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

[MF RED in MT]

It's Springtime near The Bob Marshall Wilderness.

Suppose to warm up next week so maybe 30-50% of the ice may disappear from the driveway.

KC

 

[hube2]

• These outrigger pads dig in badly in soft ground. What are the upgrade options?

I can't answer the other questions, and I don't have a backhoe on mine, not worth the extra $$ for something that I'd rarely use. But for this I'd likely us some lengths of 2x8 or 2x10 to increase the surface area when dealing with soft ground.

 

[kenmbz]

The older 1720 I have has a two sided outrigger pad, one side has "teeth" to dig in a bit.
Not prefect but better than the flat side, which is more for on solid surfaces.
Maybe Take your pad to someone with a big welder and the can add something?

 

[polarred21]

The older 1720 I have has a two sided outrigger pad, one side has "teeth" to dig in a bit.
Not prefect but better than the flat side, which is more for on solid surfaces.
Maybe Take your pad to someone with a big welder and the can add something?

Thanks. I have the big welder, just need to know what works best. Has the be the cheapest OR pad out there, hence the price point. I'm thinking a little bigger and the flip over kind like you mention.

 

[kenmbz]

Thanks. I have the big welder, just need to know what works best. Has the be the cheapest OR pad out there, hence the price point. I'm thinking a little bigger and the flip over kind like you mention.

From my GC1720. The spikes are not long, would worry about them putting on too much side stress if much longer.
So these work ok in dirt, just don't expect miracles.

 

[polarred21]

^^^ Many thanks for sharing this

 

[GeneV]

What's up guys, so does anybody use the 54" mulching deck? I think it's p/n MF2315.

Strange that I hardly see any reviews about it anywhere, no youtube vids either.

 

[Dmacleo]

6-7" wet (blue) snow yesterday/last night and about to rain today so very glad I put edge protectors on bucket. quick work of driveway and end of private road to town road interface to clean up town plow windrow.

 

[masseyrider]

What's up guys, so does anybody use the 54" mulching deck? I think it's p/n MF2315.

Strange that I hardly see any reviews about it anywhere, no youtube vids either.

When I bought my first GC Massey I was going to get the mulching deck.
The sales guy, who I knew from High School, convinced me not to.
The had sold a few of them and nobody was really happy with them.
I forget what the problems were. With the 60" deck I do have I'm not totally pleased either.
Does a nice level cut and all that. However if the grass is taller it does tend to leave a hay row if you don't lift the shield.
Then I have to drive around with the grass catcher and that fills up in no time even though mine is a "commercial" size.

 

[GeneV]

When I bought my first GC Massey I was going to get the mulching deck.
The sales guy, who I knew from High School, convinced me not to.
The had sold a few of them and nobody was really happy with them.
I forget what the problems were. With the 60" deck I do have I'm not totally pleased either.
Does a nice level cut and all that. However if the grass is taller it does tend to leave a hay row if you don't lift the shield.
Then I have to drive around with the grass catcher and that fills up in no time even though mine is a "commercial" size.

I totally hear ya on the 60", the MF2326. I had that deck, sold it last spring.

I like to mow at 3.75", and it just didn't do great at that height, primarily because there's no other blade option besides those that come on the deck. It needs high lift blades to suck that grass up high enough to get a decent taller cut. Adding to that, there's no mulching option with this deck...again, can't put mulching blades on there, plus the deck itself wouldn't work well with a mulching blade per its design.

With that said, I regret selling it for one main reason: ballast. I had a bunch of backhoe work to do last fall, really noticed a difference not having the deck on to add weight and also lower the center of gravity...tractor was getting spanked around all over the place. It was a mistake to sell that deck, for that alone.