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Years in Production / 2002–2005
John Deere
8520T
Explore the specifications, hardware, and original references for the John Deere 8520T.
305hp
Source index power
Tracks
Drive
2002–2005
Production years
John Deere
Manufacturer
8520T / 01
At a glance
Overview
2002 - 2005
8020 Series
Agricultural Crawler tractor
Production
Agricultural Crawler tractor
Built in Waterloo, Iowa, USA
- Manufacturer
- John Deere
Mechanical
Hydraulic wet disc brakes
Cab standard.
- Drive
- crawler
- Steering
- electro-hydraulic power
Capacity
- Fuel
- 130 gal492.1 L
- Hydraulic System
- 65 gal246.0 L
Hydraulics
- Type
- closed center pressure flow compensated (PFC)
- Capacity
- 65 gal246.0 L
- Pressure
- 2900 psi200.0 bar
- Valves
- 5
- Pump Flow
- 30 gpm113.6 lpm
- Total Flow
- 33.5 gpm126.8 lpm
- Total Flow
- 42.5 gpmOptOptional160.9 lpm
Hitch
- Rear Type
- III/IIIN
- Rear Lift
- 15,180 lbs6885 kg
Pto
- Rear Pto
- independent
- Rear Type
- 1000 (1-3/4)
Electrical
- Ground
- negative
- Charging System
- alternator
- Charging Amps
- 150
- Batteries
- 2
- Battery Cca
- 925
- Battery Volts
- 12
8520T / 02
Under the hood
Engine Detail
John Deere
turbocharged diesel
6-cylinder
liquid-cooled inline
- Displacement
- 496 ci8.1 L
- Bore Stroke
- 4.56x5.06 inches116 x 129 mm
- Rated Power Net
- 295 hp220.0 kW
- Rated Power Gross
- 305 hp227.4 kW
- Maximum Power Net
- 325 hp242.4 kW
- Maximum Power Gross
- 335 hp249.8 kW
- Compression Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Rated Rpm
- 2200
- Idle Rpm
- 900-2300
- Operating Rpm
- 1500-2200
- Starter Volts
- 12
- Coolant Capacity
- 35.9 qts34.0 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Cooling
- liquid-cooled inline
- Oil Capacity
- 22.7 qts21.5 L
- Oil Change
- 250 h
Engine Options
John Deere 8.1L 6-cyl diesel
8520T / 03
Gears & controls
Transmission
- Transmission
- John Deere PowerShift
- Transmission Type
- full power shift
- Gears
- 16 forward and 4 reverse
- Oil Capacity
- 260 qts246.1 L
- Speeds Description
- Fourth reverse at 1600 RPM.
John Deere8520t Transmission
16-speed full power shift
8520T / 04
Size. Stance. Footprint.
Dimensions
- Length
- 207 in525 cm
- Width
- 103.7 in263 cm
- Height (cab)
- 122.9 in312 cm
- Wheelbase
- 89 in226 cm
Tires And Tracks
24-inch tracks
- Wheelbase
- 89 inches226 cm
- Wheelbase
- 120 inches (wide track opt)304 cm
- Weight
- 25950 to 27280 pounds
Tires And Tracks
- Width
- 24 inches60 cm
- Width
- 16 inches40 cm
- Width
- 18 inches45 cm
- Width
- 30 inches76 cm
- Length On Ground
- 89 inches226 cm
- Area On Ground
- 4272 in²2.8 m²
- Area On Ground
- 2848 in²1.8 m²
- Area On Ground
- 3204 in²2.1 m²
- Area On Ground
- 5340 in²3.4 m²
8520T / 05
Tractor Photos
See it in action
Videos
Watch John Deere 8520T videos from their original YouTube creators.
8520T / 07
Tests (NTTL)
Oced Tractor Test1802
Diesel 16-speed crawlerLink: OCED Tractor Test 1802 file
PTO performance
Drawbar performance
Gear 9 used for power test.
Gear 5 used for pull test.
- Max Power
- 291.67 hp217.5 kW
- Max Power
- 219.23 hp163.5 kW
- Fuel Use
- 16.0 gal/hour60.6 l/hour
- Fuel Use
- 14.9 gal/hour56.4 l/hour
- Power At Rated Engine Speed
- 255.96 hp190.9 kW
- Max Pull
- 27,960 lbs12682 kg