Tractor Feature Article

Mid-sized tractor series added to AGCO line

Author: Diesel Progress North American Edition

AGCO Corp. announced the addition of a new mid-sized tractor series to its AGCO branded line for agricultural and utility applications. The GT series tractors are an intermediate option to AGCO's compact ST series and larger utility LT series in both size and horsepower capability.

"We wanted to bring a tractor into the AGCO lineup that would bridge the gap between a compact tractor and a row crop tractor," said Jerry Oxborough, sales engineer for AGCO. "If you look at the PTO horsepower, you can see where we overlapped. We did that intentionally because we wanted to offer a tractor that had the convenient features of a big tractor for crop farming, municipalities and hobby farming."

The four models within the series--the GT 45, GT 55, GT 65 and GT 75--are all equipped with liquid cooled Same Deutz-Fahr (SDF) 1000 series diesel engines. The GT 45 and GT 55 tractors have 3.0 L, three-cylinder engines rated 45 and 53 PTO hp at 2350 rpm. The GT 65 and GT 75 feature 4.0 L, four-cylinder engines rated 62 and 72 PTO hp at 2350 rpm. The GT 45 and GT 65 engines are naturally aspirated while the GT 55 and GT 75 engines are turbocharged.

The 1000 series engines are direct injection diesels with individual fuel pumps and two valves-per-cylinder for greater fuel vaporization upon combustion, the company said. The structural design of the engine eliminates the need for a front frame as the engine block is directly mounted to the transmission housing serving as part of the chassis. Located in front of the Tesio radiator, dual-stage dry filters are used in the air intake system as both primary and secondary filters.