Steiger Tiger ST 650 

The Tiger  story so far.

An unusual gem.

(for other anoraks)

July 2004.  Found in a wood in Finland looking rather sad with right steps missing and two flat tyres.

History.

Shipped in 1979 to the Kirov Factory in St Petersburg for evaluation, to see if they could be made under licence in Russia.

The deal failed and the tractor was left until 2000 on a state farm with 160 hours recorded where it did - 

NOTHING.

Bought by an Estonian farming company who recorded a further 880 hours . 

In 2002 it was acquired by a Finish collector and parked in the wood seen above.

It arrived here having done a total of 1047 hours from new.

A "Rig".

And the then 470 bhp Tiger up front knew all about it being there !

7.5 metre Simba 23C discs towing 8.2 metre Galucho Tilthmaster .

Does 6.5 mph but needs more tyre (and more grunt).

Autumn 2008

9m Kvernland CTD.

August 2011

It has now done 1362 hours since new and now been stripped and repainted in our own colours.

The engine has also been stripped and rebuilt after someone played a joke and put a handful of 

sand into the oil filler cap! The whole place is now slightly over-camera'd (14).

Now 690 bhp + with Twin 710/75 x 34 Michelin XM 27 wheels.

 The Kvernland 9m CTD has had its 21  tines replaced by 31, 40mm x 40mm pigtails tines

mounted on three rows with 70mm Tungsten Carbide tipped points, 20mm thick.

The last two rows also have 400mm wide Tungsten Carbide tipped wings.

This is followed by the packer rollers. 

(it is intended to fit discs in between the tines and packers later)

The original tines had 700kg breakaway point pressure.

These tines have a point pressure of in excess of 1000kg, 

.......but we managed to break one in September !

 They are capable of penetrating dry stubble to a depth of 250mm in one pass.