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Read articles →This is a real-world owner review filmed while clearing three downed oak trees, with about 30 hours on the L4701/BH92 combo. The owner compares it directly against the old Farmall Super M he replaced, covering hydrostatic drive ranges, lifting capacity with logs, an exhaust placement gripe, a hydraulic leak history, stabilizer drift, and single-line hydraulic flow limits on the backhoe. Good for buyers wanting candid pros/cons from actual use, not a dealer walkaround.
An individual owner-operator sharing hands-on, unsponsored impressions from clearing trees on his own property.
The L4701 can lift two 8.5-foot, 14 to 16 inch diameter oak logs at a time, while the Super M could haul three easily, though the Super M is a bigger tractor.
A hydraulic leak from a loose clamp showed up around 12 to 14 hours, and the stabilizers drift down over time unless held up with a ratchet strap.
No, it has only one hydraulic line feeding the valve bank, so you can run two functions at once but not three, like boom swing, lift, stick, and bucket curl together.
The exhaust runs down and out the front of the engine instead of a vertical stack, so exhaust blows back into the operator platform under certain conditions.
