Challenger 65 VS John Deere 8530 specs comparison

Challenger 65
General InfosMake | Challenger |
Model | 65 |
Country | United states |
Production | From 1987 Until 1990 |
Price | - |
Tractor type | Agricultural Crawler tractor |
Fuel | diesel |
Service repair manual | Challenger 65 Manual |
Dimensions, sizes and tires
AG front tires | 25-in track |
AG rear tires | 25-in track |
Lawn front tires | - |
Lawn rear tires | - |
Indus front tires | - |
Indus rear tires | - |
Weight | 33,200 lbs or 15059 kg |
Length | - |
Width | - |
Height | - |
Wheelbase | 106 inches [269 cm] |
Ground clearance | - |
Turning radius | - |
Rear tread size | - |
Front tread size | - |
Turning radius | - |
Horsepower and engin specs
Engine capacity | 638 ci or 10.5 L |
Cylinders | 6 cylinders |
Engine power | 270 hp or 201.3 kW |
Engine RPM | 2100 (rpm) |
Torque | - | Torque RPM | - |
Fuel type | diesel |
Fuel injection | - |
Fuel tank size | 166 gal or 628.3 L |
Oil capacity | - |
Oil change | - |
Starter motor | - |
Starter volts | 12 V |
Parts And Accessories | Challenger 65 Parts |
Batteries number | - |
Batteries voltage | 12 V |
Battries Amps | - |
Cold Amps | - |
Ground force | negative |
Charging system | - |
Charging Volts | - |
Charging Amps | - |
Trans system | - |
Trans type | full power shift |
Trans gears | 10 forward and 2 reverse |
Clutch system | - |
Wheel drive | crawler |
Final drive | - |
Steering | hydrostatic differential steering |
Braking system | hydraulic caliper disc |
Cabin type | Cab standard with air-conditioning |
Differentiel lock | - |
System | closed center |
Valves | 4 |
Pump flow | 26 gpm or 98.4 lpm |
SVC flow | - |
Steering flow | - |
Tank capacity | - |
Hydraulic pressure | - |
Max flow | - |
Drawbar type | - |
Claimed power | 202 hp or 150.6 kW |
Drawbar horsepower | 213.73 hp or 159.4 kW |
Fuel consumption | 14.0 gal/hour or 53.0 l/hour |
Pulling power | 32,684 lbs or 14825 kg |
Claimed power | - |
Real power | 236.30 hp or 176.2 kW |
Engine @RPM | - |
PTO Clutch | - |
Rear PTO | independent |
Rear PTO RPM | 1000 (rpm) |
Front PTO | - |
Front PTO RPM | - |
Mid PTO | - |
Mid PTO RPM | - |
Fuel consumption | 14.4 gal/hour or 54.5 l/hour |
Hitch system | - |
Rear hitch | III |
Rear hitch lift | 12,300 lbs or 5579 kg |
Front hitch | - |
Front hitch lift | - |

John Deere 8530
General InfosMake | John Deere |
Model | 8530 |
Country | United states |
Production | From 2006 Until 2009 |
Price | - |
Tractor type | Row Crop tractor |
Fuel | diesel |
Service repair manual | John Deere 8530 Manual |
Dimensions, sizes and tires
AG front tires | - |
AG rear tires | - |
Lawn front tires | - |
Lawn rear tires | - |
Indus front tires | - |
Indus rear tires | - |
Weight | 26,800 lbs or 12156 kg |
Length | 219.1 inches [556 cm] |
Width | - |
Height | 122.9 inches [312 cm] |
Wheelbase | 118.9 inches [302 cm] |
Ground clearance | 17.4 inches [44 cm] |
Turning radius | - |
Rear tread size | - |
Front tread size | - |
Turning radius | - |
Horsepower and engin specs
Engine capacity | 548 ci or 9.0 L |
Cylinders | 6 cylinders 24 valves |
Engine power | 360 hp or 268.5 kW |
Engine RPM | 2100 (rpm) |
Torque | - | Torque RPM | - |
Fuel type | diesel |
Fuel injection | - |
Fuel tank size | 180 gal or 681.3 L |
Oil capacity | 29.5 qts or 27.9 L |
Oil change | - |
Starter motor | - |
Starter volts | 12 V |
Parts And Accessories | John Deere 8530 Parts |
Batteries number | 2 |
Batteries voltage | 12 V |
Battries Amps | - |
Cold Amps | 925 |
Ground force | negative |
Charging system | alternator |
Charging Volts | - |
Charging Amps | 200 amps |
Trans system | John Deere Infinitely Variable Transmission (IVT) |
Trans type | - |
Trans gears | infinite forward and reverse |
Clutch system | - |
Wheel drive | 4x4 Independent Link Suspension |
Final drive | - |
Steering | power |
Braking system | hydraulic wet disc |
Cabin type | CommandView cab standard |
Differentiel lock | - |
System | closed center pressure-flow compensating PFC |
Valves | 3 to 5 |
Pump flow | 31.7 gpm or 120.0 lpm |
SVC flow | - |
Steering flow | - |
Tank capacity | 9.5 gal or 36.0 L |
Hydraulic pressure | 2990 psi or 206.2 bar |
Max flow | 60 gpm or 227.1 lpm |
Drawbar type | - |
Claimed power | - |
Drawbar horsepower | 240.35 hp or 179.2 kW |
Fuel consumption | 15.2 gal/hour or 57.5 l/hour |
Pulling power | 24641 lbs or 11177 kg |
Claimed power | 275 hp or 205.1 kW |
Real power | 302.39 hp or 225.5 kW |
Engine @RPM | 540@1817 (rpm) |
PTO Clutch | - |
Rear PTO | independent |
Rear PTO RPM | 1000 (rpm) |
Front PTO | - |
Front PTO RPM | - |
Mid PTO | - |
Mid PTO RPM | - |
Fuel consumption | 16.2 gal/hour or 61.3 l/hour |
Hitch system | - |
Rear hitch | IVN/III |
Rear hitch lift | 18,326 lbs or 8312 kg |
Front hitch | - |
Front hitch lift | - |
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Useful links and guides ....
- Challenger provided us with the latest version of its 65 service repair manual
- Find All mechanical and electrical parts and accessories of Challenger 65 farm-tractor here
- Get your John Deere 8530 manual book version
- Cabine, electrical And mechanical parts for John Deere 8530 farm-tractor here