10 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneCase-IH 5140 Maxxum1989–1997No measured PTO figureTractor twoFord 8240 (A)1991–1997No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

We will not advise between these two machines, because the drive differs (4WD; Two-wheel or four-wheel drive). 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

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

Case-IH 5140 Maxxum and Ford 8240 (A), field by field
Field5140 Maxxum8240 (A)Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed108.5 hp108.5 hp—
Engine declaredCUMMINS NCE 6 T-590FORD-POWERSTAR TA 456 CID-NAdiffers
Displacement declared5.88 L7.48 L+27% 8240 (A)
Maximum torque declared315 lb·ft · 427 N·m322 lb·ft · 436 N·m—
Transmission
Top speed declared15.5–24.9 mph · 25–40 km/h18.6–24.9 mph · 30–40 km/hdiffers
Hydraulics & hitch
Hydraulic control declared—Load sensing—
Pump flow declared19.2 gpm · 72.6 L/min21.1 gpm · 80.0 L/min+10% 8240 (A)
Pressure declared3,191 psi · 220 bar2,582 psi · 178 bar+24% 5140 Maxxum
Rear PTO speeds declared540/1000 rpm540 rpm / 1000 rpmdiffers
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared12,114 lb · 5,495 kg9,824 lb · 4,456 kg+23% 5140 Maxxum
Maximum permissible mass declared17,196 lb · 7,800 kg——
Wheelbase declared101.8 in · 2,585 mm105.9 in · 2,690 mm—
Length declared175.3 in · 4,453 mm171.7 in · 4,361 mm—
Width declared86.8 in · 2,204 mm82.5–107.6 in · 2,095–2,733 mmdiffers
Ground clearance declared18.3 in · 465 mm26.4 in · 670 mm+44% 8240 (A)
Fuel tank declared142.7 qt · 135.0 L240.0 qt · 227.1 L+68% 8240 (A)

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.

Case-IH 5140 Maxxum sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Case-IH 5140”

Ford 8240 (A) sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Ford 8240”