The New Holland 4055 is a utility tractor of the period in which all New Holland machines were painted the same blue. The film below shows an example working on a small farm. The sources used for this page describe the company and its range rather than this model, so the page keeps to what they say.
New Holland 4055 at a glance
| Maker | New Holland |
|---|---|
| Class | utility and compact farm tractor |
| Brand colour | blue, unified across the range in 2000 |
| Before 2000 | tractors sold in Fiat terracotta red and Ford blue together |
| Company founded | 1895, New Holland, Pennsylvania |
| Group owner | Fiat, then CNH Industrial |
| Headquarters | Turin, Italy |
| North American base | New Holland, Pennsylvania |
| Types built | tractors from T5 to T9 classes, plus compact and hobby tractors |
| Technical data | not given in the sources used here |
The sources describe the company and the range, not the 4055; the model’s technical data is left out rather than guessed.
History of the New Holland 4055
One brand, one colour
New Holland as a tractor brand was assembled from two older ranges. Ford bought Sperry New Holland in 1986 and formed Ford New Holland; Fiat bought 80 per cent of that business in 1991 and merged its own Fiatagri tractor division into it. For several years after 1993 the combined tractor range was sold in both Fiat terracotta red and Ford blue, so that dealers and customers of each make could keep buying what they knew. The decision to paint everything blue and sell it only as New Holland was taken in 2000 — the year from which the modern blue identity dates.
Where the 4055 sits
The 4055 is a utility tractor: the size of machine bought for mixed farms, smallholdings and yard work rather than for large arable farms. The sources used here do not give its engine, power or years of production, so this page does not either. Its number points to the smaller end of the range, below the big T7 and T8 tractors that the company now markets for heavy field work.
Today’s range
The company that built it is now part of CNH Industrial, with its administrative headquarters in Turin and New Holland, Pennsylvania, as the North American base. Its line runs from the T5 class for light work and front loaders, through T6 and T7 tractors for medium and large farms, to the T8 and T9 classes for the heaviest field work and transport, with compact and hobby tractors alongside them.
Design and features
- Utility size: a tractor for mixed farms rather than large-scale arable work.
- Blue era: it belongs to the years after New Holland unified its colours in 2000.
- Two heritages: the brand it wears combines the Ford and Fiat tractor ranges.
- Wide family: part of a range that now stretches from T5 to T9.
New Holland 4055 versions
- New Holland 4055: the tractor described here.
- Compact and hobby tractors: the smaller classes sold with it.
- Mid-range T6 and T7 tractors: the larger machines that succeeded this class.
Smaller and larger utility tractors are on the pages for the New Holland 3230 and the New Holland 5030. More machines are in the New Holland section.
Video: New holland 4055 tractor
Video by Tingershow on YouTube.
Sources
- New Holland Agriculture, English Wikipedia: Ford and Fiat ownership, headquarters, product types
- New Holland, Dutch Wikipedia: colours before 2000, T5-T9 model classes
