Chisinau Traktorenwerk Belarus T-50
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T-50B: water-cooled tracked tractor with a 5,400cc diesel engine, 50 hp, a 10+2-speed gearbox and a 3,570 kg unladen weight, from 1959
As a tracked tractor with a diesel engine from 1959, the T-50B belongs to the class of classic crawler tractors for tillage, widespread before wheeled heavy tractors became common in agriculture across Eastern Europe.
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The water-cooled diesel engine has a displacement of 5,400 cm³ and produces 50 hp at 1,500 rpm; power runs through a gearbox of 10 forward and 2 reverse ratios to the tracked undercarriage. At an unladen weight of 3,570 kg, the machine measures 3,595 mm in length and 1,050 mm in width on a wheelbase of 1,585 mm, with 220 mm of ground clearance beneath the chassis.
The tracked undercarriage spreads the machine's weight over a large contact area, reducing ground pressure compared with a wheeled tractor of the same engine output, which gives an advantage in pulling power on soft or uneven ground, though at the cost of travel speed and road suitability, for which the tracked chassis was never intended in the first place.
When buying a T-50B used, the condition of the tracked undercarriage, including rollers, track tension and track wear, matters most, since renewing it on such an old machine is costly and labour-intensive. Also worth checking are the state of the diesel engine and injection pump and corrosion damage to the frame, which is hard to avoid on a machine of this age.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells T-50B
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