Bought a mx4700 today

[KYDan]

Congratulations on your tractor purchase. I debated about the questions you asked before purchasing my MX. I debated the difference in price and operating costs (At the time I purchased my MX it was the tier 3 emissions and I thought the normally aspirated MX4700 would be more fuel efficient.) Anyway, long story short I purchased the MX 5100 HST, 4WD, version with the R4's which suited my applications better. I love the extendable links with the Cat I & II options, I also got it with the QA for the loader and the HD round back bucket and all have proven to be worth the money. For my purposes I would go with the QA loader over the 3 pt. hitch extendable arms, but would be a tough choice. This was my second Kubota and it is proving to be as dependable as my first one which I sold after 17 years when I purchased this one. Be sure to get the fluid in the rear tires as it greatly improves traction and stability for the loader as well.

 

[GManBart]

Still waiting for it to get here. Dealer is having a hard time finding my tires. Now that I've paid for it I don't want to wrestle around moving logs and lumber and firewood without it. Hope he can find them soon or I'm gonna go crazy.

Waiting is no fun! I think you'll find there's a world of difference in what you can do with the MX4700, and adding a set of Pat's Quick Hitch makes swapping implements incredibly easy. They make one version that bolts on to the 3pt lift arms, and a second that is welded on. The bolt on style effectively lengthen the lift arms about 4" which can be a bit of a pain with some implements that need a longer top link. If I was doing it all over, I'd go with the welded version, although it's not a problem because I have a hydraulic top link, and factored that in when I ordered it from Brian at Fit Rite.

 

[Beltman60]

I have the pat's and they help so much
as far as the shorten top link because of the extended arms
I bought a top link at Rural Kiing for $24. and welded a section in it to start at my standard top link and can go out 8-9" further
this takes care of all my problems for a $24 investment

 

[KYDan]

You can purchase an extended category I top link from Tractor Supply. I have one and it works great.

CountyLine® Adjustable Top Link, Cat. 1, Extra Long - Tractor Supply Co.

 

[ovrszd]

I thought about the lower links, since we do switch implements pretty often, but honestly right now, the budget is pretty tight. I'm thinking right now I'll run it as is, and maybe think about a quick attach down the road. Do you think the extendable arms are better, or should I focus on the quick attach. I've seen some pretty crazy prices to add the extendable arms.

With my L4400 I could buy both arms and swap them myself for $375. Left me with an extra set of arms if something bad happened.

 

[ovrszd]

As someone mentioned earlier, the casting is the same on the 4700 versus 5100. The lower links are interchangeable. Contact your salesman and ask him to price you a pair of extendables. He should sell them to you at cost since you are buying a new tractor from him. You can install them yourself. Here's the part numbers. TC050-71363 and TC050-71373.

With that said, I'm a QH fan. There's four levels here.

The MX4700 has level #1, non extendable. It's the hardest system to use.

The MX5100 has level #2, extendable arms. It's much easier to use.

PAT's is level #3, open hooks on the lowers. It much easier to use than level #2 but still have to deal with top link as you do in levels #1 and #2.

Quick Hitch is level #4, open hooks and attachs top link at same time. Easiest to use.

TnT is an addition that can be used in any of these levels but probably offers the greatest flexibility with a Quick Hitch.

It all costs money, but what doesn't.

 

[GManBart]

You can purchase an extended category I top link from Tractor Supply. I have one and it works great.

CountyLine® Adjustable Top Link, Cat. 1, Extra Long - Tractor Supply Co.

That's what I did when I was waiting for my hydraulic top link. For comparison's sake, I lined everything up with the Pat's and extended top link on my MF, and I still needed a longer top link. They used Cat I/II lift arms on it, and they're really long....adding the Pat's made them too long, so I would definitely need the weld-on version for it.

 

[wildcatblue]

Just racked up a 100hrs on mine so far without a hicup, great tractor so far. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[k0ua]

As someone mentioned earlier, the casting is the same on the 4700 versus 5100. The lower links are interchangeable. Contact your salesman and ask him to price you a pair of extendables. He should sell them to you at cost since you are buying a new tractor from him. You can install them yourself. Here's the part numbers. TC050-71363 and TC050-71373.

With that said, I'm a QH fan. There's four levels here.

The MX4700 has level #1, non extendable. It's the hardest system to use.

The MX5100 has level #2, extendable arms. It's much easier to use.

PAT's is level #3, open hooks on the lowers. It much easier to use than level #2 but still have to deal with top link as you do in levels #1 and #2.

Quick Hitch is level #4, open hooks and attachs top link at same time. Easiest to use.

TnT is an addition that can be used in any of these levels but probably offers the greatest flexibility with a Quick Hitch.

It all costs money, but what doesn't.

Richard have you considered that there could be a level 5?
A Delta hook.
3 point hitch | 3 point quick hitch | 3 point tractor hitch | The Deltahook

I believe it would be easier to hook up than even a good QH, because if you did not have top and tilt you could still easily hook on due to the self aligning nature of the delta.
Also disconnecting is easy without leaving the seat as you have a pull cable to release it. Only PTO hookup requires you to leave the seat, but you still have to do that with all levels except with the JD auto version of their QH, and a couple of European designs.

Downside of the Delta hook is that you must have the receiver for each implement you own, and the overall cost is higher for that reason.

 

[TexasBoy]

That thing reminds me of the old slide-mounts we used on our CB radios back in the 70s.