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 ...

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 ...

JCB has launched its long-awaited Fastrac upgrade with a host of innovations including a new CVT transmission and a touch-screen console for tractor settings. The new machine – the 8250 – comes as an ...

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 ...

THE JCB Fastrac celebrates its 10th birthday this year, but work on what was then called the High Mobility Vehicle or HMV was already underway in the mid-1980s after JCBs top management team had given ...

JCB has broken the record for the world’s fastest tractor. Its Fastrac Two hit a two way average of 135.91mph at Elvington Airfield in York. The run eclipses the previous record-breaking speed of ...

JCB Fastrac Two's imposing size is matched by amazing speed Underbody aerodynamics features a largely flat floor, although the exhaust pokes through it, too. At the back, there’s a wide diffuser, made ...

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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 ...