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

[cglaser104]

in the first pic what is that bar going across your lift arms?

Looks like he's just using the backhoe sub frame and some bungies to hold back his lift arms VS pinning them back with a black bungie cord like it comes from the factory

 

[Dmacleo]

Looks like he's just using the backhoe sub frame and some bungies to hold back his lift arms VS pinning them back with a black bungie cord like it comes from the factory

looked to me like a bar going across both and bungee attached to each to holds them up but....I am often wrong so... LOL

 

[cglaser104]

looked to me like a bar going across both and bungee attached to each to holds them up but....I am often wrong so... LOL

I think the bungies are to prevent rattling and to hold them tight to that pipe. The pipe has 2 pins in it to the inside of the sub frame that keep it from sliding out of the eyelets

 

[irvingj]

Yep, sounds like an "all of the above" deal... As I rarely use the 3-pt hitch but use the MMM all summer long, I slid a piece of EMT in the BH mounts so the 3PH arms could be held out of the way, but far enough back that the hydraulic lift arms would also have clearance to go up & down as the MMM is raised & lowered. (3PH top link is removed.) Note that each time the MMM is moved, those hydraulic lift arms on the 3PH also move.

With those arms in the "normal" bungeed-up holes in the fenders, I found that the 3PH hydraulic arms could sometimes either hit the arms or possibly pinch a BH hydraulic hose. Bungeed to that EMT, they're safe (& quiet) but still out of the way.

cool connection -- I keep mine registered (in NH, as "construction equipment") so I can, when needed, legally drive it on the road. I have 2 locations that I've driven to in the past, each about 2 miles away.

 

[Dmacleo]

gonna try something similar myself, no backhoe here but I use float on mid mower so need to keep them up yet not tight to body. was thinking pipe thru balls of 3PH then hold them up 1/2 way (course lift arm pulled of them) and hang by chain or something about there. will allow lift arms to move w/o binding if I figured it right. will be trial and error

 

[cglaser104]

Pulled out the GC fresh off my dual remote project and the forks to carry some pine boards up to my parents heated garage to get ripped to size, stained and sealed for a home improvement projects. Can't say enough how absolutely invaluable forks are as a tool to have. The race is on to have the rooms these boards are meant for finished since the wife volunteered us to host Thanksgiving in that space.

 

[lpakiz]

When I bought mine, I added the forks as kind of an accessory, just in case there might be a need for them, somehow.
But since I got them, they have been on the tractor more than the bucket.
Can not say enough about how useful they are. Could not be without them.
For example, throw a piece of plywood on them, drive the riding mower onto it, (or the push mower, or the 4 wheeler) then lift the whole thing up chest high to work on it.
I have a ball valve on the raise hose to lock it in position. Not 100% foolproof, but close! And I recently added a hook on each curl cylinder to chain the forks from dumping.

 

[GeneV]

Yep, sounds like an "all of the above" deal... As I rarely use the 3-pt hitch but use the MMM all summer long, I slid a piece of EMT in the BH mounts so the 3PH arms could be held out of the way, but far enough back that the hydraulic lift arms would also have clearance to go up & down as the MMM is raised & lowered. (3PH top link is removed.) Note that each time the MMM is moved, those hydraulic lift arms on the 3PH also move.

With those arms in the "normal" bungeed-up holes in the fenders, I found that the 3PH hydraulic arms could sometimes either hit the arms or possibly pinch a BH hydraulic hose. Bungeed to that EMT, they're safe (& quiet) but still out of the way.

cool connection -- I keep mine registered (in NH, as "construction equipment") so I can, when needed, legally drive it on the road. I have 2 locations that I've driven to in the past, each about 2 miles away.

Personally, I just removed all the 3 ph stuff on mine. I never use it, but even if I was too, it's literally a 5 min job to reinstall everything back on.

 

[MoMower]

Got my arse kicked to day by an extremely challenging (hilly) property for a customer.

Managed to create the path she wanted, moved about 3 tons of wall stone and 1 ton of modified. Did a bunch of small area grading and dug a few holes.



The area above the path (upper right) was supposed to be a small, flat flagstone patio and without being able to cut in a “road” to get to it that slope kicked my arse in circles.

 

[MoMower]