New GC2310 Owner

DEWFPO · Jun 6, 2007

N1ST said:
Thanks for the feedback everyone. The stickyness may be elusive to experience unless the dealer uses the backhoe for a few hours. 61flattop wrote something similar in his review... "I did have my bucket control get a little sticky a couple times but it was no deal... and keep in mind that in two days I logged over 12hrs on the meter.".
...I'd like to hear if the issue resolved itself.

I've been following the manual's break-in instructions which strongly recommends running the engine at full speed. I've been keeping the tach in the white-green zone. Even then, I find the engine to be quiet and smooth. The manual suggests some warm-up times that surprise me. Do folks really let their tractors warm up for 5-10 minutes before use (32F+)?

What year did this model become available? What are some of the high hours that folks have put on theirs? ...anyone reached 1000 hours?

Such a nice tractor, I wonder why this model is not more popular compared to the BX-2n series? Better marketing by Kubota?

Ok, some novice questions...
the manual implies there is a cover for the mid PTO on page 38. What are they refering to?

When not using the BH, should the boom latch and swing lock pins be put in place? If I forget to remove them and use the BH, is damage likely?

Thanks,
Scott

I've got an 06 with 41 hrs on it. I have a loader, mid mount mower deck and snowblower. I don't really warm it up much evan at 20F (just a few minutes). I plan on switching to synthetic at the 50 hr maintenance. I engage the PTO with the engine at about 1250-1500 rpm and then bring it up to full power. Only once has it stalled when doing this and that was last weekend when I engaged the PTO while using the mower deck.

It sure does shudder and smoke a bunch for a couple of seconds when engaging the PTO. I assume this is normal.

DEWFPO

hillfarm · Jun 7, 2007

DEWFPO said:
It sure does shudder and smoke a bunch for a couple of seconds when engaging the PTO. I assume this is normal.

This doesn't sound normal to me. Mine smokes when I start it and never after that. And it shudders when I engage the PTO for only a 1/2 second as the implement engages. Depending on your implement, though, the shuddering might be due to starting at a low RPM and then raising it up to the ~2000 RPM optimal engine speed. I find, for example, that my tiller can really make the tractor bounce when I start it at low RPM, but as I increas the throttle is settles down.