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"On the flat plains of midwest Western Australia, three hours north of Perth,
there is a new marker on the horizon.
A red tractor, standing 11.5 metres tall and 16 metres long, dominates the
skyline of the small town of Carnamah. The tractor is an exact replica of a
Chamberlain 40K, built to five times the scale. It is the world’s biggest
tractor statue, and the latest addition to Australia’s catalogue of Big Things.
The tractor was unveiled to a crowd of more than 2,000 people on Saturday.
The tyres posed the biggest challenge in construction, says the retired farmer
Bob Lukins, one of the men who spearheaded the project. They’re 7.8 metres in
diameter, larger than the biggest commercially available tyres.
“When people saw it they said, ‘where’d you find tyres that size?’ Because they
look like tyres, until you tap them,” Lukins says. “They are not tyres, they
are fabricated steel.”"
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