1940s: Company founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford with the creation of the first tipping trailer. 1950s: Invents the first backhoe loader. Moves to Rocester, England, becomes a registered company. 1960s: ...

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 ...

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 ...

British industrial equipment manufacturer JCB has broken the top speed record for tractors, hitting 103.6 miles per hour in a modified version of its Fastrac 8000. In case you forgot, the previous ...

JCB Fastrac Two makes 1,016 horses, 2,500Nm of torque and has a top speed of 247kph! There is nothing worse than getting stuck behind a tractor, especially when you are in a hurry. They take up a ...

JCB has set a new British speed record for tractors at Elvington Airfield near York. Its Fastrac tractor notched up 103.6mph at the airfield with TV presenter and engineering guru Guy Martin behind ...

A JCB Fastrac has sailed into the Guinness World Records Book, securing the crown of the world’s fastest tractor by reaching a speed of 135.191mph. It was the Staffordshire company’s first bid at the ...

This article, originally published June 26th, 2019, has been updated with the tractor's new record top speed. In 2018, Top Gear's anonymous test driver, The Stig, took a modified tractor called the ...