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Been doing clearing of a debris pile, this is almost at the beginning of the project. It's pile of dirt and logs at the top of the property that the prior owner pushed together with a small dozer according to my neighbor. I had no idea how much wood was in the pile, I thought it was mostly dirt...

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So I went to local stealer/dealer today to buy filter and engine oil because I was in a hurry and I am way overdue for first 50 hour change. Let me mention that the yard was full of tractors on average probably 30 years old, and none less than 10 years, it seems to be more of a tractor repair...

So if my 3pt is losing height (lowering) while driving around, is that indicative of the service bulletin issue ? It will drop 2-3 inches some times several times in 3-4 hours. I do have about 500# of counterweight on it. When the tractor is stored, I block the weights up so that the weight is...

Ah, washers or spacers, great idea, thanks for sharing. Because I spend so much time turned around to back down the darn hill and I use the right side of the ROPS as a hand hold, which is where the light wires run down, I am going to wrap the whole bar in some kind of foam so that I am not...

This is sparking my interest too. My land is very hilly, and working a lot of dirt on the hill, I am using 4WD all the time, probably 80% of the time the tractor is moving. My average slope is 10%, and it goes up to over 25--I stay off that part unless going absolutely straight up or back. Last...

I got a call back today from the local Bobcat dealer following up my lead. I said "the one from a month ago"? He said, "No, I just got it today." Considering I am about to make payment #1 on the red machine, I would say their lead gen and lead management is bad. To make it worse, I spoke to 2...

And for those of us who ride motorcycles, grass clippings can be anything from scary to painful to deadly. https://www.yourgreenpal.com/blog/dangers-of-lawn-clippings-to-motorcyclists#:

Like some others, I need the 3pt hitch to regularly move a trailer into a very small area, and since I will be using the mid mount mower in the yard the backhoe would limit close in work. The wife wants a garden which might mean a tiller off the 3pt too. I am of the "rent the backhoe the 3 times...

Yes the factory turn signals on the outside of the ROPS are a risk. I am still pondering how to get them inboard without drilling a third hole in the ROPS which is frowned upon. The wires seem to be long enough to actually wrap around the ROPS bar to the inside, almost like it was planned. I...

No dumb questions, but some of us make dumb mistakes, often from not asking the right question.

It's been a busy first month with the tractor! I mounted ROPS lights. Moved several tons of rocks. Moved 10 tons of dirt and graded 22 ground tree stumps. Moved about a ton of firewood. Pics show the lights, they are awesome. You can see the headlights only and then with the ROPS lights, and...

Whoever wrote the manual for my GC1735 either knew it too well that they skipped a lot of steps that they did from memory, or they didn't know it at all and wrote it from looking at it without trying anything. The directions on installing / removing the mid mount mower were useless and skipped...

I just did this on my GC1735E. I did the tires first, they ended up at 110# each. I noticed that it helped settle the tractor some so that it was not quite so bouncy. It was "better" but still felt tippy with the front end loader on my hilly property. I have since added 480# on a heavy hitch so...

I lived in Indy for 45 years, it's a nice town, I think it's just the outside part of statistics that it happens to have had so many. However, people are, as someone said, looking to be infamous on the way out. If the :mad: media would stop hyping everything and just objectively report the news...

Probably, yes, due to leverage effect. Actually, this gives me a more clearance when walking around it in the shed. I messed up my knee pretty good at Christmas fighting a pit bull trying to kill my dog. I won the war, but my knee lost the battle. Anything I can do to prevent walking into...

Thank you, trying not to damage it in the first 50 hours! I just figured out yesterday that I needed to lengthen the top link and tighten the sway stabilizer turnbuckles--thanks YouTube! I had 0 training / orientation when I bought it, very disappointed.

OK so the weights are in! Next questions. How high or low do you carry them? I would think the answer is as low as possible without hitting the ground, right? When storing the tractor, do you let the weights just hang off the hitch or do you put some support under them so the hitch isn't...

And here is the actual hitch and weights. I only had a chance to run it around the yard before rain threatened but it feels much more stable. I'll be moving more dirt within the hour so we'll know for sure shortly.

I was about to get that same TS348XD, I actually had an appointment with a dealer, and then I decided a real FEL might come in handy because I figured out I needed to regrade my whole yard which means a summer of 5 -7 loads of dirt at 20-22 tons per load, and I have several tons of trees to move...

I've towed lots of trailers over the years--cars, boats, motorcycles, utility. Longer trailers, within reason, usually tow better and handle the weight better. I would still go longer here but Nikerret asked the right question. It sounds like the trailer is about 1700# plus 3250# so very close...

My contractor working on my house wanted to borrow my 3 day old tractor the next day to take 150 pounds of concrete down the hill to the pond where he was working on a light. He had been telling me he used to have a tractor like it (and his was less expensive but had more features and was a...

OK so don't look at the pic yet ... I have been telling my wife for 2 weeks that I ordered some weights for the back of my 2 1/2 week old GC1723E to help hold it down for the hill we live on. I told her it was a big box being shipped. I told her at one point it was several hundred pounds. We'll...

I had my tires filled and they now weight 109.6 pounds a piece, which sure seemed to help today moving 10 tons of dirt and about a ton of large rocks. I rigged up some rear ballast on the 3pt using a draw bar, sand bags, heavy cardboard, 1x4's, and some tie downs, probably 225#. It'll do until...

Scare #1: My very first trip from front to back yard, I was going forward slowly down a hill through the woods with maybe 250# in the FEL a bit too high--probably hood height. The tractor got into some loose dirt, bounced, and started sliding forward and down the hill, and not being used to...

Really glad I bought this! Found a place in town the load the tires. They sell a different color tractor but I'll take the wheels off, drop them in the morning, and pick them up later in the day--and have someone help me load them most likely since it sounds like they'll be around 140-150...

So another newbie question. Once my Heavy Hitch arrives in about 10 days, or my homemade temp weights for this weekend's dirt project, do you run the 3pt all the way up or in the middle or as low as possible? It would seem lower would be better for center of gravity as long as I'm not dragging...

Thank you! That is more than I expected, so it would be worth it. The Heavy Hitch and weights aren't due until about April 8-9. We've got a lot of rain in the forecast between now and then anyway, but I do need to get some dirt down, graded, and then seeded.

Thank you! That is more than I expected, it would be worth it since that is the lowest possible place for weight.

This thread helped me with my purchase on Saturday of a Massey 1723E. I love it--and am looking for weights like right now. I can't say my dealer 4 hours from me with a good price gave me any training at all--he handed me the manual and asked if I needed help loading it. It was a lot less money...

I am curious if anyone knows, the tires on the GC1723 aren't that big, they are only 26x12-12. How much weight could that add?

Speaking from someone with less than 3 hours on his new GC1723, you definitely need to learn what it can and cannot while turning on hills. My lot sounds almost exactly like yours. I gave myself a massive scare in the first hour when I thought it was going to roll down the hill and into the...

New GC1732E with FL1805 and mid mount mower. Day time college dean, evening and weekend yard and property slave.

I can chime in on my brand new 1723E, it seems to run out of power over 2900-3000 or at least not increase in power so if there is a restriction of some kind some place, that might be removed to let the 25 make a bit more top end. Being around cars and bikes and boats for several decades, there...

I know this is an old post but I would love to see some pics of this. I was thinking the same thing. I have to remove the mower deck when using the FEL going through the paths in the woods up and down the hill. I think that extra weight really low would help a lot. I'm thinking about 300# on the...