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 ...

JANESVILLE — They say everything is bigger in Texas. Those folks haven’t been to Clarion, Iowa, or Janesville, Minnesota, for that matter. Paul Beckstrand has been to both and he has a tale to tell ...

It still surprises folks when I say there continues to be solid to strong buyer demand for high-horsepower used tractors in good condition. They wonder how that’s possible when commodity prices are ...

LANGFORD, N.Y. — For two days in August, this small hamlet south of Buffalo becomes a can't-miss destination for fans of a distinctively agricultural motorsport: the tractor pull. Spectators gather on ...

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.

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 ...

Big Equipment Co. has led the agriculture industry in rebuilding and custom-building older tractors for farmers, many of them Big Buds. Without computerized systems, these tractors worked the fields, ...