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

[hube2]

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.

Yep. Like I said, I will not remove the winter equipment until I'm ready to get ready for summer. Until then it will just sleep in the shed. I've seen 2 & 3 foot snowstorms here well into April and this winter has been pretty erratic.

I want to have a nice weekend where the temps are > 60f. I'm hoping that will be the case in 2 weeks, but the long range forecast is showing rain that weekend. Although Friday the 14th looks like it will be a nice day and I might take a day off work to putz around outside. Will have a better idea next weekend. I'm hoping because I have a lot of things to do for the change of seasons and the tractor is only part of it, and I also want to do an the oil and hydro oil change and I won't do that until I get the blower and FEL off, not to mention that the blower will need its yearly paint job.

 

[kenmbz]

For me it's time for anti-freeze change and oil change.
still need to find a place to take used antifreeze.

 

[Dmacleo]

no backhoe here so I can have blower back on in 5 minutes. we just got bunch of rain that took the snow depth away, still lot of coverage just not deep so sunlight is hitting the gravel making it soft even with 18 deg mornings.

 

[hube2]

no backhoe here so I can have blower back on in 5 minutes. we just got bunch of rain that took the snow depth away, still lot of coverage just not deep so sunlight is hitting the gravel making it soft even with 18 deg mornings.

When I take off the blower I store it under my solar panels at the back of the property and I'll paint it there. same with the FEL. If I get any amount of snow I wouldn't be able to get to it and I'd be screwed. My BIL did this one year, it was not pretty.

 

[Dmacleo]

When I take off the blower I store it under my solar panels at the back of the property and I'll paint it there. same with the FEL. If I get any amount of snow I wouldn't be able to get to it and I'd be screwed. My BIL did this one year, it was not pretty.

LOL blower is 12ft away from my steps. learned to keep that stuff nearby this time of year

come May I'll start doing full service, touch up paint, pallatize and tarp it and store it in wood line 200 ft away and, per grade, 13 ft lower than the driveway its sitting on now.

 

[Dmacleo]

For me it's time for anti-freeze change and oil change.
still need to find a place to take used antifreeze.

yeah oil change due here too, all parts on hand just figure I'll prob only run it hour over next 2 weeks and at end of 2 weeks will be good weather outside to do oil in.
hydro good for a bit.
antifreeze/coolant good as it was changed dec or so 2020 when I installed block heater.
I have local rural garage that can take coolant mixed with oil/fuel/hydro/etc and burn it in furnace as long as its around a 6:1 ratio. thats 2 miles away. friend with garage 25 miles away can toss it in 1:1 no issues. so I can get rid of it all ok.

 

[hube2]

For me it's time for anti-freeze change and oil change.
still need to find a place to take used antifreeze.

I guess, after looking at the book, I should be changing my coolant as well. It says 1000 hours or every 2 years and it will be 3 years old in June.

 

[Dmacleo]

Ready for whatever happens over next few weeks. Box blade on cause I expect to work the private road today
BTW...the tops (dark spots) of compost pile (approx 15x45x6high) are 8 feet lower than that 7ft grader blade.

 

[GeneV]

I could switch from plow to loader bucket in seconds, so I don't care there. But, my grass is still too soggy to put the tractor on it anyways, so it's sitting in the garage with the plow still on it. I'm waiting for that perfect timing to get the lawn sweeper going on the grass, picking up all the little branches and stuff...just as the grass dries out some, but before it needs it's first mowing. All this rain we're getting ain't helping with that.

 

[coldsteelva]

VA had practically zero for snow this season. I did the seasonal snowblower swap for the drive-over mower deck on my GC1720, put fresh grease on the mower, but darn it if I didn't forget to grease the driveshaft BEFORE connecting to the mid-PTO; grease adapter won't fit behind the yoke when attached and in-line. I did the first mowing session anyway, but I'll be sure to detach and grease appropriately before next use. Only 6 more months of mowing to go.

 

[cdaigle430]

Still way to muddy for me to take my tractor out. Got a heavy hutch to move with my forks when it dries up a bit.

 

[MF RED in MT]

2 days ago the driveway ice began to melt off and I can start to see my driveway roadmix.

Mornings have been around 10F to 16F and yesterdays high was 28F.

Here's a picture of my exposed driveway I took today.

KC

 

[GeneV]

It's really something seeing all that snow. We just got back from Louisville, and it looks like late spring there, with everything already bloomed. Here, it's just starting to hint at greening up. And Montana...snowville.

 

[MF RED in MT]

It's really something seeing all that snow. We just got back from Louisville, and it looks like late spring there, with everything already bloomed. Here, it's just starting to hint at greening up. And Montana...snowville.

In the picture, the fencing to the left/right of the driveway separates the still frozen creek on both sides of the driveway a long with 2 still completely frozen 12" diameter culvert pipes going under the driveway.

It is warming up this morning as the low was only 20F, but we still are burning firewood...

KC

 

[Dmacleo]

no snow here this week but....this is what tractor looked like Thursday 4-6-2023 morning.

 

[daman1]

Walked in the pole barn lifted the cover patted her on the hood said hi and walked out lol

I store mine for the winter.

 

[Dmacleo]

Walked in the pole barn lifted the cover patted her on the hood said hi and walked out lol

I store mine for the winter.

don't store mine(it gets used year round) but over last 3 weeks...yeah I pet it start it shut it off walk back inside and watch TV.
bunch rd mtx due but road frozen, first step of job is removing plow stakes and road too frozen to do that still. mornings still around 19-24 F here.whatever box blade on and as soon as weather permits road getting worked,

 

[PJRAM]

I've been working on a no weld brush guard. I used 1/2" threaded rods and scrap chain link fence top rails. Inside each pipe is a captive washer at both ends, held in place with nuts on each side of the washers, to keep the pipes centered on the threaded rods. I attached the expanded metal screen to it with tie wraps for now, so I can take it apart to paint it. It also folds down to allow the hood to open with plenty of clearance.

 

[PJRAM]

My neighbor borrowed my GC1723 to dig a trench to put in a drain in his yard. Only took about one hour to dig this trench. What an awesome machine.

 

[Langanobob]

2 days ago the driveway ice began to melt off and I can start to see my driveway roadmix.

Mornings have been around 10F to 16F and yesterdays high was 28F.

Here's a picture of my exposed driveway I took today.

KC

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We’re not too far different here. Turned on a faucet a couple of days ago and water came out of the hose for the first time since probably October. The change this week was just about instantaneous, from freezing snowstorms to t shirt and motorcycle weather literally overnight. I’m taking the chains off the GC1720 today. Instant spring almost makes suffering through this winter worthwhile. Sadly, I know a least one lifetime resident, an elderly widow, who has had enough and is moving.