Father, daughter complete epic road trip from B.C. to eastern Ontario — on a tractor
Urs Koch and his daughter Claudine took turns driving a 1957 vintage tractor from Kelowna, B.C., to his farm in eastern Ontario.
Trip took Urs and Claudine Koch 17 days — travelling at top speed of 30 km/hr
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Urs Koch drives through Saskatchewan on a vintage tractor. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
There was never much danger of a speeding ticket, but you can bet there were still plenty of bumps along the way.
Urs Koch and his daughter Claudine took a cross-Canada road trip from eastern Ontario to Kelowna, B.C. to pick up a vintage tractor bought sight unseen on Kijiji — but the real adventure began on the slow motion drive back.
It took the father-daughter duo 17 days to get back to the family farm in Alfred and Plantagenet, Ont., taking turns driving the open cab Deutz tractor that travels at a top speed of 30 km/hr.
The pair left Kelowna at 2:30 p.m. on July 30th, with dad driving the tractor and daughter behind the wheel of a VW Touareg. They arrived at the family farm in eastern Ontario just before 5 a.m. on Aug. 16.
Check out some of their photos from the back roads of Canada, with a brief foray into the U.S.
B.C.
Urs Koch and his daughter Claudine stop at the Paulson Summit in B.C., as the pair approach Alberta. (Courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Claudine Koch leaves behind the Pacific Time Zone as she travels west through the Canadian Rockies on a vintage tractor. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Alberta
Urs and Claudine Koch make their way through Alberta on a tractor. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
The father-daughter tractor road trip included views of chuckwagons in Alberta. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Saskatchewan
Urs Koch waves from a Saskatchewan highway during a cross-country road trip on a tractor. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Urs and Claudine Koch stop in Saskatchewan on a cross-country father-daughter road trip on a tractor. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Manitoba
Claudine Koch crosses the Saskatchewan-Manitoba on a 17-day journey from B.C. to eastern Ontario on a tractor. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Claudine Koch smiles for the camera in Manitoba atop a vintage tractor during a road trip from British Columbia to eastern Ontario. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Minnesota
Urs and Claudine Koch pass through Minnesota from Manitoba on their way to Ontario. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Canada-U.S. border
Claudine Koch poses at the Canada-U.S. border during a tractor road trip with her father. (Courtesy of Claudine Koch)
Ontario
Claudine Koch enters the Eastern Time Zone as she arrives in Ontario on a tractor. (courtesy of Claudine Koch )
Urs Koch in Hearst, Ont., still 1,000 kilometres from his final destination in eastern Ontario. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
The father-daughter duo drove along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on their way home to Alfred and Plantagenet, Ont. (courtesy of Claudine Koch)
