Strengths Bought our Massey Ferguson GC2300 new with front loader and four foot gannon from our local dealer in Temecula California in August 2006. It is great for light landscaping and maintaining our gravel driveways.

Weaknesses In Dec., 2008, the front wheels stopped turning. The local dealer no longer existed. Took tractor to next nearest dealer (41 miles) and was advised that front bearing failed. Estimate cost to repair, $1600. Tractor has 170 hours of operation on it in two years. AGCO told the dealer the warranty has expired.

Overall Currently we are trying to get AGCO to return our call regarding some help on this premature bearing failure. But sadly, this looks like BUYER BEWARE.

Strengths Purchased a 2007 gc2300. Got it fully loaded. Front end loader (woods), curtis cab with heater and overhead console. The console is wired to control everything and has MP3 stereo in it (sweet). Rear blower with full hydraulics. Blower has 4 blade impeller (a must). Using machine to blow snow and some landscaping. Unbelivable snow removal. I live in northern New Brunswick and last year we had record snow falls. No problem going for distance and keeping up. Compact size will fit into any garage, even with cab. I was expecting the loader hydraulics to be jerky as its a low price machine. I have operated a few pay loaders, Cat-dresser-John Deere-Volvo, and find the controls to be very Cat like. Most impressive.

Weaknesses Front end loader is a bit weak. I have been using it remove back fill from around my house. It gets the job done but struggles with breakout strength. Compact size also means low ground clearance. It is what it is.

Overall Extremely stisfied, I researched them all. Dealer where I purchased also sells Kubota. He highly recommended the Massey Ferguson gc2300 over the 2230 (in this particular model range). He offered the kubota for the same price if I wanted but had great confidence in the Massey Ferguson. He was right. I put a hundred hours on it last winter and only took delivery in december.