When you think of big machines, tractors probably don't top the list. But once you meet Big Bud, that changes fast. The Big Bud 747 isn't your average farm tractor. It's literally the Goliath of ...

The new Big Equipment Co. facility in Havre, Mont., has two Big Buds parked out front, one of which is the famous 747 that Ron Harmon build. HAVRE, Mont. – The Big Bud 16V-747, the world’s largest ...

The tractor talked. Every spring, Alan Brecka drove by a massive steel frame beckoning just off the turnrow. Despite scars on the belly and rubber rot after a 40-year slumber in 8” of dirt, she was ...

Ron Harmon, owner of Big Equipment Co. LLC and the builder of the Big Bud 747, said he will be displaying designs of the new Big Bud tractors at an industry show this week. “We at Big Equipment, along ...

HAVRE, Mont. – The Big Bud 16V-747, the world’s largest tractor with 1,100 horsepower, is parked outside the Big Equipment Co. building in Havre. Only one 747 was ever built, but from the mid-1970s to ...