New Holland · Utility

New Holland Workmaster 55

~$69,496

dealer list for the cab build

New HollandWorkmaster 55
Utility
54 hp engine · 40 PTO−26% to the shaft

Where New Holland stops building compacts and starts building farm tractors: 2.9-litre FPT three-cylinder, 21.7 gal of fuel, a 3,500 lb hitch and 6,239 lb of iron. The MY2026 book lists it only as a cab tractor, at $69,496.

Engine
54.0 hp
PTO
40 hp
Loader lift
3,153 lbs
3-pt lift
3,500 lbs

0.58 PTO hp per $1,000 of list price

As published by the maker

Specifications

Size class
Utility
Transmission
Shuttle
Engine
FPT
Engine hp
54.0 hp
PTO hp
40 hp
Drive
4WD
Loader lift
3,153 lbs
Three-point lift
3,500 lbs
Hydraulic flow
12.6 GPM
Fuel tank
21.7 gal
Warranty
2 yr / 2000 hr base warranty
4WD
Yes
Cab
Available
Turbo
Yes
Cruise control
No

On the price: This figure is the maker's published price for the cab build. It is a real published number but not a like-for-like one, so nothing on this site ranks it against the bare-tractor prices — not the per-dollar picks, not the matchup pairings.

Lift figures are the maker's and are quoted at whichever point the maker chose; the about page explains why two loaders with the same number do not lift the same pallet.

Comes with

4WDShuttleCabFront LoaderPower SteeringDiesel

From owner discussion and long-term write-ups

What owners say

What they like

  • Tier 4B is met with cooled EGR and a diesel oxidation catalyst only - there is no DPF and no regeneration cycle to sit through
  • 3,500 lb of lift measured 24 in. behind the ball ends is nearly double what a 55 hp Boomer manages
  • 21.7 gal of fuel against 10.5 on the compacts, which is the difference between refuelling at lunch and not
  • 12.6 GPM on a dedicated implement pump with a separate 7.6 GPM steering supply
  • Cab with air conditioning, two doors and a hinged rear window is standard rather than a several-thousand-dollar option
  • The 179 cu in three-cylinder is the same FPT block used across the Workmaster utility range, so it is not a one-model engine

What they complain about

  • 40 PTO hp from 54 engine hp is a 26% loss, which is heavy - the Boomer 55 gives up only 15%
  • The 12x12 shuttle is mechanical with an 11 in. single dry disc clutch, so every direction change on loader work wears a clutch a power shuttle would not
  • $69,496 is a lot of money for 40 PTO hp; the Workmaster 75 cab is $77,044 for half again the output
  • New Holland publishes the 555LU loader figure 800 mm ahead of the pivot pin, a convention nobody else uses, so 3,153 lb cannot be compared straight against a rival's pin rating
  • The MY2026 book lists no ROPS version, so there is no cheaper way to buy one
  • Base warranty is 24 months or 2,000 hours, against the six-year powertrain cover New Holland gives its own compacts

Gathered from owner reports

What owners report

Owner reports on this model are few but consistent about where it fits. One uses his across fifteen acres of mostly cleared ground to grade a driveway, mow, brush hog and haul heavy items with the loader, and considers a good 50-horsepower machine with a loader sufficient for that work. Another owner who keeps three tractors - this one, an older Ford and a cab-equipped Deere utility - frames the choice against smaller hydrostatic machines bluntly: a 33-horsepower hydrostatic is convenient but not suited to pulling a planter or crawling hills, and anyone planning tilling or disc work should lean towards the higher horsepower. Owners advising buyers who need to move large round or square bales name this size class as the entry point, alongside comparable Deere utility models. On the hardware itself, someone who worked at a New Holland dealership says the tractors in this part of the range were built in Turkey with Fiat engines, which distinguishes them from the Korean-built compacts lower down the line.

What comes up favourably

  • It is the size owners name as the entry point for large round or square bales, where smaller compacts are working at their limit rather than within it.
  • An owner on fifteen acres reports it covering driveway grading, mowing, brush hogging and heavy loader work without complaint, which is the full list for most properties of that size.
  • Owners who also run smaller hydrostatic machines rate this the better choice for ground-engaging work - pulling a planter, working discs or crawling hills - where a 33-horsepower hydrostatic is convenient but out of its depth.
  • Used values look reasonable relative to new: one owner offered his garage-kept 2015 example with a loader and 400 hours at $25,000, describing it as a beast next to the machines being compared.

What comes up as a complaint

  • It has a great many grease points, and an owner's maintenance advice amounts to buying a grease gun and working through all of them - he also warns the air filter gets dirty quickly and notes there are two engine oil drain plugs rather than one.
  • The fuel filter is messy enough that the same owner pays his dealer to change it rather than tackling it himself.
  • Quality implements for it are expensive enough to push owners towards auctions - one was considering an unbranded 6-foot tiller at about $1,000 because the cheapest decent one he could find ran from $3,000 to $8,000.

Questions worth asking

Is this enough tractor for bales and heavier work?
Yes, and owners treat it as roughly the minimum for that. Advising a buyer who mentioned moving hay, owners named this size class - a large compact or a full utility tractor - as what is needed for large round or square bales, with comparable Deere utility models as alternatives. A machine this size will also run a 6-foot or larger brush mower, which makes short work of mowing ten acres a couple of times a year.
How does it compare with a smaller hydrostatic tractor?
An owner who runs both is direct about it: a 33-horsepower hydrostatic is convenient, but not suitable for pulling a planter or crawling hills, and if you plan any tilling or disc work you should go for the higher horsepower instead. His own arrangement is to keep the smaller machines at the house and the bigger tractor at the farm, which is a reasonable way to think about the split if you can only justify one.
What does routine maintenance involve?
More greasing than you might expect. An owner's summary is to get a grease gun and work through the many grease points, change the oil annually - noting there are two drain plugs, not one - watch the air filter, which gets dirty quickly, and change the coolant periodically. He hands the fuel filter to his dealer because the job is too messy to want at home, which is worth budgeting for if you plan to do everything else yourself.

Summarised from public owner discussion, not from testing. Nothing here was measured by this site, and a report that recurs is not the same as a defect rate.

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