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Action Jack · May 17, 2019

Been watching here for quite awhile,finally registered,have a 2014 GC 1710 FEL BH,love it,alot of great info here.

duffer · May 17, 2019

Welcome Jack!

Don't be afraid to chime in with your own experiences, solutions, tips. We all have something to contribute.

Thomas · May 18, 2019

:welcome: to TBN...enjoy.

Wagtail · May 18, 2019

G'day Mate and welcome to TBN from Downunder.

Enjoy the site.

coolconnection · Jul 27, 2020

Hello all. Not a new member to TBN but a new owner of a GC1723E. Was a leftover 2019 model purchased on May 1. I have 19 hours on it now and liking it a lot. I saw a post about moving the roll bar lights to the inside and that was the first thing I did. Using the open holes I fabricated homemade brackets then added flood lights to the outside of roll bar. I added quick attach plates to a snow blade I had and to a fork/grapple attachment I had as well. The rear tires are filled and have 2 inch wheel spacers on them. I know it may not seem like much to some of you but makes a world of difference to me on my hills I mow. I replaced all the incandescent bulbs with brighter LEDs too. I have enjoyed reading all of these posts and have been learning a lot.

irvingj · Jul 28, 2020

Welcome to the GC owners' club! They're great little machines, surprisingly capable.

kenmbz · Jul 28, 2020

Welcome to TBN AJ and welcome to GC ownership CC !

Gofast · Jul 28, 2020

I have a 2016 GC 1710 great tractors. Welcome.

JWR · Jul 28, 2020

coolconnection said:
Hello all. Not a new member to TBN but a new owner of a GC1723E. Was a leftover 2019 model purchased on May 1. I have 19 hours on it now and liking it a lot. I saw a post about moving the roll bar lights to the inside and that was the first thing I did. Using the open holes I fabricated homemade brackets then added flood lights to the outside of roll bar. I added quick attach plates to a snow blade I had and to a fork/grapple attachment I had as well. The rear tires are filled and have 2 inch wheel spacers on them. I know it may not seem like much to some of you but makes a world of difference to me on my hills I mow. I replaced all the incandescent bulbs with brighter LEDs too. I have enjoyed reading all of these posts and have been learning a lot.
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I'm not surprised that the 2" spacers make a noticeable difference. Percentage wise I haven't calculated but you've probably increased the rear tread several % points and that makes it more stable all the way around. You probably had no choices in wheel mounting (to increase width) and where hillside operation is involved that matters a lot. Kubota has the problem big time in my opinion. Welcome to Action Jack.

CUtiger95 · Jul 28, 2020

No wheel spacers but I am exceedingly careful on slopes. I debate if it would effect tread and some of my implements. If I worked on a hill it would get the spacers for sure.

Also guy at work has an orange machine. He has put it on its side 2x痴 already. I wasn稚 around so not sure if it is tipsy or if it is simply operator error.