Sauerburger Grip4
1 model in this series
Sauerburger Grip4-70: water-cooled four-cylinder hillside tractor rated at 55 kW and 2,360 kg weight from the Grip4 range
Sauerburger is a German manufacturer specialising in tractors and equipment for steep-slope work, such as in vineyards, orchards and hillside grassland. The Grip4 range in this programme denotes hillside tractors with four equally sized wheels rather than a classic field-tractor layout.
Read on 3 more paragraphs
The Grip4-70 is powered by a water-cooled four-cylinder engine of 2,500 cc, producing 55 kW (75 hp) at 1,500 rpm with 300 Nm of torque. At a weight of 2,360 kg, a wheelbase of 2,350 mm and a width of 2,042 mm, the tractor reaches a design top speed of 40 km/h. Height stands at 2,390 mm and length at 3,919 mm.
A weight of roughly 2.4 tonnes against 55 kW of engine power gives a high power-to-weight ratio, which hillside tractors need for adequate climbing ability and stability on steep banks. The 40 km/h top speed requires the German T driving licence category, the power take-off runs at the standard 540 or 1,000 rpm, and the three-point hitch follows ISO 730.
Buying a used hillside tractor is worth a close check of the frame for torsion cracks, since steep-slope work loads the structure with more twisting stress than level ground. Also worth checking at inspection are tyre condition, hydraulic tightness, the steering linkage and weighing the recorded hours against how the tractor was actually used on slopes.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Grip4-70
Models
Tractor in 3D section
Turn the model, look inside and click an assembly — each one is explained.