10 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneFendt Farmer 260 Sfrom 1988No measured PTO figureTractor twoJohn Deere 51032003–200849.8 hpMeasured at the PTO · OECD Test 2266

Which should you choose?

We will not advise between these two machines, because their power is not stated as the same quantity on both; they were not built in overlapping years (1988–1988; 2003–2008). 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 · 3 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

Fendt Farmer 260 S and John Deere 5103, field by field
FieldFarmer 260 S5103Gap
Measured performance
PTO power, measured measured—49.8 hp—
Drawbar power, measured measured—40.9 hp—
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed59 hp——
Engine declaredKHD F3L 913John Deere 3.029 DPY-12differs
Displacement declared3.06 L2.90 L+6% Farmer 260 S
Maximum torque declared150 lb·ft · 203 N·m129 lb·ft · 175.2 N·m+16% Farmer 260 S
Transmission
Top speed declared24.9 mph · 40 km/h18.6 mph · 30 km/h+33% Farmer 260 S
Clutch declareddry double clutch with separately switchable PTO clutch, mechanically operatedDry LuK double clutch with 280 mm diameterdiffers
Hydraulics & hitch
Hydraulic centre declared—Open centre—
Pump flow declared11.0 gpm · 41.5 L/min11.3 gpm · 42.8 L/min—
Pressure declared—2,828 psi · 195 bar—
Rear PTO speeds declared540/750 rpm540/1000 rpmdiffers
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared5,556 lb · 2,520 kg4,652–5,031 lb · 2,110–2,282 kgdiffers
Wheelbase declared80.7 in · 2,050 mm81.1 in · 2,060 mm—
Length declared139.2 in · 3,535 mm137.4 in · 3,490 mm—
Width declared74.0 in · 1,880 mm65.7–85.4 in · 1,670–2,170 mmdiffers
Ground clearance declared14.9 in · 378 mm12.2 in · 310 mm+22% Farmer 260 S
Fuel tank declared63.4 qt · 60 L72.0 qt · 68.1 L+13% 5103

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 Farmer 260 S sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Fendt Farmer 260 S/SA”

John Deere 5103 sources

Source
  • Source: OECD test report 2266, 2005
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “John Deere 5103”