Steyr 8300
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8300 (8300 series) by Steyr: six-cylinder diesel engine rated at 180 kW (245 hp) at 2,400 rpm, built in Austria between 1982 and 1987.
With the 8300 series, Steyr pushed into the upper power class of standard tractors in the 1980s, a segment served by only a few European manufacturers at that scale at the time. The Austrian maker positioned the model as the flagship of its line-up of that era.
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The 8300 is powered by a six-cylinder diesel engine of 9,724 cm³ displacement, delivering 180 kW (245 hp) at 2,400 rpm. At an unladen weight of 4,720 kg, a hydraulic lift capacity of 4,800 kg, and a top speed capped at 30 km/h, the machine is built for high pulling power in the field rather than road speed. That works out to about 26 kg of weight per kW, a low figure compared with the lighter four-cylinder tractors of the day and typical of large six-cylinder machines.
Tractors of this displacement and power class pulled the widest cultivator, plough and seeding combinations of their day in the 1980s, and drove large stationary implements through the 540 or 1,000 rpm power take-off. The strong three-point hydraulics to ISO 730 allowed lifting heavy implements without extra front weights.
On a used 8300, the condition of the six-cylinder engine after high hours matters most: oil consumption, compression and the cooling system should be checked, along with the hydraulic pump and cylinders for loss of output, since a machine of this power class was often run under full load.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells 8300
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