Oversea Big Farm Tractors

[Bob Riebe]

                                       When this was built, 1995, only Big Bud was larger.

         
                                                        ACO 600
       
     Custom-built for a big South African farmer, the ACO 600 packs a whopping 821 horses under its hood. It's powered by a V12 twin turbocharged Mercedes-Benz marine engine that develops 68 1/2 hp. per piston. That's teamed with a Twin Disc power-shift gearbox offering 12 for-ward and four reverse gears. It operates at a maximum of 2100 rpm's. Features heavy-duty Hungarian-built RABA axles and 20.8 by 38 in. triples. Cab is fully instrumented, sound-proofed and air conditioned.

     Weighs 55,115 lbs.

     Despite its size, the 600 is amazingly fuel-efficient, de Bruin says.
For example, the tractor pulls a three-row ripper with two shanks per row at a depth of 30 in. using only 1.1 gal. of fuel per acre.

Available on a custom-order basis in the U.S. and Canada, it'll sell for around $230,000 plus shipping.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Daan de Bruin, ACO Marketing Manager, P.O. Box 1109, Bothaville, South Africa 9660 (ph, fax 27 565-2386). 

                                https://www.acotractors.co.za/
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Current Model:
                              

                                                  ACO 460
                                                    Engine
           ADE 443Ti – V10 Diesel Twin Turbo, 460kW (625HP), 2580NM @ 1400RPM

 
From Russia, and there are pre-Putin's moronics still available U.S>

           
                                                      MTZ-Kirovets K744 - 435 hp

Engine
The German made Mercedes-Benz OM 470 (MTU 1100 series) is a 647 cu in. (10.6
litre) in-line six cylinder turbo-diesel with electronic engine management for superior
fuel economy and emissions performance.
     The engine is configured to Tier 4F standard and very efficient on the use of Adblue®+ (DEF)
and does not require DPF. The engine has a noise optimized cast
iron block with wet cylinder liners and separate four-valve
cylinder heads, oil-cooled aluminium pistons, precision
forged connecting rods and an induction-hardened
seven-bearing crankshaft. The oil cooler is integrated
within the crankcase.
     
Mercedes-Benz engine was tested by Nebraska
institute and found to be most fuel efficient engine in this
power category ever tested by Nebraska.
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                                          Tractor Kirovets K 9520 opens the new 6th generation of tractors of the Kirovets family. Productive, reliable, comfortable, intelligent in management. At the same time, the minimum cost of gurt and lubricants and maintenance are guaranteed.

                                          Description
:
                                          Mercedes-Benz OM502LA turbocharged diesel 8-cylinder liquid-cooled inline
                                          Displacement
                                          972.1ci / 15.9L
                                          Power
                                          516hp / 384.8kW

[Dee]

LOL, what a fascinating topic. Foriegn tractors. I've been hoping someone would start such a topic. 

[ironglowz]

  Some foreign tractors are very interesting.  I don't know if they still use them, but some genuine farmers (truck crops) still used certain 2 wheel tractors on their labor intensive farms.
   
   https://ctmltd.co.uk/collections/2-wheel-tractors/2-Wheel-Tractors

  There are some sophisticated names involved in European tractors, such as Ferrari and Lamborgini..  Lamborgini mainly builds tractors..with cars as a side line.

   Same goes for David Brown..who builds Aston Martin, (James Bond) cars for a hobby.  David Brown was once very popular here...at least in the northeast..

  When I lived there, John Deere in Germany was called John Deere Lanz..

   Ferrari tractors;   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYv2CKAFCYM&t=16s

[Bob Riebe]

 
     If one looks online at how many actual tractor companies there now are, not counting Asia , there are  only really only 3 big conglomerates that own surviving names or companies.
     

     South America:
Multinational companies with South American manufacturing
Several major international tractor companies have manufacturing plants in South American countries, particularly Brazil and Argentina, but are not South American in origin.

    AGCO: This American company manufactures its Massey Ferguson, Valtra, and AGCO Power brands in Argentina and Brazil.
    CNH Industrial: Headquartered in the UK, this company has significant manufacturing operations in Brazil and produces its Case IH and New Holland brands in the region.
    John Deere: This American company has manufacturing facilities for tractors and other equipment in Argentina and Brazil.
    Kubota: Based in Japan, Kubota is a prominent vendor in the Brazilian tractor market and has a presence in Mexico.

South American tractor companies
    Agrale: Based in Brazil, Agrale is a manufacturer of agricultural tractors, utility vehicles, and other equipment.
    Stara: This is a Brazilian company that produces agricultural machinery, including tractors, and has a strong market presence in Latin America.
    Metalfor: An Argentine company, Metalfor designs and manufactures agricultural machinery, including tractors.

     This site has the easiest to find list of who makes what but while its front page is up to date, its index is lagging a bit.
        https://www.tractordata.com/

         https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/index.html

     While looking over the Internet for information, there are actually quite a few sites dedicated to farming and equipment, places that are international sellers give one a look-see at how much new and Used tractors are selling for.
     Just like cars have mileage, tractors hours , are a big price dropper or increase.

[Drilling Man]

  CIH has one this year with 717 hp

   and John Deers biggest one has 830 hp.

  DM

[ironglowz]

Bob; When I saw those ACO tractors, I immediately thought of AGCO...any relationship there ?

  Beyond the usual  machines, it seems that over the years certain companies produced memorable equipment in their lineup !

  For instance.. International harvester's "Little Genius" moldboard plows,  Allis Chalmers and their "Gleaner" combines...and New Idea's "New Idea' manure spreaders.

  A Canadian named Kemp built an early form of manure spreader, but the manure spreader as we know it today , was pioneered by a school teacher named Oppenheimer,
   and called New Idea..

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebt7NaH8TAw

   Then of course, Starline introduced their barrel/flail type spreader... Now days it seems, slurry ius the way to go..at least on the bigger farms.

[ironglowz]

  A couple classics I saw when I lived in Germany..

  Porsche built many tractors, here a classic diesel. ...And Bungartz produced a tractor that was powered by the famous VW beetle engine..

  Note: The Bungartz label.."Bungartz Munchen" simply means "Bungartz Munich"...as we would say it !

[Bob Riebe]

 
   In a bit of irony; the Porsche Tractor and Volkswagen engines were both designed by Ferdinand Porsche as Peoples Vehicles. 

   The first Porsche car engines were developed off of the early Volkswagen engine, SO, the Bungartz tractor technically used an engine that was by blood a first cousin of the Porsche car. 

[ironglowz]

  Just as with Archie Bunker... "ALL IN THE FAMILY"...  ;

[Graybeard]

Here is my John Deere.

[ironglowz]

Here is my John Deere.

  Looks great, Bill...and oh so functional..  ..Bet you have plenty of usage for that brush hog !

[Graybeard]

I do have some use of the bush hog but not as much as if I had more land. It is real helpful in mowing between the rows in the blueberry orchard. For some reason the black berry bushes think it's a blackberry orchard. Last time I mowed there with my riding mower (also a John Deere) I got caught in a large briar that cut my left forearm up badly. By the time I got to the house the entire forearm from wrist to elbow was covered with blood as was my pant leg on left side and the mower.

I've never been cut up like that by briars before. Luckily I had bandages large enough to cover the entire area. I covered it all with Cortisone cream and left the bandage on for 3 days. It looked really nasty.

My tractor gets me up high enough to be mostly above the briars and it's wide enough to keep me back away from them.

My driveway is almost 500' long and the tractor and bush hog are the only way to deal with it as well as the bank going up to my barn. That area is too rough for the riding mower.

I am no longer able to hook into or out of the bush hog so have to get Matt to come over to hook into and out of it. I mostly use the bucket and it has been used and abused over the years. The photo was taken the day it arrived. It's not so neat and shiny anymore.

[ironglowz]

I do have some use of the bush hog but not as much as if I had more land. It is real helpful in mowing between the rows in the blueberry orchard. For some reason the black berry bushes think it's a blackberry orchard. Last time I mowed there with my riding mower (also a John Deere) I got caught in a large briar that cut my left forearm up badly. By the time I got to the house the entire forearm from wrist to elbow was covered with blood as was my pant leg on left side and the mower.

I've never been cut up like that by briars before. Luckily I had bandages large enough to cover the entire area. I covered it all with Cortisone cream and left the bandage on for 3 days. It looked really nasty.

My tractor gets me up high enough to be mostly above the briars and it's wide enough to keep me back away from them.

My driveway is almost 500' long and the tractor and bush hog are the only way to deal with it as well as the bank going up to my barn. That area is too rough for the riding mower.

I am no longer able to hook into or out of the bush hog so have to get Matt to come over to hook into and out of it. I mostly use the bucket and it has been used and abused over the years. The photo was taken the day it arrived. It's not so neat and shiny anymore.

  Wow !  I am pleased that you were not injured worse than that !  I did a similar thing, a couple weeks ago..and yes, with those cussed blackberries.

  i was mowing th elawn at our Legion post (about  4 acres), with our Kubota diesel 5', zero turn mower, when I brushed up against some blackberry bushes.

  The nasty part of the blackberries, is that their barbs are curved, sharp hooks...  So as you drive by they hook into your skin and drag along..ripping..

    ..And of course, as we get older..our sking gets thinner, but I apparently came off a bit less ripped than you did !