Hansa Lloyd Werke AG HL
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Hansa-Lloyd HL 35 Treff Bube: water-cooled four-cylinder tractor, 5,509 cc, 35 hp, iron wheels with gripper lugs and 3,700 kg weight, from the early 1920s
Hansa-Lloyd-Werke AG was a German vehicle manufacturer from the years after the First World War that built tractors alongside cars and trucks. The HL series with the Treff Bube model was among the early motor tractors of those years, when German agriculture was only gradually shifting from horse and steam traction to internal combustion engines.
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The HL 35 Treff Bube is powered by a water-cooled four-cylinder engine of 5,509 cc, producing 35 hp at 900 rpm, and is fitted with a gearbox offering three forward gears and one reverse, or optionally three forward and three reverse gears. At a weight of 3,700 kg and with rear iron wheels carrying rims about two metres high fitted with gripper lugs, the machine is a typical heavy tractor from the era before pneumatic tyres.
Iron wheels fitted with gripper lugs instead of pneumatic tyres were common in this early phase of tractor development, since they gave more grip on soft, unpaved field soil than smooth wheels, though they damaged the surface of paved roads and tracks. A tractor of this output and design was built for heavy tillage and pulling farm implements at a time when pulling power mattered more than ride comfort.
When buying such an old tractor, the condition of the frame, axles and wheel rims matters most, along with the function of the cooling system and gearbox, as far as the surviving components are still original. A vehicle of this age and rarity is generally a collector's piece, for which parts can only be sourced through custom fabrication or from specialist vintage-vehicle restorers.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Hansa-Lloyd HL 35 Treff Bube
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