What that farmer done is really extremely very amazing to be able to watch an see what that man was given the ability to be able to figure out how to connect 3 tractor's together to accomplish what he's doing! 👍
The man is a legend. He also built a three "D" tractor that is so maneuverable I saw him back it around several obstacles. The sound of those "D"s will make you wet your pants.
Now that's what you call a showstopper oh my gosh three engines running and harmony together I can imagine having that out in Montana where they have the dryland farming and plowing out there Man that thing would have been worth this weight and gold cuz it would cover a lot of ground real real fast thank you for sharing this and kudos to the man that engineered and put all of that together he needs John Deere needs just to take and have a long conversation with him he might be able to come up with something for him that really works well thank you for sharing
Even though this ground has already been plowed, leveled, plowed again, and perhaps again, it’s still Impressively! Shade tree engineering at its most impressive. 👍 I’m envious…….
830 tractors are pretty fuel efficient. I seriously doubt that the 3 of them would burn any more fuel than a modern tractor of similar power, if even as much.
I've seen a number of videos showing the 830 special but nobody has explained how he can shift all three transmissions. I have to imagine that with all the amazing work that went into that thing that he must be able to shift from the cab but how does it work? Similar question with the three clutches. Going out on a limb I'm guessing all those hydraulic lines have something to do with it!
Engine horsepower could be close to 300, maybe. They probably mean that it pulls similarly to a 300 hp modern tractor. I have talked to a number of people who have hooked up tandems and they say that when hooked up together, that they actually pull better than two same tractors each pulling separately. In the 60's, people around here with R john Deere's pulled a 12 foot chisel plow. Then one guy hooked two R's together like this and said it easily pulled a 28 ft chisel plow. Hooked up as this tractor is, the front steering wheels are all gone, meaning that you don't have to push those dead axles. Also, all of the tractors weight is now being carried on the drive axles, increasing tractive force. We used to pull a 16 foot chisel plow with an 830. It wouldn't surprise me if this triple tractor could handle a 48 foot chisel plow at the same depth, in similar ground.
I seen don at a tractor pull on time with a souped up 830 at the end of the pull you could see he was mad because he just could not beat a wd9 it spanked don hard
830 john deere's were pretty economical on fuel. I bet the three of them together would not burn aany more fuel than a modern articulated 4 wheel drive tractor of similar power, if they even burned as much. There is a reason modern tractors have fuel tanks of 250 to 400+ gallons capacity.
12 out of 10 for ingenuity, talent, and workmanship. Aside from that, it’s a frankenstein. I’m just not feeling it. Sorry. I’d rather see 3 individual tractors harnessed together like the Budwieser clydesdales instead of seeing three tractors chopped up. Still, I’m not knocking the talent and hard work that went into it. It’s just an impractical setup.
@@fedup3582 You wrote "Amount". Of what? Wasted time? For five, sometimes six, days every week I repair farm machinery. I don't work on these "Franken-tractors" because they are toys. The owners spend years cobbling them together. Then they show them off at a plow-day or tractor pull. And, then they spend another year sourcing parts and repairing the damage from their 15-minutes of showing off. It's just another way of bragging that you have the money, spare time, and wits enough to waste them on something useless. Most of the hard working people I live with would rather restore a classic tractor to something they can put to work and have it run reliably. They're just aren't enough parts left for these old machines to be wasting them on toys.
@@leoashrae4199 Toys? Maybe someone makes something on occasion, to be different, but many people joined tractors together like this, in the 50's and 60's to get a tractor that could deliver the performance they needed because factory built tractors of that size were not yet available. They were not "toys", they were working tractors. And some of these "toys" prompted companies to expand their lines to fullfill these markets. And as far as this particular 830 special, I know of at least one video where it is stated that it was built to be a working tractor, not a "toy" and at that point had accumulated 1300 hours of use as a working tractor. Would it make you happy if he had restored the three tractors and used them separately as working tractors? But then he would have had to hire two extra operators to run them all. Why do you think that he should be denied the right to build what he wants, what will work for him, but you can restore what you want? A lot of todays technology was developed from the efforts of these people building their so called "toys".
@@fedup3582 Your lecture would be almost credible if it weren't for the fact that the guys who build these things call them toys. And, "deny" someone to build this(?) I'm no Democrat. It's not my place to deny anyone what is theirs. Pointing out waste is not denying anyone anything. In reading your posts it's become clear to me that you are far removed from the realities of farming. Saying the latest John Deere techno money pit evolved from my neighbors twin-engine pulling tractor (or anything similar to it) is nonsense. Tractors like the two-cylinder John Deeres, right up to the last 30-series machines made in 1961, came into being for the needs of the 200 acre (give or take) farmer who was still making a living off the homestead... with the family sharing the load. Back then the family farm was vastly different than the 2,000+ acre mid-west grain farms which were more likely to use machines made by companies like Caterpillar and Euclid.
What that farmer done is really extremely very amazing to be able to watch an see what that man was given the ability to be able to figure out how to connect 3 tractor's together to accomplish what he's doing! 👍
Couldn't agree more!
One would be surprised about how much of their day to day stuff was invented by some American farmer!
That's an ingenious idea very nicely carried out, and a lovely way to repurpose old equipment for modern methods.
now thats some serious power, big boy toys...nice
Now this is something you don't see every day!
The man is a legend. He also built a three "D" tractor that is so maneuverable I saw him back it around several obstacles. The sound of those "D"s will make you wet your pants.
Gotta love innovation! Great job on the build.
Finally, a weird tractor creation in a thumbnail that's not Photoshop clickbait!
Love those little V-4 starting motors...wonder how the gear selection is made... beautiful !
Now that's a tri-ctor!
Thank you for a great video
Great tractor, It plows up here in the red river valley heavy soil.
Now that's what you call a showstopper oh my gosh three engines running and harmony together I can imagine having that out in Montana where they have the dryland farming and plowing out there Man that thing would have been worth this weight and gold cuz it would cover a lot of ground real real fast thank you for sharing this and kudos to the man that engineered and put all of that together he needs John Deere needs just to take and have a long conversation with him he might be able to come up with something for him that really works well thank you for sharing
Too small.
Reference the "Big Bud 16v-747" for a MONTANA tractor.
I think the "standard" for that monster is somewhere above 40 plow blades.
too cool! First time seeing that one.
57 420c
Even though this ground has already been plowed, leveled, plowed again, and perhaps again, it’s still
Impressively! Shade tree engineering at its most impressive. 👍 I’m envious…….
So, I wonder how well that rig would plow sod? That dirt looks worn out from being plowed again and again!
What a peculiar looking vehicle
Nothing like plowing a field that’s already been plowed.
It’s all for fun and show. Very cool plowing apparatus…whatever you call that thing!😊
Clear to see you’ve never been to a plowing match or walked on plowed field
Nice
How wonderful to watch a video without the BULLSHIT background music. Just the sounds of the equipment. 🇺🇸
Since i didn't see steering cylinders like an articulated tractor normally does. Its using the brake for steering?
There are cylinders between the first and second tractor. The third one just trails along behind, pushing.
Three engines is always better than one
Cool! But the fuel bill's gotta be a killer!
830 tractors are pretty fuel efficient. I seriously doubt that the 3 of them would burn any more fuel than a modern tractor of similar power, if even as much.
I've seen a number of videos showing the 830 special but nobody has explained how he can shift all three transmissions. I have to imagine that with all the amazing work that went into that thing that he must be able to shift from the cab but how does it work? Similar question with the three clutches. Going out on a limb I'm guessing all those hydraulic lines have something to do with it!
when was it built have you seen the 3 chamberlain tractors that was built in the 70s here in South Australia
Guys it's 2023, gotta call em "helper" units
Wonder how it would do on unworked ground ?
I saw it there in 22. If that's 300 horsepower he got them running good. The 830 put out around 73 belt hp on tractor data.
Engine horsepower could be close to 300, maybe. They probably mean that it pulls similarly to a 300 hp modern tractor. I have talked to a number of people who have hooked up tandems and they say that when hooked up together, that they actually pull better than two same tractors each pulling separately. In the 60's, people around here with R john Deere's pulled a 12 foot chisel plow. Then one guy hooked two R's together like this and said it easily pulled a 28 ft chisel plow. Hooked up as this tractor is, the front steering wheels are all gone, meaning that you don't have to push those dead axles. Also, all of the tractors weight is now being carried on the drive axles, increasing tractive force. We used to pull a 16 foot chisel plow with an 830. It wouldn't surprise me if this triple tractor could handle a 48 foot chisel plow at the same depth, in similar ground.
You should see Don's pulling tractor.
So cool, how does he haul it? 😮
I think the Renner family actually drove up with their lowboy last year and hauled it down for him!
I wonder how many computers this gentleman used to get this unit to operate?
john deere would be mad!
Most likely none. People have been hooking tractors together, similarly, for 60-70 years.
Did I count that right, a 12 bottom plow?! I suppose he’d have to do some inventive maneuvering to get the corners with a plow that big.
love v4
I seen don at a tractor pull on time with a souped up 830 at the end of the pull you could see he was mad because he just could not beat a wd9 it spanked don hard
😯
goood
Imagine telling yoir banker you need to borrow to money to build 3 trqctors into one!!!
I don't know man, a lot of times machines like this are born when a man decides to work for himself instead of the Bank!
I would not be surprised to find that he was able to build this tractor much cheaper than buying a modern articulated tractor of similar hp.
I got to wonder about fuel consumption.
830 john deere's were pretty economical on fuel. I bet the three of them together would not burn aany more fuel than a modern articulated 4 wheel drive tractor of similar power, if they even burned as much. There is a reason modern tractors have fuel tanks of 250 to 400+ gallons capacity.
3 tractors....and still only 6 cylinders.
All that crazy for 200hp. Lol
Made in 59? ....not one bit is CNC or 3D printed, all machinist made by hand. Damn. It still runs too! Try that with a 2003 anything!
looks weird but it will good if we had this in fs22
a deere was rated at 8 plows shouldn't you have a few more than that
Really….why? 😂
Why not?
12 out of 10 for ingenuity, talent, and workmanship. Aside from that, it’s a frankenstein. I’m just not feeling it. Sorry. I’d rather see 3 individual tractors harnessed together like the Budwieser clydesdales instead of seeing three tractors chopped up. Still, I’m not knocking the talent and hard work that went into it. It’s just an impractical setup.
What a waste of three great tractors.
No it isn't. He told us at the 2 cylinder show that he could put them all back to original in about 3 days ,. He saved any part he took off.
Try running 3 tractors with one operator. And the one custom tractor will match and maybe even beat the amount of three tractors running separately.
@@fedup3582 You wrote "Amount". Of what? Wasted time?
For five, sometimes six, days every week I repair farm machinery. I don't work on these "Franken-tractors" because they are toys. The owners spend years cobbling them together. Then they show them off at a plow-day or tractor pull. And, then they spend another year sourcing parts and repairing the damage from their 15-minutes of showing off. It's just another way of bragging that you have the money, spare time, and wits enough to waste them on something useless.
Most of the hard working people I live with would rather restore a classic tractor to something they can put to work and have it run reliably. They're just aren't enough parts left for these old machines to be wasting them on toys.
@@leoashrae4199 Toys? Maybe someone makes something on occasion, to be different, but many people joined tractors together like this, in the 50's and 60's to get a tractor that could deliver the performance they needed because factory built tractors of that size were not yet available. They were not "toys", they were working tractors. And some of these "toys" prompted companies to expand their lines to fullfill these markets. And as far as this particular 830 special, I know of at least one video where it is stated that it was built to be a working tractor, not a "toy" and at that point had accumulated 1300 hours of use as a working tractor. Would it make you happy if he had restored the three tractors and used them separately as working tractors? But then he would have had to hire two extra operators to run them all. Why do you think that he should be denied the right to build what he wants, what will work for him, but you can restore what you want? A lot of todays technology was developed from the efforts of these people building their so called "toys".
@@fedup3582 Your lecture would be almost credible if it weren't for the fact that the guys who build these things call them toys. And, "deny" someone to build this(?) I'm no Democrat. It's not my place to deny anyone what is theirs. Pointing out waste is not denying anyone anything.
In reading your posts it's become clear to me that you are far removed from the realities of farming. Saying the latest John Deere techno money pit evolved from my neighbors twin-engine pulling tractor (or anything similar to it) is nonsense. Tractors like the two-cylinder John Deeres, right up to the last 30-series machines made in 1961, came into being for the needs of the 200 acre (give or take) farmer who was still making a living off the homestead... with the family sharing the load. Back then the family farm was vastly different than the 2,000+ acre mid-west grain farms which were more likely to use machines made by companies like Caterpillar and Euclid.