10 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneFendt Vario 1038from 2015No measured PTO figureTractor twoJohn Deere 9430 T2007–2011No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

We will not advise between these two machines, because their unladen weight differs by more than 25% (43%); the drive differs (4WD; Tracks); they were not built in overlapping years (2015–2015; 2007–2011); the 9430 T is on tracks, not an alternative to an ordinary tractor. 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 · 2 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

Fendt Vario 1038 and John Deere 9430 T, field by field
FieldVario 10389430 TGap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed390 hp424.4 hp+9% 9430 T
Engine declaredMAN D 2676 LE 13John Deere PowerTech-Plus 6.135 HRW-032differs
Displacement declared12.42 L13.55 L+9% 9430 T
Maximum torque declared1,401 lb·ft · 1,900 N·m1,197 lb·ft · 1,623 N·m+17% Vario 1038
Transmission
Top speed declared37.3 mph · 60 km/h24.9 mph · 40 km/h+50% Vario 1038
Clutch declared—Pedal-operated, hydraulic wet John Deere multi-plate clutch—
Hydraulics & hitch
Hydraulic control declared—Load sensing—
Pump flow declared—51.7 gpm · 195.8 L/min—
Pressure declared—3,379 psi · 233 bar—
Rear PTO speeds declared1000 rpm1000 rpm—
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared30,865 lb · 14,000 kg44,205 lb · 20,051 kg+43% 9430 T
Maximum permissible mass declared39,683 lb · 18,000 kg52,911 lb · 24,000 kg+33% 9430 T
Wheelbase declared129.9 in · 3,300 mm115.7 in · 2,940 mm+12% Vario 1038
Length declared242.4 in · 6,157 mm236.6 in · 6,010 mm—
Width declared108.3 in · 2,750 mm135.8 in · 3,450 mm+25% 9430 T
Ground clearance declared18.9 in · 480 mm15.7 in · 400 mm+20% Vario 1038
Fuel tank declared845.4 qt · 800 L1,319.9 qt · 1,249.1 L+56% 9430 T

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.

Fendt Vario 1038 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Fendt 1038 Vario”

John Deere 9430 T sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “John Deere 9430 T”