and the weight the
wheels on so i'm excited to find out this is
absolutely incredible standing on the outside of the thing it
has such a beautiful purr with that v16 detroit
and it just it just sounds great and not only does it sound great but this
ride was just incredible of course we're only going like seven miles an hour
but still i mean come on it was incredible but that thing just
wow that is a massive tractor you don't realize how massive it is until you get
onto a street and then you realize it takes up the whole entire road
absolutely incredible guys oh that's a pretty sweet
ending of the day old glory shining over american-made iron american-made rubber
american-made engine transmission different generations but it all started
here it's cool to see happen these guys
worked their tail off putting those on and
man it looks good and uh i don't know if i'm gonna get a chance to drive it today
they promised me i'll hold it to him but this thing's coming to montana and uh
guess who else lives in montana
uh
there we have it guys lsw 1400s on the big bud 747
that was exciting and fun to see a history in the making well this is
history and we were also in the making too so
that was fun yeah exciting riot that was right it's hot here's a riot
it's really humid right now we're like dying but
to see this thing in person to hear it run to see it drive with those big tires
on it was just awesome yeah and i think
i don't know what we're going to do when we get home the other bells the buds are
going to smell this butt on us yeah so we're taking
double showers tonight yeah so i don't know
they might not accept us back yeah lava soap
scrub everything down it's all good now it's better well thanks for watching
guys hope you enjoyed i got a feeling we're seeing this thing again
probably in the field so god bless take care
you