12 material differences

Tractor oneBOLINDER-MUNKTELL BM-551953–1959No measured PTO figureTractor twoSOMECA DA-501952–1955No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

Read our verdict on the BM-55 and the DA-50 → It is generated from the rows below by a fixed, versioned rule set, and names the figure behind every call.

Field by field

12 material differences · 1 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

BOLINDER-MUNKTELL BM-55 and SOMECA DA-50, field by field
FieldBM-55DA-50Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed56.2 hp40.5 hp+39% BM-55
Engine declaredBOLINDER-MUNKTELL 1054O.M.-MILANO COD-40differs
Displacement declared4.48 L3.77 L+19% BM-55
Maximum torque declared195 lb·ft · 265 N·m137 lb·ft · 186 N·m+42% BM-55
Transmission
Top speed declared18.6 mph · 30 km/h13.7 mph · 22 km/h+36% BM-55
Clutch declaredPedal-operated dry single-plate clutch——
Hydraulics & hitch
Pump flow declared7.1 gpm · 26.8 L/min2.4 gpm · 9.2 L/min+191% BM-55
Pressure declared1,276 psi · 88 bar——
Three-point lift, at the coupling points declared5,291 lb · 2,400 kg1,764 lb · 800 kg+200% BM-55
Rear PTO speeds declared540 rpm540 rpm—
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared7,145 lb · 3,241 kg4,586 lb · 2,080 kg+56% BM-55
Wheelbase declared85.6 in · 2,175 mm75.0 in · 1,905 mm+14% BM-55
Length declared135.8 in · 3,450 mm116.5 in · 2,960 mm+17% BM-55
Width declared74.8 in · 1,900 mm70.1–89.0 in · 1,780–2,260 mmdiffers
Ground clearance declared16.9 in · 430 mm15.7 in · 400 mm+8% BM-55
Fuel tank declared116.2 qt · 110.0 L59.2 qt · 56.0 L+96% BM-55

Height is not in this table. It is not one measurement: the sources measure it to different points — over the cab on some machines, over the steering wheel or the exhaust on others — and the same tractor measured two ways can differ by most of a metre. It appears here only when both machines' figures carry the point they were measured to and it is the same point, which is not the case for these two. Each machine's own page prints its height as its source gives it.

BOLINDER-MUNKTELL BM-55 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Bolinder-Munktell BM 55”

SOMECA DA-50 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Someca DA 50”