STEIGER Wildcat III 4wd Tractor Sub Soiling
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- In this video Big Tractor Power is out in the field with a 210 hp V8 STEIGER Wildcat III ST-210 tractor and a Great Plains 1300 Sub-Soiler. This video shares the sights and sounds of fall tillage in Indiana. Viewers will also learn about STEIGER Wildcat III 4wd tractors production history, specifications and original price tag.
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Looks exactly like my bearcat Steiger I bought on an auction for $5,000 ran it for 12 years and got $5,500 for it when I traded it they make good tractors
Shouldn’t have sold it. Those things are sweet.
The Steigers I think are overshadowed by most people thinking it's one of Case's "original" ideas. But these lime green dirt eatin' machines are true American iron.
Correction case ih bought steiger out
@@jamesrolfe9151 Yeah, I'm aware of that smartass.
Ok
Too bad it's powered by a 3208 p.o.s. cat
I put 6000 hrs on one , never had a problem, it was powerful and economical.
Great video! I absolutely love real Steigers (non case) I hope this younger operator appreciates how fortunate he is to work with this machine.
It’s Blowing some Smoke he better check his DEF Tank!!! Nice old School Video! We have a 9330 Case and a 9330 Deere.
no def on that model.
TheMadNorsky He knows that. Was sarcasm
@@ryanwebb9099 sarcasm so hard to see on the written word. Realize that now.
@@TheMadNorsky Yeah, there needs to be a sarcasm font.
Great to see a steiger tractor👍😉 I love the sound of it😁👍
Keep up the great work👍
Cool to see one of these old green monsters doing some hard ripping! Thanks BTP for the video!
Love that V8 sound.
Can you make a compilation video of tractors working in the field with little or no narration? It would make nice noise to fall asleep with.
Steigers are great tractors.
You just gotta like those old school Steigers!!
As a kid in the UK I grew up on a farm back in the 80s that ran a Bearcat ST225 and a Wildcat ST210.
They used to pull a 9 leg subsoiler, 18' discs, 25' cultivator and 10 furrow ploughs.
I could always tell the difference between them just by the engine noise. One had a CAT engine and one a Cummins.
Used to love watching those old beasts going up and down the fields.
Happy Days!!!!
That is neat to read about. I did not know the Wildcat made it to the UK.
You've got me thinking now!! It was 40 years ago Lol!!!
Definitely a Cat 3208 engine, it might have been a Bearcat as well?
I'll check with my old man he'll remember.
When I was a farmhand we had the one 2870 Case which pulled a 30` john deere disk ,25` john deere do`all and a 8 row ripper-hipper bedder) it had single wide tires and had 80% fluid in the front and 60% fluid in the rear tires ,and the 8630 John Deere pulled the 25` john deere disk, 11shank john deere ripper all the way to the beam, it ran 20`8x38 firestone rice &canes duals. Miss them old tractors,2-4020 1 1969 the other 1972 was the planter tractor (8 row john deere) ,2 - 4320 1 with 20`8 34 (single) the other ran 18`4x38 (Goodyear )duals rice & canes which pulled a 19`international disk. Enjoy watching .
8630 could never pull an 11 shank sub soiler, by ripper you must mean a chisel plow. I owned an 8630 they were a gutless wonder
Great Vlog, Great Old Tractor, these machines began the revolution in the midwest farming, increasing productivity. well done Thanks
This size 4wd was built for farms with as little as 200 acres. They changed scale of farming in the 1970’s.
And yet another pleasant surprise. You’re killing it with lower power 4WDs
Nice to see an old tractor still earning its keep, in this case, hard, she is scratting at times to pull those 5 deep tines.
The guy driving it looked about half the age of the tractor.
It looks great! Take care of it and he will take care of you
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In Romania we had tractors modelled exactly after this Steiger. They were called UTB A-1800 and they were the biggest tractors built here. From what I know, UTB is know in America, but only for small tractor models.
Looks fun in the cab.TY for sharing
Thank you for watching.
Love the original Steiger tractors.
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If you haven’t been there already I’d suggest you go to Rollag, MN on Labor Day Weekend for the Steam Threshers Reunion. They have a new display of Steiger tractors there which is definitely worth checking out. Of course the whole reunion is a great way to spend a day or a weekend.
Sounds like a great event.
We had a 1976 wildcat and 2 1978 cougar 3s. We now use a 8970 john deere for most of our field work now
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A 30” subsoiler is a hefty pull...there’s a reason I haven’t hooked mine up in 4 years! Lol
What is the purpose of sub soiling? "Not a farmer".
@Monk Farmer Thank you. I know in the spring you will plow then disc the field before planting. But I just didn't understand the need for sub soiling. Now I get it! Thanks again for your reply.
Big tractor power have you seen any of the barn built Steiger tractors? Enjoy the videos and thanks for filming for all of the tractor fans out there.
He has. He’s kind of the one who helped bring them to light. Without him and Chris Wathen, they wouldn’t have been saved
0:53 you can really hear the tractor working harder
We have 4 on our farm actually just picked one up today 2 of them are red though and only 3 are operational we have a cougar 1000, a kr-1280 a 9180 and we just got a 9150 great machines
Very nice. Congrats on the 9250. The 1280 is very very rare. I hope to film a 1280 some day.
I'd love to have you film it when we get it going again someday
Just drove by one of these pulling a grain cart
I rebuilt many 1160 and 3208 Cats back in the 70s at a Ford truck dealership in Charlotte NC. I’m retired and the dealership is out of business now.
Thank you for sharing. I liked the stand alone FORD Truck dealers back then with the 9000 and 8000 trucks. What models used CAT engines rather than Ford?
@@bigtractorpower C L LN Ford early models using Cat 1160 were f 900s if I remember correctly these were a pain to work on. You had to about stand on your head because they were so deep I the frame. Pulling a 1160 out of one of these was miserable,guess that’s why I have so much back trouble.
My grandpa had a Steiger Bearcat 2 with a 3208 cat in it. He bought it used with a willbeck 11 shank chisel plow and a 31ft bush hog field cultivator
Very cool. Steiger acquired Wilbeck. Great tillage combo.
@@bigtractorpower yup dad has told me stories that when he was a kid they would custom chisel plow and field cultivate over a 1000 acres a year with it. Then they would push rail cars for co-op with it when the blade was on. Grandpa also had a ford 8600 turbo with a krause 18ft disk and that's how they disked all the acres was with a 18 footer.
I call the IH series built by Steiger "baby steigers" too. Kid had her squattin a few times...
YEs!!! Love steiger
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Pretty cool 😎.
Really nice!
Stiegers good old minnesota/ND tractors
A bunch of them swam across to Michigan too , and some are still working .
First big tractor i ever ran identical to this one 💘 it
Very cool.
@@bigtractorpower thx miss it good. Time
I remember as a kid we put those exact tire style that are on the first tractor,on a White 4-225 in the Fall of a wet year…6 hours later my old man called them to take them off because they SUCKED! We switched to a standard 23* tire tread and walked effortlessly through the wet fields …
We hate them too, we love our michlens, hate the Goodyear’s, stones are good, don’t want to cut the check on some new tires yet
Back in the 50's thru 70"s, as I recall, Firestone tires were notorious for weather checking. Does that still hold true?
@@dwightl5863 No
That's an interesting color they went with. I think I see some Cat power under the hood.
It is Caterpillar 3208 engine
A really awesome looking tractor I could see in a couple spots in the video that the ground is pretty come back to it because the tractor seem to be losing speed and slipping a little bit forcing the operator to raise up the employment a little bit
A older man that my father helps out every now and then has a 310 hp Steiger panther the he uses every once and a while to do a bit of cultivation work
If I was a daredevil, I would take a rollin ride inside one of the hollow wheels!
Good one bru. Check the South African Agrico models same colour and powered by Mercedes Benz.
The Wildcat was a good Steiger but the 3208 was embarrassing for CAT. Thanks for your video.
It is always interesting to see the development of engines and how they held up over time. There were so many V8 tractors and combines in the 70’s and by the mid 80’s V8 agriculture powered machinery was all but discontinued. Thank you for watching.
Thank you Mr. Who is very selective on who he talks to I am referring to the narrator of this video
Brad I have replied to every post that you have made recently. You have not responded to the replies. Do you go back and check to see if a reply is made?
I am replying to this comment a second time 24 hours later. Brad do you come back to your posts to read replies? I have replied to your 1,000 bu combine question a few times. I replied to your two posts calling me a bone head. I try to reply to lists posts as I can In between filming new content and making a new video everyday .
Replying here for the third time. Do you check back on your posts?
Replying for a fourth time on day four. Please check back on your posts.
@@bigtractorpower Try typing in capitals - maybe if you SHOUT he will hear you!
Think about it Steiger is so good that New Holland Case IH Fiat wanted to acquire them
Not exactly
Top ok👍
A 855 Cummings had the throw away 3208 beat all to heck . Versatile all the way
At least the Steiger you can still get parts for
No it didn’t because there’s no such thing as an 855 Cummings🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 do you wanna tell Clessie CUMMINS’ ghost that his last name isn’t spelled correctly?
We have serial number 3 of this tractor
Wow that is very cool.
Ear protection was a near-necessity with those Steigers... I drove one once - dang, that thing was LOUD in the cab..
Ran one for a year with a 903 Cummins in it .
@@beckywatt5048 Woof.... :)
@@GunsmithLC The farmer told the owner at the local JD dealership that he wanted to pull a 10 bottom white high clearance just as fast uphill as going downhill , and if JD didn't make a tractor that could , he would find one elsewhere , and he did .Cheaper .
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Well at least it’s green and powerful
One cool looking machine, although the sound of that Cat V8 might wear the nerves after a whole day of it.
Tractors have become much quieter over the years. This 1976 Wildcat III is much quieter and smoother than the 1969 Wildcat I.
Hello! Ripping separates "boys from men"...
What is sub soiling for? Better drainage?
Breaks up compaction
James Harrier and it does help drainage as well
I thinks it's what's known in the English language as a "misnomer" as you're not so much "breaking up compaction"(implying heavy equipment has turned your ground into the arable land equivalent of concrete) but is in fact a form of "aeration" meaning literally ripping the soil "up and out" to alow it to soak up all forms of nutrients but obviously and most importantly of course water (create water retention). So absolutely I agree with the other answers here about preventing water run off but also there is the added benefit of creating a good habitat for earth worms which while reviled by most in the hard core pure Western eco folk is credited with by being brought over from Western Europe to creating the most arable land on Earth here in the ye olde USA.
Nothing says best composting ever than the lowly Earthworm...and makes for the best fish bait ever as well...but our friend the worm needs air to breathe and this sure looks to me exactly what this tractor implement combo is in fact delivering.
Just my theory anyways..
Those diffs look like they’re out of a road truck.
Steiger used truck components to make service and repair easy.
They are
@@bigtractorpower that’s good to know. Caterpillar 3208 is used everywhere too. I know them from boats. Hopefully easy to find parts means these things keep going for a lot longer.
@@gregjames5070 they’re means they are. It’s exactly the same thing. The apostrophe between the y and r in they’re replaces the a in they are.
@JoyDivision1976 haha. You're probably right. Sorry about that Gregg. My mistake.
Steiger are the second best of it's kind after Versatile
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Thank you for watching.
That sounds like a Detroit in that tractor.
The Wildcat used a CAT V8. The last Steiger to use a Detriot was built in 1968.
Do those have traction booster system build in? And if, top- or bottom-link sensored?
I don’t believe so actually. They have no draft control
@@nellsonstout7001 Maybee mechanical draft control.some of them had 3-point hitch. Would be interessting to know.
@@md.fuelkiller1990 no, they have no draft control or traction boost whatsoever 😂this much I know for fact. Why that’s the case however, I don’t know. It seems dumb.
No diff lock in these tractors?
Like 👏👏👍👍🚜🚜🚜🇧🇷
now i like the overall weight of that one..put it on lsw tires
Hahahaaaaa those axles would never hold up and it would look like a toy
Want one of those old girls. I have a stx325
Very cool on the STX325. The Wildcat was Steigers original STX325 size tractor 😁. This size started with the Wildcat I in 1969, the Super Wildcat II, the Wildcat III, Wildcat 1000, Case IH 9110, 9210, 9310, STX275, STX280, 280, 285, 350 and 370 are the direct progression of small frames. The STX325 would follow from the PUMA 1000 up.
@@bigtractorpower It would be a good tractor except the caps injection pump it’s been replaced 3 times in 2 years. Case IH should of kept them simple. When it’s running it a great tractor lots of power and a nice ride.
What is the purpose for subsoil ripping?
It breaks up compaction in the soil created by the planting and harvesting passes.
What was the relationship between Steiger tractor and big bud?
Good question. The answer is None. They were two separate companies. They were competitors.
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John Deere all whe way
Holy fricken over powered for that use hey man haha
Sub soiling takes allot allot power. Check this video out with a 440 hp tractor stop in its tracks doing the same job th-cam.com/video/bFAUr2fB3Jo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=azcR2QGCmJlKSljc
No, a 5 shank ripper is perfect for that tractor, maybe even 4 in some conditions