21 feet per pass and at 14 years old I plowed with a Case (steering arm was outside the 4 cyl motor) pulling a 2 bottom plow. Started about 6pm and go round n round n round till 2am. You could light a cigarette off the cast iron manifold thats how hot the exhaust was. Loved every minute. Im now 65.

Amazing to see these old mountain climbers put their thoughts into a great machine . Thanks Fellows God Bless our Farmers

What a work of art. Extremely powerful but really smooth as well. That CAT is a workhorse engine and sounds great 👍🏻.

A new bigtractorpower vid, a nice Easter Sunday treat. Very cool tractor and what a nice looking field. I've been subbed to this channel for years, I've been around farming/logging and all sorts of heavy eqip for lets just say more over 30 years than I'd like to admit, but I still get as excited for these videos and this kind of stuff as I did when I first climbed on the Case VAC and the 9n probably around 5 or 6 years old. Boy later when we got that Ford 600 I genuinely believed we had really made it big. Anyway just wanted to say how much I enjoy this channel and the great machines. Thank you

I'm surprised that the stock drivetrain is able to stand up to the extra 520 horsepower increase

What an awesome tractor. I assume they removed a lot of the electronics that plagues John Deere tractors today. Our family (in the 60's) converted a TD9 International dozer to a Ford 390 V8 for power. I thought that was a puller until this. I am 73 now. Miss those days. Simpler times. Thanks for the video!

Amazing what people can do when they have a vision and put their minds to it! Great machine. Really cool find! Thanks for sharing it with us!!

The dual exhaust and intake looks so good! 👍🏼

Last thing I had with a Caterpillar in it was an '85 International Eagle with an Eaton 13 spd. I swore that thing could pull the earth if you could keep the wheels from breaking loose. I can't imagine the power this beast has...holey moley!

Thanx Jayson ! - Your Vids are Top-Notch !!

We greatly appreciate Big Tractor Power attending our Indian Neck 2024 Plow Day. Jason video recorded all day long and kept us plowing until 4:30 pm. Well over 200 acres were plowed. Jason’s work is the best! His knowledge of tractors and farm equipment is so amazing and he has it all stored in his head. Thanks for your great comments about the Copy Cat. I have really enjoyed those about its power to weight ratio. Force times speed is power. 375 pounds of force at one mph equals one HP. 100 pounds of force at 3.75 mph equals one hp. This is why most tractors are built weighing 100 pounds per HP. When you double the speed to 7.5 mph then you only need 50 pounds per HP. Using Powertrain efficiency of 82%, 890 flywheel HP becomes 730 drawbar HP which equates to 36,490 pounds of force. The Copy Cat is well suited for modern day high speed work. Can the powertrain survive and does it have enough cooling capacity? I feel confident issues will surface. It’s just a great toy. We didn’t re-power it to work everyday. Thanks again to Jason and all of you who have commented. Ashton Lewis

Awesome video. Those guys did a spectacular job. Being a trucker I am a bit partial to Cat power.

Amazing tractor! I wish you could have visited with those two about their background training to develop such a beast from ground up. I find it hard to believe just a few phone calls provided all the info. to do the conversion. Thank you for bringing this to u-tube.

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I think I heard someone saying “HOW DARE YOU”😂

we had a 8970 with the factory N14, loved its power and 42"x 520 triples

Great unit...I do understand why they chose to modify an older JD...a bunch of good reasons including no DEF and no limitations to working on your own tractor! Great job!

love to see the mix of Cat and mean green.i had a custom built Cat like this one in a semi i ran.

Hit my knee on the top step of a 8970! Ouchh!! Lovely tractors to operate!

Amazing tractor an absolute joy to watch and listen to great video as always thank you

I did a lot of work baling there in N.C. when I saw the opening scene of this video I knew right away it was N.C. just under that dark soil is a yellow Baby Sh!t looking wet clay that is acidic and smells nasty. once you break ground tension you sink and ive seen track hoes digging out combines in the wheat harvest. they are always a week away from drought down east N.C.

Nice custom power design! I'm amazed that the transmission and final drives can withstand something that far above the original design.

That was a treat getting to drive that beast

I gotta get out west of the state and plunder around…im from Floyd co…Prestonsburg area and we had little bitty gardens we plowed with old ralley front tine tillers…we got ahold of a bcs and was in high cotton the dirt would be like flour…i miss ridin on uncles ford gettin off to hook up attachments and diggin taters when time come…that tractor is a beast with that kinda power

Two great guys, they did amazing job

The tractors just get bigger and bigger and more and more advanced. It's amazing what they can do.

Nice tractor but you could put the plow in the ground!!!!!

Once again, its: Designed and Manufactured with Ingenuity.

Soft spoken, modest, my kinda guys.

Enjoyed the video. Seems that big rig doesn't even know the plow is back there.

awesome video...been looking forward to this one! As always, great information too! Happy Easter

Holy smokes! Nice set up 👍🏾

I live in South Eastern North Carolina. Good to see you in my state making good videos. Never knew that tractor was here locally

Jason, thank you very much. For traveling down East in the great state of North Carolina. As usual, another great video from you, my friend. Thank you. ❤❤❤🙂

Neat build . We had an 8960 with PTO from 2005-2013 with that same transmission. The Guldion joint is going to be a weak link ....

Hello! Classic Green with huge Yellow heart playing with toy plough!

It sure does sound lika a D 10, impressive build and tractor

I remember being around logging equipment about 10 years ago and a logging crew I was around had a chipper with a Cat C27 V-12 twin turbocharged diesel. This John Deere sounds really good and looks cool. Happy Easter Jason!

Now that's a BEAST!!

Our big horse back in the 80s was a 4690 Case here in Central Pennsylvania. Pulled 8-18s with it.

That John Deere tractor is hugs plowing seeds in the grass sounds awesome blowing black smoke 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

Man that thing hogs the dirt! 🤣

I saw this monster at half century, awesome video!

Really interesting video. Great to hear the background information for this built. Great job. It was a special experience seeing it plow in Rantoul.

I think it was actually Designed and Manufactured with Ingenuity, Jason.

That thing is crazy!

I love your videos and this is one of my favorites. That tractor is a work of art and easily one of top 5 coolest tractors ever built.

This thing sounds sick!

Hi Jason, Happy easter Weekend. I was excited to see a detailed Video about this tractor, since a saw it in one of your ploughing videos. It is a really amazing machine. Thanks for this. Best regards from Germany.

would love to have it, can't believe the transmission & axles are holding up

Such an awesome, beautiful Iron Horse monster. It would have been really interesting if the owners had been able to show the build of the tractor in a documentary format, with the behind- the -scenes, so to speak, of the detail that went into making this machine.

That's really nice looking ground to plow

What a tractor! Really cool. They may want get some more sound insulation!

When you want to fix a Cummins, replace it with a CAT.

Oh, yeah! Now thats a tractor!

The power !

That is awesome looking tractor and plow.

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I run a D10 at the coal mines awesome power when the machine is performing correctly.

Cat 3400 series engines were some of the best kitties ever. Go Tarheels!

Impressive deere!

Hello Mr. Big Tractor Guy. Love your videos. I'm curious as to where/how you find all of the different equipment you find? Also, do you ever get up to the country I farm in. I'm in the South end of the Red River Valley. This area is planted with Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, and Sugar Beets. I'm sure you've seen everything in our area as everything is farmed on quarters, 1/2 sections or in some cases full sections. What is somewhat unique to our area is this is a heavily farmed area so most all fields are dead flat and square/rectangle. Kinda boring. It's not uncommon to see multiple pieces of equipment in the same field. The largest built planters by all the manufacturers are common. Again, just interested in your travels to find all the equipment. CJ

Nice Vid! (Its Great You Document American Home Built Equipment)

I spent a lot of time in an 8960 and even at it's stock horse power it was a pulling tractor. Can't imagine what 890 hp would feel like. With that kind of power you wouldn't have to hot rod it or lug it.

That is one hulking piece of farm "toy". 🇺🇸👆🚜🇺🇸

Great video of a big tractor. And a good conversion as well.

Very informative video😉👍 that's a very cool machine😁💪 Happy Easter👍

I may have missed it but did they beef up the trans mission and drive train for the engine upgrade or did the original John Deere assembly work? Thank You, Bill.

THANK YOU JASON FOR THIS VIDEO I AM VERY IMPRESSED THAT MUCH HORSEPOWER THAT THE DRIVETRAIN CAN HANDLE THAT MUCH TORQUE .

I love this tractor! Sounds and looks good with all the stacks!

Nice work. It would be interesting to know if the original transmission and drivetrain needed to be modified to handle the additional hp/torque. It seems from the short interview with the guys that no modifications were needed which says alot about JDs engineering.

Good looking machine. 🙂 Curious if it could pull that plow in the northeast. Heavy soil with clay here.

Wow!! Amazing!

Happy Easter bigtractorpower

KOOL stuff right there.

Works so well it almost seems like the 8960 was meant to handle more power.

Awesome machine

Awesome

bet that thing burns some diesel, great video

Why? because why not? merica! happy easter!

Flat ground and black dirt,ideal for content, test it on hilly ground and red dirt and video it.

cool machine

Great video 👍👍👍👌👌an that is a awesome looking tractor...am not much on green but ...its really not green power...its cat powerd...

Sounds like a Deere with the Power of a CAT.

Very Nice thanks

That's a awesome job

What was up with that plow at the beginning of the video? I've never seen one swing around the corner like that before. He must be able to steer the second to last rear wheel

North Carolina ❤❤❤

Great video thanks jason

Hi Jason, be honest did it cross your mind to convert your JD . That would be a good video to do. Kevin Fox Essex England.

That thing is sweet

Really cool to finally know the back story on this machine. Deere is all pumped about their new 830, but it still doesn't match this one.

Wow what a Awesome machine that baby will move some dirt how can it get any better John Deere and cat.😮❤

Jason the best thing is they let you run that tractor! I would love to plow with that beast!!

Awesome video 👏👏👏

My grandfather's family farm (about 200 acres) was sold off over a decade ago. My father grew up on that farm. I visited often. I'm not a farmer. I can't grow tomatoes in my backyard. I think the biggest plow my grandfather had was a four bottom (and what is it called? where the hydraulics turn it over?--I don't know, I'm not a farmer.). This is an amazing tractor and plow!

Bellissimo video complimenti 👍👍👍👍

Nice

Good video.

My area of the country.