What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

[cglaser104]

You guys will LOVE the paint scheme. Hint: I like things to match

 

[WranglerX]

Hey cglaser104 did you put cotter pins in the nuts on the shafts in gear box?

Dale

 

[cglaser104]

Hey cglaser104 did you put cotter pins in the nuts on the shafts in gear box?

Dale

Not yet, still gotta snug down the nuts one final time and then put them in

 

[MF RED in MT]

You guys will LOVE the paint scheme. Hint: I like things to match

Hmm, maybe Red Flames!

KC

 

[Pixguy]

Hmm, maybe Red Flames!

KC

Like!

 

[MoMower]

So I've completely rebuilt the gearbox with cups, bearings and seals. Given that the bottom seal was toast and the bearing wobbled out and the sleeve worn out they had the gearbox full of heavy grease which had to be scraped and scrubbed and cleaned out. I also had to improvise fixing the bottom cup and was able to add a stainless steel sleeve and drive the cup down into it. I shouldn't be surprised a 60+ year old gearbox is that worn out

And now the reason I'm on a GC thread telling you about this. I was also able to test fit the brush hog to the GC. She lifted it without a second thought...of course. LOL. I swear I heard the tractor ask me to hurry up and finish this thing already so we could go thrash some grass but that might have been my imagination.

I hope to get to paint stage later this week after building the front/back supports and tail wheel swing arm/bracket.View attachment 668310View attachment 668311View attachment 668312View attachment 668313View attachment 668314

Looks beasty...nice.

 

[MoMower]

Did a bit bit of driveway work for a friend.



Was able to bring most of it up, and they’ll be able to push off getting more stone for a year or two.

4’ EA BB and FEL.

 

[MoMower]

 

[cglaser104]

I was able to test fit the rebuild on my GC1710 yesterday. I built the tail wheel bracket after these pics were taken and the unit was set on the garage floor for height measurements. Everything looks good and is operating as expected. Today I tore everything back down so that it could be cleaned and painted which should happen sometime tomorrow.

 

[GeneV]

Yes. I will have reused the gearbox (which I'm rebuilding with new seals and bearings), drive shaft, tail wheel, and the front and rear metal bands of the original brush hog. I completely refabricated the sides, top, hitch points (making it QH compatible) frame and the wheel bracket.

Edit: I've modified the design quite a bit because of the way the original failed

Oh wow that an impressive project CG!

 

[GeneV]

Did a bit bit of driveway work for a friend.

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Was able to bring most of it up, and they’ll be able to push off getting more stone for a year or two.

4’ EA BB and FEL.

That looks real good man, I'm a big fan of well-tended gravel drives.

 

[cglaser104]

So my dad who lives around the corner by road or down my back yard and hang left to cross 3 other properties that are all mowed had this old engine lift frame sitting in his yard. I needed something hang parts for painting off of with my sprayer and thought this would be perfect for that purpose with such large parts. A set of forks, some old wooden pieces dad had hanging around and a ratchet strap later I drove it home and set it in my yard to hang the brush hog off of for paint. The tractor was plenty of strong enough but with such a tall load it was certainly as much as I would want to handle suspend out like that. Luckily the ground here is mostly flat so large inclines were not a factor.

 

[MF RED in MT]

That engine lift frame looks like you scored for painting big/small parts.

Don't paint the lift frame, if you make it look too nice you might half to take it back...

KC

 

[cglaser104]

That engine lift frame looks like you scored for painting big/small parts.

Don't paint the lift frame, if you make it look too nice you might half to take it back...

KC

Luckily his tractor is an old BX1500 with a fraction of the lift capacity and no SSQA or forks so it'll be far tougher for him to get it home. That frame has been sitting in the hedgerow for at least 15 years unused so I doubt he'll miss it.

 

[kenmbz]

Was out stumping Saturday and Sunday.
Needed to take out 6 stumps, got 4 done and found 2 more that I may just cut closer to the ground as they are older, and one that is entwined within another huge tree, may jsut cut that closer to the ground.
2 came out easy with the front loader. 2 Came out not too bad with a lot of BH work.
1 Oak that I had to take out beginning of the year is still there :-(
Went at it for a while with the BH and a swazall, but ran out of steam-cut 3 major roots and a lot of minor one and still it does not move at all...will leave for another day.
Taking one stump for a ride to the stump graveyard:

 

[GeneV]

Was out stumping Saturday and Sunday.
Needed to take out 6 stumps, got 4 done and found 2 more that I may just cut closer to the ground as they are older, and one that is entwined within another huge tree, may jsut cut that closer to the ground.
2 came out easy with the front loader. 2 Came out not too bad with a lot of BH work.
1 Oak that I had to take out beginning of the year is still there :-(
Went at it for a while with the BH and a swazall, but ran out of steam-cut 3 major roots and a lot of minor one and still it does not move at all...will leave for another day.
Taking one stump for a ride to the stump graveyard:View attachment 669626

Nice! I swazall that sort of stuff as much as possible too, to save the chainsaw chain.

 

[MoMower]

Pretty involved job today, remove small stump, grade a bunch, place 11 yards of top soil, excavate walkway and place 3 tons of stone.

Nice project and perfect customer (he was my ground man, and knew what he was doing).

Backhoe, loader and EA BB.

 

[kenmbz]

Pretty involved job today, remove small stump, grade a bunch, place 11 yards of top soil, excavate walkway and place 3 tons of stone.

Nice project and perfect customer (he was my ground man, and knew what he was doing).

Backhoe, loader and EA BB.

Looks nice and clean now, need a shot to in the spring show how it turns out !

 

[MoMower]

Was out stumping Saturday and Sunday.
Needed to take out 6 stumps, got 4 done and found 2 more that I may just cut closer to the ground as they are older, and one that is entwined within another huge tree, may jsut cut that closer to the ground.
2 came out easy with the front loader. 2 Came out not too bad with a lot of BH work.
1 Oak that I had to take out beginning of the year is still there :-(
Went at it for a while with the BH and a swazall, but ran out of steam-cut 3 major roots and a lot of minor one and still it does not move at all...will leave for another day.
Taking one stump for a ride to the stump graveyard:View attachment 669626

I enjoy stumping, I’ve pulled out some large ones. Anything over 18” or so across, for customers, I send the grinder after them.

At home I dig them all out.

 

[cglaser104]

I enjoy stumping, I’ve pulled out some large ones. Anything over 18” or so across, for customers, I send the grinder after them.

At home I dig them all out.

I'm with you on that! A cold beer and a big stump is a nice way to spend some time.