John Deere 5500 VS Claas Arion 540 specs comparison

John Deere 5500
General InfosMake | John Deere |
Model | 5500 |
Country | United states |
Production | From 1996 Until 1997 |
Price | 28,000 USD |
Tractor type | Utility tractor |
Fuel | diesel |
Service repair manual | John Deere 5500 Manual |
Dimensions, sizes and tires
AG front tires | 7.50-16 |
AG rear tires | 16.9-3 |
Lawn front tires | - |
Lawn rear tires | - |
Indus front tires | - |
Indus rear tires | - |
Weight | 5,780 lbs or 2621 kg |
Length | 138.2 inches [351 cm] |
Width | 68.7 inches [174 cm] |
Height | 97.7 inches [248 cm] |
Wheelbase | 85.7 inches [217 cm] |
Ground clearance | - |
Turning radius | 12.9 feet [3.9 m] |
Rear tread size | - |
Front tread size | - |
Turning radius | - |
Horsepower and engin specs
Engine capacity | 239 ci or 3.9 L |
Cylinders | 4 cylinders |
Engine power | 83.2 hp or 62.0 kW |
Engine RPM | 2400 (rpm) |
Torque | - | Torque RPM | - |
Fuel type | diesel |
Fuel injection | direct injection |
Fuel tank size | 23 gal or 87.1 L |
Oil capacity | 9 qts or 8.5 L |
Oil change | - |
Starter motor | - |
Starter volts | 12 V |
Parts And Accessories | John Deere 5500 Parts |
Batteries number | 1 |
Batteries voltage | 12 V |
Battries Amps | - |
Cold Amps | - |
Ground force | negative |
Charging system | alternator |
Charging Volts | - |
Charging Amps | - |
Trans system | John Deere TSS Reverser |
Trans type | power shuttle |
Trans gears | 12 forward and reverse |
Clutch system | wet disc |
Wheel drive | 4x2 2WD |
Final drive | - |
Steering | hydrostatic power |
Braking system | differential hydraulic wet disc |
Cabin type | Two-post folding ROPS |
Differentiel lock | mechanical standard |
System | open center |
Valves | 1 to 3 |
Pump flow | 16.4 gpm or 62.1 lpm |
SVC flow | - |
Steering flow | 6.8 gpm or 25.7 lpm |
Tank capacity | - |
Hydraulic pressure | 2750 psi or 189.6 bar |
Max flow | 23.2 gpm or 87.8 lpm |
Drawbar type | - |
Claimed power | - |
Drawbar horsepower | 63.11 hp or 47.1 kW |
Fuel consumption | 4.5 gal/hour or 17.0 l/hour |
Pulling power | 5,243 lbs or 2378 kg |
Claimed power | 73 hp or 54.4 kW |
Real power | 74.04 hp or 55.2 kW |
Engine @RPM | - |
PTO Clutch | - |
Rear PTO | independent |
Rear PTO RPM | 540 (rpm) |
Front PTO | - |
Front PTO RPM | - |
Mid PTO | - |
Mid PTO RPM | - |
Fuel consumption | 4.5 gal/hour or 17.0 l/hour |
Hitch system | position control with top-link draft sensing |
Rear hitch | II/I |
Rear hitch lift | 3,374 lbs or 1530 kg |
Front hitch | - |
Front hitch lift | - |

Claas Arion 540
General InfosMake | Claas |
Model | Arion 540 |
Country | Germany |
Production | From 2007 Until 2011 |
Price | - |
Tractor type | Row Crop tractor |
Fuel | diesel |
Service repair manual | Claas Arion 540 Manual |
Dimensions, sizes and tires
AG front tires | 14.9R28 |
AG rear tires | 18.4R38 |
Lawn front tires | - |
Lawn rear tires | - |
Indus front tires | - |
Indus rear tires | - |
Weight | 12,060 lbs or 5470 kg |
Length | 192.5 inches [488 cm] |
Width | - |
Height | 116.6 inches [296 cm] |
Wheelbase | 100.8 inches [256 cm] |
Ground clearance | 19.2 inches [48 cm] |
Turning radius | - |
Rear tread size | - |
Front tread size | - |
Turning radius | - |
Horsepower and engin specs
Engine capacity | 276.1 ci or 4.5 L |
Cylinders | 4 cylinders 16 valves |
Engine power | 135 hp or 100.7 kW |
Engine RPM | 2200 (rpm) |
Torque | 425.6 lb-ft or 577.1 Nm | Torque RPM | 1650 (rpm) |
Fuel type | diesel |
Fuel injection | - |
Fuel tank size | 66 gal or 249.8 L |
Oil capacity | - |
Oil change | 500 h |
Starter motor | - |
Starter volts | - |
Parts And Accessories | Claas Arion 540 Parts |
Batteries number | - |
Batteries voltage | - |
Battries Amps | - |
Cold Amps | - |
Ground force | - |
Charging system | - |
Charging Volts | - |
Charging Amps | - |
Trans system | Hexashift |
Trans type | partial power shift with power shuttle |
Trans gears | 24 forward and reverse |
Clutch system | - |
Wheel drive | 4x4 MFWD 4WD |
Final drive | - |
Steering | - |
Braking system | - |
Cabin type | Cab standard with air-conditioning |
Differentiel lock | - |
System | open center |
Valves | 2 to 6 |
Pump flow | - |
SVC flow | - |
Steering flow | - |
Tank capacity | - |
Hydraulic pressure | 2901 psi or 200.0 bar |
Max flow | 15.9 gpm or 60.2 lpm |
Drawbar type | - |
Claimed power | - |
Drawbar horsepower | - |
Fuel consumption | - |
Pulling power | - |
Claimed power | - |
Real power | - |
Engine @RPM | - |
PTO Clutch | - |
Rear PTO | - |
Rear PTO RPM | 540 (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 | - |
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Useful links and guides ....
- John Deere provided us with the latest version of its 5500 service repair manual
- Find All mechanical and electrical parts and accessories of John Deere 5500 farm-tractor here
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