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- Twin 671 Detroit Engined 18Ton Chamberlain Tractor, 12 wheels put the power to the ground, it pulls a Shearer 62ft wide seeder, 105 sowing rows, 6Ton of seed and super, sowing 55 acres per hour at 7mph.
The two tractors engines are identical to the 671 Detroit "General Grant" tank engines, This monster makes short work of the huge acres that are Typical of modern Australian broad-acre farming.
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The configuration it has and the performance it gives really tell here, unlike many videos. As to how long he has had this rig going in this configuration without significant problems is testament to it's layout as well. Durable, hard running Detroits and drivetrain that exceeds need. Fine machine.
Incredible machine and even more impressive engineering, this man deserves an award.
He made that? He MADE that? HE MADE THAT? I'm actually amazed. This guy is a genius.
Don't let Obama hear you. He will say.."You didn't build that?".
Australians are ingenious.
have just bought a 9g FEL to work on .now i am jealous. i have always liked super 70s and 90s. you have done very well in building a hard working chamberlain that will keep working for many many years to come... well done
Tractors are only now getting a road gear that is as fast as the 9G's lol. We used to have a 306. I loved it as it had a bench seat so I could sit comfortably with my Dad. Many happy hours spent there!
Love Chamberlains !!!!!!!!! aussie built and proud !
Imagination is the limit to creativity and problem solving. Well done sir.
Best part about this tractor is that is was home built by an obviously a brilliant engineer exercising his Right to Build and more importantly, his Right to Repair. Take note farm machinery makers !!
Australian farmers are self taught engineers
Engineer = Latin for ingenious
What a work of art that tractor is ....
Those 2 stroke Detroits are doing what they did best, converting fuel into noise! Started out with a 6-71 Detroit 238 with a 4x4 Spicer in an old Binder with 44,000 lb Hendrickson walking beam suspension and a Bostrom spring ride seat. When I did finally manage to get it up to road speed I spent more time in the air then in the seat. That is a great deal of ingenuity to create something like this machine when it was done although it wouldn’t be very useful in the 40 acre fields I grew up working.
Legend has it that tractor pulls the Earth under it's implement
One of the coolest tractors I ever seen!
Here in the states a "pairing" of tractors is nothing new either,,,but you Aussies. take it to the MAX ! And i love it. Seen a Paired set of CASE's with airplane tires from there also. Great job sir ! American powered TOO!. love the sound of Detroit 2 cycle diesels, especially under a load...but 1200 rpm to start is great.....but they sound the best around 2400!
Love to hear those Detroits sing!
This guy is a genius. Great job and sweet tractor
Considering the prices of new machines today, this is incredible! Less than 20% of the cost of a new machine and still able to keep up with them, not sure the extra 80% is worth the tidier cab interior or a tighter turning circle :)
in the tractors of today u get much more options.. gps.. not so loud.. but yeah..
Keep in mind inflation, it would've cost SIGNIFICANTLY more than $12k in today's dollars(Oz dollars in specific). None the less, even with inflation it would still cost a quite large amount less than a brand new tractor of such capability.
*WHAT* ?
THE NEW ONES GOT QUIETER CABS THOUGH!
Simplicity at it's best
Yes the nicer cabin air ride seat and precision automatic controls plus environment can is definitely worth it
Those hubless wheels gives a realy nice touch ;)
Holy moly! That's the way to drill. It's like something from Mad Max. Lovely light soil.
Nice video. I bet that thing wouldnt even know my blue jet ripper was behind it!
It’s a DOE 130 turned up to 11 🎉🇬🇧🇺🇸
I used to drive a DOE 130 for work…… early 1980’s UK 🙂
Thats what I call farming, wish I was doing it... thumbs up.
Still the most gorgeous tractor I have ever seen ... So well done ! Is she still working hard mate ? If so how many hrs ? Cheers from Canada
looks like the front engine is doing most the work
beautiful land!!!
Onelonleybaler
Huge land,pretty weak too,sometimes its fallowed cropped year on yr off.The wheat belt of WA,one of the last big areas broken in.
7u
It looks pretty nutrient-deficient to my eyes.
@@ianstoyan moisture deficient mostly
Oh, thanx for the info. I was just thinking since no smoke seems to emanate from the rear smoke stack. Then, like with the Titanic, it may just be there for show.
Great video,enjoyed very much,thank you. Great sound too.
A friend had a 4-53 in a timberjack log skidder. It had N65 injectors in it and would barely smoke until under load, put a good tree behind it and it did nothing but poured smoke
What this tractor needs more than anything is a balancing mechanism so that each engine is pulling equally. The inventor might not think this is important but will show up in sticky situations rapidly. Not sure if it floods there but have never seen a growing area not flood. To balance it two dials for manifold pressure or a torque sensor in the drive train would balance these out so one was not doing it's share thus wearing out say the front engine which is blowing more coal. It needs two large throttle quadrants with large handles to more accurately balance the forces. The front engine could have a large marine wireless throttle to control it better. As the force of tractor weight is shifted rearward the throttles need adjusted accordingly to reduce wheel spin. It probably needs a slip indicator like new John deeres have.
Floods don't occur in the South Australian Murray Mallee. Paddocks are sandy loam.
What at totally amazing tractor very well done
What a monster that tractor is amazing 👍👍👍👍
Now, that's just bad ass!! Awesome!
Is it just me but I got to like the 30 sec mark or so and said damn that sounds like a Detroit. Does anyone else think that?
great being able to run off one engine for fuel saving, or 2 engines for full power (better than complicated cylinder shutdown and common rail problems, though dealing with those levers would get old fast).
Home grown ingenuity, probably has saved him hundreds of thousands in lease payments over the 19 years. All for a small (was it) $15,000. Talk about productivity.
kadmow moo
Maybe a little difficult for those subsidized farmers from Nth American, or the EU to understand why a number of Aussie farmers, had built their own tractors or other equipment.
Great Machine :)
Odd what TH-cam throws at me to watch.
First engine is for movement and implement use . Second engine is for hauling the fuel around.
Whats he doing in this video, harvesting his rocks?
Great idea put to work. Good looking tractor ! ***. Pick up all those rocks ! They're hard on the equipments. Could use those rocks to build a house or a road. Hey or sell it . hahaha ! *
6:56 I always found 7mph a good speed, any faster and the furrows got bigger, nothing improved and stuff wore out quicker, but that's me, lol.
like railway locomotives 9 mph gives best mph and less wear easier stopping more trains per mile as the stopping distance is reduced
I can't imagine what a ruckus that thing must be a speed.
ich bin begeistert. einwandfrei!!
Clean, it looks factory built
WOW that is some power.
Great job well done
Realmente una obra maestra ! Los escapes se ven limpios
Impressive!
IF ONE IS GOOD TWO IS EVEN GOODER
I've seen it a few times over the years.
Nice job!
I would love to see a tank conversion with a big gun.
Cool Unit!!!!
damn that thing kicks ass!
Расход Д.Т. наверное не маленький.Ели экономическая выгода посева полей таким "монстром"?
But why would you ? Is it just a cost effective way of getting round a tracked vehicle ..... or of a reflection of tracked requirment , prior to the advent of tracked rubber .
The front engine is working a bit harder.
Front is only turning one axle. Or is that rear axle unpowered?
+justforever96 no assuming both the engines are in the same condition and have the aame hours oil nothing bad on them the front one looks to be held wide open cause of the smoke out the exhaust and the back one isnt smoking
+Gafarmer7410 nah front engine just needs new injectors..
Chuck Norris' lawn tractor :-)
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I would love to know the fuel figures for this!
gallons per mile, or per 50 acres??
@@rearspeaker6364 Both, if they're available.
Bit of Sth Aussie Mallee Precission Guess Work ;)
More torque than a Honda
twin engines of the same euclids t12?
f**k me I've seen triple does in England but this is a hole new level
Mad Max tractor.
amaizing enginering
GreenStar or GPS?
I want this for the Zombie Apocalypse
I agree. (2013???)
meus parabens ao povo da senha australia ual
Amazing
So one of the two engines is blown then?
I've seen this tractor, both engines are naturally aspirated, no turbochargers fitted. Being a two stroke engine a blower is used to scavenge the exhaust gases and fill the cylinder with fresh air.
Can't grow a lot of food without horse power.
" Sacrée Mécanique magnifique M C "
No other engine sound compares to a Detroit Diesel under load, except for an Allison Aircraft, or a Pratt &Whitney twin wasp, or a Roll Royce Merlin, oh what the hell, they all sound great.
Ima Tumor
There's no sweeter sound than an angry Merlin, or a workin' Detroit!
In the marina where my boat (floating condo) was docked the Vietnamese shrimp boats had the two stroke diesels It was so nice to wake up to the sound and smell of the fleet waiting on the two boats (air starters) in the marina but $2 a pound for fresh shrimp
@Cody Sonnet Detroit was founded by a Frenchman Antoine caddilac and Ford was started by an Irish man Henry Ford
Agreed 👍
I worked for a guy out of Inman Kansas that ran a custom corn silage business. His equipment was custom built and used a Detroit Diesel. When he throttled up all the way, it was like music. The power you felt was an awesome sensation. The cutter would blow through corn rows like nobody's business.
Great to know there's some people out there that not tone deaf lol
Im usually only a john deere fan but this monster is beyond awesome great build man !
You know deere bought them
If you look very closely, you may notice that this tractor isn't actually pulling the implement across the field. Rather, the tractor is making the earth rotate against the implement.
Chuck Norris morphed into the form of this tractor
Absolutely amazing! It's an awesome marvel of engineering. That's what I call a great deal of mechanical know-how.
Homebuilt on the farm. Can plant 50 acres an hour @ 7mph. WOWZER
Can keep 50A/HR devoid of life...
Ron H
Idiot.
The Mighty Chamberlain .the Aussie manufactured good equipment . unfortunately the Government helped to wipe them of the Face of the Earth . just like the rest of the Manufacturing . all part of the plan to Decimate all industries.
@@normgilmore7541 And the bastards are still getting away with it.
Charlie Chamberlain factory should never been sold.
Bit like the rest of Australia I suppose.
This is an amazing machine, especially considering he's built it from parts. Truly amazing!
Yes amazing machine
No good for italy tractor more long than field
lol
Lol. Yep they need a little BCS walk behind over there right? I own one here in the U.S. buy the way. Its an awesome little machine.
BCS make much bigger, machines now,conventional tractor layout though narrower and lower. Some articulated and bi directional
When you have miles to plant not acres.
They should weather this thing and put it in the next Mad Max movie!
That's a real farmer & a real engineer, you did a very good job on your invention, I like it very much...
Can you imagine how many fittings he has to grease..
Oh god.
I grease 92 daily
Differentials ,steering system , hydraulic, not to mention the implement.
needs an automatic greaser system, like those cat 992's
What a real beauty this one is. Looks and sounds like a real big one should. Brilliant engineering mate!
If Mad Max became a farmer....
He probably was, it was the apocalypse and you had to make your own food to survive. He probably just kept it secret to protect the farm.
Omg I was trying to think what world/universe this thing would of came from and you nailed it
You’ve seen it you’ve heard it and you’re still asking questions 😂
Mad max didnt build his units...
I think that thing must be difficult to steer since it takes a while for the light from the front of the tractor to reach the operator.
I thought it was a production tractor at first . That thing took some awesome home grown engineering to build . I like that . I also like how he talked about it evolving into what it is today . Truly an awesome machine .
SOUTH WESTERN ,WESTERN AUSTRALIA,GGL,W.A.WHEATBELT
As a retired farmer and student of Ag. Engineering this video is very interesting. The workmanship on this tractor is excellent and the layout very simplified. It looks well balanced and seems to ride very smoothly. I had a chance to tour Australia in 1990 and was very impressed with your country and the large agricultural operations. The Chamberlin tractor must have a pretty stout drive train to handle the extra horsepower. Very interesting that the Chamberlin looks similar to a standard IH of the fifties but was actually bought by Deere.
As for the people that pasted the negative comments, they have no idea of the hours spent in the shop with welder and tools to create such a well built, home built tractor. And for the guy that said the bank owned the tractor, he has missed the whole concept of home engineering and building, as this is why the bank doesn't own it. Great job and video.
+k niles Well said and good on ya.
k niles k
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Great comments to you sir....your an educated man who understands home engineering and initiative....👍
Look at the prices of other 500hp tractor about half a million probably saved 300,000 k
Why does the front engine smoke? Looks to me that the front engine is doing more work than the rear engine.
It's a diesel. Diesels smoke.
I had no sound on, but it's probably set at a higher rev to "straighten out" the tractor and to make turning less problematic.
@@PAI93 I'm thinking it's better to have the front pulling slightly harder than the back pushing slightly harder 🤔 that's my theory anyway ....
Turns diesel fuel into black smoke what’s not to like
It's an amazing rig. That was an immense field. I wonder how many acres he tills and what other farm implements he uses.
wow, lol, 671's. Snotty old buggers. i used to play with an old 671 when we were running our Jaw off one. Almost bulletproof those things.
A crusher about 25 miles from here had a 6-101 on a cone'. It died and they got a 6-71. It wouldn't even tighten the belts compared to the 101. They ended up getting an 8V-71 which was a 318 most likely. You could hear it at the courthouse at the county seat like it was in your back yard and it was about 7 miles away. Straight pipes back then. No wonder I'm deaf!
+Lewie McNeely 8v71s are 318s
jdr ok True, or 350's, depending on the setup. That one was before the 350 setup was around much, at least around here anyway.
+Lewie McNeely true but werent those the turbo models?
jdr ok The old 318's were non-turbo, at least the ones I was around were. Maybe I was around an 8-V that was lower h.p. and needed the blower to bvering it up to a full 318. G.M. had a LOT of variations on their stuff. You could go up or down on the same setup by swapping some stuff around. Swap ends, swap sides, swap rotation, a one size fits all deal.
This guy has the same type of thinking as the legendary Robert Le Tourneau ~ if you need it, build it. He said he liked his Chaimberlain tractors which was definitely a great product. I loved riding on my dad's Chamberlain tractor on the oat and barley fields of Western Australia fifty years ago. The Chaimberlain was so cool with a bench seat where my dad brother and I could all sit comfortably. It was mean and powerful too, but not as mean and powerful this farm built (by a genius) twelve wheeled twin 671 Detroit Engined 18Ton Chamberlain Tractor. Necessity is such a motivator for great inventions.
Need this as a mod for Farm Sim 2019.
6-71 means 6 cylinders 71 cubic inches per cylinders
Is this in western NSW Australia? Ah Naracoorte, he just mentioned that at 4:45, so South Australia, that soil is very unusual, in fact I think I can see limestone lying around in it. Great bit of machinery, the bloke must have some German or Scot ancestry. Thanks.
Thanks for posting this video. My father would have absolutely loved to see this, since he modified many tractors for farmers over the years to suit them for specific tasks, and he would have enjoyed the quality of craftsmanship evident in this creation, obviously a labor of love. I hope that you enjoy it for a long time.
Fook thats one big tractor 1st farm job in vic i watch the sons use a 2 tractor pulling rig they ran hand lines to 2nd behind & when plowing pulled the line to kick it in gear & throttle up the same
a bit work but they ran 2 these pulling 3-4 Scarifer s about 36 feet wide i was 16 in 1970s so maybe with same as this guys It was wide
and this seeder th-cam.com/video/_PnDtK77r3Q/w-d-xo.html
Cool. I'd love to see what numbers it would put up on a dyno for torque & horsepower. Love the specs of the seeder and how many acres per hour it can plant. Truly astonishing!
Good rig for those big open fields.
Phenomenal machine - raw power and simplified complexity.
I have never seen anything like it, born, raised, in North Dakota lived there 50 years.
Thank you.
I have seen one and also touched it... And if you ask me if i want a cookie for it.. Then Yes.. give me the Cookie!
Be a bit too much of a nightmare here in North Dakota to use that! It's never good when your seeder is taller than the tractor. Put that thing in any sort of wet field conditions and its going to turn into a mud bogging stuck SOB real quick!