Winch Rescue! Compact Tractor Tackles Mud, Mountains, and Snake

Eventful project for our John Deere 1025R. Johnny levels and smooths huge mud piles using Heavy Hitch Toothbar and King Kutter Tiller. Polaris Ranger pulls Johnny out of the mud. Aggressive snake puts up a good fight. Once again the 1025R proves to be a great multitask-er for the homeowner.
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[@TractorTimewithTim]

Folks keep asking why I didn't use the bucket to pry myself out. The answer is simple. There was no solid ground in front of the tractor. I was headed slightly toward the creek. Attempting to use the bucket would have simply thrown mud back into the creek. This would have defeated the primary purpose of the project...removing excess mud from the creek. Earlier in this very video, I had used the bucket to get 'unstuck', so this was not an ignorance issue. We edited out the 'explanation' of why I didn't use the bucket in this case to keep the video more interesting.

[@Deznutz667]

You really need to learn how to keep that bucket as low as possible when traversing over uneven terrain. Narrow wheel base and the lack of machine weight will eventually put you on your side.

[@angelian6260]

pro tip : watch series on flixzone. Been using it for watching lots of of movies during the lockdown.

[@kyesullivan7137]

@Angel Ian Definitely, I've been watching on Flixzone for months myself =)

[@lodprice2343]

Tim, great job! The versatility of tractors is amazing. That versatility makes a tractor one of the greatest pieces of equipment ever invented.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Lod Price thanks Lod. Especially the small ones with easily attachable loaders and backhoes

[@billypierce4247]

your videos are definetly the best at showing the capabilities of this tractor great video!

[@belindakt]

Good job! This video is proof you know your equipment & its limitations, & how to utilize it to the best of its abilities. A landscaping outfit would've had 7 or 8 pieces of equipment out there, & although it took a little more time, you pulled it off & made it look really good!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+belinda turner thanks!

[@sonsofthunder3100]

I have to say that was pretty impressed for a sub compact. I was sceptical as I started watching. You got it done and that's what counts!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Sons of Thunder we always seem to get the job done. We don't get many comments anymore stating that a sub-compact can't do real work. We have 200+ videos proving otherwise.

[@sonsofthunder3100]

I agree! Since I started watching the videos you all are making I realized how much these "small" tractors really can do! As I look for a small tractor it has made me think about smaller with more attachments, get more variety bang for your buck!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Sons of Thunder thanks for the kind words! I agree that smaller with more attachments is the way to go.

[@2LateIWon]

Just a rule of thumb. For every foot down you should be a for over from the edge. At least that's what i tell my customers when i brush hog for them. You don't want the edge to give way with the weight and vibration of the tractor. Not trying to be a safety sally just giving advice. Take it or leave it. Great job!!! Looks beautiful specially once everything stays growing back. Only good snake is a dead snake

[@tazmankb26]

great job Tim! I did get a little nervous with you driving so close to the edge of that very muddy creek bed

[@johndeno562]

Good job, recently county dug out the drainage ditch at the farm. Got half done last year and the rest this spring, over 3/4 mile. I'm lucky I had a 15' disk to get the humps out and the 3720 with box blade to get it smoothed out.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+John Deno yea, wasn't easy until I got it figured out.

[@raffy1ca]

Great video! Really appreciate all the time and effort put into recording, explaining and editing your videos!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+raffy1ca we appreciate your comment. Christy spends 10-15 hrs editing each video. Lots of work.

[@scottcrick]

Hey Tim, thanks for sharing, this was a great video!

[@cliffordlarson5425]

Nice job

[@TractorTimewithTim]

thanks Clifford!

[@mi2tn]

Great job Tim and Christy. Isn't it nice that Johnny does most of the work?! I let snakes be if...they don't come after me or aren't poison. Although I did take a baby rabbit away from a black snake. If it would have killed the rabbit it would not have been able to eat it so I freed the rabbit and let the snake live another day. The black snake was only 4' long and it just looked at me as I uncurled it from around the rabbit. Maybe I should have put it in a box and sent it to Christy. :) I wouldn't do that to you Christy. The baby rabbit did live and went on it's way. I had to rub it's belly to get it to breath better. It wouldn't move for awhile, thought it was dead at first.

[@triumphovertragedy7860]

Tim, I've been binge watching you're videos and I gotta tell ya good sir. The wife is looking more, and more beautiful than the last videos. Like a BIG Field of day lilies and endless summer hydrangeas.. love the videos good sir!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Scott! She needs to hear that compliment. She worked REALLY hard editing this video. We were on a time-crunch. We had a big party here this weekend...the entire neighborhood. She worked all weekend, then had to get up first thing Monday morning and start editing. We barely made the 3pm publish time. So, yes, she deserves the kind words!

[@KiotiCS]

I don't think she likes the snake ! LOL but you did what I was thinking use the bucket to back drag the pile or I was thinking use the tiller and back up to the creek and use it to pull the dirt away from the creek ! I was a little scared for you and johnny on the edge did not won't you in the creek ! But looks good great job Tim ! Take care and have a great week ! Curt 👍🚜😁

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Kioti CS2410 things like this always look worse in video than real life.

[@macdawg6403]

That looked like a black snake which is a nonvenomous species of Colubridae found in central North America. They eat mostly Rats & Mice.

[@timothybulter4923]

Hi my name is Tim Butler. I like everything you do with John me and my wife are going to get one. We do a lot of the things you do

[@user-zz3km8nk8c]

I know it's 4 years old. But it's a WINCH

[@kenlitherland6065]

Tim you need to quit your day job so you can have your evenings back. Could be a fun job you and Johnny playing in the dirt.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Ken Litherland exactly! Would be nice.

[@johanbos160]

Great video tim and a very good job 👍

[@rogert4586]

looks like you need a landscape rake, I bought one off CL, it's a 7 ft everything attachments extreme rake for my 25hp TYM T234 it works great. I'd get the gage wheels too.

[@fishinginpa4716]

Lets pat him on his back , he did not hurt himself with his toy tractor . If he rolls over into the ditch .It can be all over.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Fishing in Pa I am aware and careful.

[@johnbourgeois1414]

Tim if you open the back of the tiller and chain it open you can back into your work and move much more than you can going forward

[@FlyguyXII]

Kind of surprised how stable it was there on the bank with your bucket up. I kept thinking you where going to tip and roll into the ditch. I had alittle scare with my 1025 while brush hogging and I had the bucket low to the ground and found a drop that I didn't know about or see and I credit the bucket being low and catching the front of the tractor that kept me from rolling the tractor on its side.

[@sogyseal7962]

FlyguyXII I had a similar experience on an old 50hp long. Was bush hogging on a steep hill sideways and the lower side front tire dropped in a stump hole I didn't know was there. The back opposite tire came up and scared the "insert explective here" out of me.

[@mcinkyt]

Plan C, drop your bucket Teeth Down and push yourself back with the hydraulics. I figured that out when I was 15, before dad came along ...

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+mcinkyt dude. I explained why I couldn't do that in this situation. You've watched my videos. You've seen me use the bucket to get out repeatedly.

[@patroberson2592]

Great video except for the snake. I'm with Christy..don't like snakes.

[@Futurebeefcake]

You could have used your bucket to push you back so your not relying mainly on the winch.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Chase I discussed why I couldn't do that in the video (and in several comments here). I would have simply pushed the edge of the bank back down into the creek. I did not have my backhoe, so no way to pull it back up out of the creek. I would have made a mess that I could not have cleaned up.

[@AngryNerd]

Pulling a pulverizer over the area a couple of time would have finished it off nicely

[@skipduld3630]

GOOD TECHNECT ILL HAVE TRY THIS.

[@RKHarm24]

Christy, Ifn I had been there, we could have hugged and squealed like little girls dancing around. Don't do snakes either.

[@jakeschisler7525]

Poor snake!

[@jeffrainwater4084]

Maybe one of those new 2025r models with the bigger tires and more clearance would have helped. =)

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Jeff Rainwater honestly, it would would have been better!

[@Alanschmalzried]

Nice work!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Alan.

[@Drew6709]

Honestly, those tires on Johnny aren't aggressive enough to be in that mud. But great for yards. Have to sacrifice traction for turf saving ability. A box scraper could have been used to flatten the piles before tilling.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Drew6709 maybe, but the box blade would not have lifted high enough for some of the piles. I cannot imagine anything working faster or better than that toothbar.

[@1teddy1979]

Maybe the finance committee will think about letting you get a power rake 😁

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+1teddy1979 ha. Maybe someday!

[@1teddy1979]

Tractor Time with Tim great video!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks!

[@Videogamerforlife69]

9000 for a power rake...lol. its r main tool at work when it comes to installing lawns

[@1teddy1979]

Video-gamer-for-life I thought they were overpriced when I looked at mine when I bought it but man once you work with it amazing

[@eosjoe565]

Wow... you really did a great job given how high those mounds of dirt were. You were very smart to shut it down as soon as you got stuck rather than keep chewing away until you were axle deep. Man... I hate snakes too. Glad to see it finally got some tiller justice. The grass will probably grow a bit greener in that spot. :-)

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes, I was sliding into the ditch, and I didn't have the backhoe along to dig out any mess I might have made. ...and Joe wanted to use his winch anyway!!!

[@johnclarke6647]

Don't tell me you are scared of a little old snake while sitting on a tractor. I have killed so many of them from the seat of a tractor I cannot remember how many. I cut up one big water moccasin with a 5 foot rotary mower. It looked like pieces of balogna coming out from under the mower. I killed a big eastern diamond back that kept striking my rear tire, but he did not know I had a .357 on my belt. He was over 6' long and as big around as my leg and made a good target for my M19 Smith.

[@lesleyleighty1462]

THIS IS MY HOUSEEEEE

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ha! I assume your dad told you that we have several videos from your house.. let me know if you have trouble finding the others.

[@johndeno562]

Want him to get the itch put him in the driver seat.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+John Deno i did with the backhoe. He enjoyed, but he wasn't fast enough to suit himself, so he handed the controls back over to me. ....part of the lost video!

[@georgesmith7773]

we were in Rockport, Tx. last weekend. I made sure that everybody had a time in the seat.

[@ascott4936]

Why would you waste time trying to kill a harmless snake

[@daveknowshow]

nice job

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Dave. You've been busy recently. I'm behind on your videos. You must be feeling better???

[@daveknowshow]

actually I'm under Dr's orders to finish up some youtube videos before Oct. he said it would get my mind off everything. I'm scheduled for more cancer related surgery first part of Oct. needless to say I been a tad nervous over it all. I thought all this was behind me. I guess I have a few more miles to travel down this road. prayers would be much appreciated. stay blessed and keep making videos I will need good content to watch as I recover. Dave

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+daveknowshow will pray Dave! Keep watching, we'll keep making them!!!

[@bigc1961]

could have just used front bucket to get unstuck...you will learn as you do more jobs...

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+bigc1961 I explained this in the video. There was nothing to 'grab' with the front bucket. Any attempt would have simply thrown a big pile of mud back in the creek. I had no backhoe with me to fetch that out...so this was best option. You will see me use bucket to get out many times in other videos, and maybe even at another point in this one.

[@streetslayinggto2505]

U should have put the bucket flat with the ground almost like a dozen and drove along the bank

[@rzrkilleriwishiwereahonda3625]

I no one time I was brush hoging at night with my Kubota m7040 with a woods batwing mower. It started jumping around an she started rolling the coal .Hear I ran a deer over that was beding down to say the lest there wasn't much left of it ....

[@misfitfarm1937]

Not a snake fan but learn what ones are dangerous and what ones are not.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Red Farms I've always found that aggressive snakes are dangerous. This one was definitely aggressive

[@plowtruckdriver]

ill tell you what that project turned out nice .. I hate snakes too

[@TractorTimewithTim]

yes, it looked good when we got it finished, and it was challenging and fun. Good stuff.

[@Lanninglongarmmowing]

Does that area flood a lot? Looks really wet and that huge pipe can handle a ton of water.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Love2boat92 the ditch runs pretty full at times.

[@BluntSmokeTrauma]

I hope he didn't use pesticides near that water source.

[@40lostyears]

I hate switching attachments unless the customer is paying that is why u charge travel time

[@johnshipley6653]

I can't believe I watched this..

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Why so bad for you, John? Just curious.

[@sh839c]

You make great videos, I enjoy them. Do you advertise for tractor work or do it just for fun?.

[@f.davidbush9093]

You need a bigger tractor. You get the most out of Johnny. Talk to your finical department a 2032 wool be perfect for you. Drifterbike

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+F. David Bush thanks drifter. Wouldn't have made the connection without the signature!

[@rzrkilleriwishiwereahonda3625]

Next time use a snack block lol. It's easier on everything

[@michaelowens935]

Do you happen to see a set of ag tires in your future? Would be great in the mud,but tricky if your doing a lot of yard work. Great video and I think you had no choice on the snake ,it was him or you.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I won't buy new tires until something happens to these, or they wear out. These are plenty good. Ag (R1) tires would certainly be nicer for some stuff, but not enough for me to buy a second set.

[@Tomhellyer]

Wakey wakey hand of snaky

[@timkd5vmv583]

That is a GOOD snake....it's dead...that's good ...lol. I don't deal well with snakes either. Great video as always.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Tim KD5VMV thanks Tim!

[@georgephillips1185]

Would it have better if the ditch bank were mowed first before using the backhoe to clean

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Probably didn’t matter. We tilled it all up in a later video anyway.

[@laprepper]

What about a leveling attachment? Did he need the plants cut first?

[@scott5609]

Love ur video's i was wondering if you have ever tried to use ur front bucket to get u untuck i have tried it with success with my tractor

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Check this one. I used the bucket repeatedly to get myself out. kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=J3OxOhEW4m0 Unfortunately, this was not possible in the present situation. The bucket would have just moved more mud into the creek. I did not have the backhoe with me, so it would have been a mess that I could not have cleaned up. I think I explained part of that in the video (unless it got removed in the final edits)

[@rhymereason3449]

I think this guy breaks basic safety protocols EVERY time he gets on his tractor... it's ridiculous!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yep. Real world is what it is.

[@michelleoldenburg4728]

rip mr snake

[@michigantler5046]

brown water snake

[@nashguy207]

Please don't kill the snakes I really don't like them either but they do play a very important part of our ecosystem another great video and job by johnny. Tim what is the weight lifting capacity of the front hydraulic system with the bucket or the forks on. IM wondering if it could lift 2 or 3 inch caliper trees their root balls are pretty big and get fairly heavy. Been thinking about getting a skidder for my landscaping company but I like the idea of something like johnny because it wouldn't do near the damage to the turf and others things like the tracks on a sidder will do.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+nashguy207 800-1000 lbs. for that role, I would think a 3 series would be better. Lots of lifting power, yet still small footprint. Large frame 2 would be the minimum.

[@nashguy207]

ok I will look at them. Thanks for the info.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+nashguy207 look at the 3039r or 3046r.

[@WelshRabbit]

I don't like snakes either -- not one bit, venomous or non-venomous. If I find one on my property, I do everything in my power to eliminate it in every way possible -- kill it or, to paraphrase King James, I will harry it out of my land. Ecosystem or not, I personally could do with a few less cottonmouths and copperheads. By the way, Ireland seems to do just fine without snakes.

[@petenolte4192]

Good job Tim!!!!! What kind of snake was that?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Pete Nolte dead one :-). I really don't know.

[@petenolte4192]

Aren't you ready to trade they tiller yet LOL

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Pete Nolte you wanting to buy my tiller?

[@petenolte4192]

I can't justify a new one and all the used ones are in terrible shape

[@natgtz2500]

why kill the snake ?

[@edjames4535]

What are you making or planting

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Ed James did you watch? I thought Joe explained pretty well (unless we removed it accidentally In final edit)

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Joe is planning to plan grass this fall and maybe wildflowers next spring.

[@dwightkauffman6472]

Curious how you come about finding your jobs

[@justinvannatta5359]

Same with me christy I hate snakes

[@HavocAdventure]

Hey Tim, how do you charge for projects like this?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Sorry, we don't discuss pricing on this channel.

[@HavocAdventure]

Tractor Time with Tim I’m not asking what you charged. Im asking how you price out work like this. Is it by the hour? Per the job? How do you account for unexpected changes in the projects or length if time that it ends up taking you?

[@Buck1954]

Why does he need a tractor when he has you?

[@Shane_O.5158]

sometimes you just gotta say don't go there.

[@kennybaughman5032]

How many hours dose Johnny have on him now

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Kenny Baughman 285

[@macmcilnay6314]

Why didn't you just walk the tractor back with the bucket?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

nothing solid to grab. I would have simply thrown mud back into the creek...which would defeat the primary objective.

[@mileswilson6724]

That’s a harmless snake why kill it

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Because it was aggressively coming at us.

[@johnclarke6647]

A winch is a power operated cable pulley. A wench is a young woman of the fairer sex.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes. We misspelled. It has been pointed out repeatedly. We cannot change it after publishing.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes. We misspelled. It has been pointed out repeatedly. We cannot change it after publishing.

[@crazydad981]

an he needs a gator ;) lol

[@davidroberts3223]

You need a bigger tractor

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yep!

[@RKHarm24]

wench wen(t)SH/Submit nounarchaichumorous 1. a girl or young woman. verbarchaic 1. (of a man) consort with prostitutes.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+RK Harm24 ha! Stuck with the misspelling now!

[@aaronklemm]

Killing the snake was pretty lame.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

+Aaron Klemm good grief

[@aaronklemm]

Tractor Time with Tim hey, I love your stuff otherwise. Just killing a beneficial snake is a bit of an anachronism.

[@snh1021831]

For God Sakes man... would you please buy real tractor and get rid of that toy!!