10 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneDeutz (KHD) D 501960–1962No measured PTO figureTractor twoIMT 5881970–1980No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

Read our verdict on the D 50 and the 588 → It is generated from the rows below by a fixed, versioned rule set, and names the figure behind every call.

Field by field

10 material differences · 3 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

Deutz (KHD) D 50 and IMT 588, field by field
FieldD 50588Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed45.2 hp57.3 hp+27% 588
Engine declaredKHD F4L 712IMR-PERKINS M-34/Tdiffers
Displacement declared3.40 L3.34 L—
Maximum torque declared127 lb·ft · 172 N·m154 lb·ft · 209 N·m+22% 588
Transmission
Top speed declared12.4 mph · 20 km/h13.7 mph · 22 km/h+10% 588
Clutch declaredDry double clutch operated by two-stage pedalPedal-operated, dry two-stage KRON-NOVI double clutchdiffers
Hydraulics & hitch
Pump flow declared—4.0 gpm · 15.1 L/min—
Pressure declared2,134 psi · 147 bar——
Rear PTO speeds declared590540 rpmdiffers
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared4,707 lb · 2,135 kg5,071 lb · 2,300 kg+8% 588
Maximum permissible mass declared7,055 lb · 3,200 kg——
Wheelbase declared87.8 in · 2,230 mm83.4 in · 2,118 mm+5% D 50
Length declared142.9 in · 3,630 mm146.3 in · 3,715 mm—
Width declared73.4 in · 1,865 mm71.2 in · 1,808 mm—
Ground clearance declared20.3 in · 515 mm16.9 in · 430 mm+20% D 50
Turning radius, braked declared11.3 ft · 3.45 m12.5 ft · 3.80 m+10% 588
Fuel tank declared57.1 qt · 54 L52.8 qt · 50.0 L+8% D 50

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.

Deutz (KHD) D 50 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Deutz D 50”

IMT 588 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “IMT 558”