Proud new owner - GC1725M

Geo1607 · Jul 17, 2019

After studying for quite a while, I finally pulled the trigger. I'm a first time tractor owner. I bought GC1725M and 2315 mid-mount mulcher. Still waiting for the mower to arrive, hopefully this week.

I'm sure I'll have lots of questions, but I try to search before asking.

Here's my first...
The back of the bucket has two predrilled holes, with plastic inserts. They look to be about 1 inch diameter. Can someone tell me what they're for?

cglaser104 · Jul 17, 2019

Geo1607 said:
After studying for quite a while, I finally pulled the trigger. I'm a first time tractor owner. I bought GC1725M and 2315 mid-mount mulcher. Still waiting for the mower to arrive, hopefully this week.

I'm sure I'll have lots of questions, but I try to search before asking.

Here's my first...
The back of the bucket has two predrilled holes, with plastic inserts. They look to be about 1 inch diameter. Can someone tell me what they're for?

Bolt on hooks/rings is what I've always assumed. I'm actually curious if there's a real answer to this as well.

cglaser104 · Jul 17, 2019

Oh...and congratulations on a fantastic purchase. Just crossed 300hours with my GC1710 and I couldn't be more impressed with the power and durability they pack into these machines. After looking and green, orange, other orange, blue and other red I'm more assured every day that I made the right choice. Also, the 1725M fixes some ergonomic things that I always thought the GC platform would benefit from. Enjoy!

Thomas · Jul 17, 2019

Welcome to TBN.
Congrats on your new investment :thumbsup: your muscles and bones will be thanking you in years to come.

Geo1607 · Jul 17, 2019

Thank you. I was thinking the holes might be for bolt on hooks, but then I realized all the hooks I had seen require two holes each for the bolts. The two predrilled holes are each near loader arms. Unless there are single bolt hooks that I haven't yet seen....

Langanobob · Jul 18, 2019

I’ve wondered about those plugged holes too. Since I can’t think of a practical use for them I’m going to guess that they were part of the manufacturing process. Maybe robotic arms hooked on to those holes while the buckets were getting welded.