Kramer 350 Export or Porsche-Diesel 208?
Which should you choose?
On performance, every comparable figure that differs favours the Kramer 350 Export: hydraulic flow. It is also ahead on forward gears.
- The Kramer 350 Export suits loader and hydraulic implement work better on this data: 33% (5.0 L/min / 1.3 gpm) more hydraulic flow.
Generated by rule set compare@4 from the figures on the side-by-side table, allowed by route “the same stated configuration”. Measured figures are compared only with measured, claimed only with claimed, at the same test condition; differences within each figure’s tolerance are not called.
What decides it, question by question?
| Question | 350 Export | 208 | Call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Which puts more power through the PTO shaft? | 14.7 kW (20 hp)Traktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | 15.2 kW (20.3 hp)Traktorenlexikon, “Porsche-Diesel Standard 208” | EvenEven on power at the PTO shaft (both power at the PTO, claimed): the difference is under the 10% threshold for claimed figures, too small to call. |
| Which turns a litre of fuel into more work at the shaft? | — | — | No figureNo call on fuel efficiency at the shaft: no figure on record for the 350 Export and the 208. |
| Which pulls harder at the drawbar? | — | — | No figureNo call on drawbar power: no figure on record for the 350 Export and the 208. |
| Which pumps more oil for implements? | 20.0 L/min (5.3 gpm)Traktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | 15.0 L/min (4.0 gpm)Traktorenlexikon, “Porsche-Diesel Standard 208” | AheadThe Kramer 350 Export has 33% more hydraulic flow (5.0 L/min / 1.3 gpm) than the Porsche-Diesel 208 (both pump flow, as stated by the source). |
| Which lifts more on the three-point hitch? | 1,100 kg (2,425 lb)Traktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | — | No figureNo call on three-point lift: no figure on record for the 208. |
| Which is heavier, for traction? | 1,780 kg (3,924 lb)Traktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | 1,505 kg (3,318 lb)Traktorenlexikon, “Porsche-Diesel Standard 208” | Ahead (a fact, not an advantage)The Kramer 350 Export is 18% heavier (275 kg / 606 lb) than the Porsche-Diesel 208 (both unladen weight, as stated by the source). |
| Which may carry more ballast and load? | 2,500 kg (5,512 lb)Traktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | — | No figureNo call on maximum permissible mass: no figure on record for the 208. |
| Which has the wider choice of gears? | 10Traktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | 5Traktorenlexikon, “Porsche-Diesel Standard 208” | AheadThe Kramer 350 Export has 100% more forward gears (5 gears) than the Porsche-Diesel 208 (both forward gears, as stated by the source). |
| Which offers a creeper range? | — | — | No figureNo call on a creeper range: not stated for the 350 Export and the 208. |
| Which is faster on the road? | 22 km/h (13.7 mph)Traktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | 20.0 km/h (12.4 mph)Traktorenlexikon, “Porsche-Diesel Standard 208” | EvenEven on top speed (both top speed forward, as stated by the source): the difference is under the 10% threshold, too small to call. |
| Which offers more PTO speeds? | 585 rpmTraktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | 540 rpmTraktorenlexikon, “Porsche-Diesel Standard 208” | No figureNo call on PTO speeds: no standard PTO speed stated for the 350 Export. |
| Which PTO runs independently of the ground drive? | independentTraktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | — | No figureNo call on PTO independence: not stated for the 208. |
| Which drives on both axles? | 2WDTraktorenlexikon, “Kramer 350 Export” | 2WDTraktorenlexikon, “Porsche-Diesel Standard 208” | EvenEven on drive: all two-wheel drive. |
| Which is newer, and what about parts? | 1963–1968 | 1957 | Ahead (a fact, not an advantage)The Kramer 350 Export is newer: production began 6 years later. We hold no parts-availability data, so there is no call on parts. |
What does this mean in plain words?
- The Kramer 350 Export has 33% more hydraulic flow (5.0 L/min / 1.3 gpm) than the Porsche-Diesel 208 (both pump flow, as stated by the source).
- The Kramer 350 Export is 18% heavier (275 kg / 606 lb) than the Porsche-Diesel 208 (both unladen weight, as stated by the source).
- The Kramer 350 Export has 100% more forward gears (5 gears) than the Porsche-Diesel 208 (both forward gears, as stated by the source).
- The Kramer 350 Export is newer: production began 6 years later. We hold no parts-availability data, so there is no call on parts.
- Even on power at the PTO shaft (both power at the PTO, claimed): the difference is under the 10% threshold for claimed figures, too small to call.
- Even on top speed (both top speed forward, as stated by the source): the difference is under the 10% threshold, too small to call.
- Even on drive: all two-wheel drive.
- No figure on record for every machine, so no call on: fuel efficiency at the shaft, drawbar power, three-point lift, maximum permissible mass, a creeper range, PTO speeds and PTO independence.
← Every figure for both machines, side by side, with sources