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.
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!!!!
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.
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!
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 .
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.
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 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.
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...
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
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
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!!!
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
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.
Keep the videos coming guys. Helps getting thru these northeast winters. Got a feeling one of these days, one of those tractors are gonna be in Montana.
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.
Thank you for sharing your amazing journey, very interesting to see another part of US and learn something new, just love it. God bless you and your family.
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.
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. 😁😄😉
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
@@herbyverstink they would make a fair bit from UA-cam if they did a series on it. I suspect that they provide probably the best chance of refurb of that tractor. UA-cam 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.
Fantastic video. It is great to see Leg Arms who did an excellent job. And “Dad” as a 72 year old it was great to hear from you. I am coming back to Walker Farms - thank you. More please!
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 👍
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
That's so cool .Did y'all get to see Big Bud with thrips? I always say everything is for a reason . Keep up the good work. I enjoy the videos . This is a way I get to see things I normally would not. I live in northeast Texas raise cattle. Love all agriculture. Maybe we will see another Big Bud on your farm?
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.
Great video guys very interesting and those big buds man love to see you get your hands on that 740 and bring her back to her former glory thanks guys God bless
@@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 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.
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.
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!
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.
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!!!!
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.
Crazzzy the denial of the flight turns into something cool on your road trip! Everything for a reason!
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.
That tractor was a diamond in the rough
I think Bob is getting ahead of himself. There’s a Wagner there that needs a lot of love and a Welker farms sticker.
Thanks for taking us along on the trip
Thats a man that loves his Buds to miss his flight to visit a tractor.
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!
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 .
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.
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
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 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.
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...
I would take that ride over a plane ride any day . Great video of historic equipment . Thank You . 👍👍😊😊✌
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
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 😎👍
It is cool to see those tractors and glad you got to see them and share them with us it's sad just to see them sit there.
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! 🤘😎
Nice, what a treat. Thanks guys.
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
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!!!
You guys really need a series 4 to complete the Big Bud series. Maby in a few years:)
I enjoyed listening and watching you guys talk "Bud". Thanks
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.
Great video guys That 740 Big bud is awesome tractor Thanks again for coming out to California.
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.
Wow what a experience thanks for sharing.
Thanks guys! Being a farmer with a small 400 hp tractor as my biggest machine, I have always loved the Big Buds!
Man you guys do such a great job on the history of the Big Bud. That 740 is a beast.
That 740 needs to make its way to the Welker Farm! Being only 1 of 2 it needs to be restored and appreciated.
Keep the videos coming guys. Helps getting thru these northeast winters. Got a feeling one of these days, one of those tractors are gonna be in Montana.
Welker Family you guy's are AWSUM!!💯 Thank you for all your videos!!👍🇺🇸 and God Bless your family!!💪👍💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🚜🚜🚜
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
My wife and I drove through the central California valley last year and felt similar awe.
Great video Welkers
I like hearing your dad talk :)
nice to see people talking about stuff they know well and love :)
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.
Wow! 740 big bud! Impressive
I saw a sign that said; "this Bud is for you, Welkers".
Hey Welkers, giving you a shout out from Kentucky. Those tractors are 👀 “Bud-luscious” God bless
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.
Thank you for sharing your amazing journey, very interesting to see another part of US and learn something new, just love it. God bless you and your family.
Buy er UP boys!!
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.
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.
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
The 740 should go home with you, and legarms would have his very own big bud
Legarms IS a big bud...
Thank you for sharing. I love watching your videos. Please keep them up. Thank you and god bless
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. 😁😄😉
Awesome and very imformative video Guys. I fell in love with the Big Bids back in the 70's. It's been a joy to watch.
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.
Thank you, two awesome tractors. God bless you
Pops and Leg Arms, I really appreciate you bringing us along on this road trip! Thanks!
Patman Crowley is a great job and
I appreciate your Big Bud review. Always follow your channel, great family viewing. Your enthusiasm is contagious
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.
Excellent video as usual.. Those Buds are definitely working tractors that deserve a little, er... a lot of TLC ... Thanks for taking us along with...
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
I have only been following you guys for a short time, love the videos and the Big Buds!!!
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 can tell the dad is the real farmer, hands in the dirt, talking about the dirt.
You guys drove nine hours just to look at a tractor that was not for sale? Come on now. Tell us you bought it.
Haha we wish, it was along the way to their end destination in Phoenix.
This looks like somewhere in tulare county California and it is not 9 hours from the airport where they came from
Edgar Burnett let help them out!!
You all bought it
@@hobbyperson18 The 9 hours is Tulare to Phoenix, not to where the Big Buds are.
What a great video and trip you 2 had... I am so glad you missed your plane.
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
Can we look forward to another Big Bud renovation? And I love you and your dad's input to the channel.
New series 'Pimp my Bud' with the Welkers :D
I'd watch that
Thanks yall for the Big Bud history safe trip
""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 UA-cam if they did a series on it. I suspect that they provide probably the best chance of refurb of that tractor. UA-cam 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):
Great video guys! Thanks for sharing this.
I love your videos and keep good work up
Thank you!
@@WelkerFarms do you need help hands work on your farm someday or oneday
Fantastic video. It is great to see Leg Arms who did an excellent job. And “Dad” as a 72 year old it was great to hear from you. I am coming back to Walker Farms - thank you. More please!
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?
American ingenuity at it’s best! 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
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
Komatsu SA6 D170
turbocharged intercooled diesel
6-cylinder
liquid-cooled
1413 ci [23.2 L]
courtesy of tractor data
Thanks guys, that was great
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!
Thanks for the history on the bug bud loved it
please try your hardest to buy the 740 restoring it would make amazing content
That's so cool .Did y'all get to see Big Bud with thrips? I always say everything is for a reason . Keep up the good work. I enjoy the videos . This is a way I get to see things I normally would not. I live in northeast Texas raise cattle. Love all agriculture. Maybe we will see another Big Bud on your farm?
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.
Dont see your dad this excited in many videos. Giving the run around of the 740 hes so excited :)
So when can we expect to see the 740 on the welker farm ? I know I wouldn't be looking at it without trying to atleast offer them something for it
That was amazing to be able to see those two tractors on your videos
what about the big buds out in australia
You definitely should be#1 on the list if ever there's a chance to purchase that bad Bud.
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.
Great video guys very interesting and those big buds man love to see you get your hands on that 740 and bring her back to her former glory thanks guys God bless
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 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.
Buy the 740!!
Looks like your 9 hr trip just became a 13 hr trip.
Worth the time spent with the 740.
Thanks for sharing
Yeah.... There us a 4 series bud coming to the Welker farm it just has to be.
Awesome tractor !! Thanks !
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