TINY TRACTOR, TINY FARM: JOHN DEERE 1025R IS KILLIN' IT! 😎🚜

We're at Sheila's home and farm today, only a few minutes drive from the shop. She has some projects that we're going to tackle with the John Deere 1025R, including using a box-blade to till! We don't have a proper rototiller on hand right now, so we're gonna see how the shanks do at cultivating the small plots she has manured. We've also got some shrubs that need ripping out, hello GWT Stump Wrecker! And a whole lot of dirt to move. We'll be amongst her many animals on this small hobby farm, which makes for a great setting when using a tractor.
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[@lilyt8578]

Great and awesome video. The case is made again and again for the well designed and implemented use of the stump bucket and the 1025r going through its paces. You also again make a case why purchasing a 1025r is a wise investment for many jobs for us that have bigger lots ,acres, or small farm property and want to do these tasks ourselves. Thanks again Courtney& Chris have a great day and be safe. Tim

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks Tim. The 1025 proved to be the perfect tractor for this job because of two reasons: the number of trips that made us drive over the same ground. In the end, that ground doesn't look too bad with such a light tractor. Second, having to run in the fairly tight space between the bushes and the house to remove the berm meant the smaller tractor gave us the most comfort and maneuverability.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

of all those tools i think the tooth bucket would be the best bang for buck. I don't charge neighbors for anything, we always trade. I have traded a handmade cutting board (i have a small business) and got 4 live ducks in return. No cash unless buying something substantial. Cheers and love the videos!! I'm a new 1025r owner in Northern Ontario.

[@belindakt]

Demonstrating the usefulness of a tractor & a couple of attachments. Good job, Courtney!

[@sheilabunker2556]

Since I was guarding the pasture gate for much of this project, I did not see the amazing work Courtney did until viewing this video. But HOLY MOLY!!!! Courtney is insanely knowledgeable and skilled. We are beyond happy with what he quickly and carefully accomplished and of course the animals love the pile of sand in the pasture and all the sand that Courtney added and leveled behind the barn. Courtney demonstrated how easily all these jobs can be done! Time to get planting ❤️

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks for the opportunity Sheila! And thanks for working the gate the whole time!

[@TelescopeJunky]

GWT Stump Wrecker for the win! 🙂 Loved you showing other ways to accomplish tasks and most of all not being afaid to try those other ways. That is part of the fun of tractor ownership!

[@GoodWorksTractors]

It definitely is part of the fun of ownership, and it's part of the fun of making videos too!

[@mikehaines6176]

One of your more enjoyable videos. Showed a lot of uses for the tractor and some operating skill. Working around that foundation could've gone badly with a less careful operator. Honey, no money! LOL!

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks for watching! Helped to have a small tractor with good visibility.

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

Love the music. I have wondered about using my bow blade in this manner. Now I know. Great job!

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Appreciate it. We listen to some of these songs on repeat!

[@LeaMacDonald]

Will work for food . . . Kinda like "anything for a buck" by Larry, Darryl and Darryl . . . I once traded for a hand full of beans, we all know how that worked out. Was a great display of different attachments and uses. Also, that was an innovative use of the box scraper. Pretty dang novel. I was like #18 and view 121 . . . GWT provides another great start to a Saturday! :)

[@ralphjelomono9068]

Really impressed with the stump bucket. Nice design.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks. We're proud to be offering it, and hope customer feedback will end up making it even better.

[@jamesmbutler]

It's "too bad" you didn't need palled forks for that job. I was able to my new forks (HLA ultra light pallet forks from Good Works Tractors) for the first time the other day. Attached the forks for the first time and moved the new ballast box in my truck bed to my pole barn. Could not have been simpler, cleaner, or worked any better than it did. Extremely cool! Thank-you, Courtney!!

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Glad they're getting work straightaway!

[@j.r.martinez8101]

Awesome video. Working Hard to get my 1025. Will definitely be talking with you when I'm ready. save some honey for my purchase.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks J.R.! Looking forward to hearing from you.

[@SW-lu9cu]

REALLY NICE video Courtney !

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thank you!!

[@jacobpage128]

And this is why I bought a tractor from this company. The character! Paving the way!

[@sgtram1982]

Thanks for doing this awesome video.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks for watching this awesome video ;)

[@tomoaktree4951]

Hi Courtney, Great Video! If you think you're going to do many more earth, soil, or other moving projects like this, I recommend something like the King Kutter 1.5 Ton XB Dump Trailer. It has a capacity of 3000 lbs, has manual hydraulic dump, (via the tractor), and holds 35+ cu ft. of material. Great for transporting long distances. Sold at various farm stores, like Rural King, Fleet Farm.

[@Thegonagle]

Nice to see what a 1025R can do. Quite a bit as it turns out.

[@larrymangold1048]

I just ordered your stump bucket and this is a good reminder to have a chain with me when removing bushes.

[@steffen707-]

Great stuff. Looks like fun.

[@treylem3]

Awesome vid Courtney. Subcompacts are allstars...all that power, yet agile and not so heavy that it damages the ground. If I ever need a larger tractor, I wouldn't part with my subcompact JD 2305. I'll be ordering a few attachments from you tomorrow or monday, we spoke about a month ago. Thanks for all the great content, as always. God bless you bro

[@johnthorpe1071]

Thanks Courtney and Chris, Hey do you want to rent my tiller? Must ship to a commercial address with a loading dock ...........HAHAHAHA The stump wrecker looks very useful, even if you have a backhoe, would be handy for small quick jobs and not have to connect the bh (not that it is difficult)!

[@Classifiedreality]

Good vid...job well done😎👌

[@mikeshuler577]

You get more bees with honey than you do with vinegar, you’re a good man... a good deed will always have good rewards...Keep it up... oh by the way how much is the brush crusher ???? Be safe and have a blessed day....

[@curtanderson8655]

Cash is good but a trade like that is priceless!! Great video and thank you, now I know there are still good people in this world

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks for watching!

[@skipper99991]

That wasa tasty video. Loved it.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Ha. Thanks!

[@Sparktrician]

Nice job bud. I would be willing to wager the 260B with a thumb could have expedited some of the removal. Keep the great vids coming.

[@NHHalKnowsHow]

What good is having a tractor if you can't bless someone with it? Great Job! I have a question though, what is the purpose of that berm?

[@GoodWorksTractors]

As far as we could tell, a bit of insulation for the home.

[@waynejones5239]

Nice

[@ronthomas7892]

I agree, I will work for food!!!

[@rickmccarthy7471]

Same thing removing the square beams with the brush bucket? Or whatever you call it

[@twaflyboy1]

Hi. I enjoy your videos. Just bought a 2019 1025R and am interested in mirrors similar to what you have on yours. I used the link you posted for the mirrors, but they come with different brackets. Where did you find the brackets for yours?

[@trev583]

Should always hav a chain with your tractor and if you would have pulled on those bushes with a chain after loosening them up with the stump bucket they would have pulled right out.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

We talked about it, but decided we wanted to see what the stump bucket could do without the chain. Thanks for the suggestion though!

[@trev583]

@@GoodWorksTractors that makes sense. Good video, always enjoy your videos.

[@jayhuyssoon9486]

Would putting an add a grapple on the bucket have helped with the brush removal?

[@jayhuyssoon9486]

I meant to put it on the stump bucket.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

That would be cool, we haven't designed that feature yet.

[@daiseypup]

I'm curious... What weight bracket are you using ont the front, that allows the clearance for a full set of weights with the loader attached?

[@GoodWorksTractors]

None, used the black frame of the tractor

[@earlyriser8998]

quite the day out...and lots of toys to demonstrate...

[@earlyriser8998]

and nice ending...honey not money :-)

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks! It was fun to get to try out so many projects in a short span. Keeps us interested as well.

[@Gsxrnoob]

What do you think of the new T25 from tym?

[@cayman9873]

My tiller and ag tires make that a bit easier but your resilts were great

[@GoodWorksTractors]

A tiller would definitely have been better.

[@vaughnburrows]

For a guy that has access to lots of tractor sizes why did you choose the 1025?

[@Dale.Nienow]

Because the 1025r is the most popular size tractor, and to prove that you can do a lot of things with a small tractor.

[@vaughnburrows]

@@Dale.Nienow Makes sense thanks

[@vaughnburrows]

@@Dale.Nienow In your opinion which tractor would have been the ideal?

[@Dale.Nienow]

@@vaughnburrows I would have to go with a 2025r but with the 1025r it leaves less compaction with driving over the ground 50 times.

[@vaughnburrows]

@@Dale.Nienow Thanks

[@paulpassage857]

I guess, the backhoe not so much of wasted money after those bushes??

[@treylem3]

Do you mean the backhoe wasn't necessary because of the stump digger and toothbar, or joking sarcastic? I might be misunderstanding your comment. Thanks

[@GoodWorksTractors]

I'm pleased with how the front hoe worked. Don't think the backhoe would have fared any better, in fact unless you cut the bushes down, I think you'd be working a lot harder with a backhoe. For 10x the cost!

[@edstevens9357]

The chickens will eat the styrofoam on the foundation

[@socal33]

Amazing the owner is the property doesn’t have his own tractor

[@jimmcknight3021]

I am thinking that she hasn't had the property that long. However, I bet I know where she's going to go to get a tractor! Lol

[@GoodWorksTractors]

They have been at the property for a while, but even though GWT has good deals, tractors are expensive!

[@hughhead9079]

Great job! (But KZbin is dropping commercials every 2 minutes of your video so couldn't stand it past half way.. apparently Alphabet needs the money off your content?)

[@tryhardurbanfarmer5924]

I just finished the video with maybe only 4 adds. It was not bad at all. If someone can’t stand seeing adds they can always get a paid subscription.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

We usually just let YT decide the ads. But we removed a couple of ads after your comment. Thanks!

[@MrBarbuster]

lets see some virgin ground tilled up

[@MS-ng8th]

stop playing the music I want to hear the tractor working

[@RichardGilbert2727]

This really shows the versatility of a small tractor. Even without the perfect tool(s) for each job, you can get 'er done!

[@GoodWorksTractors]

A can-do attitude to match the can-do ability of the 1025.

[@johngaudreau7506]

Great job on the farm. You made that farmers day. Love it.

[@sheilabunker2556]

He sure did!!!!! All for some honey and eggs!!! The greatest guy ever!

[@OrangeismyNewGreen]

That was a great trade 😉🙂, good job 👍🏻

[@PatrickDKing]

that's a pretty nice bush digger upper for the front end. I had never actually seen one until I seen it on your channel.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

We're happy with it. If you want one, place your order over on goodworkstractors.com

[@josephsierra7295]

Very impressed with the application of the box blade for tilling..Nice work! Enjoyed watching the variety of tasks performed with the 1025r very versatile! Great setting at the farm! I did quite a bit today with mine. Spread 12 yds of loam for a friend, pulled a couple of stumps with the hoe. Used the Brush Crusher and helped a neighbor move and stack for a burn pile a boatload of branches from a clump of birches he cut that were too close to his house. Glad I had my spacers! Dice doing both tasks on and around funky grades and close quarters. I got paid in Scotch! the Dalmore 12year old..Yum! Thanks for sharing!

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Sounds like a full project over on your end! Maybe you need to set up some cameras and start a channel...?

[@josephsierra7295]

@@GoodWorksTractors hahaha! Nah..Too much work! Hahahah! I leave that to you guys that are experts at filming your work. I enjoy it and don't envy it.

[@tryhardurbanfarmer5924]

Well filmed. Great use of the 1025r & attachments. I have not found that I need added weights but in the situation you were show casing it made a lot of sense to add them. Do you think the added weights helped you drive your bucket into the burm? I am think so.... as well as that tooth bar. Keep up the “Goodworks”!

[@GoodWorksTractors]

The front suitcase weights must improve digging for the bucket. Is it measureable? IDK. Maybe in a future video we'll find a way to compare with and without? The toothbar definitely helps digging, no doubt about it. More PSI at the points of contact.

[@dwayneloftice2326]

Great demonstration of the different tools!

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks Dwayne!

[@BillyP55]

Such a good heart!

[@micstraitee01]

I wonder what came first the chicken or egg ? As we heard toward the end had duck, chicken, egg and honey. The job was awesome payment!

[@williamjohnson3396]

Just watched this episode nice guy i do the same thing in my area for alot of people as well.i enjoy helping alot of people

[@BobsOutdoorActivities]

Good video. The ending made me smile.

[@joeg4023]

Really great to see the barter system at work in the 21st century. Old school is the way to go! I've got something you need, and I'll take in trade something you have. The free market is a wonderful thing. The tractor work was good stuff to. Nice work.

[@Itsa_Mea]

"I'm not just a salesman, I'm an operator too!" Great work helping her out. Both of you seem to be living your dreams.

[@johnr1350]

A suggestion for the stump bucket; have a couple of chain hooks welded to the top. You can then throw a few loops of chain around the bush after digging up most of the roots and then pull the rest with the chain. Maybe it is offered as an add-on for the buckets. It shouldn’t add too much cost.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

There is currently a chain slot, but not hooks. Will continue to consider all suggestions though. Thanks!

[@jimmcknight3021]

Wow, you're running around there like the stoney ridge farmer! Lol

[@unclebuck5957]

The forks would have helped. Love the stump bucket

[@winterlounge]

I'm looking subcompact tractors. Would you say the front bucket is capable of pulling up old asphalt?

[@markschmaus5580]

First on Saturday!!

[@trail70brent]

That front stump bucket is great I want one for my Kabota BX and you kind of look like the Michelin man on a tractor LOL

[@GoodWorksTractors]

We make a skid-steer version! Check out goodworkstractors.com

[@MrVreez]

I love my brush crusher. Sure there are times I wouldn't mind more front control, but for my needs hauling logs from the property to my wood pile work great. When felling a tree, this brush crush hauls away all my branches really quick and without having to bend over and haul to a brush pile. The downside I have is really operator error I suppose, but I tend to rip up parts of my lawn pretty often when using (I forget to lift the brush crusher up before I get moving). We have a lot of autumn olive all over our property and this works well to rip those out by the roots without me taring up my arms to cut by chain saw--plus I get the roots. I have the stump bucket and it is still new to me. It works for small brush and really small trees. I don't think my 1025R has the front power to really dig up anything very big. I wished I could remove more stumps with it. Is there a way to make sure I am getting all the front lift power I should be getting?

[@jeromebecigneul2911]

Would have been nice to have used a larger tractor but it probably would have tracked the daylights out of the lawn. For what it is the 1025R didn't do bad. And a tiller definitely would have cut down the time. But with a larger tractor you may have finished the job in same amount of time. Honey is a great payment. There is no healthier food for your body.

[@thardyryll]

How I would love to know what they were thinking when the first owners had that house built. Trying to make a flat lot look hilly? Although the machine is too small for a productive job, it eventually gets it done. And, yes, a tiller, dump bed trailer or small dump truck, and top-handle arborist chain saw would be invaluable.

[@Cherokie89]

Maaaan... Having to drive every scoop from that berm all the way over yonder would be tedious as hell. I'd be wishing for a dump truck.

[@dougjohnson1199]

Awsome vid! Would you use the same size implements that you showed here on a 4066R ? Lemme know.

[@TOAD7464]

Always wondered if you can hitch mount a ripper blade to a truck and drive some laps around the garden

[@holg3070]

Great Video....Thank you Good Works Tractor Team!

[@edstevens9357]

What irrors do you have on

[@edstevens9357]

Mirrors

[@rickmccarthy7471]

Probably been better off using brush bucket pulling up the shrubs and bushes than the stump bucket

[@rickmccarthy7471]

Bruch cruncher bucket

[@davidparcel3012]

Still learning what my 2305 can do with the right attachment. You don't always have to have bigger and more expensive equipment to do the job. A GWT stump Wrecker is next. Thanks again for another great video

[@midwestbd7144]

Aren’t you worried about overloading the front axle when using the loader and the additional weights up front?

[@jeffmayeux1692]

Courtney, do do think the Brush Crusher grapple would pull out those shrubs?

[@noelcahill6707]

That would have been a good job to show what kinda trailer u could put on the 1025r

[@seanbailey8545]

Awesome seeing a compact being so versatile.

[@terencenelson4472]

Some of those bushes could be removed, after your work with the bucket, by wrapping a chain around the base of the bush connected to the tractor or bucket and pulling. My 2 cents.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Likely so, but having to switch attachments and wrap chain might have nullified the time saved? Either way, they're out!

[@betellef]

That Stump Wrecker is awesome. What are the chances of getting some chain hooks on it for pulling the bushes out when you have undercut them?

[@GoodWorksTractors]

We do have a chain slot for just such a purpose. Just didn't use it. Future video though!

[@cwolf8841]

If you just had a 2 ton dump trailer, you could decrease trips. :)

[@GoodWorksTractors]

No kidding!

[@danielmeyer403]

Glad to see you got the job done with what you had. But. I would have brought the tiller for the beds, chainsaw, large pruning shears, BH, grapple with hydraulic jaws(s) especially for the brush removal and could have picked all those 4 x4's without getting out of the seat which breaks cardinal rule #1, and of course the bucket. Would have made all of those tasks a lot faster, despite the BH removal and TPH installation. The brush crusher would make me mad, need jaw workings in any position. I'm glad it works for you though. The weather seemed to cooperate as well. Thinking about the HH tooth bar too. Do you think it's worth the money?

[@GoodWorksTractors]

The tooth bar is definitely worth the money, imo. Love how it increases penetration of the bucket when digging. Also love how it provides a little ledge for the bucket to carry things like those 6x6's. Some of those things you mention would have made the job faster, yes. But I don't think a 3rd function grapple would have improved anything in this instance, and if I had a tiller in stock, I would definitely have preferred to use that for the beds. As for the chainsaw, well we just plum forgot it, and thought it was still a good opportunity to see how the stump bucket would handle getting at the base of an uncut shrub.

[@danielmeyer403]

@@GoodWorksTractors It looked like it worked very well, I hope it's a big seller for you.

[@chex313]

I thought you were gonna ask for the Hog....

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Figured that was reaching too far!

[@cayman9873]

Dont think i could have done that well on the bushes.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

It took longer than the video showed, of course. And practice helps!

[@inder693]

Awesome stuff

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Thanks!

[@deer4200]

I believe you are in Michigan, is that berm there for frost coverage over the footing?

[@deer4200]

I like that brush crusher 4300, how is it for lifting logs?

[@GoodWorksTractors]

The berm's purpose was probably for heat insulation, as far as the owner thinks.

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Works well. You can see that demo'd in this video at 14:38 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZe6gn6voreHrNE