Tier E — Heritage / discontinued Serbia Est. 1947

IMT

Industrija mašina i traktora (Belgrade, est. 1947). Its Knjaževac factory built the Agria-licensed IMT 504/506 — the archetypal Yugoslav-era walking cultivator, still everywhere on used markets in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia.

IMT and the Knjaževac walking tractors

IMT's first factory was founded in 1947 as the central foundry, which later became Industrija Mašina i Traktora. The Knjaževac factory was founded in 1950 as a workshop for maintaining and repairing agricultural machinery. It began making walking tractors in 1968 under a technical cooperation contract with the German maker Agria-Werke, and from 1970 it operated under the IMT name. Its work covered motor hoes, walking cultivators with attachments, and small-displacement diesel and petrol engines.

In 2018 TAFE acquired IMT, following decades of business cooperation. The current IMT range consists of utility tractors from 47 to 80 horsepower, and the two-wheel walking cultivators are discontinued. The corporate contact office is in Belgrade.

For a buyer, an IMT walking tractor such as the 506 is therefore a used machine, and support will come from the second-hand trade rather than from the brand. Check the engine, clutch and gearbox under load, ask which attachments come with it, and confirm a source for parts before you buy.

Sources: IMT (TAFE) · Agencija za razvoj Knjaževca

IMT machines we cover

1 model — two-wheel tractor.

Tier E Two-wheel tractor

IMT 506

Petrol · Front-tine · 6 hp · width varies

The IMT 506 is the archetypal Yugoslav-era walking cultivator, built at IMT's Knjaževac motokultivator factory under licence from Germany's Agria (it corresponds to the Agria 6000). It runs an IMT 66/2 two-stroke petrol engine of 4.5 kW (~6 hp) with three forward gears. Engine type and power are well-documented in period manuals; working width and weight are implement- and configuration-dependent, so they are left unstated, and the introduction year is approximate — specs are flagged.

From £150–£600

IMT — common questions

Where is IMT from?

IMT is a brand from Serbia, founded around 1947.

Is IMT a good choice?

IMT sits in Tier E — heritage / discontinued. The one model we cover is the 506 — 6 hp, £150–£600.