Select Correct Ground Travel Speed

Number of gears on tractors with:

    SYNCROPLUS ™ transmission (30 km/h):

  • 12 forward gears, 4 reverse gears

    Power Reverser transmission (30 km/h):

  • 16 forward gears, 16 reverse gears

    Power Reverser transmission (40 km/h):

  • 16 forward gears, 16 reverse gears

    POWRQUAD ™ transmission (30 km/h):

  • 16 forward gears, 16 reverse gears

    PowrQuad transmission (40 km/h): *

  • 16 forward gears, 16 reverse gears
  • 24 forward gears, 24 reverse gears

Number of gears on tractors with:

    POWRQUAD ™ Plus transmission (40 km/h): *

  • 24 forward gears, 24 reverse gears

    PowrQuad transmission (Eco version) (40 km/h):

  • 24 forward gears, 24 reverse gears

    PowrQuad Plus transmission (50 km/h):

  • 24 forward gears, 24 reverse gears

* depending on legal requirements the maximum speed may be limited to 35 km/h (21 mph)

NOTE: With the PowrQuad and PowrQuad Plus transmissions, depending on equipment and legal requirements, there may in certain circumstances be only 16 or 12 reverse gears.

The tractor can be equipped with an additional creeper transmission that provides a further 9 gears (SyncroPlus transmission) or 12 gears (PowrQuad/PowrQuad Plus transmissions).

Gears should be selected so as to avoid permanent overloading of the engine. Ground travel speeds with engine running at rated speed are shown on the following pages.

Should you wish to determine ground speed travel at other engine speeds, then proceed as follows:

Desired engine speed  

= Conversion factor
2300 rpm  

 

The conversion factor multiplied by the ground speed shown in the following table gives the ground travel speed at the desired engine speed.

Example:

Ground travel speed at 2300 rpm according to following table: 8.1 km/h; desired speed: 1400 rpm

1400 rpm  

= 0.61
2300 rpm  

 

8.1 km/h x 0.61 = 4.9 km/h

Should you wish to determine engine speed at a desired ground travel speed, proceed as follows:

Desired ground travel speed  

= Factor
Desired ground travel speed in table  

 

The conversion factor multiplied by the rated speed gives you the desired engine rpm.

Example:

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5.0 km/h  

= 0.61
8.1 km/h  

 

2300 rpm x 0.61 = 1400 rpm

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