History of Steiger Tractor 1 and interview

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The first Steiger tractor built by Douglass Steiger and his father, John, and brother, Maurice (tractor 1) can be seen at the Bonanzaville Museum in West Fargo, North Dakoda. • #bigironshow #oldiron • #goservglobal #CaseIH • #steiger • #tractor1 • #oldtractors • #farmtractors • Steiger history and stats • • Tractor 1 built from 1957 to 1958 • • Tractor 1 was built in former dairy barn • • Tractor 1 was built for around $10,000 • • Steiger 1 is powered by a 238 hp Detroit Diesel Engine • • In 1958 the Steiger family farmed 5,200 acers of land • • Steiger built 126 tractors on their farm. In 1969 they moved into a factory in Fargo, North Dakota • • Steiger 1 was used for around 10,000 hours and eventually parked in their grove • • Steiger 1 was restored in 1975, the engine was later completely overhauled • • It can now be seen at the Bonanzaville Museum in West Fargo, North Dakota. • • In the 70’s Steiger tractors were being sold nation wide • • Original Models, Wildcat, Bearcat, Cougar, Panther and Tiger were Steiger models • • In 1986 Steiger was purchased by Case • • In the mid 80’s Steiger developed a two-wheel drive tractor but never put it into production. Two prototypes were destroyed. • • Steiger’s largest tractor was the Tiger IV KP-525 1984 to 1986 • • Steiger’s smallest tractor was the Tiger 1200 118 Horse Power 1961 • • Steiger 1 originally had tiller steering • • This video includes tractor 1 and 4 being started and driven. Cold start, Steiger startup • • Steiger’s origin was a homemade tractor • • Steiger was the original Big tractor power and a historic farm tractor • www.goservglobal.org • Iowa Derecho Clean up 2020 • www.Bonanzaville.org • Donate Donate here- https://goservglobal.kindful.com/?cam...

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