Tractor category guide

Specialized tractors

Purpose-built machines that don’t fit the usual categories — from tool carriers to bidirectionals. Compare specifications, understand the category range, and browse every recorded model.

Models
58
Manufacturers
12
Median power
62 hp
Model years
1966–2019

Category overview

What defines a specialized tractor?

Purpose-built machines that don’t fit the usual categories — from tool carriers to bidirectionals. This category contains 58 models from 12 manufacturers, making it one of the clearest ways to compare machines intended for similar work.

Use the ranges below as context, not hard limits. Tractor categories overlap, and differences in era, market, configuration, and manufacturer terminology can place otherwise similar models on different sides of a category boundary.

The most represented manufacturers include John Deere, Kubota, Caterpillar. Every model link below opens a complete data sheet with engine, transmission, hydraulics, PTO, dimensions, and weight where those values are recorded.

Category profile

Typical specifications

Amber marks the category median. The shaded segment covers the middle 80% of recorded models; the full rail shows the observed minimum and maximum.

Engine power

Median 62 hp
50th
15 hp269 hp

Middle 80%: 22.490.6 hp · n = 55

Engine displacement

Median 239 ci
50th
54.8 ci638 ci

Middle 80%: 55.7276 ci · n = 56

Engine cylinders

Median 4 cyl
50th
1 cyl6 cyl

Middle 80%: 34 cyl · n = 58

Forward gears

Median 4
50th
1 16

Middle 80%: 48 · n = 43

Across the range

Representative models

A spread of recorded power levels gives a faster sense of the category than a single average.

Complete directory

All specialized tractor models

Filter by manufacturer or model name, then open any row for its full specification sheet.

ModelEngine PowerYears
Allis Chalmers 61556.9 hp1966–1974
Antonio Carraro TTR 380036 hp
Caterpillar 416B76.7 hp1992–1996
Caterpillar 416C75 hp1996–2001
Caterpillar 416D74 hp2000–2006
Caterpillar 416E74 hp2006+
Caterpillar 420D88.5 hp2000–2006
Caterpillar 426B79 hp1992–1996
Caterpillar D6D SA Special Application
Challenger MT745B269 hp
Ford 55557 hp1978–1984
Ford 555D72 hp1993–1995
Ford 650 Backhoe loader75.5 hp1975–1977
Holder A2019.7 hp
Holder A45 Cultitrac40 hp
Holder A6558 hp
Holder Cultitrac A3032 hp
John Deere 110TLB41 hp2000–2012
John Deere 210C58 hp1986–1995
John Deere 300D60 hp1991–2001
John Deere 310A62 hp1975–1982
John Deere 310B65 hp1982–1986
John Deere 310C75 hp1986–1991
John Deere 310D1991–1997
John Deere 310E76 hp1997–2001
John Deere 310G73 hp2001–2007
John Deere 310J84 hp2007–2011
John Deere 310K88 hp2012–2019
John Deere 310SG91 hp2001–2007
John Deere 310SJ93 hp2007–2017
John Deere 41066 hp1971–1983
John Deere 410B62 hp1983–1986
John Deere 410D85 hp1991–1997
John Deere 410E90 hp1997–2001
John Deere 410G96 hp2001–2007
John Deere 510C90 hp1986–1991
Komatsu WB142-5 backhoe-loader80 hp
Komatsu WB146-5 backhoe-loader92 hp
Komatsu WB156-5 backhoe-loader95 hp
Kubota B2020 hp1990–1998
Kubota B2121 hp2001–2007
Kubota B2626 hp2007+
Kubota BX2222 hp2002–2003
Kubota BX2322 hp2004–2005
Kubota BX23S23 hp2017+
Kubota BX2423 hp2006–2009
Kubota BX2523 hp2009–2013
Kubota BX25D23 hp2013–2016
Kubota L3535 hp1999–2004
Kubota L3939 hp2005+
Kubota L4545.1 hp2009–2015
Kubota L4746.4 hp2016+
Kubota L4848 hp2000–2009
Kubota M5959 hp2008–2015
Kubota M6262 hp2016+
Lanz Bulldog HP15 hp
Minneapolis-Moline UDLX Comfortractor
New Holland 555E83 hp1996–1999