DIY LANDSCAPE GRADING! Deere 1025R, 4044R, 4066M and Ventrac!

4044R, 4066M, 1025R, Tiller, Ventrac 4500Z, all work together to prepare Steve's property for seed.
Install downspout drains, Improve the grade, spread topsoil. Almost ready for seed!
Part 1 of 2.
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[@steventhomson2042]

Wow, great video! Adam is a very exceptional young man. Can’t tell you how much our local JD dealer, SNP, has been great to work with me. Thank you for helping with our project, your help was invaluable.

[@jimmcknight3021]

I would like to know what Steve felt the differences were on the m series versus the r series on the John Deere tractor that led him to go back to the r series.

[@steventhomson2042]

@@jimmcknight3021 I really like and value the E-Throttle and auto level on the bucket. E-throttle alone is worth the difference, several of the other features of the R I really do not use or see a lot of value for how I use the tractor. does that help?

[@jimmcknight3021]

@@steventhomson2042 Yes that is helpful information and I appreciate you reaching out on your response. Thanks

[@BradMyers]

Adam did a great job. His dad should be proud, he is raising a good young man.

[@pioneerAv]

Thank you!

[@SgtGiggs]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="902">15:02</a> the good old “dirt or rock” test! You gotta be a kid to execute that correctly.🤣

[@Sylvan865]

I loved seeing a young person willing to learn something new and seeing someone take the time to teach.

[@justadbeer]

I must say that seeing young Adam have fun on the machines has made my day and was definitely my favorite part in this video! What a nice young man. Kudos to mom & dad for doing such a great job : )

[@alexmotsko3762]

Christy is a great instructor!

[@Zanderthelab]

What an outstanding young man helping out the TTWT cast. Got a feeling he is going to be on KZbin some day with that kind of enthusiasm.

[@allenhunt3070]

Fun video! Love the parts with Kristi and Adam.

[@bobpurs]

That was a big job. Little Adam is impressive. Good kid good to see.

[@peterkober6758]

Tim Christi big job you have under control thanks for taking us along God Bless All PaK

[@thomasyerbey337]

Great vlog Tim 🚜🇺🇲💯 love all your vlogs keep doing what you do 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@jimmyhorton1504]

Great video as always! Good to see a young person like Adam learning tractor skills! He already can do alot for his age!

[@stephendixon4619]

Thanks for the video, loved watching it. Kids like Adam give us hope for the future.

[@robertmcgreevy]

I love watching the kids learning the value of Hardwork and Learning to drive machinery Thank you You're awesome!

[@jimpetersen8900]

Chrissy I think you need a raise!

[@vacone1]

Love seeing the difference between the series John deere tractors. If not for your channel, this content is not available. I see you getting more involved with underground utilities. The roughest tractor work because of stress on the tractor and operator. Anyway, when finding the pipe, work the shovel man more. Once pipe found, dig a clearance hole 6 inches to side of pipe and 6 to 12 inch deeper. The the shovel man can uncover pipe into clearance hole. Less damage asking too much of backhoe and easier for laborer who has to get down there anyhow. 😊

[@danfarrell5177]

It'll be fine. Naiveté or experience. Love watching and learning! Keep it up

[@CapeAnnImages]

Back drag a trench? Well it worked and I can see a new accessory, a reversible bucket which could act like a backhoe! A bee & hornet tip from my dad.....Always carry a spray bottle filled with dish washing liquid & water! Bees, hornets and wasps breath thru their skin and the soap coats them instantly and they drop like flies(pun intended). It's also perfect in the home or where you don't want dangerous chemicals and oils messing things up. Great job by Adam! Best Regards, Jay

[@OrangeismyNewGreen]

You both make a good team, great video 👍🏻, and you had a great little helper 👍🏻

[@nealtubbs9608]

Nice job teaching Adam on how to use those attachments Christy.

[@darkwinter6028]

Ya’ know, you really shouldn’t back-drag like that. No, not because you‘ll break the FEL (as you said, it’s new loose topsoil). The reason is that you’ll get KZbin comments like this one! (see how this works?) 😜

[@tinachambers4887]

I like to see the young ones out learning by doing great example for all of us to follow have a day love from TEXAS

[@gregglouis2969]

You know Tim you had a subtitle that said “After Lunch” then you immediately said “I felt something” I thought that was going in a different direction for a split second haha 😂.

[@BiffsEquipment]

Nice job as always Tim!

[@bkrgi]

Always great to see the kids taking the seat time and start the learning process.

[@darkriverracing22]

Loving how you put a Deere rep's son on a Ventrac!!! He did a wonderful job too!

[@ericlaker1983]

Very good video Kristy n Tim!!! Thank you

[@careyward3405]

Always informative, love all your videos

[@MasonrywithAL]

Thanks for sharing your hard work !

[@jeffbaker4092]

That is great how that boy runs that tractor. That is great parenting.

[@JAllyFarms]

famous last words "It will be fine!"

[@elektrikman8834]

its nice to see what the 1025 is capable of you do a lot of things with it, i cannot wait for the delivery of mine

[@TractorTimewithTim]

congratulations!

[@mikefortune4796]

Hi Tim and Christy nice video i look forward to part 2 Christy you really are a dab hand on the Ventrac you can turn your hand to any job

[@johnkovac4436]

4r is in class of its own,love it

[@tsctoys3874]

great video like always thanks for sharing

[@isaacjacobs9789]

He did really good. Tim you better look you might lose you job hahaha.

[@texaschief8389]

Christy had Adam looking like an old pro on the 1025! Great video. Looking forward to the "rest of the story"

[@andysmith5220]

I really wish you would do some equipment reviewavand teaching young mature kids and teens. What a great tool on the proper operation and handling of equipment. Remember they are our future and my son really enjoyed seeing Adam operating the tractors. Now he want to learn and he's 8 yes old.

[@jddriver9565]

Am i the only one who had to smile all the time when the 4 series was in front of the camera?:D

[@ATR-42]

This was a great video Tim!!! learned a lot and it was great to watch

[@bradfoster6255]

I had a job earlier this summer where they had a pool up in that had alot of clay. I went in with my tiller after leveling the dirt pile and tilled all the clods it worked really well. Then I landscape raked the whole area. It was really amazing how well the tiller worked on those rock hard clods. Nice video there was alot going on.

[@dougthegrouchdacof6170]

One of your best. Very, very well done. Probably could of got 4 or 5 videos out of it.

[@jknewb6276]

Great job TTWT! It's getting closer to some plowing vids! I will say I'm not sure I'm quite ready though 🥶

[@nickb.6884]

Love your videos

[@joetterolison1286]

Hi Tim Just another idea for digging a trench with the loader bucket Back in My 40's I needed a job and took a position with a cable burying crew, and learned how a shovel worked, LOL Anyway, I was shown than if I stood on the shovel and wiggled the handle back and forward it worked itself into the ground. I tried this idea when trenching for a new water line around one of our houses. I set the tilted the bucket so the edge was on the line I wanted to dig then put the weight of the tractor on the edge and wiggled the bucket in the up & down motion and it worked just like the shovel When I was deep enough I curled the bucket and moved forward to remove the dirt in the bucket It put a lot less stress on the hydraulic cylinders and My trench was cut 6 feet long each time It worked well for Me Ken in Florida

[@hugostiglitz8465]

Florida has type c soil while northern states have type a or b or just rock. If you try that up here you will bust your tractor.

[@MasonrywithAL]

As Always great tips and nice work ! Great channel

[@snymat_68]

Adam was actually touching the floor boards. 😆😬😉

[@shadlundquist2329]

Good morning ttwt

[@ronwood7040]

Funny how digging a hole becomes a spectator sport. Digging a hole always draws a crowd. Ron

[@Studio23Media]

Everybody wants to know what you're looking for. 😂

[@elenidemos]

Out of all the tractors shown today, I'd want to use Vinnie too.

[@stevesmith-wc2gb]

I love the backup alarm

[@johanbos160]

Nice video tim and kristie and a very big job 💪👍

[@semco72057]

You all had your work cutout for you at this site and all the equipment there came in handy to get the job done.

[@ohiofarmer254]

Having just purchased a new tractor you are 100% correct about loader visibility. i was torn between a 3039r and anl3901 and the visibility with orange was 10 times better

[@mattjacobus3005]

What a great video a lot of deer on this project. great job to all maybe someday I will have a deer also.

[@GrampysTractor]

Four people and four tractors, you should have had a Square Dance. Working that dry soil had to mean everyone had a good coating of dust.

[@jokinjoe9447]

Tim tell everbody it is your tractor you can drive it anyway you want,they unless they are paying for the tractor...keep up the good work..

[@dickhead3144]

Dear Tim, I don’t know why anyone would tell you not to back drag with FEL as the manual provides you instruction on how to do it. Don’t let those trolls get you down. They can be real d**k heads. Thanks for another great video. I truly enjoy watching you and are family doing these jobs. Take care and stay COVID free my friend. Sincerely, Dick Head

[@jimharvard]

Tim, i watch your videos all the time. HOWEVER - YOU of all people should know that you DO NOT drive a tractor with a loader full of dirt or material "up in the air." a full loader should ALWAYS be as close to the ground as possible when transporting a full load. and of course, you "driving on a steep hill" with your "narrow wheelbase" compact tractor was another "operation" that you probably should not have put on a video. it's always nice to see you using all your "toys" in various ways.

[@JeffStewart78..]

Hey, I just noticed the cheeseburger in the logo. Great video.

[@johnkovac4436]

love 4r with cab as never get bit with ground hornets

[@ShaneZettelmier]

I think you should get a mini dozer for stuff like the hard ditch on that dirt you just drive on top and push it down. I’ve watched a couple KZbin channels with guys that have even little tiny bulldozers and it’s amazing what they can do with it they just push small trees and bushes out of the way and the roots just roll over and pop up and after a couple passes it’s just scraped clean. The sheer speed of moving earth with the dozer, even a small one is really impressive. Even the tiny blades on the front of backhoes seem to be fairly efficient but for a project like this mini dozer would’ve been perfect do you have a bunch of dirt to move where you want it and that’s exactly what they do and it’s unbelievably quick. If I had one my whole neighborhood would be a disaster area. 😂 but you actually seem to have skill with this kind of stuff so I’m sure you wouldn’t break too much with it. Lol. On one channel the guy paid $1500 for it and he had to weld a couple pieces and replace a couple hundred dollars worth of hydraulics but he’s cleared several acres of lightly wooded area and graded a couple acres that was basically turning his basement into a pond. It’s an old case, it’s a tiny little bulldozer but it just keeps on chugging away and doing the job. If I ever win the lottery I’ll probably buy all of this stuff and use all those TTWT coupon codes. 😂

[@edwardwhite221]

Digging is a sand box lol. Try this up North and your bucket will fall off.

[@stevencross8937]

you live the life Tim. my IT job is boring compared to what you get to do.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Wasted 30 yrs of my life in a software development job.

[@johnkovac4436]

tim can you use remote foward and backward controls on fender when using backhoe ? on 4r

[@groundcontrol2795]

Lol. I love when the kid does the tried and true "kid" soil test. "What do you think, is that soil or a rock?" As he slams it down on the ground into other clods, "It's soil."

[@brianhillis3701]

Looks like you had the tractor on two wheels at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="124">2:04</a>. That looks like pretty level ground.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

These were the humps I made by creating the trench for the drain pipe...but no, I don’t think on two wheels

[@charlielila9287]

Tim... U mentioned pulling back w bucket to dig the ditch....What is the danger to the FEL?? Thank you

[@jonathankerner2094]

how about spraying those clods with water? Just a hit to soften them up?

[@shaneoates335]

I was just wondering why you didn't have a 4 in 1 bucket? Seems like it would be more useful than half the buckets/grapples you use.

[@cpk4772]

Seems you found somethem angry ground dwellers!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@cdee6096]

Gotta ask what the problem is with back dragging with the bucket? I have done it plenty with no problems.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

If you tip the bucket too far, and pull (or push) too hard with the curl cylinders fully extended, you can break the cylinders. There have been many examples of that shown on FB, so it is a 'REAL' issue. However, I just get tired of dealing with 50 comments telling me I've done it wrong in every single video.

[@rogerhuber3133]

For the unenlightened folks like me.......WHY NOT back drag with the bucket? Just amazing what you can do with lots of equipment and help. LOL

[@TractorTimewithTim]

If bucket fully dumped, the cylinder rams can easily be broken.

[@rogerhuber3133]

@@TractorTimewithTim OK, Thanks.

[@bigbasslakeKaten]

That's a great dealer to allow Steve to try that tractor before he purchased it. My dealer wouldn't even let me get the bucket or mower blades dirty. They said it would have made it Used so thats not allowed.

[@thomascantral2497]

Tim, first let me say it was great to see a couple of 4 series tractors in a video I own a 4066M . I have a question on the 485A backhoe , it looked like it had a thumb if so was it hydraulic or manual and was it a Deere part or aftermarket. I sure could use a thumb on my backhoe. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. Keep producing content and take care of yourself.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

This is a Deere mechanical thumb.

[@paulie_b9363]

I’ve never heard about not backdragging. Is this an issue? I’ve done a lot of it in the past month. Even using the heavy hitch tooth bar to break up hard ground.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Only when tilt cylinders are fully extended. They are weak when fully extended , and can break.

[@keith3701]

How are the versa turf tires working out on the 1025....I'm ready to buy for my 1023e...are they holding up in all conditions ..or should I stick with the stock "tractor tires"

[@TractorTimewithTim]

If you are contemplating turf tires, go with Versa turf.

[@MrDerek19871987derek]

On a 2021 1023e what kind of rototillers can I use??

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Check out our post on tractortimewithtim.com. How to choose a tiller or something similar.

[@pjs5191]

Curiously Tim, what does it hurt to back drag with your front loader?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

If bucket is fully dumped, can break the curl cylinders. It happens frequently.

[@robwright3064]

Newbie question... what’s wrong with using your bucket to back drag?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

If you tip the bucket too far, and pull (or push) too hard with the curl cylinders fully extended, you can break the cylinders. There have been many examples of that shown on FB, so it is a 'REAL' issue. However, I just get tired of dealing with 50 comments telling me I've done it wrong in every single video.

[@henrybusjahn8714]

meat tenderizer and a little water rub on or wet and a little tobacco rub on sting

[@craigflatley7370]

👍

[@brucealvarez9263]

What are the odds Adam will be running heavy machinery for a living?

[@itsjersey]

hey Tim. the 4066m does it have an hydrostatic transmition??? or is it gear-driven??? love your videos

[@TractorTimewithTim]

This one is hydro. They are offered in hydro or power reverser.

[@itsjersey]

@@TractorTimewithTim ohhhh okey👍

[@williamgaines9784]

What a pair you two are.😃 Both great workers and very good narrators. Tim obviously feeling better getting down in a hole with a shovel. I really enjoy the channel.

[@jameswhalen6584]

Hey Tim I’ve had a 1025R for about three months I’m new to the program can you explain to me what’s wrong with Backblading with the loader

[@TractorTimewithTim]

If you tilt the bucket all the way down and pull or push too hard on it, you can break the curl cylinders.

[@jameswhalen6584]

@@TractorTimewithTim OK Tim thanks that makes sense

[@chrisclubb8783]

Hey Tim I’m wanting to find someone smarter then me that would have a similar interest. I haven’t found any auction site that has compact and subcompact accessories and tractors used. I’d think that there are a bunch of people that would benefit from this.

[@ronalddean4834]

Christy is getting to be an old hand on Vinny. She jumps right on and goes to work. Looks like Adam is a young man with a direction.

[@DanielTorres-hu1zq]

Tim & Christy, Excellent video and narration. I look forward to watching the other segments on this project when posted. Tim, I know you're not a JD salesperson, but is it possible to also provide the general cost of the different tractors when you feature them on your videos? For example, the different models of the 4 series shown in this video? Additionally, I must have missed the video when you explained it, but what is the purpose of the rack you've installed on the back of Vinnie and is it helpful? Thanks.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

You can get MSRP at the Deere.com build your own site. I haven’t really discussed the rack. Will do so soon hopefully. Check it out at artillian.com

[@DanielTorres-hu1zq]

@@TractorTimewithTim Thanks for the suggestion. I really enjoy and appreciate your videos and the always appropriate biblical quotations at the end.

[@richardhank6906]

Hey Tim, I was the one that commented on another of your videos asking if you blink ha! Just curious, and this may be a dumb question, but is it not possible to remove the cab from a tractor and just resell it? I'm not an expert in tractors (yet), so maybe you can help me understand Steve's reasoning for buying an entirely different tractor rather than just removing the cab.

[@kivetts04dmax]

I really wish I could of got the 4052M 😩

[@TractorTimewithTim]

This 4066M will be available come spring...with less than 50 hours on it.

[@kr5289]

I wasn't aware that you shouldn't back drag with the bucket I do that all time with my 1025 what damage can it cause.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Only when bucket is fully tipped…cylinders fully extended. That is when they are weak.

[@kr5289]

@@TractorTimewithTim yeah hadn't thought of that

[@nathanbrodeur]

Tim you ran that 4R tractor during the tower project

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Good grief! Of course I did. I totally forgot! Thanks for the reminder.

[@nathanbrodeur]

@@TractorTimewithTim you are welcome

[@pussheadd]

Why is it bad to bag drag with your bucket?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Risk of breaking curl cylinders if bucket is turned too far downward (cylinders extended too far).

[@butchbunde8990]

Tim, yu are looking spry, have your heart under control?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Seems good so far.

[@stump-bossBIll]

Tim - are you guys full time now doing work like this or do you still have a day job?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Christy quit her day job 3 1/2 years ago. I quit my day job about 1 1/2 years ago.

[@rick9031]

Dirt talk- my ancestors founded teutopolis, il, they chose that area because of the trees, they felt the plains of Illinois didn't grow trees so it must be bad soil. Boy they were wrong.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Exactly what my grandfather told us...so the story has been passed down consistently!

[@chris3m98]

Looks like around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="123">2:03</a> you might be in some trouble?????

[@troyvankinder9249]

I know you said no comments about back dragging with loader but you don't have a Kubota so be careful!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ha!

[@winkleoop]

Yellow jackets?

[@howardmoody9379]

why aren't you supposed to back drag with loader in dump position? New "to be" owner of 1025 or 2038R.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

back dragging or pushing with the loader fully tilted can break the tilt/curl cylinders. It is a real issue,, but would not have been an issue with this soft ground, and with me not having the bucket ALL THE WAY titled.