Spring is wanted
Above a BM 350 Boxer in April 2009.

Hydraulic 4WD on T650

Photos by Danny Vermue, Holland
Text top left: A new T650 was ordered in late 1975 from Kuiken in Holland.
Text below right: The same tractor was rebuilt in the summer of 1976 by Kuiken (or Kemach as a contractor)

Volvo BM 650 was equipped with hydraulic 4WD at Kuiken in Holland

Mr Danny Vermue writes that his father bought a new T650 made in 1975 from the Dutch seller Kuiken. When a prototype with a hydraulic 4WD system on T650 was presented at a Dutch agricultural show Mr Vermue ordered the equimpent for his own 650.

In the summer of 1976 the 2WD - 650 was rebuilt and got the hydraulic driven front axle by Kuiken. It took a long time and cost some money but in the autumn of 1976 the tractor was working in the field. The 4WD helps and Danny Vermue writes that the system works well between 5-16 km/h,  after that it disconnects automatically. Under 5 km/h the wheel engines do not get the needed flow to provide power.

The pump was made by Bosch and the wheel engines came from the Volvo company.

Thanks to Danny Vermue for the report!
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T700 with HFWD
Also the T700 model was equipped with H4WD and some of them came to Sweden to be a part of the model list for 1977. In 1976 commercial was made about it. The system was expensive and in Sweden they believed the system to be too complicated and not powerful enough to be continued for the market. Some sources say that 15 units was made, other say 30.

In that time T650 and T700 was only sold with 2WD, some attempts to make it with mechanical 4WD had been made but it didn't continue for some reason. Between 1970-1982 the Dutch made HFWD (in 1975-1976) was the only option to get 4WD for the 650/700 models.

A few examples of the 700 with H4WD still work in Holland and Sweden.
In Sweden only the T700 model got H4WD. Congratulations to those who have one. It is a really rare tractor, but maybe not a classic yet?

Text: Niklas Larsson

One of only two T814 in Spain

©Photos by Jordi Vicens Solà

Only two T814 was sold before the Spanish leader Franco closed the possibility to import foreign tractors to Spain in the 1970's.
The first owner of this recently found 814 (made in 1969) used the tractor for construction work only and the Swedish made puller was seen as modern and powerful for the job.
Now it's up for a rennovation and surely it will be a spectacular object at future tractor meets as one of only two 814:s in Spain.

Thanks to Jordi Vicens Solà for this report

Official facts from Volvo CE about T814

Blick nach Skandinavien

Oldtimer Traktor nr 1-2/2010 - bitte lesen Sie an seit 86 aus Volvo BM meet

www.oldtimer-traktor.com

Volvo BM tractors in Tractor & Machinery

Tractor & Machinery magazine have published an article about the Elmia Traktor Power Show 2009 in Jönköping with Volvo BM tractor special. It's on page 83 in the November issue.

Tractor & Machinery

Photos above come from different photographers

Rösta = Vote

The BM Volvo 470 Bison was a tractor for the larger farm areals and had a very strong Bolinder-Munktell engine to match the promise of high efficiency and performance.

Read more at
Volvo CE:s
own webpage!

Very rare BM VOLVO
BM 350 - 4WD

BM-sidan webfilms

Munktells to Volvo CE

The Munktell museum

Das Munktell museum (PDF)

  Le musée de Munktell (PDF)

El museo de Munktell (PDF)