Since traveling through South America tales of the road from La Paz to Rurrenbaque have been many and varied. Most tell stories of the biting cold, aching calf muscles, sore behinds and of the stunning scenery. A few too many, however, tell stories of close shaves, sheer drops, injury and the reason why this highway… Continue reading Most Dangerous Road

“THE WORLDS LARGEST FARM TRACTOR” In 1977 the Big Bud 747 tractor was built in Havre, Montana. The tractor was built by Ron Harmon and the crew of the Northern Manufacturing Company. The tractor was built to produce 760 horsepower using a 16-cylinder Detroit Diesel engine. The tractor measures 27 feet long, 20 feet wide,… Continue reading Largest Tractor

Breaking the Sound Barrier On Land??? On Wednesday, October 15th, 1997, the ThrustSSC was timed at 759.333 miles per hour, which is Mach 1.015. The all-important backup run was successfully made within the hour, at 766.609 miles per hour. After verifying the timing equipment, the USAC officials granted the team a new world land speed… Continue reading World’s Fastest Trust

The SR-71 remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft throughout its career. From an altitude of 80,000 ft (24 km), it could survey 100,000 square miles (260,000 km2) per hour (72 square kilometers per second) of the Earth’s surface. In addition, it was accurate enough to take a picture of a car’s license plate from this… Continue reading Fastest Plane

The truck billed as the world’s fastest, meanest, toughest tire-torturing machine is now officially the world’s fastest truck thanks to a record breaking exhibition run at the Queensland International Air Show held at Bundaberg Airport on the weekend (July 16 -17, 2005). The Bandag Bullet smashed the world record for a one kilometer run and… Continue reading Tire Torturing Truck

The Seed Hawk giant has a seed hopper with a capacity of a massive 27 cubic metres and tows two seed hoppers (carts) each containing ten tons of fertiliser.

Vasteras Airfield, Sweden–Boije Ovebrink, a former truck racing driver, set a new world record for the fastest ‘Standing kilometre for heavy trucks’ in his red Volvo NH. The average speed from a standing start over a distance of one kilometre was 158.8 kph (98.67 mph), with a top speed of 240 kph (149.13 mph).Boije beat… Continue reading Fastest Heavy Truck

The biggest truck in the world! Titan 33-19. It can hold 2 buses and 2 pickups (or 2,000,000 golf balls) and is about the size of the largest of the dinosaurs, but the Titan was built to haul 350 tons of earth in mining operations. The Titan began to take shape on the drafting boards… Continue reading Largest Truck: Titan

The Siemens-built Velaro E high- speed train has debuted in Spain, carrying passengers between Madrid and Barcelona. The Velaro E is the first series-production high-speed train that can be operated at a speed of 350 km/h. It is also the first German high-speed train to operate on a railway line in Spain where the first… Continue reading Fastest High Speed Train

The world’s most expensive car is up for sale. And whether or not you think it’s worth the estimated $10 million asking price, it’s no doubt exceedingly rare, beautiful and–like many follies in automotive history–a triumph of hubris over reason. This Bugatti Type 41 Royale was the brainchild of Ettore Bugatti–and also a hugely expensive… Continue reading Most Expensive Old Fashioned Car