9 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneBOLINDER-MUNKTELL BM-321950–1957No measured PTO figureTractor twoNuffield M-31948–1954No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

Read our verdict on the BM-32 and the M-3 → It is generated from the rows below by a fixed, versioned rule set, and names the figure behind every call.

Field by field

9 material differences · 4 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

BOLINDER-MUNKTELL BM-32 and Nuffield M-3, field by field
Field	BM-32	M-3	Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed	38.5 hp	38.0 hp	—
Engine declared	AB-VOLVO D 4 B	MORRIS-COMMERCIAL 38 T/V/T	differs
Displacement declared	3.46 L	3.77 L	+9% M-3
Maximum torque declared	155 lb·ft · 210 N·m	138 lb·ft · 187 N·m	+12% BM-32
Transmission
Top speed declared	18.6 mph · 30 km/h	17.4 mph · 28 km/h	+7% BM-32
Hydraulics & hitch
Pump flow declared	6.3 gpm · 23.8 L/min	7.2 gpm · 27.3 L/min	+15% M-3
Pressure declared	1,276 psi · 88 bar	—	—
Rear PTO speeds declared	540 rpm	540 rpm	—
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared	5,060 lb · 2,295 kg	4,848 lb · 2,199 kg	—
Wheelbase declared	77.2 in · 1,960 mm	83.0 in · 2,108 mm	+8% M-3
Length declared	122.6 in · 3,115 mm	126.0 in · 3,200 mm	—
Width declared	72.4 in · 1,839 mm	80.0 in · 2,032 mm	+10% M-3
Ground clearance declared	16.5 in · 420 mm	23.0 in · 584 mm	+39% M-3
Fuel tank declared	63.4 qt · 60.0 L	76.8 qt · 72.7 L	+21% M-3

Height is not in this table. It is not one measurement: the sources measure it to different points — over the cab on some machines, over the steering wheel or the exhaust on others — and the same tractor measured two ways can differ by most of a metre. It appears here only when both machines' figures carry the point they were measured to and it is the same point, which is not the case for these two. Each machine's own page prints its height as its source gives it.

BOLINDER-MUNKTELL BM-32 sources

Source

Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Bolinder-Munktell BM 32”

Nuffield M-3 sources