"Recently purchased my first tractor, albeit a compact it's still larger and much more versatile than the JD STX46 I've referred to as my "tractor" since 1998. The GC1705 came standard with a FEL and we added the MMM (Mid-Mount Mower) to it. Frankly, since I have no baseline other than the Farmall M and H that I grew up with it is difficult to compare this M-F to anything else. Absolutely pleased with the purchase, the dealer, the quality, and the ease of operation. After a mere 12 hours of use in the past month the only regret I have is not enough hours in the day to use it more. Have already caught myself not being aware of the ROPS on a few occasions. I can duck for the branch but the ROPS doesn't move. The lights should be mounted on the inside of the ROPS too. Already knocked one off while mowing. As the ground inclined toward the fence posts the left rear light was rudely introduced to the unforgiving fence post. Drats!"

"Unless you know how to use the tractor and change implements before you buy you're in trouble. The dealer, now out of business, gave only cursory information about operation and changing implements and the manual is absolutely useless to the new user. It fails to give enough information to properly change or remove implements. The parent Company (Agco) attitude toward resolving warranty problems was "Let the lawyers solve it!!". Corrosion on the grounding strap fried the starter motor, $500.00 for a new one. I have to jump start it all winter even though I plug the block warmer in 12 hours before using and am running Mobil 1 0-20w oil. A new battery didn't help either. But once you get it running it works like a champ. Next time I'll buy a Deere"

"Love the tractor has totally impressed me with its capabilities."

"Have had this tractor for about a year and am still liking it. It does more than I expected from a small tractor. It lacks individual brakes and a decent PTO clutch. I think all these little tractors except Bobcat use the same transaxle made by someone else so the clutch problem is not the fault of the tractor name brand. I was told this tractor is actually built by Simplicity for Massey(?). These aren't cheap to buy and a bigger size tractor is more for the money but many of us need the smaller size for our use. This replaced a 38 hp Oliver and a 20 hp John Deere lawn tractor and does the job of both except for the heavy lift part of the Oliver loader which is to be expected and the handiness of the smaller tractor outweighs that small loss by far. Have had no bad disappointments with this tractor."

"I bought this tractor used from an individual. It had only 360 hours, and it is my 1st tractor. Already, I wish I had more HP (30-50Hp) because I get stopped easily by my biggest problem, bamboo roots - when using either a middle buster or a disk harrow. But it is a great introductory tractor, since I knew nothing of tractors when I bought it. The previous owner had disabled the front-end hydraulics because even though he didn't have a front-end loader, or any other front-end attachment, the the hydraulic line kept breaking because of vibrations(?) He thought it was poorly designed. And, with my bamboo problem, I now believe the front-end loader could be very helpful with some of the digging attachments that I've seem for them. I'm not sure if it would be worth fixing since I would likely experience the same problem that he had, and the tractor may just be too small (22.5hp) to dig up the live bamboo (it is aggressive, intrusive bamboo, about an acre, and grows up to 30' high and 2-4" diameter). In addition, I've had to replace the battery because I had to keep charging it up every time I wanted to use the tractor - but, who can complain since it was still the original battery from 2003 or so. Otherwise, I've had no problems."

"Use to cut 2 acres of grass, 1000 ft. of paths through the woods and clear snow off of 1400 ft. of a roller coaster of a driveway. Only one problem in 8 years: hydraulic line to front loader sprung a leak. Factory defect but no recall."

"Our little tractor is a not living up to what we expected a MF tractor should be."

"The M.F. GC2300 is a workhorse. It is compact. The engine is powerful for it's size. I hung a heavy duty 4' rotary mower on it. The little tractor will drive the brush hog through grape vine, Russian olive, privet, 7' high weeds, dense grass, and small saplings! Uh, the occasional whistle-pig (ground-hog) village will stall it! Oh what a clatter! It is an unrefined brute. The draw-backs ... the PTO, 3 point hitch, range selector, etc. ... (the fender mounted controls) drive me nuts as I get on or off the tractor. As I drive, my right leg will hit the 3 point hitch lever raising or dropping the attachment. The biggest drawback.... AGCO will not sell parts to me. I can only get them through an authorized AGCO (Massey Ferguson) dealer! The business I bought my GC2300 from was dropped by AGCO. There is no M.F. dealer within 30 miles .. as the crow flies!"

"Have put about 65 hours on this little guy mostly using the FEL to construct a ramped driveway. It's a powerful tractor for its size. The only thing about it that I do not like is that it does not seem very stable unless it's on perfectly level ground."

"I love this little tractor. Runs very well and the 60" belly mower works great. I have the OEM FEL which generally is very good, but not a huge amount of lifting capacity, as the back end gets a little light. O-rings in the FEL have been replaced twice--once under warranty and the other time was about $500, which I found a little steep. Overall, I think this is a great compact tractor for the small acreage owner. I only wish it had remotes on the back to run my hydraulic log splitter."