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

[Dmacleo]

snow blowing day. just waiting for it to end.

 

[hube2]

snow blowing day. just waiting for it to end.

My snow blowing day was yesterday. Hoping I don't need to start it up today. I have decided that I would rather see temps stay below freezing most of the time and not hover just above freezing. It is just a PITA when the ground stays soft all winter. On the plus side I'm getting better at using the bucket without digging up my driveway and lawn.

 

[Dmacleo]

between thursday and saturday ended up 14" or so. laid up all friday (so the 4 on thursday not touched) and saturday I just fast knockouts on stuff.
letting it warm a little before heading out soon.

 

[kenmbz]

still no appreciable snow here, might need to take the plow off to get some ?
Mildest winter so far, going up to 55 today......

 

[irvingj]

In OUR Etna, we got about 12", maybe a tad more. Hit it with 10" down, then again the next morning before temps warmed up and it turned to slush. Agree--- MUCH better when the snow isn't slushy!

Had to hit everything again this morning (didn't take long) as we got another 1" or so overnight.

Love my pavement! With warmer temps today -- even a bit of sunshine-- everything's clearing off beautifully. Man, I love that tractor and its snowblower!

 

[PJRAM]

Made two stops today, so when I put the grapple on my shelf it cannot fall over like it did the last time. This is a Homestead Implements grapple that has flats on the side ends, so it can stand up by itself, but if you push too much when attaching it, you can push it right over.

 

[MF RED in MT]

Had about 10" of snowfall the last 2 days and Springtime is on the way!

Watched the neighbors dog yesterday, see picture, and cleared their driveway also.

I didn't install my 4 tire chains this winter and with my 50% wore out tires,

I had to push their snow down the driveway and not up the driveway.

Also did a lot of slipping just driving up the driveway.

Suns out mostly today and it's already 26F. Yeah...

KC

 

[Dmacleo]

greased it and fueled it another 8-10 due tuesday.

 

[hube2]

10 hours moving snow over the last 2 days.

3rd winter with the blower and broke my first sheer bolt for the auger cutting through packed drift.

 

[Dmacleo]

well supposed, from MANY entities, was gonna gonna have 10" on ground.
got 4.5"
the 40mph winds did affect me but...as of 8am this morning all clear.
all that screaming for nothing.
family and I have thought about paying for me (at 55 yrs old) to go back to school, get meteorology degree and get paid for being wrong every storm.
no **** we discussed this yesterday.
I decided against it.enough people hate me as is LOL

 

[not2old]

I haven't used mine in a couple of weeks since the last snow. Waiting for the weather to warm up so that I can find and fix the hydraulic fluid leak without bringing it inside the garage or shop and making a big mess.

 

[Dmacleo]

the 4.5 " cleared.
hauled blower to old plow customer of mine (old as in 89 yrs old) ran blower fixed some stuff like oil tank access (I did it unnoticed) and ran it back home.
watching Bonaza tv series now.

 

[Snobdds]

I had to replace a couple of hydraulic hoses on the loader. They were starting to rub through. I replaced them with goodyear gates hoses, which I have found to be much higher quality. I also took the time to wrap each hose on the machine with that abrasive wrap. That was a job.

Should be good now.

 

[Langanobob]

… I also took the time to wrap each hose on the machine with that abrasive wrap. That was a job.

Should be good now.

Do you have a link or a name of the product you used to wrap the hoses? Thanks.

 

[Langanobob]

I hooked up a top and tilt system on my GC1720. I used parts and hoses that I already had and it’s pretty ugly so I ain’t goona post no pictures till I get it cleaned up.

It passed a shop test but I haven’t actually used it. Weather is supposed to lighten up later in the week and I’ll be using a box scraper to clean up the road.

 

[Racer4]

Took my snowblower off today and put the loader and backhoe back on. Ready to do some work now!

 

[Dmacleo]

Took my snowblower off today and put the loader and backhoe back on. Ready to do some work now!

removed mine last week, got grader blade ready for work on road. just waiting on weather.

 

[hube2]

Too early for me. I won't get mine ready for summer till I'm sure I won't need it and just before I'm going to use it. Maybe the second half of this month. There's still a 3 foot drift of snow covering my garden.

 

[kenmbz]

Just took my GC out to rearrange the garage for spring/summer.
Starts right up with a nice big puff of black smoke and we're off.
Then took the lawn tractor around on some of the lawns to aerate them.
Grass is growing, soon it's be time to start cutting.

 

[irvingj]

Guess I'm with hube2 on this -- I still have a good foot of snow all over, and I can recall many times when we've been hit with a big snowstorm in April (and a few in May!).

My blower stays put for now -- mounted & ready to roll.