7 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneBOLINDER-MUNKTELL BM-321950–1957No measured PTO figureTractor twoNuffield M-41948–1957No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

Read our verdict on the BM-32 and the M-4 → It is generated from the rows below by a fixed, versioned rule set, and names the figure behind every call.

Field by field

7 material differences · 6 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

BOLINDER-MUNKTELL BM-32 and Nuffield M-4, field by field
FieldBM-32M-4Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed38.5 hp38.0 hp—
Engine declaredAB-VOLVO D 4 BMORRIS-COMMERCIAL 38 T/V/Tdiffers
Displacement declared3.46 L3.77 L+9% M-4
Maximum torque declared155 lb·ft · 210 N·m138 lb·ft · 187 N·m+12% BM-32
Transmission
Top speed declared18.6 mph · 30 km/h17.4 mph · 28 km/h+7% BM-32
Hydraulics & hitch
Pump flow declared6.3 gpm · 23.8 L/min7.2 gpm · 27.3 L/min+15% M-4
Pressure declared1,276 psi · 88 bar——
Rear PTO speeds declared540 rpm540 rpm—
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared5,060 lb · 2,295 kg4,546 lb · 2,062 kg+11% BM-32
Wheelbase declared77.2 in · 1,960 mm78.0 in · 1,981 mm—
Length declared122.6 in · 3,115 mm121.5 in · 3,086 mm—
Width declared72.4 in · 1,839 mm69.0 in · 1,753 mm—
Ground clearance declared16.5 in · 420 mm17.0 in · 432 mm—
Fuel tank declared63.4 qt · 60.0 L67.2 qt · 63.6 L+6% M-4

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-4 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Nuffield Universal M 4 / TVO (1948-1954”