/ What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY #2,901  
You mean it wasn't clean enough already???
I've only washed mine once. That was after spreading a tandem load of manure that was dumped in the wrong place. I told the neighbour that if they wanted that done again, don't dump it blocking the only access point.
 
   / What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY #2,902  
Cut up an apple tree that fell over last summer. Finally able to do heavier work after breaking my ankle. Chipped all the limbs with the 3 point chipper. Used the forks to haul the 4’ chunks away.

Then mowed the entire area that couldn’t be mowed before. I use my wheel horse 314 for a brush cutter. Not really brush, but high grass, multi flora rose, barberry.

Trying to find a tiller so I can turn the ground over and replant as actual lawn.

Guy had a running bolens 1254? tractor with a tiller for sale locally. I was on vacation and missed it. I think it was $350. Still pissed about that.
 
   / What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY #2,903  
Depending on soil conditions, a 6" bucket can be hard to empty.

I have heavy clay soil. And, unless it's bone dry, my 6" doesn't empty well.

I learned to schedule those projects for the driest time of the year. Then, it goes quite well.

The BXpanded design has shallow sides which will help with emptying.

If sticking is a problem, wait for dry conditions.

Shaking the heck out of it, is likely to loosen your bushing's up in a hurry.

If it sticks, I just tip it upside down and just tap it on the ground ...

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Gets "most" of it out ...

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One thing to be aware of using both the Quick-On and the narrow 6" bucket ... It's "possible" to snatch the pin out of the Quick-On ... !

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I did add one of Kenny's Bolt on Hooks to the factory bucket ... Comes in handy! Even though I had to do a bit of digging on this 25 plus year old set post, setting the bucket on the ground, and "rolling " it back, got it started up ...

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   / What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY #2,905  
Caught a thieving opossum in my barn this morning ... So I switched out the QH for the BH and headed out to the fence corner where I plan to plant an Forsythia bush in the spring . . . We've had less than 2/3" of rain in the last 2 months, and the clay is quite hard, so I brought a long my 6" bucket and the ripper . . . Gonna make some awesome opossum fertilizer!

The factory 12" bucket was having trouble digging . . .

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So I tried the 6" . . . as this was the best the 12" did after many tries!

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A little bit better, but not much, and it didn't like the sod ...

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Put the ripper on and LOOSENED it up!

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Then switched back to the 12" and cleaned it out!

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It's only 30" - 32" deep ... I dropped the fertilizer in, then tossed the sod in, then back filled ...

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   / What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY #2,906  
I then came down to the garage for some maintenance on poor Little Baby Fergie ...

A few weeks ago I was out watering and was backing up on uneven terrain and it started to spin, I put it in 4X4 still wouldn't go, locked in the rear axle ... Still spun ... Then I noticed both front tires were pointed out! My left side tie rod end had popped out, the nut was missing ... I had to finish ... So I did a "field repair!

The threads were already buggered up, so I grabbed a few washers and some wire and tied it together ... And ordered two new tie rod ends, as both were pretty tore up from brush hogging over multi-flora ros
es!
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I also stuck a piece of wire though the right side one, as that didn't have anything securing the castle but, not sure if it ever had one, or if I snatched it out while brush hogging ... ? Does your have a cotter pin in it?

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The tie rods don't come with new nuts, washer or cotter pin, they are separate ...

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The old one was not really wore out, but I didn't mind tossing it in the trash!

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Got both sides replaced, and used a hypodermic needle on the end of my grease gun to give both 4 pumps of grease ...

Then greased the rest of the TLB, as I have a few pins that need me to move the boom to get them to take grease, .. . Then switched back to the QH and ready to water now that the totes are almost filled ...
 
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   / What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY #2,907  
Got another 650 gallons of water out to the trees today ... Takes about 50 minutes running the well and garden hose to fill the trailer tote to about 150 gallons, compared to 1 minute if there is water in the creek I can pump out!
 

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