4707

[Cyb33r]

I have it. Dont notice any added heat. There is a sunshade you can pull over it. If you do alot of loader work at full height, it's great. If you dont do alot of hay stacking or high loader work, you will be fine without it.

Thanks bigpuddie. You always help me out. Appreciate it.

 

[Bigpuddie]

Thanks bigpuddie. You always help me out. Appreciate it.

My pleasure

 

[CHF4]

Anyone with a Visio roof have any thoughts? How is the heat in the summer? Do you think it is worth the upgrade?

My dealer has a 4707 in stock without the Visio roof and I am trying to figure out how long the wait will be if I want one with that option.

I definitely like it. Even though I haven’t used it a ton with loader work, it has been really nice when I did need it. I was lifting someone to do work under the eaves of my house & was happy to have it. It’s also helpful with watching for tree branches.

I haven’t run it though in summer with high heat yet..fingers crossed it works well in mid 90 degree days. You do lose a couple directional vents from up front. Instead they just blow out by the windows.

Agco I think helped my dealer find a 4707 with the option from another dealer.

 

[Crazydad]

How do you like the bb840, I am thinking of getting the same heavy beast. It is nice that you got a trailer that fits it between the fenders I am going to have to go deck over unfortunately because of the 85 inch width.

 

[daugen]

Anyone with a Visio roof have any thoughts? How is the heat in the summer? Do you think it is worth the upgrade?

My dealer has a 4707 in stock without the Visio roof and I am trying to figure out how long the wait will be if I want one with that option.

The Visio Roof was a deal maker for me, as I have an elevated man lift bucket to do tree pruning on my place, have a fused neck and can't bend it too well, so being able to see upwards and track the FEL is marvelous. The steel protective grill on top is overbuilt and sometimes i wish it wasn't there. Probably until my helper drops a limb on the tractor...

I have mowed roads now with the roof glass open/shade pulled back, and had to move the a/c up a notch when the
bright sun kicked in. So far it kept the cab comfortable and I had at least another speed or two left. It's also only April.
I don't find the shade all that easy to use. Spoiled by electric ones on car but don't want that here.
How about a photochromatic one that auto dims to dark when you press the Auto button. Like sunglasses.

Having a moon roof, in this case a true side to side glass roof, albeit not overly wide, is very cool to have on an under 50k tractor, plus the buddy seat. Very high value proposition on 4707 particularly now that we know you can crank up the 70hp engine to 100hp for two grand later on after the warranty is out. I think that's something to look forward to...

Be careful of the stock Trelleborg TM-600 R1 radials if you want to go over lawn. They will tear you up. Working to try to put Nokian TRI 2's on mine. The trick is getting decent money, like half..., for what I own on the tractor, $4k for the tires all around, significant part of the cost of the tractor new. Don't want hard riding R4, want hybrid.

If you farm or do hay, those stock R1's are great tires. Really be hard to get this tractor stuck with them on, plus very stable feeling while mowing roadsides near ditches on an angle.

I remain having a problem with jumpy clutches. Still grab in neutral and rocks the tractor slightly. Not an issue when
rpm increased. Another member here has had the same issue. And when I go in the Massey dealer service bay where there are really big tractors, equivalents of 7's and 8 size JD's, lot of clutch packs out for repair. Maybe that's just a normal wear item like tires. But if a trans is in neutral, it should not, IMHO, be trying to move the tractor in any direction all by itself.
Maybe with higher rpm hydraulic flow increases, but I'm just guessing. Over my pay grade.
Clearly the factory rep will be back for another one of his adjustments, this time perhaps more effectively.

Tractor was dead in the barn yesterday. No juice. Put charger on, few hours later started up fine. No loose cables, wonder if rear camera was not wired correctly and it's hot all the time. Now I turn the camera off manually before shut down.

my pin and hole lower arm stabilizers work great. Everything hooks up just fine.
FEL remains remarkably fast and powerful.

 

[Crazydad]

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Sorry this is who I was asking about the bb840.

 

[Cyb33r]

The Visio Roof was a deal maker for me, as I have an elevated man lift bucket to do tree pruning on my place, have a fused neck and can't bend it too well, so being able to see upwards and track the FEL is marvelous. The steel protective grill on top is overbuilt and sometimes i wish it wasn't there. Probably until my helper drops a limb on the tractor...

I have mowed roads now with the roof glass open/shade pulled back, and had to move the a/c up a notch when the
bright sun kicked in. So far it kept the cab comfortable and I had at least another speed or two left. It's also only April.
I don't find the shade all that easy to use. Spoiled by electric ones on car but don't want that here.
How about a photochromatic one that auto dims to dark when you press the Auto button. Like sunglasses.

Having a moon roof, in this case a true side to side glass roof, albeit not overly wide, is very cool to have on an under 50k tractor, plus the buddy seat. Very high value proposition on 4707 particularly now that we know you can crank up the 70hp engine to 100hp for two grand later on after the warranty is out. I think that's something to look forward to...

Be careful of the stock Trelleborg TM-600 R1 radials if you want to go over lawn. They will tear you up. Working to try to put Nokian TRI 2's on mine. The trick is getting decent money, like half..., for what I own on the tractor, $4k for the tires all around, significant part of the cost of the tractor new. Don't want hard riding R4, want hybrid.

If you farm or do hay, those stock R1's are great tires. Really be hard to get this tractor stuck with them on, plus very stable feeling while mowing roadsides near ditches on an angle.

I remain having a problem with jumpy clutches. Still grab in neutral and rocks the tractor slightly. Not an issue when
rpm increased. Another member here has had the same issue. And when I go in the Massey dealer service bay where there are really big tractors, equivalents of 7's and 8 size JD's, lot of clutch packs out for repair. Maybe that's just a normal wear item like tires. But if a trans is in neutral, it should not, IMHO, be trying to move the tractor in any direction all by itself.
Maybe with higher rpm hydraulic flow increases, but I'm just guessing. Over my pay grade.
Clearly the factory rep will be back for another one of his adjustments, this time perhaps more effectively.

Tractor was dead in the barn yesterday. No juice. Put charger on, few hours later started up fine. No loose cables, wonder if rear camera was not wired correctly and it's hot all the time. Now I turn the camera off manually before shut down.

my pin and hole lower arm stabilizers work great. Everything hooks up just fine.
FEL remains remarkably fast and powerful.

Thank you very much daugen. I am still working with my local dealer to try to get one with the visio roof. I am hoping it works out but I might end up without it. If I special order, it won’t be delivered until August. I don’t want to wait that long. I guess we will see. They can do a dealer trade but the sales manager made me think I wouldn’t get as good of a deal.

I appreciate your review and help. I am excited to get the tractor and start using it. I will keep you in the loop.

 

[LouNY]

The main price difference we used to see on dealer swaps was the trucking charges to move the tractor from one dealer to the other which at a couple of dollars per mile can add up rapidly.

 

[joshuadorrell]

I love the BB840. I bought the lighter version (bb84??) first and returned it after my first use. This one has been great. I have about 140 hours mowing on it so far. I had the bb720 before and it was a great machine. Over 10 years old with thousands of hours and still runs great to this day.

 

[Crazydad]

I love the BB840. I bought the lighter version (bb84??) first and returned it after my first use. This one has been great. I have about 140 hours mowing on it so far. I had the bb720 before and it was a great machine. Over 10 years old with thousands of hours and still runs great to this day.

Thanks, I looked at a bb72 today. Trying to find a bb840x for a good price now. It has taken a while to find a 4707 with the viso but I think I’ll have one by Thursday to pull that 1800 lb beast of a rotary.