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

[Dmacleo]

I have been looking for a way to mount mirrors since I got mine. I don't remember if the FL1805 has that bar where you mounted the angle iron, but I don't recall seeing anything like that. I will need to look at it next time I get it out.

I have a 1725 and 1723 within few hundred feet of me, I'll try to get over to mone of them today to see if mirrors I bought will work.

 

[irvingj]

Oh, I love my LRB! (Little Red Beast)

Had a neighbor whose husband suddenly had to go in for surgery (via ER), the crew was coming in today to mount garage doors -- doors they've been waiting on since June-- and she asked if I could help "clean up" the snow around her house & garage.

Well, she'd had somebody come by and make a quick pass so she could get out to visit hubby in hospital 3 days ago, but that was it, with a couple feet of accumulated snow and a LOT of piles (they have an old Chevy plow truck hubby uses)....

Long story short, it was a mess, with 6'+ piles of plowed snow restricting access all over the place. Mailbox area buried. Large piles restricting view from driveway onto our dirt road. Driveway portion had probably been reduced in width by 3+ feet, quite a bit of accumulated/drifted snow up against the garage (doors blocked with plywood, temporarily). Walking paths narrowed to about 1-1/2 feet in width.

My LRB came to the rescue. Took about an hour and a half, but that thing just chewed through all the piles and cleaned up the area very well. Wife was amazed. (I think maybe a tractor/blower might be in their future.....)

Man I LOVE that little thing! (Of course, now my 5-gallon fuel can's empty....)

 

[Dmacleo]

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Man I LOVE that little thing! (Of course, now my 5-gallon fuel can's empty....)

yeah I always keep 10 gallons on hand at every go time and...truth be told I can use the electric pump on my #2 heating oil tank (I use salamander to heat one part of my shed and refuse to buy kero at stores) to make unit run if needed.
good job bud, helping neighbors always pays you back.
heck I have free eggs for life from 2 different famileis from free range chickens due to that. orange yolks rock LOL
damn molting this time of year though sucks.

 

[GeneV]

I just bought some big magnets to mount my mirrors. That way in the woods, they just move instead of break.
I am still looking as to where to mount tool holders, as anything outside the frame gets dinged by branches here and there.
Tool box is mounted to bottom of Fel arms and that works pretty well, usual amo box.
Trying to keep the trails wide enough to drive tractor through with flail, but not too wide as I want to keep the woodsy look.

The DYI My Way guy on Youtube who also posts here, he recently reviewed mirrors that mount with magnets, they were real nice. Didn't move, didn't vibrate with the tractor, I was impressed.

 

[Dmacleo]

I have been looking for a way to mount mirrors since I got mine. I don't remember if the FL1805 has that bar where you mounted the angle iron, but I don't recall seeing anything like that. I will need to look at it next time I get it out.

yeah just looked at 1723 and 1725m with this bucket, my method will not work.
you COULD weld 2 (I estimate 18") uprights on side of loader and mount mirrors. one benefit to that is mirrors don't stick out 12" like I had to do on mine due to loader control mounting.

 

[Dmacleo]

The DYI My Way guy on Youtube who also posts here, he recently reviewed mirrors that mount with magnets, they were real nice. Didn't move, didn't vibrate with the tractor, I was impressed.

I looked at them.
since fel itself vibrates theres no way mirror won't vibrate of course.
so had to make choice placing mirrors in way of danger or using magnets and place them where I lose rear view sight.
no correct answer, all depends on our needs.
when mowing fel is off so mirrors are off, when tilling fel/mirrors on and I do not get close to objects.
catch 22 maybe? no correct one size fits all answer.

 

[hube2]

yeah just looked at 1723 and 1723m with this bucket, my method will not work.
you COULD weld 2 (I estimate 18") uprights on side of loader and mount mirrors. one benefit to that is mirrors don't stick out 12" like I had to do on mine due to loader control mounting.

I just ordered a set of golf cart mirrors and some magnet mounts. I'll try to report back after I see if this attempt at mirrors works out.

 

[Dmacleo]

I just did a 4 120ft runs and 4 45 ft runs in 28-52" snow using mirrors.
worked well

 

[Dmacleo]

I just ordered a set of golf cart mirrors and some magnet mounts. I'll try to report back after I see if this attempt at mirrors works out.

I got a few neighbors (GC1723 loader only, GC1723TLB, and GC1725M TLB) that would be interested in your findings.
the MF1532 with the L100 loader getting same items I just did on my GC2400 DL100 bucket.

 

[Dmacleo]

used blower to create 200" path to the bosses 5ft landpride box scraper I'm storing here.
heavy wet snow over 3ft deep. went pretty fast.
hooked scraper up, went over road and driveways in reverse with bucket down (curled) and scarred up the ice covered road.
scraper down, bucket down, swing wildly left and right every few feet.
ice scarred up.
should keep some here little safer.

then drove about 1/8 mile up town road and did same thing on friends 1500ft driveway