tsteahr
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- Joined
- Jul 22, 2008
- Messages
- 429
- Location
- CT shoreline
- Tractor
- Massey Ferguson GC2410tlb w/ R1 and Rimguard
A little over a month ago I got my first tractor, a Massey GC2410. I have had almost no free time to use it until this weekend. I figured a good first task would be to use the BH to pop some of those pesty rocks out of the ground. The ones I almost always hit with the mower even though I know they are there. I figure I'll start with a small one, just a little bit of rock sticking up out of the ground. 45 minutes later I get this thing out of the ground... It was so heavy I lifted up the front of the tractor when I tried to lift it out of the ground with the BH. I had to put 400lbs in the FEL just to get the front back on the ground so I could drag it out of the hole.
The pic is the moving it out of the yard. It was to big to carry with the BH, even with the thumb. I was not sure the little Massey would lift it, buy she had just enough lifting power to get the rock off the ground enough that FWD then got me onto the woods to dump it.
Sorry for the long post. I'm just so proud of this little GC I had to share. She is one tough little machine. My only past experience was with a lawn tractor that I always had maxed out and could never do what I wanted. This GC never seems to strain, even when pushed. The little jobs goes with ease. FEL full of rocks, down a rough slope and dump? No Problem! Just take it slow and keep it low. Fill the holes with some soil from the dirt pile? 5 minute job. I can't get over how stable this machine is on a slope. I was a little nervous, but the rears are filled and I have not had any pucker factor yet.
I can't let the wife know what was brutal manual labor is now fun! Otherwise I have to find another way to get brownie points.
The pic is the moving it out of the yard. It was to big to carry with the BH, even with the thumb. I was not sure the little Massey would lift it, buy she had just enough lifting power to get the rock off the ground enough that FWD then got me onto the woods to dump it.
Sorry for the long post. I'm just so proud of this little GC I had to share. She is one tough little machine. My only past experience was with a lawn tractor that I always had maxed out and could never do what I wanted. This GC never seems to strain, even when pushed. The little jobs goes with ease. FEL full of rocks, down a rough slope and dump? No Problem! Just take it slow and keep it low. Fill the holes with some soil from the dirt pile? 5 minute job. I can't get over how stable this machine is on a slope. I was a little nervous, but the rears are filled and I have not had any pucker factor yet.
I can't let the wife know what was brutal manual labor is now fun! Otherwise I have to find another way to get brownie points.