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Martin Havelka conquered the Alps in historical ZETOR 25

15.11.2016

Once again, Martin Havelka has achieved a great success. After conducting a four-day trip to Poland with his ZETOR 25 at the beginning of this year in order to take part in tractor oldtimer meeting, the famous tractor operator took up another challenge. This time he conquered the highest place in Europe accessible by a tractor. With his historical tractor, he reached the peak Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse in the height of 2,450 meters above the sea level.

Martin Havelka, a tractor operator, decided to take up another challenge with his Z 25. After covering 800-kilometre trip to the Baltic Sea in Poland, he decided for another adventure in early September. On September 17, 2016, his legendary tractor reached the highest place in Europe which is accessible by a vehicle. Martin Havelka covered a 36-kilometre route overcoming steep hills, bad weather, snow and other obstacles. He set out for the journey to Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse in Austrian Alps together with another 550 participants of the traditional tractor meeting Oldtimer Traktoren WM am Großglockner.

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Photo by Lenka Myšková

It was the 15th year of this meeting in the town of Bruck, Austria, and for the first time in its history it was attended by a Czech participant. The mountain road in Grossglockner, which connects the town of Bruck with the town of Heiligenblut, lies in the height 2,571 metres above the sea level. Thus, all participants had to cover the altitude of more than 1,500 metres.

ZETOR 25 tractor was the first tractor to be produced in Brno under the ZETOR brand. Until 1962, nearly 160,000 pieces of this machine was produced, out of which, 97,000 pieces were meant for export.

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Photo by Lenka Myšková