Big Bud is the world’s largest tractor so the Farm Progress Show is one of the best places to put this piece of history on display.
Big Bud is so big that I couldn’t fit the tractor in one picture. I mean Big Bud is BIG. It was built in 1977 in Montana by Ron Harmonn and his crew for a cotton farm in California. He is 27 feet long, 20 feet wide, 14 feet tall, and weighs 100,000 pounds.
Until this week, Big Bud has been on display in a farm museum in Dyersville, Iowa (the home of the famous ball field from Field of Dreams). He was moved to Boone, Iowa by Crop Production Services (Agrium), a company that provides agricultural inputs to farmers around the country.
Steve Sopher, an area agronomist with Agrium told me that they brought Big Bud in to give growers a walk down memory lane, and that he did. Between 15,000 – 20,000 people came to see Big Bud in person over the three days. It is estimated that nearly 100,000 people were at Farm Progress from around the world, so you can bet that most spent some time checking out Big Bud.
For those of you who missed out on this amazing piece of history, Sopher said that he will be back at the 2011 Farm Progress Show. You can also watch this video.
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2 Comments on “Big Bud – The World’s Largest Tractor”
Actually, Big Bud was on display at Heartland Acres Agribition Center in Independence, Iowa up until his move to Boone for the Farm Progress Show. Although, Dyersville does have a very nice Farm Toy Museum.
Actually, Big Bud was on display at Heartland Acres Agribition Center in Independence, Iowa up until his move to Boone for the Farm Progress Show. Although, Dyersville does have a very nice Farm Toy Museum.