Who ever that guy is from Case IH that hooked up that system, Case IH better be paying him big money because their plenty of companies that will. Man is that guy sharp. Great video guys!
@@billcarlson8615 Not disagreeing at all, there are plenty of opportunities out and about but generally come at a sacrifice. Its not all about money, I don't know this guy or his background but maybe he grew up there and or has family and friends around there. SO making a living and being where he wants to be/around family and friends is worth allot.
If you look at him and how hes composed, he shows he enjoys his work, enjoys the company and being able to do this stuff. Not everything is money, happiness talks and people take major pay cuts just to go to a job where they're happy rather than minted. Hes happy and that's makes us as customers happy, win win.
Great upgrade to keep this Big Bud a top of the line machine. As long as fuel and oil costs stay reasonably low, there is no way to ever justifying a new tractor. Long live Big Bud! 🤴
I want to thank the welker family farms and all involved send your people over to the harmless farmer( andy detwiler) channel when he was live streaming. You farmers are the best and we thank you all for what you do. My brother has cancer and has had his voice box removed and a large portion of his throat. God bless you all for careing about others as you do from the bottom of my heart and from jesus christ for you do show love to others in need.
So sorry to hear about your brother 😔 glad to know he is alive! Yes Andy needs all the support he can get and as much as we love to have viewers following us, it means so much more to follow Andy and support him right now. Just happy to have been able to make a small contribution when able.
I had to watch Harmless Farmer's live stream the point when they were inundated with the people who came over! It was *VERY TOUCHING!* That was a whole lot better than burning 3 gallons if fuel starting *BIG BUD* !
At 20:58, it looks like Big Bud is climbing the wall, until you realize it is the camera angle. Looking forward to seeing how the new technology works with the older equipment. I wonder if those upgrades would work on my old body parts?!?! I could run faster, jump higher, Yippee!!!
Being and old Farm boy and Ag tech seeing an older piece of equipment still working and then able to be refurbished with new technology, IT'S a Freak'n awesome BUD
Hello Welker Sir, so nice to see farmers keep on the technology path. Hope that later this year I will be in your area to stop by and say hello. Look forward to see the BIG BUD tractor. Do not be surprised if I insist on taking it for a spin. Hope all will work out for you Sir. And look forward to walk the huge spread of ground with hopefully you pick me up when I an at the edge. You know coming back to the homestead seams to take forever figuratively speaking only. God bless and peace to you my farmer friend. Good day too.
I shed a tiny small tear rolled down my face when I seen that bud and all his technology put into him.... can’t wait to see him in action!!!! Don’t tell my wife I cryed over a tractor!
The way Big Bud designed and built those tractors, its almost like they left room to add on nearly anything people came up with to their machines long after they were built. You now have a tractor with the technology of a new machine with the reliability of the old machine because it doesn't have DEF or complex multi clutch or CVT transmission. Since it is running the same transmission as a heavy duty truck if for some reason Montana mandated emissions on tractors you can just bolt in an emission compliant engine. With proper maintenance there really is no reason this Big Bud won't be planting crops 50+ years from now.
We hope to do exactly that, keep them running for many years to come. This particular BUD uses a twin disc power shift and that could create issues down the road in regards to parts but for now twin disc still provides support for them.
That Montana has no legal right to "mandate emissions on tractors" isn't in the authority nor power of Montana. What really happens is that Montana chooses to NOT enforce the federal laws. They just look the other way at this time. It's a money-thing. The Feds spend a lot of money in matching funds for highway and bridges and infrastructure - that if they withheld it for the fact that Montana doesn't enforce their air quality laws, then those funds will dry up. At that point, Montana will definitely start inspecting and enforcing EPA rules.
Steve's future looks really bright with his personality and tech and hydraulic smarts !!! Adding those upgrades to the Bud is an incredible idea and will insure it's future on the farm for a long time !! Once you get all the goblins worked out of that and the tires are worn out you can put it on tracks and truly have a one of a kind master piece !!
I'm just an old (re) tired dairy farmer from WI. Watching Leg Arms and the crew makes me feel really dumb. I'm in awe to be able to see just how sharp today's farmers have to be. Thanks guys! Happy Easter to all.
Bob is thinking"Yah I lined the tractor up with that fence post a mile down the field". Wow has farming come along ways....Great video guys,have a Blessed Easter.....
Hands down. THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN. TONS of info for tor the novice. Just amazing to see 2020 technology on a 70’s model tractor. Your Buds may or may not be “sub inch” accuracy but the literal MILLIONS of dollars you have saved in refurbishing your machines will pay off. I’m guessing the money you spent this winter refurbishing all your equipment would not buy 1 new machine. Very nice video keep up the good work. The family doesn’t care if a 1970 Bud put dinner on the table or a brand new 2020.
Legarms I watched the video last night ( April 11, 2020 ). You may think you are not as smart as the guys with Torgerson's, but in your own way I know you are. Keep up the Welker Farm with the LORD first, as you guys do, family time, work and repairs that you do along with your father and brother. I watch all new video's and have watched about all the video's dated back to over a year. GOD Bless you all.
As a New Holland Precision Farming Specialist I found this pretty cool. I would advise that you go and record all your field boundaries so that you can see area remaining when in operation. It also helps when you are questioning how much fuel, seed or fert is needed to finish the paddock. Plus once you record all your boundaries, import them into the Pro700’s in your combines then yield/ha and area remaining will again advise fuel requirements or how many trucks you need to wrap up harvest in the field. Enjoy the new setup.
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob, Robert listening to the engineering speak in this video, I thought I was back in mid 1960s listening to NASA engineers or astronaut commentators explaining the space craft workings. Sure anyone can be a farmer.....Thanks to all of you and your guests consultants.
Yup. I used to rake hay with a McCormick D model with spread front axle. we baled with an old square baler driven by a Cockshutt 50. we put up 10 bale stoooks (easy to count and bunch up and haul). we hauled with F150 4X4 (60+ bales) and an F250 (80+ bales). I've never been in as good a physical condition since then...
Thes big boys costed a lot back in the days but you saved a lot of money if you upgrade them from time to time instead of buying a new tractor for 500k up. The main difference from old to new iron is the gps and electrics and i absoulutly love how you take your big boys to model year 2020. Greeting from a small farmer in switzerland and sorry for bad english. Cheers boys:)
As others have said, bringing old iron up to modern levels is fantastic. A lot of people won't understand just how much difference this can make. It might not seem like that big of a deal if an expensive upgrade will only get you a few extra bushels of crop per acre. But when you're farming 100's or 1000's of acres, those extra bushels pay off. This was great video. It's really nice to see how you guys are not only embracing the technology, but are flexible enough (and knowledgeable enough) to pull parts from different machines to integrate into the new stuff. Well done.
Wow! That is a big upgrade. I noticed a couple of things. You guys probably accounted for all of this but I thought I would mention it. 1) At about 16:50 in the video the CASE IH guy mentions 5000 psi. The manifold below the steering sector looks to be anodized aluminum which is typically only rated for 3000 psi. For pressures over 3K manifolds should be made of ductile iron. Hopefully the pump is not set to 5000 psi. 2) Most load sense pumps need to have a case drain line. Usually there is two ports. Make sure you are hooked to the upper most port. That line should be plumbed as close to the reservoir return port as possible to keep the back pressure to a minimum. If the back pressure on the case drain is too high it can wreck the pump. 3) At 9:18 Leg Arms is talking about the hydraulic system. Looking at the hydraulic line to the left of the steering sector, based on the looks of the green lay line on the hose, thee hose appears to have a twist in it, which probably occurred when it was tightened. If it is twisted it would be good to take the twist out. The line will last longer.
Good catches Jef. I noticed the 5K also. This Bud is set for 2800 to 3k. I'll check the drain length. Steven definitely knows his stuff. Appreciate Thanks, Blessed Easter!
The guys from Torgenson's rock! Looking forward to seeing Big Bud doing It's 2020 dance along with the Welker family work ethic and stewardship of their land.
The bud's really ate a great tractor. Looks even better close up. You've done a great job with that one. I know its not cost effective, but I'd love to see the versatile roar into life.
Greetings from Romania ! You guys are doing great job !! Awesome 4wd tractor !! Here in Romania , we also have 4wd articulated tractors called UTB Universal A 1800 A and Zimbru 2195&2200 !!!
Also look up "Millyard" on TH-cam the guy who makes motorcycles from airplane engines and mills and lathes all his own parts and makes his own carburetors and alternators by hand. The man is insanely smart, and it's unreal. He has a Viper V10 motorcycle.
As always a great video, but I was really impressed with you by sending your viewers over to Harmless Farmer live feed. This shows how much class the Welker family has. May the Lord look down on all of us and guide us through our times of stress and trouble times. Plus a special pray for Andy and is family. Thanks John Mangas
“Ole dog” can learn new tricks. That was Absolutley awesome!!!! Bet Little Bud is jealous☹️ Great upgrades on carts too. Enjoy channel Have a blessed Easter! Be safe!
Wow... A Big Bud with all that technology incorporated in it. I wonder how hard it is to stay awake with nothing to do but ride... LOL Hey Nick!!! I wanna come play with your toys too!!!
Here in michigan we have a hn 250 bigbud tractor it's currently runing our degleman 9600 rock picker. It's a little overkill for the rock picker but it requires 150 hp and high flow hydraulics. We have agleader GPS on it we pick rocks in 35 feet swaths across our fields. the GPS ensures straight passes.
In a way kind of. We sell the larger stones to landscapers. The GPS ensures a more thorough sweep of the fields. It's very hard to get all of the stones. But what is really difficult is driving straight and being fast at it. One baseball sized stone can do 20 thousand in damages to a combine. The disk blades and planter openers we save is excellent. We do custom farming as well and I'm currently working on a neighbors fields in exchange for some leftover spring wheat seed.
Really cool y’all retrofitted the BiG BUD with some of today’s technology! Good to see the old iron brought into the future! God Bless! Happy Easter 🐣🐇
Merry Christmas!! Thanks for sharing your farm life with us!! I grew up on a grain of dairy farm in southern part of Illinois, and now I farm vicariously through you guys!! Dave
I use Trimble every single day for my job as an engineer and it’s an amazing piece of kit to plot and mark our areas and basically the whole job, super cool you guys are going to be using it as well !!
It really is good to see these old machines updated with new technology making them viable for years to come. Great work Steven, you're a natural on the camera mate!!
Nice to see you don’t have to buy a high maintenance tractor to get the latest tech , those guys are so good at their job it’s now an AWESOME BUD !!! , great video stay safe and all the best !! 🇬🇧👋 .
I wish our case dealers were this knowledgeable. I mean there is basically nobody who knows the tech side who would be able to retro fit all this new tech into this old equipment. And imagine if we could take our old equipment and pull the newer planters and air seeders. It would be wonderful. Instead we just use old stuff and don’t upgrade anything cause the money output to swap a line of equipment over is expensive but doesn’t seem like our case dealer is up for tech like your guys dealer I wish we had a dealer like yours around.
In 10 years a farmer will need to hire a technical guy just to keep everything running. We only have guidance, swath control and variable rate on my farm and I already think some days we need a tech guy!
Case IH already has an autonomous prototype and I believe some of the other manufacturers do as well. From what it sounds like, the AFS Connect Magnum and Steiger tractors are pretty close to it already.
That is so cool. Updating old machines to the new technology is so much fun. Way to go Welkers, CaseIH and Torgersens, one of the most enjoyable videos I have watched.
That is way cool! Way to bring Bud into the 21st century! It turns it at the headlands and just have to raise and lower the drill? Awesome! Great to see old iron updated to today's tech.
@@JL-yl8gd that is reduced by about 15 pence/litre over here as well, we would never get the kind of reductions you get because about 80% of the price of fuel is government tax
My cousin Terry sold Flexi-Coil in the late 1990's. (Cousin Terry died Sept. 2023.) My father, Harvey, was a part of the early Flexi-Coil in Saskatoon. The first coils were made in my father's shop in the early 1950's. My father received a royalty until the patent ran out in the early 1970's. I also worked at Flexi-Coil years ago before I went to Bible School in Calgary. Flexi-Coil changed when my Uncle Emerson died one Sunday evening from a major heart attack in the early 1970's.
@@jessehall8168 it gives you the exact amount of oil needed to do the job, it compensated for the flow and the load, so the tractor wasn't wasting horse power and fuel giving you 15 gallons of oil at 2500 psi when 2 gallons at 500 psi was all that was needed
Jesse Hall pressure compensating is a system that as soon as you start the tractor it just boosts up to whatever pressure the pumps set at and stays at that pressure which wastes hp etc when it's pumping at full pressure when not needed!!
@@RJ1999x so it maintains constant pressure (I think). Is it done by a T in the line feeding back to control the swashplate in a variable displacement pump? Or a sensor feeding data back to a computer controlling the pump?
In the 70s my grandfather leveled the Tulare lake bottom for J.G. Boswell, he bought half tanker loads from Beacon refinery. Showed us a hand written receipt for .034 cents a gallon of Diesel.
Don't tell Zach this, but I find your videos more interesting and fun to watch. I enjoy Zach and his dad greatly, and getting to see the new machines and tech is fun and all, but YOU guys rock the house in upgrading older machines, recycling used equipment to give it new life. THAT is so cool! And Robert, now that I have your waffle recipe, I hope to create some of my own starter this coming week!
That is just amazing what all you have done to the BB 650. And a big 🤘🏻to Case IH, I cant believe the put all there proprietary equipment in something thats not a Case.
Who ever that guy is from Case IH that hooked up that system, Case IH better be paying him big money because their plenty of companies that will. Man is that guy sharp. Great video guys!
He's worth 3 techs....agree.. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Seriously smart, but also a great communicator
@@michaeljohnson3181 Does he realize the money he could make if he got out of Shelby MT? That guy is amazing.
@@billcarlson8615 Not disagreeing at all, there are plenty of opportunities out and about but generally come at a sacrifice. Its not all about money, I don't know this guy or his background but maybe he grew up there and or has family and friends around there. SO making a living and being where he wants to be/around family and friends is worth allot.
If you look at him and how hes composed, he shows he enjoys his work, enjoys the company and being able to do this stuff. Not everything is money, happiness talks and people take major pay cuts just to go to a job where they're happy rather than minted. Hes happy and that's makes us as customers happy, win win.
Great upgrade to keep this Big Bud a top of the line machine. As long as fuel and oil costs stay reasonably low, there is no way to ever justifying a new tractor. Long live Big Bud! 🤴
Actually they are almost as fuel efficient. Figured around .6 gal / acre seeding.
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
I want to thank the welker family farms and all involved send your people over to the harmless farmer( andy detwiler) channel when he was live streaming. You farmers are the best and we thank you all for what you do. My brother has cancer and has had his voice box removed and a large portion of his throat. God bless you all for careing about others as you do from the bottom of my heart and from jesus christ for you do show love to others in need.
So sorry to hear about your brother 😔 glad to know he is alive! Yes Andy needs all the support he can get and as much as we love to have viewers following us, it means so much more to follow Andy and support him right now. Just happy to have been able to make a small contribution when able.
Welker Farms Inc I don’t know how small it was but okay. 😂 we did flood his stream with 3 times as many people he’s ever had.
I had to watch Harmless Farmer's live stream the point when they were inundated with the people who came over! It was *VERY TOUCHING!*
That was a whole lot better than burning 3 gallons if fuel starting *BIG BUD* !
At 20:58, it looks like Big Bud is climbing the wall, until you realize it is the camera angle. Looking forward to seeing how the new technology works with the older equipment. I wonder if those upgrades would work on my old body parts?!?! I could run faster, jump higher, Yippee!!!
Being and old Farm boy and Ag tech seeing an older piece of equipment still working and then able to be refurbished with new technology, IT'S a Freak'n awesome BUD
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Hello Welker Sir, so nice to see farmers keep on the technology path. Hope that later this year I will be in your area to stop by and say hello. Look forward to see the BIG BUD tractor. Do not be surprised if I insist on taking it for a spin. Hope all will work out for you Sir. And look forward to walk the huge spread of ground with hopefully you pick me up when I an at the edge. You know coming back to the homestead seams to take forever figuratively speaking only. God bless and peace to you my farmer friend. Good day too.
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob Have a Blessed Easter a few days late. You know what they say it is better to be late then never. God bless.
I shed a tiny small tear rolled down my face when I seen that bud and all his technology put into him.... can’t wait to see him in action!!!! Don’t tell my wife I cryed over a tractor!
It's all right, we'll keep it just between us.
We won't ..... if you don't tell on me 😊Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Literally no reason to buy a new tractor. You have the best of both worlds. Ease of working on it with just the right amount of technology.
Agreee..... Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Those Torgerson guys are great on camera!
They were a class act!
It's funny cause Stephen is my brother
That's nice to update an older Big Bud. I can see the value of that over buying a new tractor.
Huge is what it is.
Is quite the savings. Stay safe, Blessed Easter!
The way Big Bud designed and built those tractors, its almost like they left room to add on nearly anything people came up with to their machines long after they were built. You now have a tractor with the technology of a new machine with the reliability of the old machine because it doesn't have DEF or complex multi clutch or CVT transmission. Since it is running the same transmission as a heavy duty truck if for some reason Montana mandated emissions on tractors you can just bolt in an emission compliant engine. With proper maintenance there really is no reason this Big Bud won't be planting crops 50+ years from now.
We hope to do exactly that, keep them running for many years to come. This particular BUD uses a twin disc power shift and that could create issues down the road in regards to parts but for now twin disc still provides support for them.
@@WelkerFarms Twin disk is in racine Wi just down the road from caseIH
@@WelkerFarms but I do believe it is very probable to install/convert/upgrade to an Eaton-Fuller like the other as well or am I wrong?
@@WelkerFarms Twindisk in use in so many other pieces of equipment you should have no worries.
That Montana has no legal right to "mandate emissions on tractors" isn't in the authority nor power of Montana. What really happens is that Montana chooses to NOT enforce the federal laws. They just look the other way at this time.
It's a money-thing. The Feds spend a lot of money in matching funds for highway and bridges and infrastructure - that if they withheld it for the fact that Montana doesn't enforce their air quality laws, then those funds will dry up. At that point, Montana will definitely start inspecting and enforcing EPA rules.
It is fantastic to be able to upgrade an old tractor with new technology.
These Big Buds are historic and built to last.
Man-o-man did Torgerson's do a GREAT JOB! Thanks, Torgerson's and Case IH!
THey did. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Steve's future looks really bright with his personality and tech and hydraulic smarts !!! Adding those upgrades to the Bud is an incredible idea and will insure it's future on the farm for a long time !! Once you get all the goblins worked out of that and the tires are worn out you can put it on tracks and truly have a one of a kind master piece !!
Agree. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
A tractor and an upgrade that really makes sense. Wonder if anyone ever imagined this longevity. Old iron,Best Iron. Congrats again on partnership.
That is really awesome, Kudos to the guys at Case IH and Torgersons for making it happen.
We agree! Thanks, Blessed Easter!
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob same to you, from ND
I'm just an old (re) tired dairy farmer from WI. Watching Leg Arms and the crew makes me feel really dumb. I'm in awe to be able to see just how sharp today's farmers have to be. Thanks guys! Happy Easter to all.
Never met a dumb farmer (stubborn yes😎)
Dairy farming isnt easy someone showed me.
Happy Easter and greetings from holland.
Dairy farming isn't something to sneeze at. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
So videos of LegArms driving the Big Bud will just be videos of him napping.
You guys are the best! Love your videos.
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Wow, the technology is amazing!! I’m pretty sure old Bloomberg wouldn’t have a clue as to how to understand the complexity of farming, ranching today.
His mind is stuck in his little world. He could be enlightened if he chooses too. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
I have a 21 year old son that would think your shop is heaven!
A great age for him to fabricate his gifting. Stay safe, Blessed Easter!
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob He has a 4x4 pick up, we bought a welder and he probably has 1000# of steel bumpers fabricated for it.
@@KirtH27 nice😁👍
I have not been to your channel in a while and I came back because I knew I was missing out on something cool
Thanks for coming back!
Bob is thinking"Yah I lined the tractor up with that fence post a mile down the field". Wow has farming come along ways....Great video guys,have a Blessed Easter.....
That's funny and correct. I remember using distant objects. Stay safe, Blessed Easter!
There´re just two words to write: "WELL DONE".
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
#mediumRareist :)
@@gregormiller4037 I´m a Frankonian (part of Bavaria/DE) - less words / much meaning. ;-)
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob i wish you and all your Familymembers also "A happy and blessed Easter".
Hands down. THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN. TONS of info for tor the novice. Just amazing to see 2020 technology on a 70’s model tractor. Your Buds may or may not be “sub inch” accuracy but the literal MILLIONS of dollars you have saved in refurbishing your machines will pay off. I’m guessing the money you spent this winter refurbishing all your equipment would not buy 1 new machine. Very nice video keep up the good work. The family doesn’t care if a 1970 Bud put dinner on the table or a brand new 2020.
We love this old but tough equipment. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
That has got to be the best looking tractor I've seen in my life. I'm ready to see her in the field
We are too. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Legarms I watched the video last night ( April 11, 2020 ). You may think you are not as smart as the guys with Torgerson's, but in your own way I know you are. Keep up the Welker Farm with the LORD first, as you guys do, family time, work and repairs that you do along with your father and brother. I watch all new video's and have watched about all the video's dated back to over a year. GOD Bless you all.
Wow that's a lot of watching. Probably need some therapy now 😉 Stay safe, Blessed Easter!
As a New Holland Precision Farming Specialist I found this pretty cool. I would advise that you go and record all your field boundaries so that you can see area remaining when in operation. It also helps when you are questioning how much fuel, seed or fert is needed to finish the paddock. Plus once you record all your boundaries, import them into the Pro700’s in your combines then yield/ha and area remaining will again advise fuel requirements or how many trucks you need to wrap up harvest in the field. Enjoy the new setup.
Cool info to know. Thanks Chris! Blessed Easter!
Nick doesn't know how to do anything, legarms knows exactly how to do anything. Thank God he is always around.
We are fortunately to have both talents and skills. And I benefit 👍 Thanks, Blessed Easter!
When I was a kid on the Farm a serious upgrade to the Tractor was a new tire...
Time have really changed.
Or a new set of weights, sure has changed
Tires are still a upgrade :)
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob, Robert listening to the engineering speak in this video, I thought I was back in mid 1960s listening to NASA engineers or astronaut commentators explaining the space craft workings. Sure anyone can be a farmer.....Thanks to all of you and your guests consultants.
Yup. I used to rake hay with a McCormick D model with spread front axle. we baled with an old square baler driven by a Cockshutt 50. we put up 10 bale stoooks (easy to count and bunch up and haul). we hauled with F150 4X4 (60+ bales) and an F250 (80+ bales). I've never been in as good a physical condition since then...
Steven a big W. I could listen to that guy talk all day
Agree Stay safe, Blessed Easter!
The Case IH guys and all involved did an awesome job, full credit to them for this fantastic job.
They did and do. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Loved the "BIG Bud DANCE" drone footage.... great fun... super great tool... and how great is the brain in that/those installer/s !!! God B
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
They pretty much turned the BigBud into a new Case Steiger Quadtrac. Awsome!
A big ih
@Anthony Meyer A *beefy* quadtrac! Now wouldnt that be a sight to see
@@polaris600iq The biggest for sure!
Except its bigger and will do more work.
The Big Bud tractor look so cool!
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob thank you and happy Easter
Awesome!
So cool to have solid played for tractors upgraded to the most modern tech. Welkers have their heads screwed on!
Hopefully after sticking it out so far 😜👍 Thanks, Blessed Easter!
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob thanks, same to you and your family!
You guys are awesome. Saving that Big Bud for the next generation is a real miracle.
Great upgrade to the Bud. Always loved those huge tractors. Makes my little Oliver 88 look like a toy. Take care be safe. 'Spin'
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob May your family have a Great / Happy Easter.
Thes big boys costed a lot back in the days but you saved a lot of money if you upgrade them from time to time instead of buying a new tractor for 500k up. The main difference from old to new iron is the gps and electrics and i absoulutly love how you take your big boys to model year 2020. Greeting from a small farmer in switzerland and sorry for bad english. Cheers boys:)
You did well with your english. Thanks much! Stay safe, Blessed Easter!
Really enjoyed Steve from the Case-IH Dealership. Enjoyed listening to his commentary. VERY knowledgeable.
Both are great technicians. Glad to have them with us. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
As others have said, bringing old iron up to modern levels is fantastic. A lot of people won't understand just how much difference this can make. It might not seem like that big of a deal if an expensive upgrade will only get you a few extra bushels of crop per acre. But when you're farming 100's or 1000's of acres, those extra bushels pay off. This was great video. It's really nice to see how you guys are not only embracing the technology, but are flexible enough (and knowledgeable enough) to pull parts from different machines to integrate into the new stuff. Well done.
Thanks, Big Bud is worthy of this upgrade! Stay safe, Blessed Easter!
I have to say you sold me with having your own canon. Go CaseIH.
IT's a blast. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Wow! That is a big upgrade. I noticed a couple of things. You guys probably accounted for all of this but I thought I would mention it. 1) At about 16:50 in the video the CASE IH guy mentions 5000 psi. The manifold below the steering sector looks to be anodized aluminum which is typically only rated for 3000 psi. For pressures over 3K manifolds should be made of ductile iron. Hopefully the pump is not set to 5000 psi. 2) Most load sense pumps need to have a case drain line. Usually there is two ports. Make sure you are hooked to the upper most port. That line should be plumbed as close to the reservoir return port as possible to keep the back pressure to a minimum. If the back pressure on the case drain is too high it can wreck the pump. 3) At 9:18 Leg Arms is talking about the hydraulic system. Looking at the hydraulic line to the left of the steering sector, based on the looks of the green lay line on the hose, thee hose appears to have a twist in it, which probably occurred when it was tightened. If it is twisted it would be good to take the twist out. The line will last longer.
Good catches Jef. I noticed the 5K also. This Bud is set for 2800 to 3k. I'll check the drain length. Steven definitely knows his stuff. Appreciate Thanks, Blessed Easter!
The guys from Torgenson's rock! Looking forward to seeing Big Bud doing It's 2020 dance along with the Welker family work ethic and stewardship of their land.
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Scott aka leg arms I love that your are so humble. But your definitely an intelligent guy! Awesome content as always.
It's not always easy thing to be humble but it's well worth the try. Thank you for the compliment and thank you for supporting us!
Very interesting installation!! Steve from the dealer knows his stuff.
He does, Blessed Easter!
The bud's really ate a great tractor. Looks even better close up. You've done a great job with that one. I know its not cost effective, but I'd love to see the versatile roar into life.
many other also. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
And happy Easter to you and all the family.
Steven guy seems like a good man and knows his stuff to
He does.
Greetings from Romania ! You guys are doing great job !! Awesome 4wd tractor !! Here in Romania , we also have 4wd articulated tractors called UTB Universal A 1800 A and Zimbru 2195&2200 !!!
That's cool , Thanks, Blessed Easter!
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob God Bless you guys !!
I get excited whenever I see a new video from these guys! Makes being in quarantine a little more bearable! Thanks Welkers!
Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Also look up "Millyard" on TH-cam the guy who makes motorcycles from airplane engines and mills and lathes all his own parts and makes his own carburetors and alternators by hand. The man is insanely smart, and it's unreal. He has a Viper V10 motorcycle.
As always a great video, but I was really impressed with you by sending your viewers over to Harmless Farmer live feed. This shows how much class the Welker family has. May the Lord look down on all of us and guide us through our times of stress and trouble times. Plus a special pray for Andy and is family. Thanks John Mangas
Our prayers as well. Thanks Wendy for your kind words. Blessed Easter!
I feel your happiness when you got that upgrade
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@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob thx you to
Lol NICK is certified too clean the shop!!😂😂😂😂. I had to say that. You can say thanks too leg arms
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“Ole dog” can learn new tricks. That was Absolutley awesome!!!!
Bet Little Bud is jealous☹️
Great upgrades on carts too.
Enjoy channel
Have a blessed Easter!
Be safe!
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Wow... A Big Bud with all that technology incorporated in it. I wonder how hard it is to stay awake with nothing to do but ride... LOL Hey Nick!!! I wanna come play with your toys too!!!
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Here in michigan we have a hn 250 bigbud tractor it's currently runing our degleman 9600 rock picker. It's a little overkill for the rock picker but it requires 150 hp and high flow hydraulics. We have agleader GPS on it we pick rocks in 35 feet swaths across our fields. the GPS ensures straight passes.
Anthony Banda you’re farming rocks?
In a way kind of. We sell the larger stones to landscapers. The GPS ensures a more thorough sweep of the fields. It's very hard to get all of the stones. But what is really difficult is driving straight and being fast at it. One baseball sized stone can do 20 thousand in damages to a combine. The disk blades and planter openers we save is excellent. We do custom farming as well and I'm currently working on a neighbors fields in exchange for some leftover spring wheat seed.
I always cherished the view of the fields around Harlowton and Rygate Mt. from the seat of a Versatile 850. Nothing like it in the world.
Nick / Legarms: This Buds for you... Absolutely awsome!
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Nice upgrade fellas keeping those Big wheels rolling.
Happy Easter 🐣 from Regina Sask.
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Great job ,a fully automated BUD ,you can now have a little nap while your planting now , great vid 👍👍
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Really cool y’all retrofitted the BiG BUD with some of today’s technology! Good to see the old iron brought into the future! God Bless! Happy Easter 🐣🐇
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Those tractors are just awesome looking machine. Hats off to you guys for. keeping them rolling in service.
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I like them Case IH guys!
We do also. They know there stuff!
Merry Christmas!! Thanks for sharing your farm life with us!! I grew up on a grain of dairy farm in southern part of Illinois, and now I farm vicariously through you guys!! Dave
I use Trimble every single day for my job as an engineer and it’s an amazing piece of kit to plot and mark our areas and basically the whole job, super cool you guys are going to be using it as well !!
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You guys have made a brilliant tractor now... old school realiability... new school technology🙂
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That's so cool that technology has reached the point to do that to a tractor that was built basically before cell phone's.
Built before the boys also.
+Robert Welkee givin' the perspective!
Lol well that means they where built around the time I was born.
It really is good to see these old machines updated with new technology making them viable for years to come. Great work Steven, you're a natural on the camera mate!!
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Happy Easter from Sean Ireland 🎉❤️💙
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Nice to see you don’t have to buy a high maintenance tractor to get the latest tech , those guys are so good at their job it’s now an AWESOME BUD !!! , great video stay safe and all the best !! 🇬🇧👋 .
We love our Buds, Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Awesome work. A whole lot of expertise and ingenuity. Torgerson and CaseIH are great partners for Welker Farms.
I wish our case dealers were this knowledgeable. I mean there is basically nobody who knows the tech side who would be able to retro fit all this new tech into this old equipment. And imagine if we could take our old equipment and pull the newer planters and air seeders. It would be wonderful. Instead we just use old stuff and don’t upgrade anything cause the money output to swap a line of equipment over is expensive but doesn’t seem like our case dealer is up for tech like your guys dealer I wish we had a dealer like yours around.
In 10 years a farmer will need to hire a technical guy just to keep everything running. We only have guidance, swath control and variable rate on my farm and I already think some days we need a tech guy!
In 10 years time a farmer wont have to leave hes desk, all remote controled drones :p
gaming with egoon that’s would be nuts But I think it’s gonna have to take a lot longer than 10 years for that but I could be wrong
@@FieldRows maybe :p
Case IH already has an autonomous prototype and I believe some of the other manufacturers do as well. From what it sounds like, the AFS Connect Magnum and Steiger tractors are pretty close to it already.
Paul Kleinschmit that’s insane! Think how far tractors have came in 40 years! How much further does it go!!!
Wow!you just made that Big Bud 21st century!Those tech guys really know their stuff!
When it parks itself in the shop i'll be impressed!! LOL
Not looking forward when they park me... 😁Thanks, Blessed Easter!
That is so cool. Updating old machines to the new technology is so
much fun. Way to go Welkers, CaseIH and Torgersens, one of the most enjoyable videos I have watched.
Thanks Mike, Blessed Easter!
When Scott asked if I could smell the startup... boy do I wish I could.
Haha it is a refreshing smell... In a very toxic and unhealthy way lol
Smells like Freedom🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🤠
I had no idea what was being said in this video but I enjoy watching people do what they do. Hope it works for you.
Glad you stuck with us. It is today's tech put in yesterday's iron. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
I’ve got a feeling that there will be a new case air drill coming for this tractor
Hummmmmmm........................ I be looking... Thanks, Blessed Easter!
Robert Welker pretty neat technology on it as shown last year. Have a blessed Easter yourself!
Why put a new isobus system on it if you are going to replace it? I’m thinking they’ve got a few more years out of their carts
Very awesome to see old iron become state of the art. Enjoy, fellers!
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@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob You and your family as well.
love the big bud
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That is way cool! Way to bring Bud into the 21st century! It turns it at the headlands and just have to raise and lower the drill? Awesome! Great to see old iron updated to today's tech.
Cool what you can add to these old gals. Thanks, Blessed Easter!
ive just had a thought for the versatile paint it white have it by the entrance of the farm with a sign on it saying home of the big bud
That Case guy is a pro in front of the camera. So natural
Confident because he knows his stuff. good individual too.
you were talking about diesel prices in the uk we pay £1.10 /litre that's about £4.95 uk gallon for road use
david mccullough corona virus has cut fuel prices in half or more in most parts of the United States the past few weeks
@@JL-yl8gd that is reduced by about 15 pence/litre over here as well, we would never get the kind of reductions you get because about 80% of the price of fuel is government tax
Just filled up my truck with gas @ $1.39/US Gal. Diesel was $2/Gal.
We're paying about $1 a litre in Aus
About 50p a litre
that,s because we have lots of deserving people to look after with our awesome welfare system......
That tractor looks really good. You have really fixed it up
Looks like that's going to be a good planting rig for Bob.
"Look Mom, no hands needed" Thanks, Blessed Easter!
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob he is risen alleluia
That is just cool seeing all that tech go on a BIG BUD!!
Agree! Stay safe, Blessed Easter!
Leg Arm's brother showed up finally!
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@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob you too!!
My cousin Terry sold Flexi-Coil in the late 1990's. (Cousin Terry died Sept. 2023.) My father, Harvey, was a part of the early Flexi-Coil in Saskatoon. The first coils were made in my father's shop in the early 1950's. My father received a royalty until the patent ran out in the early 1970's. I also worked at Flexi-Coil years ago before I went to Bible School in Calgary. Flexi-Coil changed when my Uncle Emerson died one Sunday evening from a major heart attack in the early 1970's.
That's a fascinating story! Thanks for sharing.
Who brought load sensing pressure compensated hydraulics into agriculture?
Allis Chalmers in 1973
Fiat in 1974:
*it's free real estate*
I understand load sensing, but what is pressure compensating?
@@jessehall8168 it gives you the exact amount of oil needed to do the job, it compensated for the flow and the load, so the tractor wasn't wasting horse power and fuel giving you 15 gallons of oil at 2500 psi when 2 gallons at 500 psi was all that was needed
Jesse Hall pressure compensating is a system that as soon as you start the tractor it just boosts up to whatever pressure the pumps set at and stays at that pressure which wastes hp etc when it's pumping at full pressure when not needed!!
@@RJ1999x so it maintains constant pressure (I think). Is it done by a T in the line feeding back to control the swashplate in a variable displacement pump? Or a sensor feeding data back to a computer controlling the pump?
The guy that worked on big bud is worth every bloody Dollar 💵 with the Technology and the auto drive
1987, tractor/farm diesel was 52 cents per gallon.
In the 70s my grandfather leveled the Tulare lake bottom for J.G. Boswell, he bought half tanker loads from Beacon refinery. Showed us a hand written receipt for .034 cents a gallon of Diesel.
@@ddorn04 That's super cool! neat part of history there.
Your buds are so awesome !!!
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is this the farming equivilent of telsa's autopilot?
Awesome video! I love how you guys keep those big bud's alive instead of just buying new tractor's. Good ole big bud iron
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Reminds me of the movie "Interstellar" where the combines drive themselves...
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Brian Reinhardt thats a great movie
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Don't tell Zach this, but I find your videos more interesting and fun to watch. I enjoy Zach and his dad greatly, and getting to see the new machines and tech is fun and all, but YOU guys rock the house in upgrading older machines, recycling used equipment to give it new life. THAT is so cool!
And Robert, now that I have your waffle recipe, I hope to create some of my own starter this coming week!
I was always told to tighten until the bolt breaks then back off a half turn.
That's the click you're suppose to hear???????.. 😁
😂😂
That is just amazing what all you have done to the BB 650. And a big 🤘🏻to Case IH, I cant believe the put all there proprietary equipment in something thats not a Case.
WE agree! Thanks, Blessed Easter!