12 material differences

Tractor oneSOMECA DA-501952–1955No measured PTO figureTractor twoVolvo T-551953–1959No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

Read our verdict on the DA-50 and the T-55 → 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

SOMECA DA-50 and Volvo T-55, field by field
FieldDA-50T-55Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed40.5 hp56.2 hp+39% T-55
Engine declaredO.M.-MILANO COD-40BOLINDER-MUNKTELL 1054differs
Displacement declared3.77 L4.48 L+19% T-55
Maximum torque declared137 lb·ft · 186 N·m195 lb·ft · 265 N·m+42% T-55
Transmission
Top speed declared13.7 mph · 22 km/h18.6 mph · 30 km/h+36% T-55
Clutch declared—pedal-operated dry single-disc clutch—
Hydraulics & hitch
Pump flow declared2.4 gpm · 9.2 L/min7.1 gpm · 26.8 L/min+191% T-55
Pressure declared—1,276 psi · 88 bar—
Three-point lift, at the coupling points declared1,764 lb · 800 kg1,984 lb · 900 kg+13% T-55
Rear PTO speeds declared540 rpm540 rpm—
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared4,586 lb · 2,080 kg6,504 lb · 2,950 kg+42% T-55
Wheelbase declared75.0 in · 1,905 mm85.6 in · 2,175 mm+14% T-55
Length declared116.5 in · 2,960 mm135.8 in · 3,450 mm+17% T-55
Width declared70.1–89.0 in · 1,780–2,260 mm72.4 in · 1,840 mmdiffers
Ground clearance declared15.7 in · 400 mm16.9 in · 430 mm+8% T-55
Fuel tank declared59.2 qt · 56.0 L116.2 qt · 110.0 L+96% T-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.

SOMECA DA-50 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Someca DA 50”

Volvo T-55 sources

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