UK’s dirt-digger-factory JCB publicized its new diesel backhoe engine by plugging two into one streamliner and going to Bonneville in 2006. “The world’s fastest diesel” clocked 350 mph, a speed limited by tires. It could go faster.
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Pete Lyons
Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville?
Yes, really…sort of.
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