Massey Ferguson on the South Pole again.

[rjmack]

has any other brand even tried?

?Tractor girl? drives Massey Ferguson to the South Pole - North - CBC News

:thumbsup::cool2:

 

[mguitas]

Guess I'll try tomorrow. Even if i have a massey.

 

[bcp]

Tractor trips are not rare. I think the rarity here is a wheeled tractor, and not run by a gov't or etc.

27 December 2007 IPY Antarctic Traverse team at South Pole. | PolarTREC

Antarctic Traverse


Many others brands live and work there.









More about an earlier MF antarctic tractor.
Friends of Ferguson Heritage- The Worst Journey in the World

Bruce

 

[GManBart]

I hope the heater worked! I wonder if Massey would give me a 5610 if I promised to drive it across Michigan, which sometimes resembles Antarctica?

 

[motownbrowne]

Tractor trips are not rare. I think the rarity here is a wheeled tractor, and not run by a gov't or etc.

27 December 2007 IPY Antarctic Traverse team at South Pole. | PolarTREC

Antarctic Traverse


Many others brands live and work there.

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More about an earlier MF antarctic tractor.
Friends of Ferguson Heritage- The Worst Journey in the World

Bruce

Those look like some fun machines to operate. They look pretty well set up for anything you could throw at them.

 

[Rock knocker]

I don't think many have driven to the South Pole or across Antarctica, but it was certainly done by the Fuchs-Hillary expedition in 1957 or so. The 2007 looks interesting, one of their goals seems to be to supply the South Pole station by land, saving all the air costs.

The Russians drive all over the place supplying their "Pole of Inaccessibility".

Well known bore Ranulph Fiennes was going to spend eight million dollars or so driving Cats in winter across the Pole in order to raise two million dollars. A fine effort of egotistical fund raising that failed.

 

[Threepoint]

Good for her. :thumbsup: If she can find a way to attract a sponsor like MF to help fund her excellent adventures, more power to her (pun intended). She'll have great stories for her grandkids.

The article says "Ossevoort was also traveling with a mechanic, two truck drivers and a creative director." The cab on that tractor must be way bigger than it looks! :shocked: