8 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneJ.I. Case 7411960–1969No measured PTO figureTractor twoSOMECA 640 (TD)1973–1982No measured PTO figure

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Read our verdict on the 741 and the 640 (TD) → It is generated from the rows below by a fixed, versioned rule set, and names the figure behind every call.

Field by field

8 material differences · 1 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

J.I. Case 741 and SOMECA 640 (TD), field by field
Field741640 (TD)Gap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed57.9 hp63.2 hp+9% 640 (TD)
Engine declared—FIAT-IVECO 8045.02.200/307—
Displacement declared—3.46 L—
Maximum torque declared—162 lb·ft · 219 N·m—
Transmission
Top speed declared18.6 mph · 30 km/h15.5 mph · 25 km/h+20% 741
Hydraulics & hitch
Pump flow declared15.6 gpm · 59.0 L/min——
Rear PTO speeds declared540/1000 rpm540 rpmdiffers
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared6,916 lb · 3,137 kg4,685 lb · 2,125 kg+48% 741
Wheelbase declared101.7 in · 2,584 mm81.5 in · 2,070 mm+25% 741
Length declared143.4 in · 3,642 mm138.6 in · 3,520 mm—
Width declared85.2 in · 2,165 mm67.5–93.1 in · 1,715–2,365 mmdiffers
Ground clearance declared20.0 in · 508 mm17.5 in · 444 mm+14% 741
Turning radius, braked declared11.9 ft · 3.63 m11.2 ft · 3.42 m+6% 741
Fuel tank declared69.2 qt · 65.5 L57.1 qt · 54.0 L+21% 741

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.

J.I. Case 741 sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Case 741”

SOMECA 640 (TD) sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Someca 640”