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Is anyone using a snow plow that attaches to their loader bucket, on their GC-series tractor? Any thoughts/experiences/stories?

Last week I had the south side of my bank barn resided. Originally I was just going to get the missing boards replaced, but then I decided to replace them all, so I wouldn't have to deal with blown off boards from that side for a while. I should have stuck with my original plan - then the old...

I have a GC2310 that is stored outside. This summer it hasn't seen much use. I just got it running this past weekend (after replacing the ignition switch) so I could use it to move a bunch of stuff before everything gets covered in snow. When I use the control to lift the 3 point hitch, it...

I have a John Deere 5300 tractor. The battery light was on, and when I measured the voltage coming off the alternator when the tractor was running, I saw 12.6 VDC. I was told that the most likely problem was that the alternator was bad. So I replaced the alternator last night, in the dark...

I have a GC2310 that is stored outside all the time. I haven't had much reason to use it this summer. I just went to try and start it, and ... nothing. I'm assuming the most likely culprit is one of the safety switches, probably the seat safety switch. Though my sons (~4.5 yo and ~6yo) love...

If I can get a used 5' rototiller for a good price, would it make sense to do so? I have a GC2310. Any reason I cannot (or should not) remove the outer tines from a 5' rototiller, effectively making it a smaller rototiller that my GC2310 would have an easier time handling? Has anyone here done...

I have a GC2310 that I've been using to blow the snow, using a rear-mount snow blower. Normally driving backwards to blow snow isn't a problem, but a couple of years ago I pinched a nerve in my neck, and while it doesn't bother me most of the time, when it flairs up, oh boy, I'm not driving...

A web search finds a bunch of 4-wheel garden tractors that have been converted to run off batteries+electric motor, but I have yet to find someone that has done this conversion with a BCS or Gravely tractor.

A while back I picked up a toolbar for an Allis Chalmers Model G. I don't have an Allis Chalmers Model G. I figure I could try selling it, but I need a toolbar, so I'm wondering if anyone makes (or has plans for) an adaptor from a 3-point hitch to the AC Model G hitch, so I can use this...

I'm wondering - would it be ok to use a 5' rotary mower/bushhog on my GC2310, or would it be a bad idea? Anyone currently doing this?

I use my GC2310 right now to blow my snow, with a rear mount 54" snow blower. Last week, it wouldn't start for love or money, so I went and bought a new battery for it. A couple of days ago I put the new battery into it, and it started, but there was a funny new intermittent noise from under...

A local store is having a sale on ATV snowblades. Has anyone attached an inexpensive 5' ATV snowblade to the bucket on their GC2300/GC2310? How well does it work? I'm wondering if the sideways pressure on the loader arms, when pushing snow, might over time bend them.

Today I was moving earth, in 4WD, and a few times I ended up with some tires up in the air. I tried pushing down on the differential lock (while in slow), and nothing seemed to happen, and pulling up on it had the same effect. Is there a trick to using the differential lock on a GC2310? Or is...

I have a GC2310. Bro-tek has the dimensions for the backhoe bucket on a GC2410 (and made a ripper tooth for someone with a GC2410). Are the backhoe buckets interchangable for a GC2310 and a GC2410/GC2610?

Anyone using a Bro-tek ripper tooth with the trencher attachment on a GC2310? If you are, what do you think of it? How deep/wide of a trench can you dig, and how much faster was it than using the bucket? I need to bury 300'-400' feet of 4" diameter drainage tile, maybe 1'-2' down, and I'm...

My wife wants to be able to mow the lawn when I don't have time to do it. I don't want her trying to use what I currently use to mow the lawn - it has too many idiosyncracies (and is old and is missing the safety features that modern equipment has). What makes more sense: 1) buy a mower deck...

Anyone using a 46" wide snowblower on a GC2300/GC2310? How is that working out for you? Are you able to blow your laneway with just two trips (one up and one down) or do you end up having to do 3 trips to get it wide enough for a typical car/truck? I'm looking at buying a snowblower for my...

The GC2300/GC2310 Operator Instruction Book says "Oil should be visible in the oil level window". I have oil visible, up to about half-way in the window. Is this enough? Or does "be visible" mean the entire window should have oil visible in it? (I lost a bit of oil when a I damaged a hose, and...

I recently broke a hydraulic hose on my backhoe on my GC2310, and lost a bit of fluid. In case I need to add a bit of fluid, how do I remove the plastic cover to hydraulic/transmission oil-fill-tube, without breaking it?

I've been doing a lot of earth moving near my house lately with my GC2310, and my Case 680. This morning I found a piece of rubber on the ground where I've been driving with these two machines. I'm fairly sure that the rubber piece is not off of my 40 year old Case 680, so it must have fallen...

I'm looking for bolt on/clamp on forklift blades that I can use with the loader on my MF GC2310 subcompact tractor. The loader bucket is around 47" wide. I don't want something for which I have to drill holes in my bucket, because I want to put the forklift blades in different positions...

My ground is really rough here. I don't have the hydraulic oil filter shield on my GC2310. I thought about buying it and putting it on, but it doesn't look like it really protects the filter/mid-PTO very well. Has anyone made a skid-plate that covers the filter/mid-PTO? How hard/expensive was...

I recently bought a GC2310. I'm located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. I was at a Massey Ferguson dealer yesterday, checking out toothbars. (I'd prefer to buy local if I can, if it makes economic sense.) The local equivalent of the Markham Welding toothbar is *so* expensive that a Markham...

Anyone here used a spader on a subcompact tractor? What was it like? I have a Massey Ferguson GC2310, but I'm sure a spader behind a BX23/BX24/similar-sized-subcompact-tractor would perform similarily.

I regularily go to farm equipment auctions, and if I see appropriately sized tools for my GC2310, at the right price, then I'll buy them. (I'm a bit of a collector :o) So... anyone using a plow, or discs, or harrows, or cultivator, or ... with their GC2300/GC2310? How is that working out for...

I recently saw a front mount 3 point hitch on a compact tractor. The front PTO (at 540 RPM) was driven by the mid PTO (at 2000 RPM) through a gear reducer. Anyone know where can you buy this type of gear reducer, and how much one will cost?

What's the cheapest place to buy parts and service manuals for a GC2310? So far I've found: http://www.ssbtractor.com/tractor_manual_search.cgi MF GC 2300 Chassis Only Service Manual, 208 pages $59.95 MF GC 2300 Engine Only Iseki E Series Dsl Service Manual, 120 pages $39.95

While I was at the dealer's, arranging to buy a GC2310, I noticed a front 3-point hitch on a Kubota compact tractor. He didn't have any specs on it (lift/etc), but looked into it for me, and told me that I could get one for $2250 (best cash price) for my GC2310. It looked pretty hefty -...

What's the biggest flail mower that I could use on a GC2300/GC2310? Has anyone here run a 5' flail mower on one?

I'm probably going to buy a used GC2310, hopefully next month some time. None of the three used ones that I've found in Ontario have block heaters or recirculating antifreeze heaters on them. I've got recirculating antifreeze heaters on my current (bigger) equipment, and they work well (until...

I've found 3 used Massey Ferguson GC2310's within a 6 hour drive, all of which have a comparable number of hours on them (50-150). If I get the serial numbers from off the tractors, can I tell when they were made? For example, the one serial number that I've gotten so far, is: GC23008006...

I'm in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. We don't get many Terramites up here, used or otherwise. I'm considering buying one. Here's what I can tell you about it: - some of the cylinders leak - his current asking price of $8500 (Canadian dollars) is firm (he turned down an offer of $6000 for it...

I've been looking at getting a GC2310TLB to do some landscaping/foundation work around my house. When I'm parked beside my house, how deep will I be able to get beside my foundation? The 6'5" digging depth is right beneath the backend of the backhoe, and that backend is going to be at least a...

What's the optimal sizes for the following 3pt hitch implements for use with a GC2310: - scraper blade - box blade - landscaping rake - rototiller - bushhog - rear-mount snow blower I've been told that 4' wide will work, but in some cases will 5' wide, or 6' wide work just as well (or...