Awesome Tractors

Paton Machines likes to build crazy vehicles. Over the last couple of years, he’s been working on a hybrid motorcycle-tractor that resembles a Penny-Farthing bicycle. After a wobbly initial field test, he got to work attaching a trailer in an attempt to keep it from falling over. We love how it starts up like a lawnmower.

Decorated with rainbows and unicorns, this wild-looking vehicle serves a practical purpose. CB Media takes a look at the tractors some farmers in Thailand use to harvest rice. These custom-built turbo-diesel machines ride on tank tracks, can turn on a dime, and keep their driver elevated above marshy rice fields. They’re not exactly environmentally friendly.

Here’s a fun winter activity – a tractor that pulls 28 people on innertubes around a frozen lake. This ride can be enjoyed in Heihe, China, a popular destination for tourists from nearby Russia. We see no reason the same can’t be done anywhere you have a tractor, a frozen lake, and a bunch of rope – the more powerful the tractor, the more people you can pull.

Tractors are typically slow-moving behemoths. Williams Formula 1 teamed up with heavy equipment maker JCB to prove that isn’t always the case. This Fastrac tractor packs a 7.2L diesel engine, making 1000hp and 1843 lb-ft. of torque, upgraded with a ZF 6-speed manual, and other racing enhancements. Its top speed: 103.6 mph.

UK-based Etsy shop Smithers of Stamford specializes in industrial furniture made of used objects, such as this massive hood from an old Massey Ferguson tractor. It comes with a glass tabletop and measures 22″x 48″x 25″.

Watch rally driver Juha Kankkunen take a highly-modded Valtra tractor for a breakneck ride on the snow, along the way setting a world record for the fastest tractor ever. It’s not exactly the best handling vehicle, but it goes fast on the straights.