9 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneDeutz-Fahr Agrotron 115 MK32001–2003No measured PTO figureTractor twoFendt 712 Vario1999–2012No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

We will not advise between these two machines, because their unladen weight differs by more than 25% (31%). 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

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

Deutz-Fahr Agrotron 115 MK3 and Fendt 712 Vario, field by field
FieldAgrotron 115 MK3712 VarioGap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed114 hp114 hp—
Engine declaredDeutz BF6M 1012 ECDeutz AG TCD 2012 LO6differs
Displacement declared4.79 L6.06 L+27% 712 Vario
Maximum torque declared362 lb·ft · 491 N·m421 lb·ft · 571 N·m+16% 712 Vario
Transmission
Top speed declared24.9–31.1 mph · 40–50 km/h24.9–31.1 mph · 40–50 km/h—
Clutch declaredHydraulically-operated wet ZF multi-plate clutch with eight discs of 200 mm diameterMulti-disc clutchdiffers
Hydraulics & hitch
Hydraulic control declared—Load sensing—
Pump flow declared21.9 gpm · 83.0 L/min——
Rear PTO speeds declared540 rpm / 1000 rpm540/540E/1000 rpmdiffers
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared11,133 lb · 5,050 kg14,562 lb · 6,605 kg+31% 712 Vario
Maximum permissible mass declared18,739 lb · 8,500 kg25,353 lb · 11,500 kg+35% 712 Vario
Wheelbase declared104.2 in · 2,647 mm106.3 in · 2,700 mm—
Length declared180.6 in · 4,587 mm183.8 in · 4,669 mm—
Width declared98.4 in · 2,500 mm99.2 in · 2,520 mm—
Ground clearance declared20.5 in · 520 mm21.7 in · 552 mm+6% 712 Vario
Fuel tank declared285.3 qt · 270 L359.3 qt · 340 L+26% 712 Vario

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.

Deutz-Fahr Agrotron 115 MK3 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Deutz-Fahr Agrotron 115 MK3”

Fendt 712 Vario sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Fendt 712 Vario”