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

[dicktill]

@Shawn T. W.: It appears that the dealer replaced the stock couplers on yours with 1/2" ISO 5675 AG couplers (not 3/8") which are the same as the loader ones. From the amount of Teflon tape on the threads (ugh), they likely changed the hoses too, to ones using NPT fittings.

They are much smaller than the 1/2" I have on the my Kubota ... They appear to be the same as I have for the loader ...

Mea culpa, my bad, etc., etc. ... You are correct, the stock loader couplers are indeed 3/8" ISO 5675 AG. I had eyeballed them previously; now I measured them. : (

 

[polarred21]

Some action shots with the new grapple moving Some dead logs in the woods. Decent incline, I've had no issues at all with rear filled tires and 2 inch wheel spacers.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I swung by the dealer today, and got my steering cylinder ball joint, and got it put on, I was surprised when he told me the "whole thing" was cheaper than just the ball joint, so we ordered the "whole thing" I imagined that it meant it came with a new boot and clip/ring, but no, it included the whole new tie rod end too! (But no nut or cotter pin!)

Of course I just replaced those 50 hours ago or so, I got a spare now!

Before I took it apart, I didn't take an after shot, As I got busy and forgot ...

I worked on some more fencing this afternoon too ...

Then since the rotten Bradford Pear was blooming, and I knew which one it was ... I cut it down, they are an invasive species, and have tire popping thorns!

This is the last one on my property! Some people say the blossoms stink, but I didn't smell them ...

All ready for the burn pile!

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Started out the morning with another burial, then I loaded up some granular fertilizer and line and headed out to feed my 90 or so trees, looks like the 24° frost yesterday hit most of the blossoms on one apricot and one plum tree, the others either haven't bloomed, or only just started ...

Then I went out by the road and cleaned up the mess I made when I cleared the snow ... The pile of snow was just about up to the bottom of the flag! This is the second bucket ...

I'm gonna leave the rest of the gravel there, may help it not be so muddy to drive my Z-turn in there to cut the grass, which will grow up through it anyways!

They grabbed a scoop of mulch left over from last year ...

 

[Dmacleo]

you are dealing with slow blooms and I am just now starting to PREPLAN for tomato plant ordering. 37 deg presently and its what we consider a good day here LOL
local nurseries MAY have seedlings on hand in 4 weeks or so. got trellis' build last fall so ready to go when seedlings arrive. just need to grab 60ft of soaker hose.
still got corn/bean/pea seeds from last order, will add some stuff (carrots/etc) to next order in few weeks.
maybe.
see my signature line

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Warm today, but will loose any blossoms that think it's spring, by next week ...

Look at the forecast for next week!

I just found my rattle ... Heat shield from exhaust manifold that protects the starter cracked off ... Purple is shield, red is where the tab is still bolted to the manifold!

I'm checking air pressure in tractor and pickup, then will remove heat shield and set it in the garage, weld in the morning before sun comes up, I wanna work outside while it's nice out ...

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I went out to work on extending the electric fence that protects my cats in the barn, to go down to my little orchard out back, about 600' originally I got a battery operated one, and then added my 20 watt panel to "help it" but it still draws the battery down in about three weeks, so I have to go and get it up to the garage and charge it, I didn't buy the "solar fence charger" sold as a kit, as they only have about a third of the power output ...

The barn fence charger is even more powerful, and plugs into the house A/C with backup generator ...

There is already a 6' ground rod buried about where the bucket is, I want to run another ground wire to another ground rod at the corner of the barn, then continue with it to boundary fence that I'm going to run the power down to the orchard ... Gotta get cockeyed to the barn, in-order to dig as close to it as I can, as I want the bare ground wire to be under the drip line from the roof ...

Mostly I have lots of smallish rocks, I don't recall digging up any much over a foot ... Can't say that anymore!

One of the advantages of the 3" wheel spacers is it easier to straddle the ditch!

A big rock for the little bucket!

Got both the ground and hot wires extended to the boundary fence!

Tomorrow I gotta hook up both ends, and run the hot wire down near the orchard, then dig across to run it under ground to the existing fence ...

Overall a nice 67° sunny day to play in the dirt!

 

[irvingj]

And my LRB will get one more chance to play in the snow! So far about 2+", still coming down a bit....

 

[lpakiz]

Ya, here too, in Central Wisconsin. They are predicting 18-24" !! starting Saturday evening!

We are in the midst of Maple Syrup season and the forks will come off tonight and I'll put the 6 foot front-mounted snow blower on the 1754.

 

[3inthedirt]

The pile of snow was just about up to the bottom of the flag!

.....................and that's why I moved south!

Nice work!

 

[MF RED in MT]

Be careful what you wish for as this winter storm will be heading East soon enough.

Plowed yesterday and only had about 10" to 12" of wet heavy snow.

Looks like we got about a 1' of new snow last night, and they say another foot of snow throughout today.

Photos are from about 30 minutes ago, looks like another plow day today.

I'm glad we finally are getting a good amount of snow since this winter has been dismal.

KC



Edit: And to everyone a Happy Pie Day 3.14...