New GC 2310

[Barton]

I bought it last Oct. and it has done everything I've wanted to do with it just fine. The even 16K $ price included 3 hooks welded to the top of the FEL, a fabricated bolt on, to the bottom of the FEL, ball hitch, 7% sales tax, 2 hats, and a jar of blackberry jelly. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

The first job that I did was move 34 tons of top soil. I was a little concerned about its FEL lift capabilities but quickly found out that it would lift whatever I could get in the FEL, even if it was heaped.

Here's a pic.

Bart

 

[Barton]

I had read on this forum about how handy the FEL is and how one will use it for all kinds of things. How true! Here's a picture of my #2 daughter, who was visiting at Thanksgiving from Northern Indiana, moving the top of a concrete bench to our "woods".
I won't let just anybody use or even drive my 2310, but I wanted my dau. and SIL to have some fun and, of course, I let my sweetie and my mother both take it for a spin down the driveway and back.

 

[Barton]

SIL helped me take down and cut up 8 large sassafras trees most of which had been dead since before we moved here. This is a picture of SIL just after pulling up one of the dead trunks. We would rock the trunk back and forth a couple of times using the FEL, chain it, then pull straight up. Using the BH would have made a bigger hole.

Bart

 

[Barton]

The previous owner had left the property natural which means, in the South, it was a real mess. Apparently they did not want to see, or be seen by, anybody. There was no lawn at all, just whatever that had grown since the last time the property was logged many years ago. You could not see the ground because of the native bushes, vines (mostly poison ivy), fallen trees, etc. There were a couple of places I was scared to even walk by because there was no telling what could have been hiding in there and jump out and get me. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

I killed 6 copperheads the spring and summer after I cleaned up most of the mess. I "found" a bunch of native dogwoods that we didn't know was here when we bought our place.

Here's #2 dau. using the BH to pull a nasty native bush. It's nasty because it grows long roots close to the surface and new bushes pop up from the roots. The bush can get at least 15' tall and redbugs (chiggers) like to live in them.

 

[Whiskey]

Barton:

Great shots...in fact some of the best pic's I've seen of that tractor on this site, Thanks for sharing.

We've got a very old M.F. dealer in town and when I was shoppin' tractors I spent a lot of time at that dealer lookin' over the 1433v (still love that tractor) but the ways and means commitee "wife" said it was outside our budget. anywho they had one GC2300 on the lot and I got a chance to get a peek at it up close.....nice machine.

Whiskey

 

[Todd_C]

Barton, I hope you have fun on your 2310. That sure is a handy tractor. I was getting ready to buy a GC 2300 but decided to get a bigger tractor because of my 1 mile gravel driveway. I used to have a neighbor in Roanoke, VA that always bragged about his 25hp gasoline lawn tractor when he saw me on my little 14hp. If my wife ever makes me move back to the city the first thing I'll buy is a GC 2300. Then I'm going lawn tractor hunting. Seriously, you have a fine well built machine. I still want one.

 

[Nasty135]

Barton, Great action shots, Welcome to the club, Question... does it every snow in gee-jaw, uh goo- gaw, or where ever?
Just kidding /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
A tractor has so many uses ,just not enough time! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Enjoy the new Tool(toy) /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[JayC]

Those are some good pics. The tractor looks great. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Barton]

Whiskey,

Thanks for the compliments and you are welcome; my pleasure to share the pics. I understand about the "ways and means commitee". Mine was very understanding and recognized that I needed help. She just didn't like the timing and expense and is expecting my beloved 2310 to be sold when the projects are done. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I have tried real hard to be very creative in using the 2310 to show her how great it is to have whenever we have to move or dig something. She hasn't retired yet so when she gets home I tell her how I have used the tractor and how much wear and tear on my body I have saved. She's tired of hearing about it already. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

I had already moved countless tons of material, using a shovel and wheelbarrow, for several projects. But since we had a concrete driveway put in last fall, I could no longer have the material dumped close to where I needed it. We had topsoil prepositioned for backfilling but not enough.

The street pavement ends at our property line so I had the material dumped there on the county right away and needed to move it quickly before anybody said anything.


Todd,

Thanks, and yes I'm having great fun with it. I just don't get to use it enough! When I haven't used it in a couple of days, I get this antsy feeling come all over my body. I have found that the only cure is to jump on the tractor and dig up a couple of stumps or something. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I had to chuckle to myself when my SIL, when he finished pulling the stump, asked, "Why did we wait until the last day of our visit to do this?"

Cheers to all,

 

[Barton]

Nasty,

Do you have long surface roots and redbugs, too? Uh, nevermind, we better not go there. Tell you what. Just for you, I'll take another picture today, when the sun gets a little higher, and post it so you'll know our snow situation.

Jayc,

Thanks for the compliments. I would like to see a little more posting on this MF forum and especially about the GC2310. I know they are out there. My dealer had 7 2310s on the lot and was expecting more any day.

Cheers and Don't Eat No Dirt!

 

[JerryG]

I don't have a GC, but I do have a MF 1440. When spring gets here, I plan on posting several pictures of my MF 1440. It is just to cold and my tractor is to dirty. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[WilliamBos]

Hi Jerry,

How is the 1440 working out for you? How is it cold starting? How long do you plug it in for? I have not bought yet, becuase our local MF dealer had a new 1533 on his lot, like 2 months ago, now I have held off. Waiting too see a 1540.... Decisions decisions!

I hear you on being too cold, it is -40 with the windchill factored in out here today!!

Take care and keep warm!!

Will

 

[JerryG]

Will,
I really like the 1440. It is a lot nicer that the 1250 that I had before. It has lots of power and is smooth. The 1440 is also much easier to service and would be easier to get to most things if or when it should need to be repaired. I would buy another 1440 if I was buying a compact again.
It starts really well when it is cold. I have a box heater to put on it, but never have took the time to do it. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I also have synthetic oil in the engine, but it doesn't get near as cold here as where you live.
If I was going to get another tractor with a little more power, I would more than likely get a MF 3425 instead of a 1500 series. The only problem with the 3000 series is that they don't have a fluid clutch, which I like.

 

[Golfgar4]

Hello Bart. LOVED your pics! Thanks for posting them. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I would like to see a little more posting on this MF forum and especially about the GC2310. I know they are out there. )</font>

I was just curious if you did a Search for threads about the GC2310? I just took a quick look and saw at least 10 different threads discussing this tractor. Now granted, that's not much in comparison to some of the other forums, but it's not bad considering the tractor has really only been out there for a short time.

But I'm sure with an enthusiastic owner like you leading the way, there will be a significant increase in posts in the not too distant future! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Barton]

Nasty,

Here's a pic of the current snow conditions. Yep, nada, but this morning's low is the coldest this winter - 25F. Snow is rare but has happened. The conditions have to be: a low coming up from the Gulf and pass just to the South (or is it the North?) of us while a cold front is in the area. No lake effect here. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

This past weekend I put down 1800 sq. ft. of sod in our front yard and had 10 pieces left over. So, I just loaded the leftovers into the FEL and planted them yesterday in the back yard.

The picture shows an area that I sodded last November and it hasn't gone dormant yet. The sod is Palmetto St. Augustine which was "discovered" in Florida in the 80's. I chose to use it because it is shade tolerant. The picture does not do the color of the grass justice, to much light , but it's a dark green.

I was going to mow it, for the first time, before I took the picture but the push mower wouldn't crank and the LT's battery is dead. Southern mowers don't like cold weather either.

In the background of the picture is part of a huge project I completed last year without the benefit of the tractor. I used about 7,000 clay brick pavers, approx. 1600 sq. ft., to make a sidewalk, front courtyard, and patio. All of the dirt that was dug out, rock base build up, and sand was moved 1 shovel full at a time.

Have a great day, y'all

 

[JerryG]

Where the devil is Jaw-juh? What country is that?

 

[Barton]

Jerry,

I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of your 1440.

Golf Nut, whoops I mean Golfgar4,

Thanks and you are welcome.

I remember paging back thru the forum and reading the posts with GC2310 in the title but I did not use the search. I'll do that to see what I missed. Thanks.

This picture shows where I park it. I have already caught up with and passed some of you fellas as far as banging the overhead with the ROPS. 3 times already! (I've been accused of being a slow learner already.)

Now this is a sad story so y'all might want to break out your blue or red hankies, just in case. This is where I use to park an artifact from my youth. Back in nineteen hundred and seventytwoo, out in Barstow, the cross roads of the High Desert, CA, I bought my first, my very own, vehicle. Hit was a brand new, stripped to the bone, Toyota Hilux pickup.

I was poor back then what with just gettin' out of the MC a couple of years earlier, and raising a family, and just buying a house; a handyman's special, don't you know. It had no AC, not even a radio; just a basic 4 cyl, 4 sp with rubber floor mat , tin can on 4 wheels. In fact, it had an extra cost rear step bumper and I asked the Man to take it off. But he said, to saved the labor, he would sell the bumper to me at half price so I got an optional rear bumper for about $35.

So anyway, for about a whopping $600. down and $62.53 a month, for 36 months, I had my first pickup. I was proud of that thang and felt, and truly was, blessed and over the years I grew up with it.

Which reminds me of a story. Now remember, I was so poor that not only did I not have my own pot, but I didn't have any money to buy something to drink either. Back in the early 70's, my youngest brother was visiting and we was a doin' a project in the yard. We had some debri, mostly likely rocks but I don't remember, to take to the dump. While we were off loading, a fella pulled up and threw off a double basin, cast iron, porcelain sink. Well, we picked it up, took it home and put some ajax to it and took it to the local second hand store. We sold that sink for about 3 dollars and 50 cent which was just enough to buy a 6 pack of Coors. Best tastin' beer I ever had.

Back to my sad story. That pickup never, in all these years, disappointed me, I mean, it never, once, left me standing in the road. 'Course, in the last 20 something years, it was vehicle #3 and a in-the-county-only vehicle, but still.

So when my newly beloved MF GC2310 arrived, the Head of the Ways and Means Com., SWMBO, my sweetie (you know who I mean) says, "NOW would be a good time to sell that old pickup to help pay for that tractor thing." So knowin' my place in life, I advertised it and sold it to a fella who said it was just the thing to tote his dogs around when they wanted to go for a ride.

Well, when I saw that fella drive my old pickup, which I grew up with, raised a family with, taught my daughters how drive with, and I could go on but won't, down the driveway and turn onto the street, it felt like somebody had ripped out my heart and did a buck dance on it.

But I got over it the next day when I started moving that 34 tons of dirt with my MF GC2310. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Y'all have a great day, ya hear!

 

[Nasty135]

Barton, Well needless to say you won't be wearing out the front edge of your blade pushing snow... It also appears you got your money's worth out of the old Ty-ota. My Dad had an old Ty-oya truck I believe it was a 71 or 72 model turn signals mounted up on the fenders, So ugly it was almost cute( note almost),However it was dependable transportation.
With a testomony like that I'm sure your gc will give you many years of good service as well. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif Thanks for the pics

 

[WilliamBos]

Hi,
Let me take a guess? Jaw-Juh, Georgia? If so, what part of the state are you in??

Thanks

Will

 

[Barton]

Will,

You got it. This area is also called SOWEGA; Southwest Georgia. I live approximately 90 miles due north of Tallahassee.