Evolution of STEIGER Tractors 1957-2022
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- Big Tractor Power takes a look at evolution of STEIGER Tractors 1957-2022. This video looks at 23 iconic STEIGER Tractors as they move from high horse power to high tech.
STEIGER Tractors to watch for:
01: STEIGER 2200
02: STEIGER Super Wildcat I
03: STEIGER Turbo Tiger I
04: STEIGER Turbo Tiger II
05: STEIGER Panther III ST-325
06: STEIGER Panther III PTA-325
07: STEIGER Panther IV KM-360
08: STEIGER Panther KP-1360
09: STEIGER Lion 1000
10: CASE International 9180
11: CASE International 9260
12: CASE International 9270
13. CASE IH 9370 STEIGER
14. CASE IH 9380 QUADTRAC
15: CASE IH STX 375 STEIGER
16: CASE IH 430 STEIGER
17: CASE IH 385 STEIGER
18: CASE IH 535 STEIGER
19: CASE IH. 600 QUADTRAC
20: CASE IH. 400 ROWTRAC
21: CASE IH 540 QUADTRAC
22: CASE IH 420 AFS Connect STEIGER
23: Case IH 580 AFS Connect QUADTRAC
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We run an old 1360 panther and have really enjoyed it. It’s amazing how quiet they are in the cab.
The Green Steigers are still the best! Never got to run one, but always wanted to. I miss the Allis Chalmers tractors too.
Allis Chalmers 👍
Ran one in the Australian Outback ploughing in 2010,great tractor it was
They run all day at full throttle with no problem. Like a Timex watch ..
*Wishing anyone who sees this comment, always be joyful and have a happy life forever.*
We are new subscribers! We have an old Steiger! We love it! It’s a tank! We use it primarily to pack our silage piles. We are a farm family of all girls plus dad! Our fourteen year old girl is the voice behind our channel! Thank you for sharing! Blessings!
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Thank you for watching that’s great that you have a Steiger. What model is it?
@@bigtractorpower PTA 280 cougar 8000 hour and have never done anything to engine or transmission
I appreciate the fact that you included the rigid frame model. Most people are unaware that they were produced. Keep up the amazing work!
The 9260 and 9240 are cool tractors. Half Steiger and half Case. 👍👍👍
@@bigtractorpower This is exactly what makes my day that this style of machine was shown. What I am wondering is how CaseIH and Steiger get along ?? Marriage made in heaven or marriage made in hell.
the 2 Stiegers my grandad owned back in the middle to late 70s in Missouri..ive seen them showcased on BTP. the initials 'HC' was stick welded on the frame. HC is my grandads initials and before he passed away in 1988, he asked me not to track down them tractors and leave them be and so i have. Thank You for showcasing these beautiful Giants Jason. i get teary eyed and emotional at the sight of them. i love this channel and are greatful for you. Keep Big Tractor Power alive and kicking.
Which video, and why didn’t he want you tracking them down?
Have had many.A Bearcat II. A bearcat IV. A 9370. A 435 Steiger and now a 450 quad track. I believe the Bearcat IV was my favorite. It was the first high horsepower dependable tractor that was on this farm. Loved the sound of that 3306 cat. Ran that thing for many years. Plenty of gears to choose from. Good fuel economy. The down side it didn't like running hydraulic motors. So when the air seeder showed up it didn't last long. The 435 was a jumper. Couldn't keep it from bouncing. But we were really pulling that tractor. The Quad. It just pulls and walks up and down the field. Thanks for the video.
When I was in high school in the early 90's I worked for a farm that owned a 1977 Ford FW-60. It was a cool blue rendition that Steiger built. Also ran an ST-310 for a while. I loved that tractor. For my money a mid 80's KP1400 is one of the prettiest tractors ever made. Thanks for sharing Jason!
Gotta love those old green monsters. When I was a kid Steiger was what came to mind when anyone said 4wd tractor
Never been a farmer but I sure love your videos and the big tractors. Drove a truck OTR for 50 years. if I had my life to live over I think I would find me a big farming operation to work for. Of course the evolution of farming and agriculture have advanced 100 times over the trucking industry.
My favorite Steiger is my neighbors 1986 9170 with factory Cat 3406B engine. I got to run it for him on quite a few occasions. In 2021 however I joined a custom farming outfit and got to run a brand new AFS 620 Quadtrac and it is sweet
Good information as always. I ran a CASE International 9250 pulling a ripper & a 30' vertical till disc. It was a little rough looking but, ran pretty good.
Love Steigers. We bought a Series 3 St 251 Cougar in 1980. Cummins had a deal on that they turned it up to 310 Hp. Later on they turned it up to 335 for us, Northwest of Winnipeg Canada. We never put ballast in the tires, always ran it at 7-8 miles an hour. Pulled a 47’ IHC Vibrachisel or 48’ of IHC Diskalls for seeding. Got to visit the farm a couple times in the 80’s 90’s through a mutual friend we custom harvested for.
Very nice. I have only filmed a Cougar I and Cougar II so far. It would be neat to get a Cougar III filmed. It would be cool to see a Cougar on a Disk All Drill.
Great video! Thank you for posting this!
Thank you for watching.
My uncle had 3 9280s and 2 9270s when I was a kid. all bought new in the same deal. I spent a lot of time stirring earth with them. I now have a st 325 and a pt 225 with a pto. Both are CAT powered series 3s and I love em. Green is way better than red
Wow what a cool line up. The 9270 is a modern Panther III.
Lite green
Is the right green👍
What a great walk back through the Steiger history!
I have been working on this one for a while it was great to finally be able to put it together.
My compliments,great work.
Loved the video thanks Jason
that was an amazing collection of tractors!!!! how long did it take to find all of those tractors? thanks for all you do for us to enjoy your videos!!!!
Steiger really is an icon in my mind. Built in my home state for one thing. Also, on a 4-H trip in the mid 70's, I got to tour the brand new Steiger factory in Fargo. An experience I will never forget. They were producing, at the time, for other brands as well. One of them being the allis chalmers 440. Little did I know at the time, that I would be a hopeless allis fanatic, starting about 20 years later Andy still going strong today. Also, Steiger produced a row crop tractor in the early 80's, that utilized several allis chalmers drive train components. So if you see a green Steiger with bar axles vs outboard planetaries, it's has the allis components. One memorable Steiger, that was sold brand new by the dealership that I was working at in the late 80's was equipped with an Allison automatic transmission. Talk about weird, getting into a 360 horsepower tractor, thinking that there should be a couple sticks coming out of the floor that take two men and a boy to move, and instead, a little tiny lever on the console to select the gear, and not even a clutch pedal. I realize that's common now, but wasn't normal for the era. Thanks forget the great history lesson
Gracias por compartir todas las variedades de la linea Case. Felicitaciones 👏 👍
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FANTASTIC video sir, the green Steigers will always be the best to me :)
It's always cool to see steiger tractors at work😁👍 the sound of them is just awesome👍😉
They are my favorite tractors. 😁👍
That was one cool video. I was brought up around Steiger tractors since series two, love them all. I have a nice collection of toy models of them, they inspire me.
Does really awesome Jason it’s great to learn some more history about stagger
In 1979 &1980 I worked at an Oliver/White dealer that also had Steiger. Always thought they were great. Thanks
Which dealer and where?
@@nellsonstout7001 Bowen Implement Upper Sandusky Ohio
Very cool. That was the peak time of WFE. The 1980’s really tore the brand up.
Thanks for the history lesson 👍🏻
Thank you for watching.
I worked for Steiger in the Late 70's in South Australia, we serviced the Southern Hemisphere.....mostly Aussie clients (Big Country here).... I have a deep spot in my heart for there tractors.... I used to respray them, unload them off the trucks, fit the wheels as the customer desired and sometimes took them to the Shipping docks for places far away ( usually Western Australia)...not in that order.
The engines were Cummins or Cats....both were good power plants.....I did prefer the Cats though ( just my opinion for no justifiable reason both are great) . They both had a 240w (Aussie) power inlet in them which baffled us Aussies.... they were to keep the engine fluids from freezing overnight.....something we have no need for here but educated us that there are other places on Earth than needed them.
They were shipped to us from Dakota, I remember sending them a "Telex" (remember that old tech) asking why the paint job was runny and looked like shit.....their response was " It's minus 40 here, were doing the best we can".....us Aussies had no recourse to that, a totally valid reason.....and hard to comprehend for some of us...... usually Management.
Occasionally, we would get a shipment with one of the Tractors having a six pack of American beer on the seat of one of them......The Dakota guys where great....we sent then thanx by "Telex" it's a shame we couldn't respond to them in kind. .....if there's any out there reading this "Thanx mate, it was always a joy to to get your gifts.....I think no-one actually drank the beer but kept them as souvenirs.....foreign beer was really rare back then.
The Panther was a big seller in Oz ....however we had a huge order for 21 Tigers in Western Oz.....the Boss had an aerial photo of these in a "V" formation ploughing from the Client......Fucking awesome!
Back then the Tiger was AU500+K (In the 70"s...Fuck)!......The buyer was however an American with a great Idea...."nuff said.
I think Steigers were the most overengineered Tractors on the Planet.....saw a Bearcat that the owner only had to replace the Uni Joint in 40 years, and that was something they could do themselves.
I love seeing the stuff like this.......Brings back many good memories......thanx Mate.
Thank you for sharing a great piece of history. Always neat to hear personal details in a brands history. Steiger tractors stood out and it meant a farm was really covering some ground when you that line green paint in the farm yard. What an amazing picture to see 21 Tigers. I own a Tiger I and a Tiger II I hope to make a video of them working together in the future. I have heard the last of the Tigers the Case IH 9190 was popular in Australia. Only 18 9190s were built and most went to Australia.
@@bigtractorpower Yep, even under the Case banner the 9190's were the best (they were Tigers after all with red paint)......we use to have an annual " Tractor Pull" you probably have the same in the USA where the Tractor pulled an implement that dug deeper into the ground as it pulled......the Tigers wone every time.
Even now the old Steigers look like they meant serious business in the field......that they did.
Look forward to seeing your 2 Tigers together mate.
Great history of Steiger tractors.
Thank you for watching.
Loved it!!
Thank you for watching.
Very cool video. Thanks Jason 👍👍
Thank you Alex.
Now that was an interesting video! 🙂👍 I really enjoyed the history behind those tractors.
Thank you for watching.
Great video, we are using a case IH Steiger 335 pulling a 8 Shenk zone builder and a 23’ landoll vt7500 !
Very nice. I like the 335s. A farm I know bought two 335s in 2010. They just traded one this fall for a 370 AFS Connect.
Those are really nice tractors from the Case IH Steiger and Quadtrac lineup
Thank you for watching.
My favorite!!!!
My cousin had a panther III I think, blew the engine and replaced with one from a wrecked semi. Still running strong.
The green Steiger (Panther III) tractors are to me the absolute icon of articulated tractors. While I bleed green and love the 7520 Deere a green Steiger is just the coolest tractor...
one of my favorite tractor manufacturers.
Mine too 👍👍
Awesome video !! I live less than hour where steigers all began
Oh wow that is neat.
Hi Jason,
Thanks for this great Clip.
Do you know, since when the row crop quadtracs are produced?
Best Regards
Siegfried
The ROWTRAC was introduced in 2013. It remains a current option for the AFS Connect 420, 470 and 500. The 400 shown in this video is just an early example of a ROWTRAC. The 400 was replaced by the 420 in 2014.
Stieger - Versi - hav a menacing look ! - Luv those tractors
They are the inspiration for this channel.
Amazing job B.T.P. ✌️, this channel sets the bar 👍, Much appreciated ✌️. N.C. ✌️
Thank you for watching.
Great videos but i would like to see detayled videos of the cab, specialy of the first ones with the powershift transmision👍
Great video!
Thank you for watching.
Excellent video once again big T 👍👍👍 the steigers look good in the lime green 🍏
They sure stand out in green. It was a great time in farming.
First Steiger I run was the 1700. Traded “up” to a Bearcat ll. Then I bought a Panther ll. Acquired a Tubo Tiger ll, tires give out on that. Then I moved to the Red 9370, wonderful creature comforts in that. Had to buy my cousins Bearcat lll with the in-line 3306 Cat. That sure was a better tractor than the Bearcat ll. Still have all of them except the 1700.
Thanks for the great video!
Very cool history. I bet the 1700 is a whole different ride than the 9370. The Panther II is one of my all time favorite tractors.
@@bigtractorpower the Panther ll was an awesome tractor. Tires are about done. Tires stop old tractors in their tracks. The 1700 was one noisy tractor with the 6v 53 Detroit. It had no AC. Summerfallowing was one hot job. Hydraulic power is/was the down fall of the older tractors. When all you pulled was a cultivator or a set of drills it wasn’t an issue.
@@daledrawbond1222 do you remember the 1700’s serial number?
@@nellsonstout7001 no. My dad was the owner of it. He bought it from Zerbe’s in Lustre, Montana. It came from Whitewater, Montana area. We traded it in Minot at Krebsbachs, the IHC dealer, if I remember the name right. I do not believe I could find the paperwork on it, if it even exists any longer. Thinking now (on an edit) that is was Turner or Hoagland, Montana.
@@daledrawbond1222 minot? I bet I know exactly where it is. Thanks to Scott Galliart, almost all the barn series Steigers have been accounted for. I bet Swenson has it if it was anywhere near Minot
I like the Steiger two toned 535 towards the beginning of the video. Another very cool video Jason!! Always waiting for more!!👍👍
535 steiger, the best tractor ever built period! No emissions, few electronics but all the amenities of a modern tractor.
Hello! All the merit and recognition for these pioneers...
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@@bigtractorpower 👌
My first steiger was a 225 bearcat. Seemed very under powered. The second one I bought and still own is ST270 Cougar. It's a good puller.
Nice 👍
I know they are more rare but the ones they made for Ford are sharp looking! The biggest was a Ford FW60 I think?
Love the steiger green tractor we use steiger tiger on our farm.Great video
STEIGER in green really stands out. Lots of good solid tractors.
From the late '70s to the early '90 there were a licenced Steiger tractors were produced in Hungary by the RÁBA factory. They were called RÁBA-STEIGER 245 later 250. These machines were based on the Cougar II modell. The factory produced a couple of thousand of them mainly for the local market but there were some items sold throughout Europe.
The engine was a MAN licence RÁBA engine 245 hp later 250 hp ( the majority of them was this type ) there were some bigger hp models produced in a very limited number ( 300, 320 even a 500 with two engines )
The transmission was always a mechanical Spicer 1010A with a double disk dry clutch . And of course the axels were those which you could also see on the original US made Steigers - manufactured here in Hungary.
These machines were the "leading horses" of the Hungarian agriculture in the '80s.
We have 3 of those machines - still operational. Repowered by JD 8.1 engines.
I’d like to see those repowered tractors
@@nellsonstout7001 Come to us and see them in person 🙂 I have a couple of them in one of my YT videos
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Thank you for sharing. I have always wanted to feature a RABA on Big Tractor Power. I have several RABA brochures in my archives. I think one is dated 2001. The tractor featured is a darker green with yellow and blue pin stripes. Could you email me at toytractortimes@gmail.com I would like to learn more about yours.
Raba made axles for many Steigers, my Panther 325 had Raba axles.
@@framfull Yes RÁBA made and still makes axles for many heavy equipment - including Ag. Eq. For example I know for sure they made the rear axle for the 30 series 9T's. They make the axles for the Claas Xerion's. And yes they were supplying axles for Steiger for many years.
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Thank you for watching.
I've seen a Steiger once. Articulated tractors aren't really that popular in Sweden, but there's a few of them here. That number is growing too
The first 4WD I drove was a Steiger Panther in 1983 Saskatchewan Canada 🇨🇦
Very cool. What implements were used with it?
We where polling a 55 foot John Deere cultivator
Those old school quad tracs were the best looking tractor. That color scheme was mint
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Was surprised you actually mentioned the 9260 everyone seems to forget about them! We have one I’m pretty sure dad and grandpa bought new or next to new and at one point was mainly used to pull our 1482 pull type then after our auction sale became the main field tractor pulling either 50ft harrows or 40ft morris neverpin air drill, till last year uncle and cousin bought a tj530 and a 40ft 5710 bourgault with a 6450 cart
I was able to run a Panther years ago, it was a awesome experience.
Very cool. The Panther is one of the all time greats.
@@bigtractorpower I don't remember the number on it but it had a 400 Cummins and a automatic transmission. It was fun to operate and would pull anything with ease , we really needed bigger equipment. We had a huge 3 prong ripper that actually was about the right size. I remember the air ride seat we installed in the cab really was the cats meow. Thanks for Sharing 🇺🇲
Awesome video
Thank you for watching. Steiger is a great tractor brand.
I was hoping to see a Case IH 9190. That was a monster!
I agree. The 9190 is on my filming wish list. There were only 18 made. Hopefully one will turn up for a future video.
I really like the series 4 Steiger. In early 2002 we nearly bought a series 3 Steiger with a 3406 cat in it, but decided a 7230 Magnum would better suit our needs, we still have it and it has now done just over 9000hrs and still going strong.
It’s hard to beat a Box Car Magnum. Solid tractors. Series III Steigers are also long running tractors.
Friggen sweet ole steigers. We had a CP1360 man you couldn't kill that thing
Thank you for watching.
There’s still a bunch of vintage Steigers out there working today! This is a cool video. Thanks for taking the time to get so many different model examples on film!
I’m an Oliver and white nut just the same as you (and an Indiana boy,) but I absolutely love these big green suckers. Have you ever been to Chris Wathen’s farm day down in Evansville?
@@nellsonstout7001 no I haven’t. What does he have?
@@rosstheoliverman only 2 olivers but 60 4wds. A couple are shown in this video
@@nellsonstout7001 wow! That would be awesome to see in one place!
Love the series 4 steigers
I have a bit of a rare one myself. I have a factory green 1987 panther 1000. Nice old girl. Has a pretty easy life now, all she does is push snow in the winter, and pulls harrows in the spring/fall.
That is awesome. The last green Steiger was a Lion 1000 in July 1989. Two green 9280s were built, a green 535 in 2007 and a green 580 in 2018. That is neat yours is a post merger model.
Tiger, king of all tractors!
My grandpa bought a brand new wildcat in 1970 I remember my dad and me roading it home from the dealer.
We had it for 25 years.
We own 9150 now they are and we’re good tractors.
Great memories. A Steiger in 1970 was an early factory model. Very cool. The 9150 is a nice tractor. I hope to film a 9150 soon. I got a Cougar 1000 filmed this spring.
Cool video. My favorites are the Steiger Tiger and the case ih Steiger 9370. I’m wondering if when case nh merged all under fiat, did they continue to keep the same platform, so-to-speak, with all the modern “Steigers”, or is it just a name-sake at this point?
My understanding is that the way they articulate and oscillate is still the same as it always has been
To me Steigers ended in 2000 with the design cuz always loved the design big hoods angled fenders ect built to look tough and sound Rowdy...
Man,Pre-Quatrac Steigers sound so good,the new ones just seem too quiet for me.
God that Tiger 3 ST 450 is such a beast.
😁👍👍
Installing 10" tile with a Soilmax Stealth ZD plow, Steiger Panther, Deere 270D, and Deere 750
Very nice set up.
How many different ridged frame tractors did they produce?
Two the 9240 and the 9260 show. They were replaced by an articulating 9330 and 9350 Row Crop Special with a steerable front axle. The Row Crop models have an all black hood like the early Quadtracs.
It's funny how things work out. Steiger made the first Ford 4wd tractors until their merger with Versatile. Now, once again the high horsepower New Holland's are Steiger tractors painted blue.
International Harvester owned part of Steiger before the merger with Case. But in a last ditch effort to save it self IH sold its share of Steiger, I believe to Tenneco.
Andy it is interesting how things come around to be in tractor production.
Bill IH owned 20% of Steiger from 1973 to 1982. IH sold its shares to Deutz. Tenneco acquired Steiger in November 1986 and merged it with Case IH.
i drove a steiger tiger i with v8 cat engine and a dozer blade on front had 30" tires all around it pulled a 34' miller offset disc ran about 5mph down the field this was in the mid 70's
Very cool. I own a 1974 Turbo Tiger I. I like running the 903.
I LOVE MY STEIGER TRACTOR!! WOOHOOO! OHHH YEEAAHHH!!!!!
What model do you have?
Nice Steigers
Thank you for watching.
I still miss the old stieger green
I’m dead serious I live in Doug Stigers old house (not his childhood one) it’s pretty big. He planted a crap ton of trees and sometimes he drives out to make sure we’re taking care of them. Truth be told most of them are dying but there’s over 3,000 trees in the yard and it’s a hassle to keep up on all of them.
Drove a series 3 cougar and panther here in 🇦🇺 they the green steigers had good reputation here
Anybody know where I can find a three-point hitch for a staiger's cougar series 3 near Ohio
I do not. I hope some one call help you.
As a little kid, i thought they were yellow. But i always loved them, i would cut them out of the tractor house magazine whenever i saw one. Now days i have a certain liking for the barn built series and the powershift pre case series
My uncle had a serious 2 cougar and my grandfather had an ih 4386 and growing up i never realized Steiger built both of them
We loved our Tiger!
Which Tiger did you run. I own the Tiger I in this video.
@@bigtractorpower We had the same Tiger. No dual tires, just four large monsters dragging large wing disc and field rippers thru the field. A great addition to our fleet of Farmal/IH tractors ie: 2-806’s, a 1206, and a 1456. Steiger was a beast.
I could turn dirt every day with big tractors🍺😎📸🚜 yes sir 👍❤️
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Sorry but the older green ones are cooler
Older ones will always be cooler. Like a massive metal box with a big ol' smokey engine. But damn these newer ones are strong, 700+ hp with a factory warranty is insane.
How many fixed frames came with Scania engines??
What engine manufacturer was used on the original tractors
The barn series used Detroits except for a few very late models with cat and cummins. After setting up in Fargo, it was almost all cat and cummins, but there was a series 4 Panther model with a Komatsu
I just bought km 225steiger Bearcats like the old iron!!!
Very cool tractor. Bearcats are great Steigers.
9130. Rowcrop special. Three point and pto. I don’t know why anyone would have bought a 7140 instead of these. Changed the oil today. 10020 hours. The only things done have been a fuel pump and brakes. An amazing tractor wish they had ones of this quality still that were easy to work on. Added led lights gps and metric radials. Those add ons are probably worth more than the tractor.
I wish Tenneco would have kept the original colors, being it was such a popular manufacturer of articulated tractors!
How about doing the same thing with the IH and Versatile
Im an ih guy. But I don't feel like their 4wds are that notable. Except the 2+2s. They made a rigid frame for a while but their only normal 4wds were red steigers that used some ih parts.
I definitely want to do more videos like this for the other brands. The key is filming the tractors. For IH I need to locate a 4300, 4100, 4156 and 4166. For Versatile I need to find a D145 and a series III candy stripe. It’s fun doing these evolution videos this video for example represents 10 years of filming just to find one model for every era of the brand.
@@bigtractorpower dang it, cuz we have a series 2 model 850
Stx 375 was a grate tractor we had one it was tge last of the stick shift
Very cool to have a gear drive STX375.
Friend of ours neighbour restores old 4wd and has a restored Steiger Co-op Implements Cougar in his line up, his name is Ken Harpelle from SW Manitoba.
Very nice. I am a CO OP Steiger and Deutz fan. My friend Has a CO OP Cougar II. I have filmed it driving on the driveway I hope to be able to catch it working in the field sometime.
I’m friends with him on Facebook. Neat guy, also you left out that he has the second Steiger 1700 built lol
The lion 1000 is awesome!
It is a rare one.
We had number 03 cougar, 3 panthers, Steiger tiger 525 (2)
Very very cool.
"Gosh "Love "Steigers"
They are great tractors.
Be interesting to see how long we wait till we see the next gen steiger with the 16 Liter engine
I am guessing 2023. The few pictures I have seen look impressive.
How many Lion 1000s did they build?
I am not sure. The Lion was new for 1986 and in November 1986 Steiger became part of Case IH. The Lion became the red 9180. The farm economy was in a weak state in 1986 and farmers ability to order new tractors was low. I would guess around 200-300 Lions were built.
@@bigtractorpower Thanks 👍
That makes sense, the Lion does look a bit like some of the Case IH tractors of that era
My favorite is the FW series Ford's 👍