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Read articles →A two-year owner retrospective from someone who uses the L4701 HST daily on a small mixed-use farm, land clearing, log moving, sawmill loading, hay handling, and ground work with a bucket, pallet forks, landscape rake, and backhoe. It stays conversational rather than spec-heavy, but offers genuine long-term impressions and a practical framework for matching tractor size to your actual tasks. Best for hobby farmers weighing this model for similar rural property work.
An owner-operator sharing hands-on impressions from running the tractor on their own farm over two years, with no indication of dealer or brand affiliation beyond mentioning where they purchased it.
It is a hydrostatic transmission with no fixed gear ratio, more like a cone of gears, controlled with a simple foot pedal instead of clutching and shifting.
Land clearing, moving logs, loading and unloading a sawmill, ground work with a bucket, moving topsoil, and hauling large square bales of hay.
The owner, who is six foot four, says the seat is a little low and his hips start to hurt after sitting for a while.
Yes, the owner says it has been an immense help for clearing land, using pallet forks to move logs instead of hand loading them.
