Fergie's in ICU

[tacticalturnip]

You've put 100 hours on it since the new engine already?!

 

[dicktill]

You've put 100 hours on it since the new engine already?!

Yup. Lotsa work to catch up on before the snow flies.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Yup. Lotsa work to catch up on before the snow flies.

Impressive!

 

[sd455dan]

How 'bout the guy I met years ago who put an injected Corvette 327 into an Austin-Healey 3000? He had to reach around the front tires to get at the plugs....

Heck- my shoehorned 455/462 Pontiac powered RX 7 has lots of room to get at the plugs, number 7 is the only one that is a bit tight due to the steering column.

ps. On the new Fergie engine -I have been wondering if it is a quieter running engine than the original was out of the gate?

 

[dicktill]

Heck- my shoehorned 455/462 Pontiac powered RX 7 has lots of room to get at the plugs, number 7 is the only one that is a bit tight due to the steering column.

ps. On the new Fergie engine -I have been wondering if it is a quieter running engine than the original was out of the gate?

The new engine is no quieter than the first one was for the first 500+ hours. But it sure is a hell of a lot quieter than she was towards the end of her death throes.

 

[JTKub]

Impressive!

That is a lot of hours in a short period of time compared to a lot of SCUT owners. I don't think I'll do 100hrs in 4yrs with my usage.

 

[tacticalturnip]

That is a lot of hours in a short period of time compared to a lot of SCUT owners. I don't think I'll do 100hrs in 4yrs with my usage.

My Kioti just hit 200 hours over 3 years, lol.

 

[dicktill]

That is a lot of hours in a short period of time compared to a lot of SCUT owners. I don't think I'll do 100hrs in 4yrs with my usage.

See below posts (from the "What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY" thread Oct 31, 2024):

I have a 2022 Massey Ferguson GC 1723EB nicknamed "Fergie" after Sarah Ferguson, Dutchess of York. I also call her "my red-headed mistress".

Today is Fergie's first birthday, and she has 421 easy rough hours on her. She has had all manner of indignities thrust upon her but is holding up well.

What do you do?
I have Ellie my 2007 GC2300 with a belly mower. Just turned over 400hrs. In 17 years.
My 1725m with loader is a 2022 and has aboot 35hrs.

With that ridiculous number of hours, I'd like to tell you that I've been doing contract work for others, but the truth is that I am just a "hobby user". And it was an unusual year:
- We had knocked down over 200 trees (mostly red pines) the year before and they had to be dragged away.
- We had a bunch of ditching to do.
- We had a bunch of "landscaping" to do.
- Our 750-foot private road (with 3 houses) needed extensive reshaping.
- Our own driveway needed extensive reshaping, including removing a huge amount of concrete debris from a demo/addition 30 years ago ("seemed like a good idea at the time").
- It was fun (mostly), like playing with my own giant Tonka toy.

In the future, hours per year will drop dramatically. I'm hoping not to burn through my 10-year/2000-hour extended warranty before 2033. No plans to use this for mowing or plowing. In fact, more than 50% of the hours have been using the 60" Land Pride RB1660 back blade. The 3-point hitch and the back blade are fully hydraulically actuated with twin-tilt cylinders, top cylinder, and another cylinder on the back blade to rotate it.

I also have modified the factory optional mechanical backhoe thumb with yet another hydraulic cylinder. One of these days when I get everything working the way I want, I'll post a thread.

 

[JTKub]

See below posts (from the "What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY" thread Oct 31, 2024):

I've enjoyed that thread for sure.

I've had my TYM T224 just shy of 3 months and had to refill the fuel tank for the first time a week ago @ ~14hrs on the clock. It had ~4hrs on it when I took delivery of it.