1466 vs 1566.

[rustred]

Wondering which one is the more desirable tractor. And the major differences.

 

[used red MN]

1566 had planetary final drives, 14 still had bull gears. Hard to beat what Deere put in most all there tractors from the New Gen 10 series on up. Three gear teeth pulling the load in the slower running final drive portion of the gear train instead of one on the bull gear.

 

[the tractor vet]

The lack of speeds in the 15 makes it less desirable for people around here . I personally have never run worked on or bought and sold , the only three speed I H tractor i have even driven and worked was a 3788 and to me it was Missing one gear and speed one was a bit to slow and the other was a bit to fast and lacked power . And for what i was doing it was NOT enough tractor .

 

[caterpillar guy]

I think it depends on what you are doing if it a HP you need like for a blower or just plain dragging something then the 15 if you want finer adjustment of speed then the 14 with the 4 gears is your choice. If you need more power. Then the Stieger is for you raw power with lots of weight for the job without having to add weight to it.

 

[dhermesc]

In general the 14 is more desirable than the 15 just because of the extra gear. If you are going to use for heavy field work maxing out the power the 15 would probably be better, but now that we are almost 50 years removed from when the last one rolled down the assembly line current condition is more important than any difference they had when new.