The first new Big Bud tractor in 40 years received a lot of buzz from farmers, other equipment dealers, and some of the more than 139,000 visitors at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 in March. The huge construction show is held every three years.
In the exhibit area at the show stood a prototype of the new Big Bud 700, a brand-new tractor with a gleaming white paint job with red stripes geared to both the ag and construction industries.
“I’m really proud of what we have done here with the new Big Bud,” said Ron Harmon, owner of Big Equipment Co. in Havre, Mont. Harmon hauled the prototype of the Big Bud 700 down to the show, unveiling the tractor along with Rome Plow Co. of Cedartown, Ga., their partner. “The big story of the day about the new Big Bud is the customer will have full accessibility to all major drive components and they are not prevented from fixing the tractor or working on replacing parts on the unit.”
Harmon has rented a facility to build the tractors. He has hired the facility owner, who is a fabricator, and his crew, and they will be custom building the Big Bud tractors in Havre, which will be a boost to the northern Montana ag community.