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

[Dmacleo]

Anybody else have a problem with the boom control on their 1725mb. Second time it broke. Went to a different dealership and they had the new improved replacement. $190 part Kanuckistan money or aboot $5 US.
Easy enough fix but I wouldn't expect it twice in the first 120 hours with limited backhoe use.

there were posts (iirc) last year about this issue

 

[GeneV]

Yeh, and that really sucks how Agco cheaped out on that, with the newer models.

 

[masseyrider]

Yeh, and that really sucks how Agco cheaped out on that, with the newer models.

They transferred production from Japan to Indonesia. Nothing to be surprised about them cheaping out.

 

[Dmacleo]

this

mounted retail rems sentinel plate on 2010 GC2400 today

bought this back in Feb 2023 just now getting to it. kit (they ask if you have this) uses the factory u-guard if you have it. pull that down (2 bolts lh side 1 bolt rh side) place adapter plate onto that frame and drill 3 3/8" holes. use 2 bolts to attach adapter then toss u-guard back in. this...

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[Dmacleo]

tilled one 50ft row for neighbor to plant garlic.
other neighbor brought trailer down to load the grass clippings he collected this week for compost pile. used bucket to load the 6x10 trailer. can fit lot of clippings in when you compress using cutting edge of bucket. loaded 2 heaping trailer loads then followed them up road did bunch of tilling for them. they and I fight a lot. they say they owe me I say I owe them. working out well so far, as long as hens not molting I get free eggs for life. free range hens, orange yolks. food for my Hemochromatosis (link) crap. single gene mutation exhibiting as dual gene mutation. only took 40 years to figure it out LOL
then ran down to third neighbor tilled a 15x30 area for them. they help plow private road. all works out.

 

[Dmacleo]

used it and dl100 fel to haul pole saw around and trim crap load of spruce branches that will hit me in face after (now) tropical storm Lee hit Maine yesterday. was lucky only 38mph winds but lot of tree damage after 15 hours of it.
after pole saw (was lazy put it full length, 18 feet) stuff tossed onto 7x14 trailer and hauled 3 full trailer loads of brush out of lawn into woods. lot of 18ft branches.
took me a bit.
started this at 0545 this morning, just now finished at 1445 hrs.

note: with all my extensions in pole saw AND standing on edge of trailer (no ladder) I can cut 22-23 ft from ground. and am stable doing it. if I put step ladder in trailer I can, still stable 3 steps to go, hit branches 30ft from ground.
I literally am too lazy to do that, I'll let a branch grow for 10+ years until it hits my tractor at 8ft from ground before I do that.
being lazy has inherent safety aspects

 

[Pixguy]

used it and dl100 fel to haul pole saw around and trim crap load of spruce branches that will hit me in face after (now) tropical storm Lee hit Maine yesterday. was lucky only 38mph winds but lot of tree damage after 15 hours of it.
after pole saw (was lazy put it full length, 18 feet) stuff tossed onto 7x14 trailer and hauled 3 full trailer loads of brush out of lawn into woods. lot of 18ft branches.
took me a bit.
started this at 0545 this morning, just now finished at 1445 hrs.

How much rain did you end up getting? I watched both the shoreline where we have an interest but it seemed like your area was gonna get winds and lots of rain.

 

[Pixguy]

I used my backhoe scut to to lean on a tree to be sure it would miss the garage, garden and young spruce trees. Dropped right where I wanted but the bh deserves the credit.

 

[Dmacleo]

How much rain did you end up getting? I watched both the shoreline where we have an interest but it seemed like your area was gonna get winds and lots of rain.

per my ambient temp ws-2902c weather station (kmeetna4 if you want to look at my station) I got 1.57 " over the course of it.
I am in an area where if a chipmunk farts I lose power. theres a reason central maine power ranks the lowest in the united states.
power blinked about 60 times but generator ( LINK Westinghouse Outdoor Power Equipment 12500 Peak Watt Dual Fuel) was kept warmed up and never used.
so whenever I wanted a cigar (honestly too many times) I hit start button on remote. lit cigar.walked outside.opened shed door to ventilate.shut generator off.
basically...my biggest worry was my OTA antenna getting torn off house due to the north/northwest winds. and as it turned out...no worries.
just had to go around this morning and deal with tree ****.

edit added link to genrator

 

[Dmacleo]

I used my backhoe scut to to lean on a tree to be sure it would miss the garage, garden and young spruce trees. Dropped right where I wanted but the bh deserves the credit.

I thought about placing 2 massey tractors to do that but...I would have had to borrow a tractor.
thing is if I wanted to people would have gladly loaned me a tractor,
meh...in the end was just easier to park all vehicles in field out of range of radius of any tree.
did that.
then, for first time in 23 years, watched my neighbors do same thing LOL
all good to go no vehicle damage on road.

 

[hube2]

Mowed the lawn today.... lost a clip and pin for a guide wheel on the mower deck. With as difficult as that clip is to adjust I'm surprised that it could be pulled out by something. Found that a sheer pin for my blower PTO makes a suitable temporary replacement. Now I guess I'm off to order some pins and clips.

 

[hube2]

$%^* $25 shipping on $10 parts, I guess that shear pin will last a while longer.

 

[Dmacleo]

1000 x24 ft of private road roughed up with box blade, sod on ditch edges removed for drainage with box blade, crown put back in road and road smoothed with 7ft grader blade.
only 400 feet to go, easy section though as downhill slope and no need to worry about sod on edges holding water.
usuallly do this in spring but so much rain this year needed to be done now before winter hits. and since mornings are already in the low to mid 40's thats creeping up on me fast.

 

[Dmacleo]

$%^* $25 shipping on $10 parts, I guess that shear pin will last a while longer.

least you did not lose the axle and wheel, they are sold separately.
front axle assy (no pins/bushings/washers/wheel) is 165$ and wheel itself it 140$.
rear axle (again so washer/spacers) is only 115$. and...of course...140$ for the wheel.

I can see axle stuff costing but...the wheel???

 

[hube2]

least you did not lose the axle and wheel, they are sold separately.
front axle assy (no pins/bushings/washers/wheel) is 165$ and wheel itself it 140$.
rear axle (again so washer/spacers) is only 115$. and...of course...140$ for the wheel.

I can see axle stuff costing but...the wheel???

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It isn't so much the cost of the parts as it is the cost of shipping. Even if I bought extras I'd still be paying more for shipping than the parts. I'll just wait until I have more stuff I need to get. The sheer pin is working well and I doubt I need to worry about loosing it. Who knows, I may just opt to replace them all with shear pins.

 

[Dmacleo]

been keeping eye on tractor hours cause TECHNICALLY its due a full hydro service at 600 hours.
friday morning started tractor, 570 and some change on it.
just shut it off and gave up for the weekend 45 minutes ago. 606 hours.

edit: oh yeah, I normally use 1.5 gallons of fuel every 10 days. 6 gallons since I fired it up yesterday morning. that is 6 gallons since 6am 9-22-2023 until now 1400 9-23-2023.

 

[GeneV]

Mowed the lawn today.... lost a clip and pin for a guide wheel on the mower deck. With as difficult as that clip is to adjust I'm surprised that it could be pulled out by something. Found that a sheer pin for my blower PTO makes a suitable temporary replacement. Now I guess I'm off to order some pins and clips.

Oh yeah I lost one of those too before while mowing around tall weeds, and received the surprise reaction on here that I did, eg, "how, they're so hard to take off by hand". Happens.

 

[Dmacleo]

course...free range chickens were involved in road mtx

 

[GeneV]

been keeping eye on tractor hours cause TECHNICALLY its due a full hydro service at 600 hours.
friday morning started tractor, 570 and some change on it.
just shut it off and gave up for the weekend 45 minutes ago. 606 hours.

edit: oh yeah, I normally use 1.5 gallons of fuel every 10 days. 6 gallons since I fired it up yesterday morning. that is 6 gallons since 6am 9-22-2023 until now 1400 9-23-2023.

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You put some work on that gal sounds like. What u doing with the road in those pix?

 

[Dmacleo]

You put some work on that gal sounds like. What u doing with the road in those pix?

box blade to rough it up then grader blade to crown and smooth it, then rolled with 550lb roller.