19 countries - 5 continents - 24 time zones. A driving range 15000-30000 km. 300 days time. The vehicle: a tractor. Accommodation: A cabin with the nickname "wellness oasis". Since January, the Westphalian farm machinery mechanic Matthias Lause with a Claas 697 ATZ Ares on "Tractor World Tour" is underway. In November, he will - be back home - in time for agricultural machinery exhibition Agritechnica. Here we present the project and will continue on the progress . Report
The driver
Matthias Lause, 25 years old, grew up on a farm in Bad Driburg-Alhaus and completed an apprenticeship as a farm equipment mechanic. Even with 16 years of tech-savvy Matthias Lause had made his license for tractors. In the summer of 2004 he saw a television report of a tractor traveling from Germany to Sicily ( we have about the trip to Palermo-Hermann already reported). That gave him the idea in the same way again to go around the world. In the search for sponsors, he turned to CLAAS. Here are more interested in the extraordinary project and decided to sponsor the action together with a number of supplier partners, if the world tour would be connected to a fundraiser. The tractor
The Claas ARES 697 ATZ, 1.5 years old, maximum comfort, "Tractor of the Year 2006". With its 150 hp it is suited quite well, the "caravan" of his driver by the world to draw. He also has - says Claas - the highest level of comfort in its class, what's on such a long journey in handy.
The Tour
It began on 18 January 2007 CLAAS in eastern Westphalia Harsewinkel out over five continents and 24 time zones. Matthias Lause is expected to travel with his tractor 17 countries: Germany, Italy, Morocco, Spain, France, Belgium, USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Lesotho, Russia, Ukraine and Poland. The trip ends after about 25,000 kilometers of land in Hanover technology fair Agritechnica.
the moment, the tractor is on the boat from Europe to Mexico. The driver is ahead of flying the aircraft and is looking schonmal to the land.
fundraiser
The Tractor World Tour working with the international aid organization CARE. The donors undertake to transfer an amount to be determined freely (at least 1 cent) per kilometer to CARE. To date, almost 4000 € are met. The donations will help children and young people in Lesotho, CARE, growing up without parents, the care of her sick parents to AIDS or accept to pay for the livelihood of the family need. Under the motto "A Garden for Life", CARE school gardens with these children and young people to improve their nutritional status, providing them with knowledge about the cultivation of food and the harvest and to give them the opportunity to to go to school.
More info:
- The Tractor World Tour on the Internet
- The history of Palermo Hermann, who served as inspiration
- The Deutz to the South Pole - another tractor-adventure
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