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

[GeneV]

Hey, those of you with the backhoe, can you show me how you fold up and stow the 3 pt stuff and how do you route the hydro lines when the backhoe is off?

I had the lift arms removed before coz I never used them, so I had nothing to deal with back there. But I just no reinstalled them to use a 3pt dethatcher, and it's confusion city for me.

 

[kenmbz]

I will try to get a better picture later.

 

[cglaser104]

Hey, those of you with the backhoe, can you show me how you fold up and stow the 3 pt stuff and how do you route the hydro lines when the backhoe is off?

I had the lift arms removed before coz I never used them, so I had nothing to deal with back there. But I just no reinstalled them to use a 3pt dethatcher, and it's confusion city for me.

To stow:
1) Lift the 3pt all the way up
2) unpin the lower arms from the lift arms
3) lift arms should settle to the outside of the pto shield
4) using Bungie that came with the tractor, the lower arms fold into the notch cutouts on the PTO shield with the bungie hooked into the holes on the "Y" shape in the frame


Hydro lines when in 3pt mode isn't awesome. They run right out into the party zone which is annoying. I use to use a bungie them to the toplink with a non-rigid Bungie before I complete modified that space. Be mindful of where they are vs PTO shafts and lift arms so as not to damage them but ultimately there is no perfect answer as is.

 

[kenmbz]

 

[GeneV]

I will try to get a better picture later.
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Did you do something custom to the

To stow:
1) Lift the 3pt all the way up
2) unpin the lower arms from the lift arms
3) lift arms should settle to the outside of the pto shield
4) using Bungie that came with the tractor, the lower arms fold into the notch cutouts on the PTO shield with the bungie hooked into the holes on the "Y" shape in the frame


Hydro lines when in 3pt mode isn't awesome. They run right out into the party zone which is annoying. I use to use a bungie them to the toplink with a non-rigid Bungie before I complete modified that space. Be mindful of where they are vs PTO shafts and lift arms so as not to damage them but ultimately there is no perfect answer as is.

Yeh, that's kinda what I did, working from memory from when I first got the tractor. But I removed the pto shield since then, I guess I should put it back on. My one issue now is that the left upper arm is now kind of dangling right against the hydro fluid sight glass, I'm worried it would bang into it and shatter it sometime...I suppose the pto shield protect that from happening. But everything is so janky folded up like that, and I hate how the hoses are routed. I wish I could make that all look cleaner.

 

[GeneV]

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Perfect pic, thanks much! I don't like where that hose is, tho.

 

[Dmacleo]

just a note, sometimes with 3pt all the way up its very hard to remove pins. I usually drop all the way down, remove pins, then lift all the way up (to get actual 3pt lift out of the way) and stow stuff.

 

[cglaser104]

I built a mounting plate and redid all the hoses to bring everything outside of the 3pt/PTO area. It was quite the project but well worth the time for piece of mind

 

[GeneV]

I will try to get a better picture later.
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Oh, speaking of hydro line hose, what's up with yours? That looks interesting.

 

[GeneV]

I built a mounting plate and redid all the hoses to bring everything outside of the 3pt/PTO area. It was quite the project but well worth the time for piece of mindView attachment 715193

Yeh, I saw you post that before. I love your manifold! But are you worried it being so close to the wheel?