In October 1945, J. C. Bamford rented a garage in England, purchased a welder, and made an all-steel farm trailer from war surplus parts. Soon he added hydraulics to tip the trailer’s box. Next ...

This time last year we pitted JCB’s Fastrac 4220 against a Fendt 724 Vario to see just how close the high-speed specialist’s in-field performance could get to that of a top-spec conventional tractor.

JCB, a British tractor maker, has created a new version of the world's fastest tractor: the Fastrac Two. The tractor achieved a speed of over 135 mph, breaking the world record that was held by its ...

Quick, smooth and versatile it might be, but for all the JCB Fastrac’s virtues it has been increasingly hobbled by one thing – its in-cab controls. Owners and operators have watched on enviously as ...

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A modified JCB Fastrac has set a new world tractor speed record of 135.191 mph (217.570 km/h), which was the average of two high-speed runs conducted at Elvington Airfield in the United Kingdom and ...

This comes a week after the 335hp tractor, which is JCB’s biggest ever model, was launched in its home country, the UK. Australia’s eastern states will have to wait until the New Year before the ...

Anyone who has ever been in a rural area and ended up stuck behind a tractor driving down the road has wished that tractors could go the speed limit. The tractor makers over at JCB have a tractor that ...

JCB has launched its Fastrac iCON tractor to the public featuring the Hexagon | NovAtel’s SMART7 GNSS receiver. The tractor also offers optional TerraStar Correction Services driving the iCONNECT ...

Founded in 1945, JCB is synonymous with tractors, excavators, tipping trailers, the whole nine yards. But JCB is also responsible for the fastest tractor in the world, a feat worthy of the Guinness ...