NebraskaKen
New member
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2007
- Messages
- 8
- Location
- Nebraska
- Tractor
- John Deere 4720 CAB, John Deere X728SE, John Deere LT180
Just took delivery of a new John Deere 4720 cab tractor. Nice tractor although it came from the factory with two issues. 1. the temperature gauge in the instrument panel shows a consistent hot temperature reading, very close to the red zone. After thorough testing by the dealer, indicating that the motor is not really running hot, and the dealer noting that other 4720's have the same issue, the official response was "just run it and don't worry." Still, it's disconcerting to view the gauge always running so close to the red line.
The second issue was that the tractor came from the factory with low freon in the AC system, resulting in cab comfort that fell far short of JD's brochure claims.
I find no fault in the engineering of this super tractor, but factory quality control seems to be very weak. How do these tractors escape the factory with such basic quality control problems? The dealer acknowledges that the quality control on JD's compact tractors is not nearly at the level of their larger AG tractors.
Before you purchase one of the 4000 20 series John Deere tractors, you might want to further research these issues with your dealer and avoid some surprises. JD sells them at a premium price and buyers have a legitimate right to expect more.
The second issue was that the tractor came from the factory with low freon in the AC system, resulting in cab comfort that fell far short of JD's brochure claims.
I find no fault in the engineering of this super tractor, but factory quality control seems to be very weak. How do these tractors escape the factory with such basic quality control problems? The dealer acknowledges that the quality control on JD's compact tractors is not nearly at the level of their larger AG tractors.
Before you purchase one of the 4000 20 series John Deere tractors, you might want to further research these issues with your dealer and avoid some surprises. JD sells them at a premium price and buyers have a legitimate right to expect more.