Caterpillar D6 VS Kubota GL281 specs comparison
Caterpillar D6
General Infos| Make | Caterpillar |
| Model | D6 |
| Country | United states |
| Production | From 1941 Until 1947 |
| Price | - |
| Tractor type | Agricultural Crawler tractor |
| Fuel | diesel |
| Service repair manual | Caterpillar D6 Manual |
Dimensions, sizes and tires
| AG front tires | 16-inch tracks |
| AG rear tires | 16-inch tracks |
| Lawn front tires | - |
| Lawn rear tires | - |
| Indus front tires | - |
| Indus rear tires | - |
| Weight | 16,695 lbs or 7572 kg |
| Length | 149.2 inches [378 cm] |
| Width | 80.5 inches [204 cm] (60" gauge) |
| Height | - |
| Wheelbase | 85.625 inches [217 cm] |
| Ground clearance | 12.5 inches [31 cm] |
| Turning radius | - |
| Rear tread size | 60 inches |
| Front tread size | - |
| Turning radius | - |
Horsepower and engin specs
| Engine capacity | 525 ci or 8.6 L |
| Cylinders | 2 cylinders pony engine |
| Engine power | - |
| Engine RPM | 1600 (rpm) |
| Torque | - | Torque RPM | - |
| Fuel type | diesel |
| Fuel injection | - |
| Fuel tank size | 48 gal or 181.7 L |
| Oil capacity | 19 qts or 18.0 L |
| Oil change | - |
| Starter motor | - |
| Starter volts | - |
| Parts And Accessories | Caterpillar D6 Parts |
| Batteries number | - |
| Batteries voltage | - |
| Battries Amps | - |
| Cold Amps | - |
| Ground force | - |
| Charging system | - |
| Charging Volts | - |
| Charging Amps | - |
| Trans system | - |
| Trans type | gear |
| Trans gears | 5 forward and 4 reverse |
| Clutch system | dry disc |
| Wheel drive | crawler |
| Final drive | - |
| Steering | manual clutch |
| Braking system | contracting band |
| Cabin type | Open operator station |
| Differentiel lock | - |
| System | - |
| Valves | - |
| Pump flow | - |
| SVC flow | - |
| Steering flow | - |
| Tank capacity | - |
| Hydraulic pressure | - |
| Max flow | - |
| Drawbar type | - |
| Claimed power | - |
| Drawbar horsepower | 74.82 hp or 55.8 kW |
| Fuel consumption | 6.1 gal/hour or 23.1 l/hour |
| Pulling power | 17,687 lbs or 8022 kg |
| Claimed power | - |
| Real power | - |
| Engine @RPM | - |
| PTO Clutch | - |
| Rear PTO | - |
| Rear PTO RPM | - |
| Front PTO | - |
| Front PTO RPM | - |
| Mid PTO | - |
| Mid PTO RPM | - |
| Fuel consumption | - |
| Hitch system | - |
| Rear hitch | - |
| Rear hitch lift | - |
| Front hitch | - |
| Front hitch lift | - |
Kubota GL281
General Infos| Make | Kubota |
| Model | GL281 |
| Country | Japan |
| Production | From 1996 Until 2001 |
| Price | - |
| Tractor type | Compact Utility tractor |
| Fuel | diesel |
| Service repair manual | Kubota GL281 Manual |
Dimensions, sizes and tires
| AG front tires | 8-16 |
| AG rear tires | 11.2-26 |
| Lawn front tires | - |
| Lawn rear tires | - |
| Indus front tires | - |
| Indus rear tires | - |
| Weight | 2679 lbs or 1215 kg |
| Length | 123.2 inches [312 cm] |
| Width | 55.1 inches [139 cm] |
| Height | 78 inches [198 cm] |
| Wheelbase | 66.9 inches [169 cm] |
| Ground clearance | 14.2 inches [36 cm] |
| Turning radius | - |
| Rear tread size | 44.5 to 55.9 inches |
| Front tread size | 44.5 inches |
| Turning radius | - |
Horsepower and engin specs
| Engine capacity | 91.5 ci or 1.5 L |
| Cylinders | 3 cylinders |
| Engine power | 28.6 hp or 21.3 kW |
| Engine RPM | 2700 (rpm) |
| Torque | - | Torque RPM | - |
| Fuel type | diesel |
| Fuel injection | - |
| Fuel tank size | 7.1 gal or 26.9 L |
| Oil capacity | - |
| Oil change | - |
| Starter motor | electric |
| Starter volts | 12 V |
| Parts And Accessories | Kubota GL281 Parts |
| Batteries number | 1 |
| Batteries voltage | 12 V |
| Battries Amps | - |
| Cold Amps | - |
| Ground force | negative |
| Charging system | - |
| Charging Volts | - |
| Charging Amps | - |
| Trans system | - |
| Trans type | power shift |
| Trans gears | 16 forward and reverse |
| Clutch system | dry disc |
| Wheel drive | 4x4 MFWD 4WD |
| Final drive | - |
| Steering | power |
| Braking system | mechanical wet disc |
| Cabin type | Two-post ROPS |
| Differentiel lock | - |
| System | - |
| Valves | - |
| Pump flow | 5.9 gpm or 22.3 lpm |
| SVC flow | - |
| Steering flow | - |
| Tank capacity | - |
| Hydraulic pressure | - |
| Max flow | - |
| Drawbar type | - |
| Claimed power | - |
| Drawbar horsepower | - |
| Fuel consumption | - |
| Pulling power | - |
| Claimed power | 27.6 hp or 20.6 kW |
| Real power | - |
| Engine @RPM | - |
| PTO Clutch | - |
| Rear PTO | - |
| Rear PTO RPM | 545 (rpm) |
| Front PTO | - |
| Front PTO RPM | - |
| Mid PTO | - |
| Mid PTO RPM | - |
| Fuel consumption | - |
| Hitch system | - |
| Rear hitch | I |
| Rear hitch lift | 1918 lbs or 870 kg |
| Front hitch | - |
| Front hitch lift | - |
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Useful links and guides ....
- Caterpillar provided us with the latest version of its D6 service repair manual
- Find All mechanical and electrical parts and accessories of Caterpillar D6 farm-tractor here
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