I have a GC2410, I love it and faced the same decision in April which you have now. Ultimately I decided that the 2410 was a better choice. It has more than enough power. On the 2610 you need to run at a higher RPM to get full PTO speed. Lower revolutions means longer engine life. 2410 has plenty of power. Save some money or get an extra attachment and buy the 2410 if you can get a great price or look at the 1705 (easier right side entrance and exit). However the 1705 seems to be missing a few things that are standard on the 2410 and 1720. I wish I packaged a box blade in when I bought it to get the 0% financing. If you get the backhoe I highly recommend getting a bucket mounted 2" hitch receiver, it makes moving trailers around really easy and I never have to remove the backhoe. Also get the welded on mechanical thumb (Love it!!) and chain hooks installed right away. I have a hook on the back of the hoe one on each corner of the FEL and one on the back of the FEL. I can wrap a chain from back of FEL around long objects that don't fit in the bucket and attach to each corner hook. Back of bucket hook faces up and corner bucket hooks face rearward.