Twin Engined Chamberlain Tractor 

Best part about this tractor is that is was home built by an obviously a brilliant engineer exercising his Right to Build and more importantly, his Right to Repair. Take note farm machinery makers !!

The configuration it has and the performance it gives really tell here, unlike many videos. As to how long he has had this rig going in this configuration without significant problems is testament to it's layout as well. Durable, hard running Detroits and drivetrain that exceeds need. Fine machine.

Incredible machine and even more impressive engineering, this man deserves an award.

As a retired farmer and student of Ag. Engineering this video is very interesting. The workmanship on this tractor is excellent and the layout very simplified. It looks well balanced and seems to ride very smoothly. I had a chance to tour Australia in 1990 and was very impressed with your country and the large agricultural operations. The Chamberlin tractor must have a pretty stout drive train to handle the extra horsepower. Very interesting that the Chamberlin looks similar to a standard IH of the fifties but was actually bought by Deere. As for the people that pasted the negative comments, they have no idea of the hours spent in the shop with welder and tools to create such a well built, home built tractor. And for the guy that said the bank owned the tractor, he has missed the whole concept of home engineering and building, as this is why the bank doesn't own it. Great job and video.

Im usually only a john deere fan but this monster is beyond awesome great build man !

If you look very closely, you may notice that this tractor isn't actually pulling the implement across the field. Rather, the tractor is making the earth rotate against the implement.

No other engine sound compares to a Detroit Diesel under load, except for an Allison Aircraft, or a Pratt &Whitney twin wasp, or a Roll Royce Merlin, oh what the hell, they all sound great.

I have never seen anything like it, born, raised, in North Dakota lived there 50 years. Thank you.

Whoever ran the rack on that front engine deseves a beer. Well done!

Thanks for posting this video. My father would have absolutely loved to see this, since he modified many tractors for farmers over the years to suit them for specific tasks, and he would have enjoyed the quality of craftsmanship evident in this creation, obviously a labor of love. I hope that you enjoy it for a long time.

He made that? He MADE that? HE MADE THAT? I'm actually amazed. This guy is a genius.

This is an amazing machine, especially considering he's built it from parts. Truly amazing!

I thought it was a production tractor at first . That thing took some awesome home grown engineering to build . I like that . I also like how he talked about it evolving into what it is today . Truly an awesome machine .

Phenomenal machine - raw power and simplified complexity.

Love Chamberlains !!!!!!!!! aussie built and proud !

Absolutely amazing! It's an awesome marvel of engineering. That's what I call a great deal of mechanical know-how.

What a work of art that tractor is ....

That tractor is killer! Looking forward to an update when he bolts the third one on!!!

That's a real farmer & a real engineer, you did a very good job on your invention, I like it very much...

I personaly know the man who built this tractor and this is nothing compared what he has done in his life. Last time I saw him he was in the process of completely restoring a douglas c47 skytrain (i think that was it that or something close to it), by himself. He built his own airfield with terex and wabco scrapers and taught his sons when they were kids how to operate every peice of equipment he owned including aircraft. His sons now own a multimillion dollar earthmoving company which they built themselves and are showing no signs of slowing in the near future. in all honestly if i could do even half the things this man has done in his lifetime I'd die a very happy person.

What a fantastic old school set up. That is a unique tractor !!!

It’s crazy what tractors have evolved to. Blows me away seeing this new equipment that’s pulling twice the seeder and half the size with 3 times the horsepower. But that thing is a beast for its time

Those 2 stroke Detroits are doing what they did best, converting fuel into noise! Started out with a 6-71 Detroit 238 with a 4x4 Spicer in an old Binder with 44,000 lb Hendrickson walking beam suspension and a Bostrom spring ride seat. When I did finally manage to get it up to road speed I spent more time in the air then in the seat. That is a great deal of ingenuity to create something like this machine when it was done although it wouldn’t be very useful in the 40 acre fields I grew up working.

Chamberlain was an Australian tractor company based in Western Australia. They allowed John Deere to buy into the company and within a short span of years went out of business. John Deer is a major producer of tractors here and in the world.

anyone who can build something this somplex is a GENIUS!!

Amazing tractor build. My father in the early 80s had hooked 2x 80 horsepower Belarus tractors together and worked well. Still got one of the tractors and still going today.

Legend has it that tractor pulls the Earth under it's implement

This guy has the same type of thinking as the legendary Robert Le Tourneau ~ if you need it, build it. He said he liked his Chaimberlain tractors which was definitely a great product. I loved riding on my dad's Chamberlain tractor on the oat and barley fields of Western Australia fifty years ago. The Chaimberlain was so cool with a bench seat where my dad brother and I could all sit comfortably. It was mean and powerful too, but not as mean and powerful this farm built (by a genius) twelve wheeled twin 671 Detroit Engined 18Ton Chamberlain Tractor. Necessity is such a motivator for great inventions.

have just bought a 9g FEL to work on .now i am jealous. i have always liked super 70s and 90s. you have done very well in building a hard working chamberlain that will keep working for many many years to come... well done

Imagination is the limit to creativity and problem solving. Well done sir.

What a real beauty this one is. Looks and sounds like a real big one should. Brilliant engineering mate!

When i was young i wanted to move to australian to farm and mechanic. These guys are so darn smart !! I know alot of the farmers are huge farmers i give these guys 2 thumbs and 2 big toes up !! Great job !!

A fantastic bit of engineering and it looks spot-on too! What a machine!

I would like to drive this thing in town. I am pretty sure that every body would get out of the way. That's a peace of art.

You should win some sort of award for this its absolutly beautiful , well done !

Great video. Smart and hardworking people are just impressive to watch. Thanks.

Homebuilt on the farm. Can plant 50 acres an hour @ 7mph. WOWZER

This is the perfect little beast to drive down into town and pick up a 6-pack!

One of the coolest tractors I ever seen!

Loved this video. The best part is when he reveals the cost for parts was only 12,000! That saves him about 500,000 when compared to the cost of a new tractor with similar production not including interest. Good on you mate !

I just love agricultural machinery and this one would be ideal to go and pick up the kids at school

I enjoy seeing equipment like this that people built. I wish I had the ability to do this

Love to hear those Detroits sing!

i love the crazy contraption of a tractor this is. just looking at each detail that addresses a particular problem. like the rear engine having raised air intake because of the dust from the front wheels. and the rear engine's radiator being repositioned to allow the best airflow.

Good rig for those big open fields.

This guy is a genius. Great job and sweet tractor

Here in the states a "pairing" of tractors is nothing new either,,,but you Aussies. take it to the MAX ! And i love it. Seen a Paired set of CASE's with airplane tires from there also. Great job sir ! American powered TOO!. love the sound of Detroit 2 cycle diesels, especially under a load...but 1200 rpm to start is great.....but they sound the best around 2400!

Awesome! I love it. If it was mine, I would pull out the two 6-71's and put in two 12v71's. That would be SICK.

They should weather this thing and put it in the next Mad Max movie!

Quite brilliant, really. He managed to build that thing without that much complexity. Just two engines working together. Teamwork! Looks pretty cool, too.

Quite the machine. Those 71's get a good work out, that for sure.

I have seen alot of cool things on RU-vid the past several years, This goes into my TOP 5, for most badass, coolest vehicle I have ever seen!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!

Can you imagine how many fittings he has to grease..

Necessity was in this case most definitely the mother of that invention . bravo

Eddie Wagner and Claude Butler would be impressed with that setup.

Before starting your Detoit, you have to slam your hand a couple of times with the door. Then you're in the right mood for driving them haha!

I once saw an old image of two Merlin engines stuck into a couple Ford TW frames. The photo must have been from late 80s early 90s. I can only imagine the soundtrack 😍😍

seems like the front one is working HARD

Considering the prices of new machines today, this is incredible! Less than 20% of the cost of a new machine and still able to keep up with them, not sure the extra 80% is worth the tidier cab interior or a tighter turning circle :)

Beautiful tractor beautiful Detroit sound 👍

Can't purchase it... Build it. What a beautiful monster machine.

That tractor produces so much torque, that it could move a mountain.

Each 6-71 Detroit Diesel engine is about 200 to 238HP, so times 2 + 476HP. There are any number of single-engine tractors with more HP that that today. with less complication, better turning radius, etc. etc. But still....a beautiful piece of 'farmer engineering' !! Congratulations to the builder. Man! Looks like a lot of rocks in that field!!

What a beast of a Chamberlain

wow, lol, 671's. Snotty old buggers. i used to play with an old 671 when we were running our Jaw off one. Almost bulletproof those things.

My friend in Trayning, WA, has a 530 HP Stieger Case International with which he pulls 110 feet of air seeder, a humongous grain tank and a liquid tank. He probably paid a lot more for it but it is a pretty impressive unit.

This machine is awesome. 50 acres an hour. Wow. Where is Genius book of records at. This guy is a genius.

What a Monster! Love it!

Awesome build. Good job.

Good old Heath-Robinson,brilliant result,thanks for sharing,

I think that thing must be difficult to steer since it takes a while for the light from the front of the tractor to reach the operator.

Yah. He must have the gearing a little out between them. The 3-53's I ran cleaned up pretty good under a low load. The neighbours old Cockshutt leaves a trail for about 3 miles if there is no wind all the time!

Also amazing how many people complain about farming and pollution and ruining land. They never have any ideas about how to fix any of these problems, they just make their little jabs.

Thank you for a great video

It’s a DOE 130 turned up to 11 🎉🇬🇧🇺🇸 I used to drive a DOE 130 for work…… early 1980’s UK 🙂

Its a FREAK! .. I like it, looks brilliant. Thanks for sharing

Excellent innovation,onya mate,stuff the naysayers,their food comes from the SUPERMARKET where no polution is created,no animals are harmed and the carparks are environmentally friendly Cheers.

If Mad Max became a farmer....

Cool. I'd love to see what numbers it would put up on a dyno for torque & horsepower. Love the specs of the seeder and how many acres per hour it can plant. Truly astonishing!

Thats what I call farming, wish I was doing it... thumbs up.

Молодцы! Сочленить два трактора, подобрать мощность обоих, сочленить так, чтобы получилась сочлененное шарнирно-поворотное устройство, причем - отдельного трактора (спереди) Нет слов. И мощный, и надежный, и, что немало важно, в случае полного отказа одного из движков, на втором, в транспортном положении, он доедет!

When you have miles to plant not acres.

Awesome Aussie made farming equipment nice work.

Holy moly! That's the way to drill. It's like something from Mad Max. Lovely light soil.

Nice video. I bet that thing wouldnt even know my blue jet ripper was behind it!

It's an amazing rig. That was an immense field. I wonder how many acres he tills and what other farm implements he uses.

Dats a real tractor not like the plastic junk they make today

good to see the ausi ingenuity still alive, and oh the Detroit, luvem. well done mate

Why does the front engine smoke? Looks to me that the front engine is doing more work than the rear engine.

Those hubless wheels gives a realy nice touch ;)

This looks the ultimate tractor

Need this as a mod for Farm Sim 2019.

This is awesome 👍👍👍!

Marvellous, I love the sound of those Detroit's .

6-71 means 6 cylinders 71 cubic inches per cylinders

We need this as a mod in FS19

These machines put a lot of family farms out of business. Growing up on a farm is a completely different experience than growing up in a project.

I would have the biggest grin -ever- while driving one of these, not to mention pitching a 3 ring circus tent.

This is amazing Director

Look at the prices of other 500hp tractor about half a million probably saved 300,000 k