11 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneInternational Harvester 15661974–1976No measured PTO figureTractor twoMassey Ferguson MF 15051975–1977No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

We will not advise between these two machines, because their unladen weight differs by more than 25% (36%); the drive differs (Two-wheel or four-wheel drive; 4WD). 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

11 material differences · 2 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

International Harvester 1566 and Massey Ferguson MF 1505, field by field
Field1566MF 1505Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed161 hp182.6 hp+13% MF 1505
Engine declaredINTERNATIONAL HARVESTER DT-436Caterpillar 3208-V8differs
Displacement declared7.14 L10.42 L+46% MF 1505
Maximum torque declared—400 lb·ft · 542 N·m—
Transmission
Top speed declared18.6 mph · 30 km/h18.6 mph · 30 km/h—
Clutch declaredPedal-operated ceramic clutchPedal operated dry Borg & Beck single disc clutchdiffers
Hydraulics & hitch
Pump flow declared12.0 gpm · 45.5 L/min25.0 gpm · 94.6 L/min+108% MF 1505
Three-point lift, at the coupling points declared5,798 lb · 2,630 kg10,141 lb · 4,600 kg+75% MF 1505
Rear PTO speeds declared1000 rpm1000 rpm—
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared15,194 lb · 6,892 kg20,723 lb · 9,400 kg+36% MF 1505
Maximum permissible mass declared—25,133 lb · 11,400 kg—
Wheelbase declared104.8 in · 2,662 mm120.1 in · 3,050 mm+15% MF 1505
Length declared168.0 in · 4,267 mm244.1 in · 6,200 mm+45% MF 1505
Width declared112.0 in · 2,845 mm98.4 in · 2,500 mm+14% 1566
Ground clearance declared17.0 in · 432 mm15.0 in · 380 mm+14% 1566
Turning radius, braked declared11.9 ft · 3.63 m——
Fuel tank declared168.0 qt · 159.0 L479.7 qt · 454 L+186% MF 1505

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.

International Harvester 1566 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Farmall Farmall 1566”
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “IHC 1466”
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “IHC 1566”

Massey Ferguson MF 1505 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Massey Ferguson MF 1505”