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Years in Production / 1978
Big Bud
16V-747
Explore the specifications, hardware, and original references for the Big Bud 16V-747.
960hp
Source index power
4x4 Only
Drive
1978
Production years
Big Bud
Manufacturer
16V-747 / 01
At a glance
Production
Four-wheel Drive (4WD) tractor
Built in Havre, Montana, USA
Original price was $300,000 in 1978
The Big Bud 16V-747 is the largest tractor made in the 20th Century. It was custom ordered by Rossi Farms of California to pull ripper plows at three to four foot depths. The 16V-747 is currently on display at the Heartland Museum in Clarion, Iowa.
- Manufacturer
- Big Bud
- Total Built
- 1
Capacity
- Fuel
- 1000 gal3785.0 L
- Hydraulic System
- 150 gal567.8 L
Hydraulics
- Type
- load sensing
- Capacity
- 150 gal567.8 L
- Pressure
- 2000 psi137.9 bar
- Pump Flow
- 60 gpm227.1 lpm
- Total Flow
- 65 gpm246.0 lpm
Electrical
- Ground
- negative
- Charging System
- alternator
- Charging Amps
- 75
Mechanical
Four-wheel drive
Articulated power steering
Pneumatic brakes
Cab standard
16V-747 / 02
Under the hood
Engine Detail
Detroit Diesel 16V92T
turbocharged intercooled diesel
16-cylinder
liquid-cooled
- Displacement
- 1472 ci24.1 L
- Bore Stroke
- 4.84x5.00 inches123 x 127 mm
- Power Gross
- 960 hp715.9 kW
- Compression Ratio
- 17:1
- Rated Rpm
- 2100
- Torque
- 2500 lb-ft3390.0 Nm
- Torque Rpm
- 1200
- Starter Volts
- 24
- Oil Capacity
- 65 qts61.5 L
- Coolant Capacity
- 60 qts56.8 L
- Cylinders
- 16
- Cooling
- liquid-cooled
16V-747 / 03
Gears & controls
Transmission
- Manufacturer
- Twin Disc
- Transmission Type
- power shift
- Gears
- 6 forward and 1 reverse
16V-747 / 04
Size. Stance. Footprint.
Dimensions
- Length
- 342 in868 cm
- Width
- 250 in635 cm
- Height
- 168 in426 cm
- Wheelbase
- 195 in495 cm
Dimensions And Tires
- Wheelbase
- 195 inches495 cm
- Weight
- 95000 lbs43092 kg
- Front Tire
- 35x38
- Rear Tire
- 35x38
Tires And Tracks
- Front Ag
- 35x38
- Rear Ag
- 35x38
16V-747 / 05