CLOSE CALL! NEW Mini Excavator Plus 4 Tractors INSIDE The Pond! Kubota U48-5

New Kubota U48-5 mini-excavator joins the Tractor Time with Tim lineup to dig out the pond. Ken from Bolt on Hooks uses the Deere 5075E, Kenton tries the 2038R, Rex gets the new Deere 4075R cab, and new friend Jeff uses the 3046R to remove muck.
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[@kdeckster]

It was so fun being a part of that! Had a great time playing in the muck with your tractors!

[@Kcolby47]

What a blast working with everyone on this project! It reminds me of the fun I had as a kid playing in the dirt, only on a much grander scale. There is something about the joy of coming together to work on a project that is so much fun and satisfying. Thanks for letting me be a small part. Blessings to everyone. Kenton

[@kencramer1697]

Your comment reminded me of a skit a comedian did. I wish I could remember who it was. But a single line has always stuck with me. The comedian was talking about boys playing outside and he got real close to the mike during one part to emphasize this line. "Building roads in the dirt that don't go anywhere!" That line has always stuck with me, as I built many a road in the dirt that didn't go anywhere. Just looped back to another road. :D

[@shanesherwood343]

Tim just wanted to say I appreciate how open and honest you have always been on the channel besides watching you and your friends play in a giant sand box it’s what make me come back to watch week after week

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for watching, Shane!

[@mikeludwig4315]

Congratulations Tim and Christy on the new excavator. Think the zero tail swing will pay off in your odd projects that you do. Werk Brau buckets are very good , look at the root rake too that Mike Morgan bought. Good luck on the pond and give thanks to all your helpers.

[@MessicksEquip]

Love the headphone setup. Great fun. Thanks tim!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Having a lot of fun! This machine is SMOOTH!

[@johnnylindsey5808]

Good job guys

[@tractorstrailsandlivingfree]

When you mentioned that you were intimidated in a heavy equipment dealership, i appreciate your humility in stating what many of us feel. Its easy to feel in over your head even in an ag store when youre looking for parts or service for a subcompact or even garden size tractor. You and Christy are "good people" as we say.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yep. ..and the dealers know about the intimidation factor. They just don’t seem to try to fix it.

[@GrampysTractor]

It looked like a Mud Hole Square Dance going on. Lots of action all around the pond and the mini ex doing the calling. The Kubota looks like the perfect addition to your stable of equipment. Next maybe a small rock truck you can fill and haul out. Great video.

[@cgsturm]

Love the new mini! Don’t hesitate to have “Mini Ex Time with Tim” Many of us small acreage owners have become owners of these and thoroughly enjoy what they can do and want to learn more. Mini and compact tractor complement each other in many use cases.

[@ranger6x660]

Tim, congrats on finally get an excavator. That tractor incident made my toes curled just a little. I’m glad he was able to save that one. Looking forward to seeing more on the pond and the final outcome. Stay safe everyone!

[@jagx234]

You forgot about Casey! It's been a while, I guess. They did have a mini ex years ago. Edit : He mentions Casey a few seconds after I finished typing :)

[@ranger6x660]

@@jagx234 I didn’t think he purchased Casey

[@jddriver9565]

2,3,4 and a 5 series deere in one video...I love it!:D (the Kubota is pretty much invisible for me)😄

[@DaveS987]

Renting an excavator is always an option for those of us with fewer jobs to do. Our local shop rents a mini ex for around $250-300 Canadian for a day.

[@EOTG_AK]

I could have gotten by with a 10k trailer for hauling my tractor but stepped up to a 15k specifically to be able to pick up a skid steer or mini excavator from the rental yard from time to time. I actually did the opposite of Tim and switched my backhoe over to excavator controls. I don’t know how anyone could operate the dipper and curl on the same stick smoothly.

[@crazyhass84]

Ya it was painful to watch all the inefficency and screwing around. Could have done that job faster with excavator and a dump trailer. Ramps r on the opposite side of where they are dumping. 😮

[@stevesmith-wc2gb]

I love how it plays a great theme song

[@hypercube33]

There ya go

[@timkd5vmv583]

I can’t wait for more details on the excavator!! It looks like a good choice so far. The Other Tim With Tractors

[@digdrivediy]

Looked like a fun tractor day! Sure wish I could get away to join in. Those headsets and the ability to talk to each other would be a game changer for many jobsites.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Would love to have you! Got the muck all out now. Ready for next step…trying to fix the leakage in the top 4 ft.

[@leonardpittman9307]

Enjoyed it.

[@jeffstrains4014]

This is exciting

[@bubbafatt]

@ 6:50 looks like some sort of duck duck goose game. Green, green, green, green, ORANGE!

[@redmonna]

I really like your mini-excavator purchase and I'm looking forward to seeing how you use it in future projects! I'd be curious to learn how you settled on sizing to the U48-5 vs larger or smaller units. I assume budget, capability, and weight for transporting all came into the equation.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Discussed in the video.

[@NotMuchHere]

@@TractorTimewithTim Hate to be disagreeable but it was not very detailed in the video. I would have guessed you wanted a bigger one .. however there might have been transportation reasons, limited options for the choice / dealer etc. Bigger is better, except when moving off road

[@TractorTimewithTim]

@@NotMuchHere hmm. Maybe I didn’t mention as much as I intended. This is the biggest one I can haul and stay under 26,000 CDL limit.

[@dustincauley1451]

i would really like to see a truck and trailer tuesday showing how you haul your mini excavator and proper tie down methods along with how much your truck trailer and machine weigh@@TractorTimewithTim

[@TractorTimewithTim]

@@dustincauley1451 yes, that would be a good idea. Lemme see what I can do.

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@jurpikag]

John Deere does really build their own minis. That was a partnership between Deere and Hitachi, all be it on the mini side probably a bit more Hitachi. I have ran them, Kubota Takeuchi and Komatsu. Any of them are awesome machines. If you have a lot of JD already, I dont see anything wrong with going with a Deere mini.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Cept Deere is moving away from the Hitachi design. Will be partnering with a different manufacturer within 2 years.

[@jurpikag]

@@TractorTimewithTim Interesting. Do you have a source for that statement @ Deere? Because the conversations I have had were they are now on their own, with an agreement to continue off the current partner design to further refine. I believe it’s like their skid steers. Not many people know that Deere had a partnership with New Holland to build their skid steers back in the day. Then Deere eventually started to build their own based off that design and making it their own.

[@JimFinlayson]

I appreciate the transparency, you are the rare YT’er that does this.

[@travisstone3489]

I look forward to seeing all new uses you have for the mini excavator. I appreciate your transparency with us viewers on here. I enjoy Messicks videos too.

[@SlipShodBob]

They do give you a helping hand with your land and pranking ideas

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

When we took the plunge and got a mini, it was the best investment for our property (after a tractor, of course). Tractor Hard! 🚜💪!

[@ODLife]

That looked like a ton of fun! Man, the sound set up was so cool! It was like hanging on the site with you all!

[@dougmcnattin386]

Very entertaining. That many radios with tractors was just the thing. Can't wait to see the outcome.

[@earlyriser8998]

Tim you are operating the mini-ex so smooth Good job.

[@scottsoper]

That was fun! Glad you could get a mini excavator!

[@troyr57]

Thanks Neal for helping Tim out, I have a KX 033-4 open station, really looking forward to upgrading to a KX 057-5 cab model in the future. I am definitely a Kubota Guy, I have Three currently B3200 TLB, and a B2601. Previously I had a BX23 2005 model, and a BX 2380. I have stopped by and talked to Neal previously, and have an account at Messick's and order supplies all the time.

[@MessicksEquip]

Thanks 👍

[@jimmcknight3021]

LOL, Looks like Neil is checking his customers' work. You need to get Tim to trade his LX to Grand L. We love our Grand L. We love the deluxe features. Especially the hydraulic skid steer quick attach that we ordered with ours.🎉

[@drewwestenbarger535]

Wish I knew you were in Findlay, I live nearby! Hope you enjoyed it!! I'm excited for you and your new toy!

[@Morpheen999]

Ive really been enjoying the Pond project!! All the ingenuity, and problem solving!

[@johnkovac4436]

For new equipment so great offer besides 0 percent loan too!!

[@randysavage8963]

Great transparency Tim always appreciate the honesty about acquiring equipment

[@charlesmartin8047]

Congratulations on your new mini excavator, I know you'll love it. That all looks like fun and I wish I could be there to help.

[@photocontrol]

Great teamwork with the tractors clearing out the muck. Congrats on the Kubota mini ex!

[@SLCFarms]

Congratulations on you mini x. That’s super nice Tim.

[@terrygroce1594]

This was a big deal for you to go and get the excavator. That was a great idea and having some many great friends to come by and run their tractors and help out is wonderful. The job calls for helpers to make progress. Thanks for sharing your videos with us and keep them coming.

[@eddiecannon3505]

I loved the tractor party! Would love to see it again!

[@bobpurs]

Nice excavator Tim. Nice save Kenny 👍

[@jdschini]

It was like watching a mini Farm Progress Show with you guys all in a tractor or excavator and operating at the same time. What also came to my mind was the old saying “happier than a pig in mud!” Now the next question is who got to wash all of those tractors? 😂

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Kenton washed 3 of them for the next episode!

[@tx51210]

I hope you post an final evaluation on that 4075 at the end of your time with it.

[@davelarman2151]

Good luck with the pond. A big job for the normal homeowner.

[@DougAlesUSA]

18:16 Been there. My, ….umm, bottom went into a full pucker just watching that. Lowering the bucket becomes instinct. Glad Ken was able to save it.

[@michaeltechroom]

the jaw bone bucket from AMI is a cool idea

[@joeyforeman3138]

Tim hope you got my post about keeping pond full about digging trench around the pond to seal it from leaching through the top soil love your videos

[@paybax]

That was my mistake when I dug mine. Think it’s called a key trench.

[@On_The_Farm]

I was waiting for you to get this Tim. You will find a ton of things to do with that. Nice!!

[@Rsiikarla]

I remember doing that same thing a few times... In the sand box when I was a kid... And it looks like just as much fun!!

[@harmab2]

Thank you, great video

[@tucksmith8300]

Awesome job Tim!!! Teamwork makes the dream work

[@trcass1]

great segment Tim. How deep is that muck.....i dont think you are ever going to bottom out. that was a close call with that tractor.....fun watching you with the pond.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Haven’t found the bottom of the gray/blue clay. I can find a ‘hard bottom’ of sorts, then when water hits it, it soaks in and softens up.

[@jameslovingood5624]

look at renting a small single axle dump trailer and pulling with a tractor. I did this when back filling my house to move dirt from 2 lots down the street. I loaded with a Bobcat and pulled the trailer with a Kubota B7500. We moved huge amount dirt in one day.

[@timraber6575]

Looked like fun. Kenyon didn’t get much air time!!!!! The smaller excavator is a great addition to your fleet.😊

[@HCH9990]

Great video as always, and it looked like you guys had fun! One thing that I think is slightly unclear is your strategy for this job. You're looking to remove all the silt and ensure you don't lose water from the reconstructed pond once you get down to all solid clay, but what's the plan for the silt, and are you intending to use the better soil you're also removing to backfill in the holes once all the silt has been removed? Is the plan to have a flat bottomed pond or are you happy with different levels/deeper holes in the pond as long as it doesn't leak? How are the sides going to be formed? OK, I know that's a lot of questions(!) but it'd give a better insight into the results you're looking to achieve with the tractors and excavator. I think it's really great that you will be able to show the strengths and limitations of tractors (and vice versa for the excavator) on this and (I assume) other jobs in the future. It'd be really great to understand what an excavator can and can't do in the ways you've showed us what a tractor's strengths and weaknesses are over the years. Finally, I'm not sure how you're bribing the tractor fund manager to add an excavator to the fleet, but I'm sure Christy is going to start to show up in future videos in Christian Louboutin shoes and Tiffany jewels! 😂

[@Suburban-Homestead]

Tim you had much more of a sports announcer effect going on this as you were calling out your teammate actions!

[@yvonnejohnson1557]

Nice have good friends to help you there Tim y'all did a good job from gary

[@jimmcknight3021]

With all the excitement of the work, did i miss what you are going to do with all the silt?

[@aaronburford5701]

This was a great video with great content! Love both listening and watching the strategy! This was fascinating!

[@OO-by2jl]

Did you get green paint also?

[@FelipeColby]

The four deerman of the pondocalypse!

[@justinrice7412]

You should take the angle blade of and put you dump trailer on to hall the soupy stuf out

[@samengler539]

Man that looks like fun Tim. Congratulations on the mini x.

[@joshua9533]

That Kubota is a nice machine

[@ReeceKefford]

i love your video's

[@jefffunkhouser2773]

Need a few skid steer they move mud faster

[@bnewton5922]

That was awesome. Watching all those tractors and a excavator. Looking forward to seeing more videos on the pond work. I need to work on my pond. I’ve been planning to buy a backhoe attachment for my John Deer 2320. But I’m wondering if I would be better off renting a excavator for a few days to clean up the banks on my pond. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and as you said keep your buckets low.

[@hardwareguy1]

I'm sure you will enjoy the new excavator Tim. I'm trying to talk myself into getting one but haven't been successful yet. I'm sure it will be like my tractor(s) where I find many more uses for it once I get it than I could think of before I got it. Or at least that's what I'm hoping.

[@phloughtgnarpsehs7263]

Several years ago went through the same process of mucking out a pond that had gotten silted up well above the clay layer. First attempted with tractor loaders, but it was way too sloppy. Then hired someone with a mini-ex, but one bucket at a time was going to take forever. Finally wised up & rented a tracked skid steer, which worked the best by far. Didn’t get stuck in the muck due to the tracks, and was able to take much larger buckets of muck up & out of the pond. PS-Neil sold me my used B2150 several years ago. Love Messicks!

[@jefffunkhouser2773]

I'm on my 3rd pond clean out c all with my track skid steer and I never got stuck too but the 1 st pond I did when I was done they had to pull me out of the pond I couldn't make it out

[@jjjustin17favs]

I appreciate your honesty on Financials.

[@tx51210]

Fun. Looks like a lot of progress. Congratulations on the excavator

[@ralphjelomono9068]

Congrats on new excavator Tim. Great choice. I have run Kubota, John Deere and Bobcat mini exs and the Kubota was the nicest and smoothest by far. Can't beat the product and support from a good dealer. I understand your issue with used stuff. I have been searching for a full size excavator all year. Auctions scare me so I stick with dealers. The nice machines sell quick.

[@InquisiitorWH44K]

Love the new excavator. Have the backhoe for my 1025r and it comes in handy. Would still like to have a mini excavator for my place, but for the amount of use I have for one it may be the used market for me.

[@SteveThomson-g2m]

Looking great!!!! Very glad no collisions!!!!

[@somethingabouttractors241]

I had to come watch this after i seen messicks upload his today

[@gregritter5883]

Hey Tim, good job good coordination you guys looked like you were working well together out there

[@spidyoweb]

They keep the buckets to high when moving.

[@ronniehoward6601]

You definitely had the "A" team for this project. Enjoyed the video.

[@mattwright5325]

I have rennet three Kubota mini excavators from Messicks and I must say I am more impressed with the mini excavators then there tractors u 35 which was probably my most favorite I love my green machines, but I would definitely take an orange mini excavator it didn’t even mind the cold weather. Just wish they would have forgotten to come pick it back up.

[@UtahUPman]

Tim, you never mentioned the custom Messics start-up feature built in your new mini-ex! 🎶 I'd mail Neil a cheeseburger.😅

[@Tapthatsugershack]

Looking good and thr front lawn looks amazing

[@shaneoates335]

Can you say why you chose the Kubota mini over John Deere, Case, Cat etc ? Or why you went with a mini excavator over a good used fullsize backhoe?

[@waynederby4684]

Hi Tim: What kind of camera's do you have on your 5 series? Thank You.

[@CapeAnnImages]

Great video, great work! Just a thought, when the pond is done and full and the banks get growing tall you might wanna invest in a brush cutter for the mini, that extra reach will be handy. Best Regards, Jay

[@jimmcknight3021]

LOL, I figured some other KZbin Channel folks would get involved with this pond. However, you surprised me by reaching out to Messick's for the purchase deal.

[@martineastburn3679]

I wonder on the process. Think I would lay some 'tile pipe' (black plastic) down through having access to drain into the road ditch. Then fill the whole pond with dirt. And fill from all sides and extend the sides towards each other. packing as you go and adding until it is over the other side. Might be the only way to do this. Good luck.

[@brucealvarez9263]

I see your advice to keep the full loader down no higher than the front tires was not being followed. That is one reason the tractor almost tipped, he had it a lot higher than the tires.

[@livingtheamericandreaminth1872]

One thing you may try tim is to use your min ex like a little doser and push all of the slop away from where you are digging

[@EOTG_AK]

What are you guys using for communications?

[@Thecowboy1950]

You need a good size dump trailer to haul the muck out of your pond

[@randykane474]

Very enjoyable to watch and listen. Would love to have that muck once it dries. I'm surprised at how deep that muck goes.

[@williamfenner9915]

I like your new excavator. I surprised that you didn't look at Deere. What is going to be its name? You will be happy with the zero tail swing. Especially when you are near any obstacles.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Deere chose not to work with us. And they are made by Hitachi. Name is Minnie.

[@williamfenner9915]

@@TractorTimewithTim OK 👍. I think that you will be happy with the Kubota. They make very good equipment.

[@williamfenner9915]

@@TractorTimewithTimI like the name!!

[@bvinduck]

I liked the video. Thanks. What headsets are you using to communicate with the other guys?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Stihl Advance ProCom

[@JC-yt1pm]

Hope to see you use the Mini more I have been looking at the next size down for a while for building retaining walls.

[@conanruisi]

Tim you should make an area around the bank where the water is shallow, maybe a foot deep, and make the soil under the water flat. You could partially drain the pond (lose one foot of water) and plant rice in the shallows, and gradually top the pond back off as the rice grows.

[@conanruisi]

Kubota sells a self propelled rice transplanter for muddy paddy in Japan, sometimes you can find them for $3,000 used. They also make combines, you would be surprised how small those combines get Tim. I looked it up, it would cost me $1500 shipping to get one of those things shipped used from Japan. Would love to see you check some of those machines out, kubota rice transplanters, iseki and kubota harvesters, whatever size, everything in Japan is sub compact. Maybe I’d be willing to have it sent to you first before I get it, when I buy it for myself, if you make a video with it.

[@bendoing4598]

Tim, why is it that loaders only get half a bucket? With the 45 degree cut on the front and not tilting further back it looks hard to fill. Maybe because I only ran a skid steer is why I think that. Is there an attachment you could use on the tractor loader to at least get it to tilt back more and not spill as you back up a slope? I even tried loading limbs by hand into a tractor loader bucket and had a hard time keeping them in while he moved over to where we were dumping them. Just seems like they have a really bad angle on the bucket. Thanks for being you.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

The 2038r self leveling loader does not curl back far enough. Very frustrating. Having said that, remember that these operators are using these machines for the very first time. Every machine is different, so it isn’t really fair to judge them harshly.

[@Treeplanter73]

Get that pond 30ft deep with walleye!

[@btsllc9676]

Nice excavator. Would you go over some details on the transport aspect...excavator weight, trailer and capacity, truck, under/over CDL, and if that was part of the decision making process, thanks.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes, a major part.

[@turdferguson5300]

Call all the neighborhood kids and ask their wives if they can come out and play. That looks like a good day. As for choosing a Kubota you're a smart man. There comes a time in life when the kids are grown, the house is paid off, and you're tired of making do. Ya want what ya want, for me its Honda, Kubota, and Toyota. I do very little repairs and the stuff is ready to use when I need it.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

You would love Deere compact tractors!

[@turdferguson5300]

@@TractorTimewithTim Yes I'm sure that's right but I don't care for the dealers in my area or I should say on the east coast. AG Pro own all the JD dealerships up and down I-75. You have to pay them to be on their preferred service plan or if you're like me ya wait till they finish with all the preferred customers. I'll never buy anything green again, its big orange in east Tennessee. I have three of em that I like. As for now the Kubota dealers aren't owned by one group. JD prices will be about the same anywhere I go but Kubota prices will change with the dealership. Shout out to David at Kubota of Chattanooga. He treats me right.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

@@turdferguson5300 makes sense!

[@benlehmann2156]

Careful with that kubota, you just might find yourself with a new favorite color lol

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I like it!

[@noelcahill6707]

Time for a trailer on this channel