Acoustic properties (ultrasound velocity and attenuation) and magnetostriction were measured in pulsed fields up to 60 T applied along the c axis of Tm 2 Co 17 single crystal. Similar to Er 2 Co 17 , the transition in Tm 2 Co 17 is accompanied by clear anomalies in the sound velocity. The observed 0.3% jump of the sound velocity at the transition is negative in Tm 2 Co 17 , whereas it is positive in Er 2 Co 17 . The magnetostriction at the transition also differs very much from that in Er 2 Co 17 . In Tm 2 Co 17 , the transition is accompanied by a smooth minimum of 0.15•10 -4 in longitudinal magnetostriction whereas in Er 2 Co 17 by a very sharp expansion of much larger magnitude (1.2•10 -4 ). In the transverse mode, the effect in Tm 2 Co 17 looks as very broad minimum of low amplitude (< 0.1•10 -4 ) whereas in Er 2 Co 17 as very sharp and large shrinkage (2.6•10 -4). Thus, both the magnetoacoustics and magnetostriction are rather different in Tm 2 Co 17 and Er 2 Co 17 . This supports different nature of the field-induced transitions in these compounds.