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

[MoMower]

Quite around here, hope everyone had a good new year!

 

[cglaser104]

My GC is parked as i wait for mother nature's next best snow assault. It's now too muddy to work outside until things freeze up.

Im down to working on a neighbor's Yamaha Kodiak (his plow vehicle) to get it running right.

 

[kenmbz]

Same here, ground is like sponge.

 

[MoMower]

For anyone wondering, the fender is $1880....lol, I’ll stick to aluminum and tape.

 

[kenmbz]

That is a lot of $$ for some plastic! Will have my aluminum and tape ready if this ever happens to mine !

 

[cdaigle430]

For anyone wondering, the fender is $1880....lol, I’ll stick to aluminum and tape.

Wow,
You can get a 4 foot roto tiller, and a rear blade for that price.

 

[MF RED in MT]

Older post for reference:

My previous postings for the new UHMW MF 2340 Dozer Blade skid shoe project are #671, #672, #675, #678, #681, #701, & #705.

And now I'm beginning the new UHMW MF 2360 Snowblower skid shoe project.

Upon thinking about this awhile, I'm decided to duplicate the Dozer Blade skid shoe size, 4" x 10", and use the same square slip tubing, and also use the same round spacer washers for height adjustments.

I'm going to use some 1/4" plate that I already have that's a trapezoid shape and bolt these using the existing skid shoe holes/bolts plus 2 more holes/bolts near the top of the new plate.

I'm going to use the 2 UHMW skid shoes from the Dozer Blade this winter and make sure they work ok for me before I fabricate 2 more of these skid shoes next spring for the snowblower.

Here's a couple of pictures of the start of this project showing the backside of the snowblower, and a sketch of the project:

KC

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Today's new post for updates:

Ok, it's been pretty cold out in my unheated garage, but I finally managed to tack up/weld 1 of the support assemblies to add my new UHMW skid shoes (will be the same as the Dozer Blade).

And I have noticed my Miller 110v welder does struggle a little bit with welding 1/4" plates when it's this cold, but when the material get some heat into it the welding does improve.

I'm just to lazy to preheat the material or even just bring the material into the house before welding.

Here are a few pictures of my progress:

KC

(for this project update see post #791)

 

[MF RED in MT]

For anyone wondering, the fender is $1880....lol, I’ll stick to aluminum and tape.

Wow ! MF knows how to make a profit on parts...

You could take your tractor to a quality body shop for repair of the fender for maybe, I'm guessing about 1/3 of that cost.

I'm with others, $1880 can purchase a lot of aluminum + racing tape repair material + BEERrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

KC

 

[GeneV]

For anyone wondering, the fender is $1880....lol, I’ll stick to aluminum and tape.

Eff that!! I'm with KC, take the fender to a body shop, they'll fix and paint for $500, if that.

 

[not2old]

If you take a good look at the "bodywork" you will realize that you will have to dismantle a huge part of the tractor to remove it. On mine,one of the bolts that holds on a side grab handle is loose. No way I'm going to fix it until it becomes a necessity. Mine has a crack in the curve of the body where the step turns upwards. I drilled a hole at the end of the crack about five years ago and it hasn't changed since.

 

[MF RED in MT]

My previous posts for this UHMW MF2360 Snowblower skid shoe modification project are #759 & #787.

This picture below was from a couple of days ago, and yesterday I finished welding on the blank 1/4" plate that is pre bolted on the right side of the snowblower.

In order to paint the left side plate assembly I had to warm up the plate, and the can of spray paint, and also dry the paint with my 30,000 BTU propane tube heater inside of the garage.

Today I may paint/install the right side plate assembly and this project is pretty much done except for the first operational test.

I have also cut all of the materials for the UHMW skid shoe assemblies and will install them on the Snowblower (I'll use the skid shoes from the Dozer Blade until these shoes are finished).

I have an order to my MF dealer for 16 more spacer washers to be used with these Snowblower skid shoes.

KC

(for this project update see post #793)

 

[cglaser104]

I like it, nice work

 

[MF RED in MT]

Thanks, originally I was going to make the UHMW skid shoes for the Snowblower similar to ones I've seen that attach to the far left/right sides of the Snowblower.

Only after making the UHMW skid shoes for the Dozer Blade, the light bulb turned on and I jumped down that rabbit hole.

This is going to be helpful if I ever damage one of the skid shoes, I'll have 2 spare shoes to use at that time.

KC

Here's a couple pictures of the UHMW skid shoe design I built:

(for this project update see post #828)

 

[GeneV]

Yeh, real nice KC. I find just having a tractor one big rabbit hole. Once you got one you wanna do mods, which gets you welding and fabricating and stuff, spending way too much time in the garage...before you know it you're neglecting food and ***. Ok, maybe not that bad. :laughing:

 

[MF RED in MT]

Ok Gene, I have to ask how you you were able to installed a live video feed into my garage, ha

KC

 

[cglaser104]

Who doesn't love a live show? Oh ya! Work that welder!

 

[GeneV]

Howard Hughes used to be a well-groomed sharp-dressed man, with a lovely lady always hanging off his arm. Then, he got into tractors.

 

[MF RED in MT]

Last spring I noticed the hydraulic hoses for the front quick hitch were rubbed a little bit and I started this winter using these hoses.

About 2 weeks ago I noticed these 2 hoses had a little shine and wet look to them, so on the 7th, I order a couple of hoses from "Discount Hydraulic Hose" and just received them today.

They are the same length ( 40" ) as MF and have the same connection ends ( 1 - 3/8" male NPT and 1 - 1/4" male NPT ), but are a better quality hose - 2 wire.

These hoses were $19.76 each custom made for my order input of size, type, length, and end fittings, and shipping was $16.69, for a total of $56.21.

The pressure rating of the hoses are 5,800 PSI, and I impressed with the quick fabrication and delivery of my order, plus the quality of the ends and hose.

I'm not sure what MF would of charged for these 2 hoses, but my guess would of been over twice this amount, since a few weeks ago I got a price for 1 only lynch pin for the MF 2340 Dozer Blade skid shoe spacer pine retainer was $12.60 (MF # 3382825M1 ).

I did purchase a 50 piece lynch pin kit from HF for $6.39 instead of the MF lynch pin.

I also purchased some MF spacers washers from Jack's Small Engines for the skid shoes at $6.07 each instead of the MF price of $7.60 each, MF part # 4263306M1.

I am sure glad for businesses like Discount Hydraulic Hose and Jack's Small Engines that carry MF OEM parts or parts of better quality than MF OEM parts.

I am also glad that these businesses offer reasonable prices...

Here's a picture of my new hoses:

KC

 

[irvingj]

Wow, mail-order hoses... hadn't occurred to me. I'm fortunate that I have an auto parts business with hydraulic hose fabrication capability only about 4 miles away. And yes, both hoses I've had to replace were far more robust than the OEM ones they replaced! Must have been a "lowest-bid" situation. I also had them make up three 24" hose extensions for my BH.

 

[Dmacleo]

replaced a range lever safety switch. thought I was gonna have to either loosen fuel tank lift inch or pull all shift linkage and side brackets. lucky was able to move cruise linkage a little out of the way (can't remove it w/o pulling range lever) and tear up hand to release old connection.