12 material differences

Tractor oneBUKH 452 (Super)1960–1967No measured PTO figureTractor twoMassey Ferguson MF 371963–1965No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

We will not advise between these two machines, because their unladen weight differs by more than 25% (63%). The figures below are side by side so you can judge them yourself; each says whether it was measured, claimed or declared by its source.

Field by field

12 material differences · 1 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

BUKH 452 (Super) and Massey Ferguson MF 37, field by field
Field452 (Super)MF 37Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed41.4 hp41.4 hp—
Engine declaredBUKH 3 EV-100 or 3 G 105Perkins A 3.152differs
Displacement declared—2.50 L—
Maximum torque declared—116 lb·ft · 158 N·m—
Transmission
Top speed declared14.3 mph · 23 km/h15.5 mph · 25 km/h+9% MF 37
Clutch declared—Pedal operated dry Laycock single clutch with 279 mm disc diameter—
Hydraulics & hitch
Pump flow declared8.5 gpm · 32.0 L/min4.2 gpm · 15.9 L/min+101% 452 (Super)
Pressure declared1,711 psi · 118 bar2,304 psi · 159 bar+35% MF 37
Rear PTO speeds declared540/1000 rpm1337differs
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared5,181 lb · 2,350 kg3,179 lb · 1,442 kg+63% 452 (Super)
Wheelbase declared87.2 in · 2,215 mm72.0 in · 1,830 mm+21% 452 (Super)
Length declared133.7 in · 3,395 mm116.9 in · 2,970 mm+14% 452 (Super)
Width declared70.1 in · 1,780 mm63.8 in · 1,620 mm+10% 452 (Super)
Ground clearance declared16.7 in · 425 mm13.4 in · 340 mm+25% 452 (Super)
Turning radius, braked declared10.2 ft · 3.10 m8.7 ft · 2.66 m+17% 452 (Super)
Fuel tank declared51.8 qt · 49.0 L40.7 qt · 38.5 L+27% 452 (Super)

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.

BUKH 452 (Super) sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Bukh Super 452”

Massey Ferguson MF 37 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Massey Ferguson MF 37”
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Massey Ferguson MF 233”
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Massey Ferguson MF 37 S”