6.19pm - Monday 18th May 2026 22,495

The FarmFLiX team headed down to Stormont Estate in Belfast for the ultimate gravity-powered challenge: the 2026 RedBull Soapbox Race. But we couldn't just rock up in a standard cart. We went fully agricultural and built our very own custom soapbox shaped like the legendary Massey Ferguson 698T from #onThePull!

In this video, we take you behind the scenes in the workshop as we try to turn this crazy idea into a downhill racing machine. Naturally, it didn't exactly go to plan. You'll see our chaotic test drive that ended in an absolute disaster of a crash, leaving us scrambling to bolt the "tractor" back together before race day.

When Sunday finally arrived, Stormont was bouncing with 35,000 people lining the track and the Northern Irish weather delivering a classic downpour, the course turned into a total slip-and-slide.

In this episode:

🔧 Building our custom Massey Ferguson 698T soapbox cart
💥 The disastrous test drive crash
🌧️ Braving the pouring rain and hail at Stormont Estate
🏁 Racing down the massive hill in front of a 35,000-strong crowd!

Did Michael make it to the bottom of the hill in one piece, or did we completely wipe out on the jumps? Watch the video to see how we got on!
Let us know in the comments how you rate our aerodynamic farming engineering.

#RedBullSoapbox #RedBullSoapboxRace #Belfast #Stormont #MasseyFerguson #Massey698T #FarmFLiX #SoapboxDerby #SoapboxCrash #TractorBuild

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Who are McClean & Co?
Just a bunch of lads who love machinery, loud exhausts, black smoke, and making farming videos.
We’re the team behind FarmFLiX and the tractor rodeo #onThePull — and this channel is your backstage pass.

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