A 500 Horsepower Homemade Giant — the Story Behind the Honey Bee 2WD Tractor.
Looking to add a bigger tractor to their farm and save some money along the way, Greg and Glenn Honey of Bracken, Saskatchewan spent the winter of 1978-79 building a giant yellow and black workhorse that has come to symbolize farmer ingenuity and sheer power...
Comments: - - Lot's of ingenious farmers and fabricators in this area. I know my great uncle Pete Sakundiak was one and he showed me a bunch of people at the farm progress show that know there their stuff to solve any obstacle or problem on them with great innovation. Great tractor!
Worderful tractor ! It might be a bit old by today's standards and lack in technology but i am sure this behemoth is capable of doing hard field work without even sweating about it . It looks very reliable , heavy and powerful !
What an inspiration, I am wanting to build my own tractor and maybe Combine etc. based on current machines, but without the washing machine mentality of "let's put in weak spots to make sure our techs stay busy and we can sell expensive parts". Less electronics and lots of fail safes to ensure continuing operation.
The old saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention” comes to mind. It’s amazing to think these guys had the know how and ability to home-build something like this that would require big companies employing teams of engineers, designers and machinist to do.
