1025R AF10 Plow Review: I'll Come To Your Lack-of-motional Rescue
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.พ. 2021
- The conditions are perfect for using my John Deere AF10 Plow on pavement and gravel. My review of the AF10, my preferred settings for the shoes, and why a blower or pusher is not for me. I also do a quick rescue by the road.
I have a 4066R with a loader mounted plow. I run 3 miles of gravel/dirt, and I’ve found the best config is to combine it with a rear blade at the same time. I set my loader about 2” above the gravel surface to move the bulk of the snow. I angle the rear blade in the same direction, but lower it all the way down and then raise it just a smidge so it is barely above the gravel surface. The end result is a front blade that never hits the ground, and it moves the bulk of the snow. The rear blade behind just ticks the ground ever so often, and moves the remaining snow off to give the road a nice finish. Once we have a hard pack of snow I can then lower the rear blade all the way.
That config works pretty well for me because I have long straight-aways and don’t need to make many adjustments. If I was in shorter spaces and needed to continually raise/lower, it would be more cumbersome since I’d have to constantly adjust both front and back blade heights and angles. Around the house where there’s more confined spaces I switch to my bucket with edge tamers.
Very generous of you to help those folks out. Bet that felt good!
Great multitasking filming with the drone and driving at this the same time. Your a good neighbor to help other neighbors, which is what we are supposed to do.
Met some of my best friends that where neighbor's
Another good video on snow removal. Liking the " Stones " reference in the title :) The 1025 is definitely a " Beast of Burden ".
I see what you did there:)
Great work with the camera angles - awesome work with the drone.
i really enjoyed your drone shots, Tom! I didn't think you would be able to help your neighbor because of your lack of rear ballast for traction, but you got it done. Cheers!
It’s really nice that their is so many different options we have with the 1025r for snow removal, I thought about getting the plow and then decided to get the 54” front snowblower (pricey option) (I live in the same snow belt area as you) I am very glad I did it it removes the snow effortless and it’s actually quicker than when I plowed with my truck and I don’t have to worry about snow piling up.
You mentioned trying edge tamers in the future. They work great for me. The first year I only had two of them, one on each side of the bucket. I did dig some gravel along the sides of driveway or in uneven areas. This year I installed 3 edge tamers, one on each edge and one in the middle of my bucket and it worked out great. I use them with my 1025R with the 120R Loader .Keep up the interesting videos.
Good morning from a sunny but cool NC.
Thx for the video on the AF10. I've been looking at from snow blade options for my 1025R for a few weeks. At the moment I don't have any hydraulics on the front end but may change that this year. The AF10 looks like a fine option for me here as we don't see too much snow (usually).
At the moment, I'm set up to use my loader bucket and a set of the 4" Edge Tamers along with a rear snow blade from Heavy Hitch. That may be good enough but until we see some snow here, who can say :-).
It's slightly hilly here on the property and the driveway is paved and about 1/4 mile long. It was interesting to see the R4 tires in the snow with no rear ballast or fluid in the tires.
Keep up the great work with the channel.
John
I bought an AF10F w/the hydraulic angle kit and love it. I use the bucket on my 120r loader to haul wood with and it sure is nice to pull the pins, drop the bucket, hook up to AF10F, plug the hydraulic lines into my 3rd function valve plumbing on my loader and push! I really like the convenience and the quality.
Seems like a great little plow easy and simple. Probably a cheap solution for something ya probably don't use that much. Keep it simple and easy . What a beautiful property as well 👌
Great video, Thanks for sharing!
Great video as usual...you don't have to spare us...more videos the better! Thanks for sharing...
Great video buddy. I use a snow pusher which I built this winter but I agree for long skinny driveways a regular angle blade works better than a pushbox because your able to wing the snow off to one side or the other during heavy snowfalls where with a pushbox your first opening pass can be very difficult to make.. once I have a pass opened up it’s great but that first pass is always the most difficult.. a pushbox works best in wide open areas like parking lots and clear snow faster than anything else in that situation but can struggle a bit in deep snow with long skinny or even curved driveways. I built my own pushbox because it was simple and cheap.. and is still much better than using a bucket like I use to.
Glad to see your doing good, you got pounded just like we did here in upstate NY, your 1series did a great job tho. Have fun, stay safe!
Thanks for the great comment! Take Care, Tom
Nice quick show and great explanation of the AF10. Just yesterday I purchased the CTA 66" plow. The only thing that I am not to sure about is the 450 pounds over time.
Good job today and keep up the good deeds with the neighbors, it's the right thing to do.
Thanks for the nice comment, just had a cookie drop off from my neighbor while typing this:)
Excellent drone footage, well done! Pondering snow removal options for my 1025, this plow seems decent. Hard to justify spending too much over here in the anti-snow belt of southern Lorain county.
Just remember you need a little packed base for gravel. Take Care, Tom
Great video, again. Looks like the snow pusher works well for you. I live in upstate NY and have the front mounted snow blower which attaches with a quick connect. I can drop the snow blower off, remove the PTO shaft, remove the quick connect, and put my loader on is 5-10 min. I typically don’t use the loader too much in the winter but needed the forks the other day so I had to swap it around and was happy with how long it took.
Also, I got a set of tire chains this year (just rear tires) and it was like a different tractor! I do have a small but steep hill to climb from my barn to the house which I couldn’t get up without the chains while in 4wd with the diff locked if there was snow on the ground and can now make it while pushing the snow blower up the hill and I hardly spin a tire. I can’t say enough about the chains, they are pretty amazing.
Appreciate the info, Tom
Thanks for sharing. I have the 54 inch blower and where I live outside Canal Fulton we just don’t get enough snow to really justify it. I usually plow with my 425 and it does just fine and I can leave blade on all winter. The only reason I have the blower is because I bought it used together with the tractor. Oh and like you old FD hats are perfect for working outside.
Yes, when I retired I ended up with a lot of work clothes:)
Just put a 54" HLA 1500 snow pusher on my 1025R. I have the UHMW for the main blade and rubber blade for the back drag. I use (5) 41lb suitcase weights on the front bumper frame and a ballest box full of pavers for weight in the back. No problem with traction. It works well.. Really like the backdrag function.
I ended up on my 2025r putting rear wheel weights on, added a 42# suitcase weight in the front toolbox (finally found a use for that toolbox), rear tires are filled with rim guard, and a 60" rear blade that really finishes nicely by scraping what's left. I wish deere would come out with extensions for the af10 60" a bit wider would be nice.
The hydraulic angle kit with chains on the rear tires works great for me.
You would be surprised how much you use the angel when cleaning up.
You are most likely right that the plow is the best solution for you. However, there is another style of tractor-mounted snow blower that addresses most of your concerns (except cost). It is a 3-point hitch mounted snow blower with the auger facing the front of the tractor. With it, you drive forward when blowing snow. No kinks in the neck! And, you can keep your loader with bucket or blade on the tractor. That should make it easy to clear the area around the front of your drive. You can use the blower or the plow, whichever works best.
You can add Artillian rubber blade extenders on each end to widen the blade.
There are reverse rear snow blowers so you can drive forward.
Lift your blade up. Then try to stand in front of blade & rock the tractor. If the tractor is unstable, you need ballast.
The ideal setup with gravel is put gauge wheels on the blade.
If I had your tractor the first thing I would do is to take the rubber off the top of the plow. The blade is made to roll the snow but with the rubber on there it can’t roll the snow because the is insufficient clearance. Nice video doing good work, thank you for effort to do the filming. Wayne from Wisconsin.
Thanks for the tips! Take Care, Tom
I have not used my AF10 this year. I was unhappy with it last year. As you mentioned I put the skids down, to keep blade edge out of the rocks, and they just made little channels and blade still got into the rocks. The other issue I did not expect was front tires lifting when pushing in float. This year I used the bucket with edge tamers. I started in float and bumped it out of float to regain steering. I bolted a third one on yesterday. I think I'll go move snow off some grassy areas now. I'm in N E Indiana and it looks like the thaw has started.
Before I had the tractors, I used a 11hp Honda on tracks. This had 3 positions for the auger. In the float position auger was about an inch above the surface. It worked great for rock drives. Sitting in a tractor seat is easier.
Thanks, maybe I'll give the AF10 another try.
The key is having that packed base. Thanks for the comment!
Nice job clearing out the snow. I think it would help you to take the rubber off the top of the plow. The snow is supposed to roll off the plow but with the rubber on it don’t roll.
When you are pulling someone it’s better to use your draw bar and keeping it low. The higher on your tractor the more chance of lifting the front off the ground. That tiller would make excellent ballast if you need it. Another good video!
Yesssss !!!!! 👌
Do you have clearance to install tire chains? It might be a bumpy ride, but it would help with traction. I have seen people using chains on the front tires also.
I use edge tamers on my 3025E, and they do work as intended. However, using a bucket to move snow is not ideal. The wind rows create 3-4x as much work. My first winter in Maine, I used a shovel. Then I bought a walk behind snow blower for my 2nd. My third, I used a Mule with a 4' blade. The last 2 winters, my 3025E. I feel like if I had a plow for my tractor, snow removal would be a much, much simpler process. I have a neck injury, so looming backwards to run a 3 pt snow blower and my back blade is killer.
Would have liked to have seen a few inches here on the NC coast... no such luck - just tons of rain. But the rain let up for a few days and with temps in the 60's it's perfect tractor working weather.
Good job.
Got my 1025r 2021 in Nov. Have 121 hours on it now. Same snowblade you have but with the hydraulic angle. Takes a while to figure out how to use it. I'm still working on it. No snow where I'm at in Ohio so far this year.
We had enough Christmas Eve to use the loader bucket. -7, cab came in handy.
@@ataleofthreecabins1025 sure want a cab and heater for mine. Might be a summer project
@@ataleofthreecabins1025 I have a little Cub cadet with a 42 inch blower on the front. If it ever gets deep it comes out.
My setup is a rear 3 pt PTO Frontier SB1154 and a front snow pusher 60 inch on my 1025R, for me I think this is the best setup you can have, very versatile
Update 2.0. With all the experience I gain last winter I would have done your driveway in about maybe 15/20 minutes. I stay close to the principal street in my town and no problem at all with the blower or snow pusher. I don't understand why you keep packing the snow to the side instead of blowing it, makes thing easier & cleaner.
Pardon my ignorance, but would it not be better to have the blade angled slightly when pushing down the driveway?
I just love what the 1025R is capable of. Jealous of the snow. I just purchased a 1026R & love it. What is a good way to contact you other than the comments?
There is an email on the about page.
Im with you being against the snow blowers I would rather use my bucket. I had a BX23 with a rear snow plow but without the hoe on back....rear ballast the kabota would slide sideways bad. With my JD 1025R I plow my 500’ asphalt driveway and three of my neighbors with very steep driveways and yes I do it for fun as well!
What size plow is it. 54 inch? Looks like you could use a bigger blade. Would the tractor handle a bigger plow?
Familliar with the set up. I think you will find if you remove the rubber from the top of the plow the snow will roll better when going down the length of your driveway
I agree. To much maintenance and things that can break on a blower. Replacing chain, gears, gear oil, greesing, shear pins, and clogging
Calling 6-9" here and changed it at the last minute. Ended with an inch or so. :( Supposed to get that second storm and again last minute they changed it. Got a dusting. :(
I have a 66”HLA pusher blade with back drag for my 1025r. It’s a bit big but thinking down the road for a 2032/2038. I have chains on the back I bought from JD with turf tires and a ballast box filled with sand. No tire ballast. And will that little tractor ever push 👍.
Thanks for the info, good luck on that future 203?R!
Update on the new building?
I have a 23 05 2008 John Deere which is a predecessor to your tractor and I run a 73 inch bucket on the front and 10 suitcase weights the small ones on the back and I've got my tires loaded and that thing's almost unstoppable I always just straight Bush so I like it a lot better than having that weight of a blade hanging out there I've used it for years and it works good when I pause with my pickup if you had wet heavy snow the angle didn't do any good anyway cuz he just light sideways so not a big fan of blades
I have the 2038, with blower on back, way easier on my 600’ driveway, I just use the blade to clean
Unless you have a 6 foot snowdrift plowing is so much more satisfying than snowblowing.
I live in Medina Ohio and purchased my 1025 from the same dealership as you. When you bought the plow, was the hydraulic angle option available, and if so why did you decide to go with the manual angle?
I bought it close to March 2019 and they were having a Tractor show and seminar in Wooster ( I think). They were doing 15% all attachment, I didn't go to the show, but the dealer honored it. The power angle was not an option for me as I was use to the blade on my ATV of just getting off once usually. Of course I get off constantly moving camera around:) Take Care, Tom
Put loader control in float
Get that thing on the top of the plow off and the snow will roll off easier. I know that thing was designed to help but it doesn't.
You might try chains.
what happened to global warming? like your vids and content.
Key word "global". If it is colder than average in one place, it is warmer some place else!
Once you go with a front mounted blower and heated cab you'll ask yourself why did i wait so long.You'll never go back to what your using now.
Put loader control in float