Tractor Riddles: 30 Farm Machine Riddles with Answers for Kids

I have two giant wheels in the back and two smaller ones in front. I pull plows and wagons across the farm, slow and strong. What am I?

Look at a farm tractor from the side. Which wheels are much bigger, the front ones or the back ones?

I’m the little glass room on top of a tractor where the farmer sits. I keep out rain, dust and noise. What am I?

I’m pulled behind a tractor. My curved metal blades dig into the dirt and flip it over before planting time. What am I?

I have wheels but no engine. The tractor tows me to the barn, piled high with hay or pumpkins. What am I?

I’m a big bundle of dried grass, squeezed tight and tied up. You’ll see me sitting in fields as a round roll or a rectangular block. What am I?

I’m the bumpy, deep pattern on a tractor’s tires that bites into mud so the wheels don’t spin. What am I called?

I’m a giant machine with a spinning reel in front. I cut wheat, shake out the grain and fill my tank with it. What am I?

I’m round, and the driver turns me left and right to point the front wheels where the tractor should go. What am I?

Where does a tractor go on vacation?

Tractors move slowly on the road, so many of them have a bright orange sign on the back with a red border. What shape is it?

I’m the dry, hollow stems left over after grain is harvested. Animals sleep on me in their stalls, but I’m not good to eat. Hay is food; what am I?

I’m a machine pulled by a tractor. I scoop up rows of dried grass and press them into tight bundles. What am I?

Pulled behind a tractor, I drop seeds into the ground in long, neat rows, all spaced just right. What am I?

I’m the strong hook-up point on the back of a tractor. Wagons, plows and other machines connect here. What am I?

Before tractors, farmers used animals to pull their plows and wagons. Name the two kinds most often used.

My big back tires grip slippery mud so I can pull heavy loads. The word for that grip begins with the same five letters as my name. What is it?

Most big farm tractors don’t run on regular gasoline. They run on a different fuel that also powers big trucks and trains. What is it?

After the plow turns the soil over, I’m dragged across it to break big clumps into smaller pieces and smooth it out. What am I?

Heavy iron blocks are stacked on the very front of some tractors. They stop the front wheels from lifting off the ground when the tractor pulls something heavy at the back. What are they?

Why is a combine harvester called a combine?

The word “tractor” comes from an old Latin word. Tractors are named after what they do best. What did that Latin word mean?

To make their giant tires heavier for better grip, some farmers fill them partly with liquid. One kind is juice from the root vegetable that a lot of sugar is made from. Which vegetable?

Many new tractors can drive in perfectly straight rows while the farmer takes their hands off the wheel. They use signals from these things in space. What are they?

A spinning shaft on the back of a tractor sends engine power to the machine behind it, like a mower or a baler. It’s known by a three-letter nickname. What is it?

A tractor has 4 wheels, and it pulls 2 wagons with 4 wheels each. How many wheels roll along in the whole line?

A farm has 3 tractors. Each one has 2 big back tires. One day, 2 of the big tires are flat. How many big tires are still full of air?

Some huge farm tractors don’t have wheels at all. They roll on long rubber belts that spread their weight out, like a bulldozer’s. What are those belts called?

A combine never stops to unload. A tractor drives right beside it, and the combine pours grain through a long pipe into what?

A tractor traveled 100 miles down the highway in one day, but its wheels never turned once. How?