When you think of big machines, tractors probably don't top the list. But once you meet Big Bud, that changes fast. The Big Bud 747 isn't your average farm tractor. It's literally the Goliath of ...

The letters and calls were like a eulogy after the Quad-City Times ran a story Jan. 7 on the wrecking of the vast International Harvester Farmall Works, which was the world’s biggest tractor factory.