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Years in Production / 1987–1990
Challenger
65
Explore the specifications, hardware, and original references for the Challenger 65.
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270hp
Source index power
Tracks
Drive
1987–1990
Production years
Challenger
Manufacturer
65 / 01
At a glance
Overview
1987 - 1990
Agricultural Crawler tractor
Production
Agricultural Crawler tractor
- Manufacturer
- Challenger (a part of Caterpillar)
Mechanical
Hydraulic caliper disc brakes
Cab standard with air-conditioning.
- Drive
- crawler
- Steering
- hydrostatic differential steering
Capacity
- Fuel
- 186 gal704.0 L
- Hydraulic System
- 16 gal60.6 L
Hydraulics
- Type
- closed center
- Capacity
- 16 gal60.6 L
- Pressure
- 2500 psi172.4 bar
- Valves
- 4
- Pump Flow
- 27.2 gpm103.0 lpm
Hitch
- Rear Type
- III
- Rear Lift
- 12300 lbs5579 kg
Pto
- Rear Pto
- independent
- Rear Type
- 1000
Electrical
- Ground
- negative
- Charging System
- alternator
- Charging Amps
- 105
- Batteries
- 2
- Battery Volts
- 12
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Under the hood
Engine Detail
Caterpillar 3306 DITA
turbocharged diesel
6-cylinder
liquid-cooled
- Displacement
- 638 ci10.5 L
- Bore Stroke
- 4.75x6.00 inches121 x 152 mm
- Power Net
- 256 hp190.9 kW
- Power Gross
- 270 hp201.3 kW
- Fuel System
- direct injection
- Air Cleaner
- dual paper elements with aspirator
- Compression Ratio
- 15:1
- Rated Rpm
- 2100
- Starter Volts
- 12
- Oil Capacity
- 28 qts26.5 L
- Coolant Capacity
- 44 qts41.6 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Cooling
- liquid-cooled
Engine Options
Caterpillar 10.5L 6-cyl diesel
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Gears & controls
Transmission
- Transmission Type
- full power shift
- Gears
- 10 forward and 2 reverse
- Oil Capacity
- 72 qts68.1 L
Challenger65 Transmission
10-speed full power shift
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Size. Stance. Footprint.
Dimensions
- Length
- 225 in571 cm
- Width
- 113 in287 cm
- Height (cab)
- 127 in322 cm
- Wheelbase
- 106 in269 cm
- Ground clearance
- 14.9 in37 cm
Tires And Tracks
24.5-inch tracks
- Wheelbase
- 106 inches269 cm
- Weight
- 33200 lbs15059 kg
Tires And Tracks
- Width
- 24.5 inches62 cm
- Length On Ground
- 106 inches269 cm
- Area On Ground
- 5193 in²3.4 m²
- Ground Pressure
- 5.7 psi0.4 bar
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Tests (NTTL)
Oced Tractor Test1613
Diesel 10-speed crawlerSeptember 1 - 30, 1988Link: OCED Tractor Test 1613 file
PTO performance
Drawbar performance
Gear 3 used for power test.
Gear 1 used for pull test.
- Max Power
- 237.91 hp177.4 kW
- Max Power
- 213.73 hp159.4 kW
- Fuel Use
- 14.0 gal/hour53.0 l/hour
- Fuel Use
- 14.4 gal/hour54.5 l/hour
- Power At Rated Engine Speed
- 232.29 hp173.2 kW
- Power At Rated Pto Speed
- 236.30 hp176.2 kW
- Max Pull
- 32,684 lbs14825 kg