Valtra S394 injecting slurry w/ Gøma GG22

the primary tractor model used to be the Valmet 15, the mannequin number indicating its horsepower. The tractor used to be designed to interchange horses on small Finnish farms and in the forests. The upgraded Valmet 20 mannequin followed in 1955.[8]

The Valmet 33 D mannequin used to be launched in 1957 with a modern-day diesel engine and the gasoline tank placed between the grab and the gearbox, which grew to become a trademark of Valmet and Valtra tractors. The included role of the gasoline tank also made it principally good suitable to woodland work. The displacement of the three-cylinder Valmet 309 D engine was once 2.7 litres, and it produced 37 horsepower (28 kW). The engine was very today's for its time. It had great cold begin properties and featured liquid engine cooling, moist cylinder liners and direct injection.[9]

Valmet opened Valmet do Brasil tractor manufacturing facility in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil in 1960.

Manufacturing unit in Brazil

by using the late Fifties Valmet exported several hundred tractors a yr to Brazil. The Brazilian govt planned to nationalise tractor production, nevertheless, and introduced a bidding competition for establishing factories there. Valmet's manufacturing facility project used to be authorized, and creation began speedily in 1960 commencing with the Valmet 360 D model.[10]