Easily one of the best looking tractors in my opinion. Those things just look so muscular and massive gotta love them! Great video

Nothing runs like a Deere with a FORD pulling it. Love the history lesson.

Yes I remember those years where the brand and colours kept changing .... I am glad they have went back to the old Red and Yellow paint . Great footage as always 🤗

I just love the background you give of the companies! Great job. There is so much to these company mergers and to keep up isn't easy. Nice job again.

Steiger and Versatile DOMINATED the big tractor market back in the day, it's little surprise the "big" companies swallowed them up, kinda fitting that they ended up being the same company once FIAT acquired Case IH. Nothing beats the old Steiger green or the Original Versatile yellow red black in my opinion.

Great video….. Great history lesson…..Great for refreshing our memories…..Great appreciation for your hard work!!!

What a big blue powerhouse💪😁 I like to see ford tractors at work, thank you👍👍

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

I am always on the look out for Ford. I was glad my friend Bill spotted this one to film.

@davidlogel2350

Жыл бұрын

It’s a versatile painted blue.

Now that's the way to wake up on a Saturday morning. Great equipment.

Spend a lot of time in a versatile 1150 when I was younger, love that tractor series

in a word WOW, (what a Tractor and thanks for the History lesson).

Thanks for the neat video! Ford New Holland equipment looks great in the field 🙂 That thing is a beast and high horse power for the era!

@shishirray5317

Жыл бұрын

Hii

This is My bucket list tractor, or a 1150. One of the two! Great video!

Hi Jason, Thanks for this amazing footage of such a rare tractor. I Like the 1156 more in the Ford blue colour scheme. And ist's nice to see an old school tractor, working with a modern implement like the ecolo Tiger 👍

I love the new equipment but that said...........these older articulated 4WD's are AWESOME machines. That Ford is a beast. Will be watching this video many times!!!!😊👍🏻

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Scott. The Ford 1156 is by far one of my all time favorites.

Saw a Ford articulated tractor this past fall near Dundee NY. This is the Finger Lakes region of NY State. Many large farms. Couldn't see the model but it was definitely a Ford articulated tractor in very nice shape. It is because of BTP videos that I immediately spotted it.

Like many others all I can say is WOW!!!!! Thank you for another great video

Interesting agriculture history.

Thank you very much for your explanation for what happened to versatile tractor. Enjoyed the video a lot great camera work.🙂

That was some Big Tractor Power!!!! Thanks Jason!

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

This is one of the tractors that inspired the channel.

Pardon my French but that blue 1156 is badass! It's up there with one of my favorite 4wds all time. It just looks mean! Use to watch several 876s in my area when I was young So i guess that's where I grew to like them.

Another great video with a great tractor!

Awesome video and tractor! You do such a good job going over the history; I learn facts I probably would’ve never known…like Ford making a great decision to paint their 4wd’s blue and white. The yellow on versatile always reminds me of calf scours 😂

That’s a beast!!!

Now that’s a nice ol classic, awesome video.

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

It sure is a nice tractor.

Amazing big tractors! Great video! Big LIKE 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜👍👍👍👍😎

Thanks for a great video Jason, beautiful tractor

Now that's what you call a tractor

Good job

@OfficialProcess

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Indonesia Komatsu fabrication

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. I have a Steiger tractor video on the channel powered by a Komatsu engine.

@OfficialProcess

Жыл бұрын

Ok send to me

👋 hey 👋 from Dexter,Missouri

I really enjoyed the history that you provided about Ford.

Pretty cool to see sure not a everyday tractor to see out in the feild

bigtractorpower alway has the best tractor videos

Impressive...but I have a Ford 3600 that can pull a 6 foot disk, 2 bottom breaking plow or a 5 shank scratcher plow. It has about 40 hp 3 cylinder engine and holds 9 gallons of fuel!

Like those old ford/versatile tractors. Quite a few still rolling around in fields here, but as farms get bigger, seeing more of the high horsepower new versatile tractors. Still running a couple 700s here on our ranch for the couple hundred acres of cropping we do every year. Wish my new loader tractors were as easy to work on and as reliable as these old ones.

@jeremycherny2041

Жыл бұрын

There was a red and yellow 1156 at Ross's some years back. They ended up hauling it to auction and it sold dirt cheap I had heard. 21000 if I remember right.

@chadtosh6831

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremycherny2041 that woulda been a steal. Even today. Lol

@nellsonstout7001

Жыл бұрын

Do they both still have a cripple nickel under the hood?

@chadtosh6831

Жыл бұрын

@@nellsonstout7001 you bet they do. Gotta warm them up really good and let them cool down quite a while too. Then they aren’t so bad. Not Cummins finest hour building those engines though.

That is a monster machine 😮

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

Very cool tractor for sure.

Thanks Jason, Very informative video. Blue looked nice on those tractors. Boe 👍

Nice machine. Great vídeo Jason.

This particular model is my all time favorite tractor for ever

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

It is one of mine too. It looks extra tough in blue.

Hello! Awesome Blue oldie...

Impressive tractor. I would love to drive one.

Well in farming simulator 22 I run a new Holland 9884 which does tillage work with a 2410 John Deere ripper, a mandako euro 40 disk, and a 2660 vt disk from John Deere, good worker on my large fields

Impressive

Great video. Glad to see a 1156 Video. Dont see to many of them on the web.

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Very few 1156s in blue were built. Even fewer as true Versatiles.

love your videos very nice to watch,

I learned what happened to versatiles? Never knew that? Thanks! The one I seen a lot around here was the 555 versatile long time ago!!!

Big rig, looks to be doing a good job 👍 . Regards from Down under.

Great video love these big Ford articulated tractors.

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Ford built some good tractors.

Awesome video of a seldom seen machine. It;s in very good shape still too.

Great video and history on the big tractor. We have a Versatile 900 that pulls a Landoll 17 shank chisel plow in the fall and 40’ CIH digger in the spring.

@nellsonstout7001

Жыл бұрын

The video of it pulling that Landoll blew my mind. Even if it’s shallow, that’s crazy

@dschefers9700

Жыл бұрын

@@nellsonstout7001 we run 8-10” deep with the Landoll. Any thing requiring more depth gets ripped at 18”.

Love this beast

I think it looks best in the Ford blue vs the Versatile color scheme. Good video thanks

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

The Ford colors do stand out nicely.

Love the old ford's Jason... We have a 8330 and use it a good bit...

You mentioned the Sunbelt AG Expo in Moultrie Georgia. Have you ever had a chance to attend it? Being raised just 15 miles from it, I never realized just how large and important of a show it is to nation's agricultural world, until I was grown.

Woow amazing

Boy those are gorgeous... even if they don't got nothin' on Series III Steigers!

@RJ1999x

Жыл бұрын

Love the 1156 but a Steiger Tiger series 3 was still the king

@nellsonstout7001

Жыл бұрын

Ah, a man of culture and taste🧐. I 100% agree

This is a great video my brother owns Versatile except not articulated Tractors my dad has always been a Ford fan. So I am but Versatile became the tractor of choice after the Ford 8670 became Buhler and then versatile again

A lot of machine to handle!

We use to run a 9682 new holland 4wd. Now we are running a t9.700.

@nellsonstout7001

Жыл бұрын

Blue Steiger > blue Versatile

Awesome 😎 video if i become rich one day I’d fetch one over to Uk 😊

Very very nice jason you have not a video of the bidirectional versatile ford new holland tractor the very very best tractor for the farm

The Big Bud Knock off

Versatile tractors are the best

That KT Cummins is a big machine I have always thought they could have got a lot more hp out of this. I own a 9880 Ford/New Holland and run my big tillage equipment on it.

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

The largest horse power tractor run with a KT engine was the 600 hp Woods & Copeland tractor. The Versatile 1150 and 1156 did not have the transmission to run beyond 470.

@nellsonstout7001

Жыл бұрын

@@bigtractorpower and boy, did people figure that out the hard way

So how did Versatile get to be back on its own?

@bryonjames1737

Жыл бұрын

I would know

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

Fiat acquired Ford New Holland in 1990. In 1996 Ford New Holland became New Holland. In 1999 Fiat acquired Case IH. Fiat owning both Case IH Steiger and New Holland Versatile had to divest one brand under minimum laws. John Buhler bought the Versatile brand in 2001. Stay tuned for a video on the first Buhler Versatile.

@robwar2288

Жыл бұрын

@@bigtractorpower Did the Ford Motor Company own the Tractors until 1990?

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Great video Jason! Like the history lesson on this video!!! Cause I did not know!!! Did not know that Ford bought versatile! Knew Ford bought new Holland! I learned something and enjoy that! Again thanks Jason!!

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170,000 doesn't sound all that bad with today's inflation!

I have a articulated 1974 versatile 145 about 195 HP that pulls a 22ft disc and a 5 shank subsoiler. The closest I have to a Ford is a 1953 fordson major diesel

I'll take a Ford anytime

What a powerful machine it does this job effortlessly. Consumer ratings would be an interesting statistic. As far as reliability and customer choice for the most versatile affordable tractors on a rating scale 1-10. Love your videos and your presentation Thanks so much Keep ‘em coming please very interesting

o my farm i have a ford truck and 6610 tractor

Didn't know perelli made AG tires

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@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

Big Blue at its best. 😁👍

@davidlogel2350

Жыл бұрын

🇨🇦 designed and built.

Ford New Holland sounds good to me...

I just bought a 9682.

@jeremycherny2041

Жыл бұрын

We also have a 1986 756 versatile. It pulls a 106ft flexi coil sprayer and 50ft of flexicoil harrow packer bar. The 9682 will be on the flexicoil 5000 drill. It will also do some tillage when need be.

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BTP; thanks for another excellent video. 470 engine HP should be able to pull a ripper more than 18 feet wide. I dont like seeing an impressive hi HP tractor pulling what looks like a 'toy' - width wise. The wide rubber on the tractor looks good.

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

The key thing to consider is the rich fertile soil in Central Illinois where this was filmed. It takes allot of horse power to turn this soil over. The 18ft model is best suited for the tractor.

@nellsonstout7001

Жыл бұрын

1. Tell me you don’t understand how a disc ripper works without actually telling me😂😂😂 2: these tractors are 10,000 ish pounds underweight unless you add fluid to the tires. Underweight junk. the engine is the only redeeming factor

I learned a long time ago cool looking tractors don’t equate to being nice to operate. I learned to appreciate John Deere quality and comfort. That was back in the 80 through 90 era. Everything has been John Deere since. Haven’t been on anything but Deere since. The R series with front suspension is amazing.

Don't forget that roundup also killed the high horsepower tractor, and with no till tillage, there wasn't a need for big field rippers anymore.

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

I have not seen this impact on horse power. Today New Holland and Case IH offer a 620 hp tractor, John Deere offers 640 hp and AGCO Fendt offers 670 hp. We will see 700-800 hp tractors in the next few years.

@DAVIDKHAINE

Жыл бұрын

@@bigtractorpower They now need that horsepower to run those 80 foot seeders out west. They didn't have planters that big back in the day. It would be nice to see The Big Buds come back and show the industry how to build big tractors, they truly were ahead of their time...

I need it in farmsim 22

@marlauesc

Жыл бұрын

Work, d'ont play!👍

@hahaku886

Жыл бұрын

@@marlauesc i am not a farmer but because farmsim i really impressed with farming

Je laboure 5 raies réversible hydraulique avec un némésis 195 2022

It’s amazing what the economy did in the late 80’s to farmers and farm equipment. Drought didn’t help either.

Bet it is quite greedy with the fuel

You know what "Ford" stands for, dontcha?

@bigtractorpower

Жыл бұрын

1156 is a solid tractor. I have known several owners of it. One says it’s the best tractor the farm ever had.

@AtomizerX

Жыл бұрын

@@bigtractorpower Oh, I don't disagree, I was just hoping someone someone would get my favorite reference from King of the Hill: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZXV-pcamh5aZlrA.html

@nellsonstout7001

5 ай бұрын

@@AtomizerX”you’re thinking of a Fiat Dale.” “Fix… it… again…"

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That poor ripper , having to push that around the field!