Loved it. I have a Kubota B3300SU with a BH 77 backhoe. I usually use it for trenching, digging out small stumps, and minor construction. It is a lot of fun and can be a real challenge. I was helping a buddy do the dirt work for a new garage / workshop. Big job for my small backhoe but, as you pointed out, larger equipment would not have been able to get into the smaller areas. My friends house was built in 1856 and he has done considerable restoration. It is a marvelous old house but, as was common in those times the yard is very narrow. It is also built into a fairly steep hill. Part of the one of the walls was buried about 5 feet. It took us a month working 4 hours a day to get everything completed. A lot of this was our inexperience causing us to redo parts we had already finished. We did find a lot of limestone building rocks, old bottles, old chunks of mortar,… that had been used in old out buildings and later used as fill. Like I said fun, challenging, and educational.
Thinking about buying this exact tractor for my little one man landscaping company. Salesman told me it would be perfect at there shouldn’t be much need to go larger for now cause this thing would surprise me, both the tractor and the backhoe. After finding your channel today and watching a few vids, which are very informative and cool btw, yes I subscribed I think my mind is made up. This 1025r is the tractor for me to at least start with knowing I can always go bigger down the road. Thanks for helping me make my mind up and keep the content coming! One thing you said that helped me come to terms is ease of getting this tractor into a backyard because I’ve got quite a few projects coming up this year where fence gates will be an issue but apparently not with this tractor.
One technique I learned, and saw you do one time, is using your backhoe bucket to push the waste pile back as you dump. It keeps the pile from getting too high to dump over. One of the advantages of the Kioti is that the backhoe has an independent seat for just the reason you demonstrated. It’s more wear and tear lifting, turning and lowering every time you need to change functions. The subframe mount is also a great feature for the backhoe. I gather you folks fortunately do not have drain pipes around your foundation? In the northeast we do…even if we’re not in a flood zone. I’ve never quite understood why a backhoe is as standard as a loader on a tractor. I couldn’t imagine not having one! Great video and great backhoe work!!!
I just bought a 1025R with the loader and backhoe, my primary use is going to be on my homestead so I didn't really need anything bigger, plus as you mentioned the smaller size lets me get into places that bigger tractors couldn't go.
I'm looking hard at getting a 1025R, moving up from an X748. The capabilities of this subcompact are amazing. I've seen videos showing how easy the back hoe installs and removes, and drove the tractor at a dealer today. I'm sold, just got to negotiate a price.
Oh, yeah, first thing you should do IS CALL FOR A LOCATE! I had a contractor dig out two egress windows for me -- second scoop -- gas line. So, yeah, call first!
Tim, here is a suggestion from an old loader operator. When digging with the bucket jiggle your bucket back and forth as you move forward and as you lift. You will have an easier time.
Nice attachment, if you set the backhoe up at about 45* angle to the house, away from your spoil heap, you might find it easier than slewing all the way to the left to dump the bucket. 👍
I used the loader on my Massey Ferguson 3165, before I owned a backhoe attachment to dig my basement entry, i dug 8 foot wide, 5.5 foot deep angled entrance about 12 foot long or more. It was difficult, but it worked.
I get the impression by watching this guy's videos, that he's some kind of expert. Nothing he does can't be done by anyone else with a similar setup. I've done jobs like these and more with mine, but don't feel the need to video the.
Nope. Not an expert. Just a guy with a tractor. Folks seem to enjoy watching our videos, and we appreciate it. In this early video, we didn’t have the right backhoe bucket for the job. Took forever. We have since got much more equipment. Thanks for watching.
I agree with your wife. You definately needed a bigger bucket, which you may have by now. Then again, if you had Casey, he would have been more suited for this job, but you didn't have him at this time, if I remember correctly. Overall, you did great, Sir. GOD Bless.
Great video man! I got a heavy hitch cat 1 wait bracket for my x730 and I got a cat 1 3 point hitch for the x730 and a rear PTO! I got a tiller and a bush hog!
You need to put a lot more pressure on the rest outriggers and put your bucket on the front flattop the ground and more pressure just as for the back outriggers.
I just got a 1025r a few days ago, my bucket on the backhoe is much bigger, an has 3 teeth. I don't have a spin seat either. Looks like they have improved their backhoe on the newer mods.
My seat rod has broke twice. the last time I took it in they replaced it with a different design, and so far this rod hasn't broke. I'm having trouble with my backhoe now. It loses pressure in the dipper cylinder every so often randomly, and it will act like it has air in it. No visible leaks, but it keeps doing it. Had it into the dealer twice now, and both times they told me they can't make it do it, therefore there's nothing wrong with it. Not very happy, I'll probably be calling john deere and asking them why their technicians can't fix the problem before my warranty runs out.
I love the 1025r that I have but the backhoe and the loader are not smooth in their operation. I tested a Kubota 25d and wish I would have bought it instead of the Deere. The Kubota’s hydraulics are so much smoother than my 1025r. I also like the ability of the Kubota to use two hydraulic functions at the same time like lift and curl of the loader bucket. Thanks for the video the Deere is still a good machine.
I've dug a couple of those by hand on a crew. It wasn't fun! You have to dig deep enough for a footing, form and pour the walls and connect them to the foundation. Then cut the foundation opening, make steps and put on a bulkhead door if needed.
Hey Tim and family. I just bought a new house and looking at getting a tractor. A buddy has an 1025r and got me looking and I found your videos. After like 3, I decided to start from the beginning. So you might see some random comments from me “thru the years”. After all that, thank you for sharing the tractor and family; really convinced me to get one...just what size?!? Thank you.
You gotta get a fabricator to make you a bucket blade: drill four holes in your bucket, or, two and have a lip on the blade. The blade or sweeper is a flat piece of steel as wide as you want it...and you hang-the-clip and bolt it on, and you can sweep dirt/gravel out of a pit like that. You can make it so its on the bottom of the bucket so as you have the teeth straight down, the blade is vertical. That, or, get a Casey and do it parallel to the foundation :)
Nice video. Have you ever thought of adding a work light out on the boom of the backhoe? I've seen quite a few small tractors with them and it makes it easy to light up down in the hole while digging.
So the 16" is on it's way??! Still did a great job. Sometimes bigger can be better but not always. Hey it's Jan. here and the grass is not all green. Not t-shirt weather either. :)
I noticed a lot of swing with my 447 backhoe on my 3203 tractor. Since the tractor has only 800 hours on it, I was wondering if there were any adjustments I could make, so the backhoe does not swing as much. Is it just the normal wear and tear on the bearing or it is something with the hydraulic?
Maybe you could shoot a video about how you tie down your tractor on the trailer for hauling. I'm going to buy a trailer when it's time to get my 1025r TLB. It would be nice to see where to hook to, what kind of straps you use, etc.
Its been more than a year since this video came out, what would have been nice is a extending stick for the backhoe, same with the slider so the boom, stick, and bucket could move to one side.
@@TractorTimewithTim are you glad that you stayed with the 1025r not the 2025r because I like the 2025r like you but it would be to big for some of your jobs!
Interesting job for Johnny. If he was bigger, kids would call him names. Fatty Fatty 2x4 can't get through the fence door. As hard as the ground was the 16" bucket may have called on Johnny's manhood and see if he had enough guts to gitter done. It is a balance and a trade off. I would recommend to the finance dept, consider purchasing a larger bucket, maybe from the used market even. How hard is it to get the pins out and remove the bucket? Idea: If there was an attachment to fit over the front bucket teeth so it could be more of a scupper than digger when needed like this where you were up against the foundation. Enjoyed the video
+RK Harm24 all good stuff. I saw a 16" bucket on Craigslist 1.5 years ago. It never sold...to my knowledge. ...but I don't know how to back and search for it.
Hi tim nice job the teeth on the bucket work nice & we like to get a small and ditch bucket of ours and yes i think you need some more lights on johnny ! take care !
We just do this in the evenings. I have no idea how many hours you can get out of one of these tractors. Lots. Having said this, I would be careful thinking that you are going to be able to support yourself with one of these little tractors. That is not our goal. Rather, our goal is to show what projects you can accomplish on your own property with one of these tractors.
+Jeff Rainwater I bought the backhoe used. It had the 8" bucket, so I had no choice. Having said that, I think I would have bought 8" at the time. If buying now, with unlimited funds, I would buy 16" bucket and add bxpanded quick disconnect and trencher bucket. The trencher bucket wouldn't get packed full of mud like the 8". So, to answer your question, no, the 12" bucket would be too wide for trenches (in my opinion), and I might as well have the 16" for digging holes. I should write up a website post on this, I guess!
I would love to know what you can charge to do work like this. My wife and I just moved onto a small 5 acre piece of property and would love to have something like “Johnny” for my projects around here, But will need some convincing of the wife and that may be a lot easier if it could pay for itself doing side work
Are you saying that you don’t chargeor that I’m not inexperienced? I have hours operating a bucket on a tractor and backhoe on family members farms. Just don’t know what job prices look like
I have no idea of your experience, sorry. We don’t discuss pricing on this channel for a variety of reasons. The primary one is because every Tom, Dick, and Harry thinks they can pay for their tractor by working for hire. ...and they’ve never even driven a tractor before. It is our belief that folks with proper experience doing this type of work will KNOW how to price it in their area, and they should do it for free until comfortable. That is what we did.
With all the talks of bucket size, Can you purchase just the buckets or is there a different back hoe model for each bucket size? Those BackHoe's are expensive :)
i just dug a 2 by 4 ft hole 6ft deep to seal a crack today. took me about 5 hrs to dig and backfill plus about 45 min to clean somebodies early attempt off and tar and plastic it real good
We have a 5320 at the golf course I work at, a little bigger than this but not much. We use the loader quite a bit, but rarely if ever the backhoe. We don't have many tasks that ever need it, it mostly just serves as a counterweight on the loader...
+Cash Johnston yep. Poor planning, I guess...I could see better than the camera indicated, but I wouldn't want to dig with the backhoe in the dark without more lights
A mini excavator would be much more effective. kubota kx41 or similar. Backhoe loaders are very old school , takes time . I would have that out in about a hour.
If you dig for a living the mini excavator is for sure the way to go but when you do many different small jobs here and there getting one main machine and using attachment is the way to go. It beats having to buy a skid loader, mower, excavator and several other machines when you can get most of the stuff with one machine using different attachments. I'm looking at a tractor now but think i need to bump myself up to 3 or 4 series. Places like this for example I would have taken down fence panel to get in if room was limited. I'm thinking I'd rather have a little more power and lifting weight.
Why isn't there any backhoes made now that will dig 10" for tractors?? (other than the $200,000. commercial ones??) I had a mid size Massy Ferguson Probably made in the 80's some where between 28-32HP I bought used and the guy said it would dig 10' so I took it to my property and it dug 10'11" hole easy and was great until I had to go in the hospital and someone came and stole everything off my property including my tractor... Now I still need a Tractor, but can't find one that can dig 10+ft... I haven't decided whether or not I'm going to put in 2 1000gal tanks or 1 2000gal, but I need to dig at least 4 feet below the frost line of 4 ft so I need to dig like 2 ft under that to put in the crushed rock and then sand to place the tank on... So if you know of someone that makes a backhoe to fit on a tractor and can be removed easy so I can put other things on it... Please let me know... If there a backhoe maker out there, PLEASE START TO MAKE THEM!!! I don't want to have to get a 100HP tractor I need something I can trailer...
Hey tim I got to ask is that a wallenstein backhoe there made in Canada and they make backhoes for J.D M.F KIOTI and a few others they dealers just put there name and model numbers on them
Wow, I think those are the biggest teeth I've ever seen on a bucket that size. You seem to be losing a lot of product when curling the bucket back. Yes a bigger backhoe would have made the job easier. I hope homeowner Dan plans on redirecting the downspout away from the new hole.
The excavator looks like it has way too much slop/limited function for the $8,000 Deere wants for one. I think I would buy one of those Chinese mini excavators for 8k instead. The main positive I see is that it's attached to the tractor and stabilizers so you have 0 rollover risk with it. One less motor to maintain as well.
A excavator on tracks would have done that no problem as well there tons out there to pick from plus they would go through the gate no problem and they would have done it faster.
+steven clark yes, but they don't do a very good job of mowing my yard, or tilling my garden. With our new wider bucket, the tractor can dig much faster. See our latest video for an example. Oh, and we would love to have a mini-ex.
A compact or subcompact tractor is a good multipurpose machine. It's not the best at anything but it can do a lot of jobs. Unless you're a professional a mini excavator would be a huge investment with very little use. I agree with the small tractor having access where larger ones can't go but I have seen you doing jobs with that little guy that are too big for him.
Seen a few of your videos now and can't understand why your persevere with this little tractor when a 2.5 or 3 ton machine would be a far better choice for the work you do I can't see how this is profitable or are you just doing this as a hobby?
Well, we got a larger bucket just after this project. We find this unit quite effective for city yards with small gates. Having said that, yes, this is a part time thing for us. I am a software engineer. Check out some of our newer videos, this one is 2+ years old. We now have a couple of sponsored units which help with our work.
No gravel around foundation....these people will definetly have water problems in their basement. The footer drain tile will be filled with mud in no time.
Tractor Time with Tim what do you have for hrs now and have you had anymore problems. I only have 50 hrs now and my seat springs are already shot. I'm loving the Tektite cab in these cold snowy winters.
+Chris Mills I have 194hrs. No snow here, so Johnny has had no real work to do. Seat springs are easily solved. $30 from boltonhooks.com. Tell Ken I sent you!
Hi tractor Tim! Hey I just purchased a 2017 2036e on behalf of a surf lifesaving club in NZ. great machine but I need more traction! Any advice? We use it to tow a JetSki on the beach which has really soft sand! Was going to start with tire pressure, what's the minimum pressure I could run do you think? Then weights I guess..... any help would be appreciated. Thanks
+Ben McKernan weights!!!! Unfortunately, I do not know the minimum tire pressure. Try fluid in tires and wheel weights. Load it down with weights. You will be amazed at the difference!
For access, how many jobs/what % would you estimate that you could access w/the 1025R but wouldn't have been able to with the 2038R? Went today and saw a 2032R. Saw/drove a 1025R a couple weeks ago. I still think a 1025R is too small & a 2038R too big. The considerations thus far in favor of the 1025R are rear tire width for getting through gates & into smaller areas & turning radius About a 8-9" width difference and 2' in turning radius. Glad you comme Ted on the gate issue. I was typing that before you did. The comment on your 1025R vs. 2038R vid that a 2038R is "real" tractor keeps ringing in my head. Decisions, decisions...
@@TractorTimewithTim Thx. Tim;). I'm learning quickly thanks in no small part to your videos. I really should've phrased it as the tradeoff between jobs that one would get because they could ONLY be accessed with a 1025R vs. jobs that one WOULDN'T get because they'd REQUIRE the capabilities of of a 2038R vs. the $10-15k cost difference, some of which could be spent on 1025R attachments that could potentially help land more jobs. The 1st salesman I visited w/who showed me the 1025R (they didn't have a 203X at that time) wasn't there on my 2nd visit to see the 2032R (both were sold & they didn't have a 2038R but all I wanted to see was the physical size). 2nd salesman ALSO mentioned "Tractor Time with Tim." He knows the area I live and would anticipate getting much of the work from and actually thought the 1025R would be better suited (plus likes the idea of a factory installed backhoe as do I) but I look at the (relatively) small difference in width for getting through gates and wonder how much difference that will really make in the end. Much more concerned with that than the turning radius.
Loved it. I have a Kubota B3300SU with a BH 77 backhoe. I usually use it for trenching, digging out small stumps, and minor construction. It is a lot of fun and can be a real challenge. I was helping a buddy do the dirt work for a new garage / workshop. Big job for my small backhoe but, as you pointed out, larger equipment would not have been able to get into the smaller areas.
My friends house was built in 1856 and he has done considerable restoration. It is a marvelous old house but, as was common in those times the yard is very narrow. It is also built into a fairly steep hill. Part of the one of the walls was buried about 5 feet. It took us a month working 4 hours a day to get everything completed. A lot of this was our inexperience causing us to redo parts we had already finished. We did find a lot of limestone building rocks, old bottles, old chunks of mortar,… that had been used in old out buildings and later used as fill.
Like I said fun, challenging, and educational.
Thinking about buying this exact tractor for my little one man landscaping company. Salesman told me it would be perfect at there shouldn’t be much need to go larger for now cause this thing would surprise me, both the tractor and the backhoe. After finding your channel today and watching a few vids, which are very informative and cool btw, yes I subscribed I think my mind is made up. This 1025r is the tractor for me to at least start with knowing I can always go bigger down the road. Thanks for helping me make my mind up and keep the content coming! One thing you said that helped me come to terms is ease of getting this tractor into a backyard because I’ve got quite a few projects coming up this year where fence gates will be an issue but apparently not with this tractor.
Tim I like that you always finish what you start 🚜🚜🇺🇸
excellent job! your expertise as a small backhoe operator really shows here...
One technique I learned, and saw you do one time, is using your backhoe bucket to push the waste pile back as you dump. It keeps the pile from getting too high to dump over. One of the advantages of the Kioti is that the backhoe has an independent seat for just the reason you demonstrated. It’s more wear and tear lifting, turning and lowering every time you need to change functions. The subframe mount is also a great feature for the backhoe.
I gather you folks fortunately do not have drain pipes around your foundation? In the northeast we do…even if we’re not in a flood zone.
I’ve never quite understood why a backhoe is as standard as a loader on a tractor. I couldn’t imagine not having one!
Great video and great backhoe work!!!
This was a LONG time ago! We desperately needed a wider bucket.
I just bought a 1025R with the loader and backhoe, my primary use is going to be on my homestead so I didn't really need anything bigger, plus as you mentioned the smaller size lets me get into places that bigger tractors couldn't go.
+mrgearheadfromhell congratulations!
I'm looking hard at getting a 1025R, moving up from an X748. The capabilities of this subcompact are amazing. I've seen videos showing how easy the back hoe installs and removes, and drove the tractor at a dealer today. I'm sold, just got to negotiate a price.
Oh, yeah, first thing you should do IS CALL FOR A LOCATE! I had a contractor dig out two egress windows for me -- second scoop -- gas line. So, yeah, call first!
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Tim, here is a suggestion from an old loader operator. When digging with the bucket jiggle your bucket back and forth as you move forward and as you lift. You will have an easier time.
Tim, I love your commentary. Remember, the best committee is made up of two people, one who is permanently absent.
this videos are always awesome and relaxing to watch
+Jose Maldonado thanks for the very kind words!
Nice attachment, if you set the backhoe up at about 45* angle to the house, away from your spoil heap, you might find it easier than slewing all the way to the left to dump the bucket. 👍
I used the loader on my Massey Ferguson 3165, before I owned a backhoe attachment to dig my basement entry, i dug 8 foot wide, 5.5 foot deep angled entrance about 12 foot long or more. It was difficult, but it worked.
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watching TH-cam videos how nice that1025r was had to go buy I really like it backhoe is really nice lot of use for it.good videos you have Tim.
+Clifford Larson thanks for watching, Clifford!
I get the impression by watching this guy's videos, that he's some kind of expert. Nothing he does can't be done by anyone else with a similar setup. I've done jobs like these and more with mine, but don't feel the need to video the.
Nope. Not an expert. Just a guy with a tractor.
Folks seem to enjoy watching our videos, and we appreciate it.
In this early video, we didn’t have the right backhoe bucket for the job.
Took forever. We have since got much more equipment.
Thanks for watching.
I agree with your wife. You definately needed a bigger bucket, which you may have by now. Then again, if you had Casey, he would have been more suited for this job, but you didn't have him at this time, if I remember correctly. Overall, you did great, Sir. GOD Bless.
Yes, check out my later ‘egress window dig’ video. Went much faster with the wider bucket
Great video man! I got a heavy hitch cat 1 wait bracket for my x730 and I got a cat 1 3 point hitch for the x730 and a rear PTO! I got a tiller and a bush hog!
Sounds like you are ready!
This was great. Haven’t seen this one before. Liked seeing the lights working in the dark!!
What's tractor set up like that normally run 20 or 25k
You need to put a lot more pressure on the rest outriggers and put your bucket on the front flattop the ground and more pressure just as for the back outriggers.
That's impressive digging with a small tractor. Imagine if the homeowner had to dig that by hand! Good looking dirt, too.
I just got a 1025r a few days ago, my bucket on the backhoe is much bigger, an has 3 teeth. I don't have a spin seat either. Looks like they have improved their backhoe on the newer mods.
+Hanger18 Outdoors there are 3 bucket choices. And yes, the new 260B backhoe appears to be an improvement.
My seat rod has broke twice. the last time I took it in they replaced it with a different design, and so far this rod hasn't broke. I'm having trouble with my backhoe now. It loses pressure in the dipper cylinder every so often randomly, and it will act like it has air in it. No visible leaks, but it keeps doing it. Had it into the dealer twice now, and both times they told me they can't make it do it, therefore there's nothing wrong with it. Not very happy, I'll probably be calling john deere and asking them why their technicians can't fix the problem before my warranty runs out.
I love the 1025r that I have but the backhoe and the loader are not smooth in their operation. I tested a Kubota 25d and wish I would have bought it instead of the Deere. The Kubota’s hydraulics are so much smoother than my 1025r. I also like the ability of the Kubota to use two hydraulic functions at the same time like lift and curl of the loader bucket. Thanks for the video the Deere is still a good machine.
I've dug a couple of those by hand on a crew. It wasn't fun! You have to dig deep enough for a footing, form and pour the walls and connect them to the foundation. Then cut the foundation opening, make steps and put on a bulkhead door if needed.
EXCELLENT JOB TIM I have a 12, and a 16 bucket use the bigger all the time.
+mark hmm...in Lafayette, eh? Maybe I don't need to purchase a larger bucket after all???!!
with a 16 in I put in a 145 ft wall up , put in 32 tons of stone at my house .I have dig out a tree stomp hole big as 8x8 2 ft deep
+mark I may need to borrow yours!
when I guess that means you would have to come see me. that bucket runs $500.00 ? I think
Forgot to tell you that it has on it a EXPANDED thumb on the backhoe arm too
Hey Tim and family. I just bought a new house and looking at getting a tractor. A buddy has an 1025r and got me looking and I found your videos. After like 3, I decided to start from the beginning. So you might see some random comments from me “thru the years”. After all that, thank you for sharing the tractor and family; really convinced me to get one...just what size?!? Thank you.
Welcome! Hope you enjoy the older videos!
a new veine biger the biger mower new john thing go good god bless&all
Would be handy to have the 3 different size BH buckets especially with the quick change adapter that expanded offers.
+Boatdesigner yes, definitely.
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Interesting video, Tim. I didn't see any wire flags marking existing underground utilities. Stay safe out there, dude.
+Steve Douglas got it. We had evaluated...could see that we were not close to the utilities. Always good reminder! Thx
Good Work Tim, sorry you're seat broke.
+Wayne Phillips yep. Fixed now...just haven't posted the video yet.
Looking forward to it.
Hey backhoe with limitations beats digging by hand haha
Yes “beats a shovel” is my short description of the 260 backhoe.
You gotta get a fabricator to make you a bucket blade: drill four holes in your bucket, or, two and have a lip on the blade. The blade or sweeper is a flat piece of steel as wide as you want it...and you hang-the-clip and bolt it on, and you can sweep dirt/gravel out of a pit like that. You can make it so its on the bottom of the bucket so as you have the teeth straight down, the blade is vertical. That, or, get a Casey and do it parallel to the foundation :)
What is it? I tried searching online but couldn't find anything.
God bless you!
Nice video. Have you ever thought of adding a work light out on the boom of the backhoe? I've seen quite a few small tractors with them and it makes it easy to light up down in the hole while digging.
+EOSJOE well...I SHOULD get the digging done before dark!!
Nice job Tim!
+craig smestad thanks Craig!
So the 16" is on it's way??! Still did a great job. Sometimes bigger can be better but not always. Hey it's Jan. here and the grass is not all green. Not t-shirt weather either. :)
+mi2tn u caught me again! I think it was Nov 17. ...still crazy warm for the time of year.
LOL. I didn't even notice till just now...
Love that, will you video them cutting the foundation and installing the window? I need to do this in my basement wood shop, kind of afraid to do it.
+Jack De Vos sorry Jack. That was my one and only trip to the premises. Yes, would have been interesting.
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I liked the wack a mole popping up the fence at the beginning
Great video. Thanks. I would not do that job with a shovel. Not even if you were using it.
Ha! Exactly. I haven’t found a shovel that ‘fits me’ yet!
That just reminded me why i run an excavator and tractor and not a backhoe .
Awesome vid! Great camera work!
+Tractor Therapy thanks!
I noticed a lot of swing with my 447 backhoe on my 3203 tractor. Since the tractor has only 800 hours on it, I was wondering if there were any adjustments I could make, so the backhoe does not swing as much. Is it just the normal wear and tear on the bearing or it is something with the hydraulic?
perfect question for greentractortalk.com. I don't have any experience with that tractor/backhoe combination, but I bet someone on the forum DOES!
Maybe you could shoot a video about how you tie down your tractor on the trailer for hauling. I'm going to buy a trailer when it's time to get my 1025r TLB. It would be nice to see where to hook to, what kind of straps you use, etc.
Good idea. We actually have that in plan. We have some fancy new straps for our new trailer. I'd like to show how I will install and use them.
Great video!
+Bo Knows thanks Bo!
That bucket!!! Toooo small your right...lol lol about like eating ice cream with chop-sticks...lol lol lol
Its been more than a year since this video came out, what would have been nice is a extending stick for the backhoe, same with the slider so the boom, stick, and bucket could move to one side.
You should get the bigger sized bucket so you can did stuff in minutes! Great job
I now have the 16” bucket. It does indeed work MUCH faster.
@@TractorTimewithTim are you glad that you stayed with the 1025r not the 2025r because I like the 2025r like you but it would be to big for some of your jobs!
Interesting job for Johnny. If he was bigger, kids would call him names. Fatty Fatty 2x4 can't get through the fence door. As hard as the ground was the 16" bucket may have called on Johnny's manhood and see if he had enough guts to gitter done. It is a balance and a trade off. I would recommend to the finance dept, consider purchasing a larger bucket, maybe from the used market even. How hard is it to get the pins out and remove the bucket?
Idea: If there was an attachment to fit over the front bucket teeth so it could be more of a scupper than digger when needed like this where you were up against the foundation. Enjoyed the video
+RK Harm24 all good stuff. I saw a 16" bucket on Craigslist 1.5 years ago. It never sold...to my knowledge. ...but I don't know how to back and search for it.
Tractor Time with Tim Can't help you there. I don't do craigslist.
+RK Harm24 I've had good luck there. Bought the backhoe, weights there. Sold my trailer there. Good stuff.
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Hi tim nice job the teeth on the bucket work nice & we like to get a small and ditch bucket of ours and yes i think you need some more lights on johnny ! take care !
+Kioti CS2410 never enough lights on a tractor!
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Very interesting and hope to someday have a backhoe for my Mahindra
Lots of fun...and sure beats a shovel!
Hey Tim, Thanks for continuing to let me live vicariously through you :)
Just curious, How long did the job take once you started digging?
+Robert Roberts it was probably 2 hours. Days are short in Nov. we didn't get started till 4:30p
Impressive job
How hard is it to change buckets? Is your machine strong enough to bend the pins and make the bucket "eternal"?
how many working hours can you get out of a compact tractor? And is this a side business for you or a full time job
We just do this in the evenings. I have no idea how many hours you can get out of one of these tractors. Lots.
Having said this, I would be careful thinking that you are going to be able to support yourself with one of these little tractors.
That is not our goal. Rather, our goal is to show what projects you can accomplish on your own property with one of these tractors.
Yea defiantly I would use it as a way to cut down on man hours in my landscape power washing business
Do you remember how long it took you to do the job? From going thru customer gate to ready to load up tractor?
Thanks.
With this tiny bucket, it took forever! Not a good test. I did one later with a 16” bucket. It took a couple of hours start to finish.
Holy small backhoe bucket!
in hindsight, would you have gotten the 12" bucket from the beginning? Is there a 10" option? What's the cost differences?
+Jeff Rainwater I bought the backhoe used. It had the 8" bucket, so I had no choice. Having said that, I think I would have bought 8" at the time. If buying now, with unlimited funds, I would buy 16" bucket and add bxpanded quick disconnect and trencher bucket. The trencher bucket wouldn't get packed full of mud like the 8". So, to answer your question, no, the 12" bucket would be too wide for trenches (in my opinion), and I might as well have the 16" for digging holes. I should write up a website post on this, I guess!
Yes, a whole video specifically about backhoe buckets! That's pretty meta eh. =)
Great videos, I have learned a few things watching them. Working smarter not harder often involves extra negotiations with the finance committee lol.
+Darrin Hart ha! ...but that is the fun part! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I would love to know what you can charge to do work like this. My wife and I just moved onto a small 5 acre piece of property and would love to have something like “Johnny” for my projects around here, But will need some convincing of the wife and that may be a lot easier if it could pay for itself doing side work
It is not fair to the customer for an inexperienced operator to charge for the work.
Are you saying that you don’t chargeor that I’m not inexperienced? I have hours operating a bucket on a tractor and backhoe on family members farms. Just don’t know what job prices look like
I have no idea of your experience, sorry.
We don’t discuss pricing on this channel for a variety of reasons. The primary one is because every Tom, Dick, and Harry thinks they can pay for their tractor by working for hire. ...and they’ve never even driven a tractor before.
It is our belief that folks with proper experience doing this type of work will KNOW how to price it in their area, and they should do it for free until comfortable. That is what we did.
Thanks Tim for the info Tim, have a great Wednesday.
Show me just how fast My Bobcat E20 is at digging egress Windows to drainage. For a 2 ton machine it a powerful and smooth digging force.
Yep. How good is it at mowing your lawn? How about tilling your garden? Leveling your driveway? Loading/unloading pallets on your driveway? :-)
Tim when did dig this past fall
another great video
+oley94 glad you enjoyed it!
By dad works for Hohn deer you can get a bigger bucket
With all the talks of bucket size, Can you purchase just the buckets or is there a different back hoe model for each bucket size? Those BackHoe's are expensive :)
+Robert Roberts u can purchase buckets separately. ~$500 for the 16".
Billstmaxx made him a bigger bucket for his backhoe, you should check him out. He does a lot of home made stuff for his equipment
What type of insurance do you carry for this type of work. Which company do you use?
+MattN03 I'll defer to someone else about insurance discussions.
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His reply is codeword for he doesn't have any.
We are fully insured. I just don’t feel comfortable trying to discuss it.
Nationwide
i just dug a 2 by 4 ft hole 6ft deep to seal a crack today. took me about 5 hrs to dig and backfill plus about 45 min to clean somebodies early attempt off and tar and plastic it real good
+tractorboy31 I can't remember which Tractor you have...what do you dig with.
Tractor Time with Tim. a shovel. but i do own a 57 JD 520
+tractorboy31 what is a shovel? (Just joking)
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i use one every day. digging all over clay today thankfully. sand some days but going deep sand loves to cave in.
We have a 5320 at the golf course I work at, a little bigger than this but not much. We use the loader quite a bit, but rarely if ever the backhoe. We don't have many tasks that ever need it, it mostly just serves as a counterweight on the loader...
+MrSamurai99999 makes sense for a golf courseS
u may not use it very much but u do need the 16" bucket for ur backhoe-case in point the hole next to the house needed a bigger bucket
This was nearly 2 yrs ago...I have one now
Your work lights came in handy there at the end.
+Cash Johnston yep. Poor planning, I guess...I could see better than the camera indicated, but I wouldn't want to dig with the backhoe in the dark without more lights
Nice work!
+IHcubcadet thanks!
A mini excavator would be much more effective. kubota kx41 or similar. Backhoe loaders are very old school , takes time . I would have that out in about a hour.
+John Melhuish you are correct. However, I'm still looking for a video of you mowing your yard with that mini-ex :-)
If you dig for a living the mini excavator is for sure the way to go but when you do many different small jobs here and there getting one main machine and using attachment is the way to go. It beats having to buy a skid loader, mower, excavator and several other machines when you can get most of the stuff with one machine using different attachments. I'm looking at a tractor now but think i need to bump myself up to 3 or 4 series. Places like this for example I would have taken down fence panel to get in if room was limited. I'm thinking I'd rather have a little more power and lifting weight.
Why isn't there any backhoes made now that will dig 10" for tractors?? (other than the $200,000. commercial ones??) I had a mid size Massy Ferguson Probably made in the 80's some where between 28-32HP I bought used and the guy said it would dig 10' so I took it to my property and it dug 10'11" hole easy and was great until I had to go in the hospital and someone came and stole everything off my property including my tractor... Now I still need a Tractor, but can't find one that can dig 10+ft... I haven't decided whether or not I'm going to put in 2 1000gal tanks or 1 2000gal, but I need to dig at least 4 feet below the frost line of 4 ft so I need to dig like 2 ft under that to put in the crushed rock and then sand to place the tank on... So if you know of someone that makes a backhoe to fit on a tractor and can be removed easy so I can put other things on it... Please let me know... If there a backhoe maker out there, PLEASE START TO MAKE THEM!!! I don't want to have to get a 100HP tractor I need something I can trailer...
Someday, I will have a 260.
+Eric G no fay like the present!
+Eric G there is no time like the present!
Tractor Time with Tim wish I could add on to my 0% loan, would love to add several attachments.
+Eric G trade!
Tractor Time with Tim depreciation hit is too much, I am over halfway mark now.
Hey tim I got to ask is that a wallenstein backhoe there made in Canada and they make backhoes for J.D M.F KIOTI and a few others they dealers just put there name and model numbers on them
I do not know.
@@TractorTimewithTim tks for the fast reply cheers man
Wow, I think those are the biggest teeth I've ever seen on a bucket that size. You seem to be losing a lot of product when curling the bucket back. Yes a bigger backhoe would have made the job easier. I hope homeowner Dan plans on redirecting the downspout away from the new hole.
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The excavator looks like it has way too much slop/limited function for the $8,000 Deere wants for one. I think I would buy one of those Chinese mini excavators for 8k instead. The main positive I see is that it's attached to the tractor and stabilizers so you have 0 rollover risk with it. One less motor to maintain as well.
mate keep up the bloody great work and videos
+James-west oz garbo productions renamed your channel, I see...
still me james just shorter name
You are a idiot
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I hope the home owner wasnt paying by the hour, lol.
Nope. This took forever with that tiny teaspoon!
maybe a 2032 would probably be the largest tractor size you could use.
Tonka toy. Good for around a small farm.
A excavator on tracks would have done that no problem as well there tons out there to pick from plus they would go through the gate no problem and they would have done it faster.
+steven clark yes, but they don't do a very good job of mowing my yard, or tilling my garden.
With our new wider bucket, the tractor can dig much faster. See our latest video for an example.
Oh, and we would love to have a mini-ex.
A compact or subcompact tractor is a good multipurpose machine. It's not the best at anything but it can do a lot of jobs. Unless you're a professional a mini excavator would be a huge investment with very little use. I agree with the small tractor having access where larger ones can't go but I have seen you doing jobs with that little guy that are too big for him.
Seen a few of your videos now and can't understand why your persevere with this little tractor when a 2.5 or 3 ton machine would be a far better choice for the work you do I can't see how this is profitable or are you just doing this as a hobby?
Well, we got a larger bucket just after this project.
We find this unit quite effective for city yards with small gates.
Having said that, yes, this is a part time thing for us. I am a software engineer.
Check out some of our newer videos, this one is 2+ years old. We now have a couple of sponsored units which help with our work.
Thank you for replying so quickly I will definitely search for more of your videos.
Very nice machine!
+Scott F. Yep. Works pretty well.
my backhoe had three buckets a 12" a 18" and a 24"
Where are your locates?
No gravel around foundation....these people will definetly have water problems in their basement. The footer drain tile will be filled with mud in no time.
You just need a wider backhoe bucket to cleanup better.
Got one now.
bxpanded (hate spell check). I believe Deere still offers 3 bucket sizes.
+Boatdesigner yep, and the 6" bxpanded trench bucket as well.
Did you say you are out of warranty? What year and hrs is yours? In Canada it's 5 years.
+Chris Mills warranty was 2 yrs when I purchased in Oct 2014. It is longer now on newly purchased tractors
Tractor Time with Tim what do you have for hrs now and have you had anymore problems. I only have 50 hrs now and my seat springs are already shot. I'm loving the Tektite cab in these cold snowy winters.
+Chris Mills I have 194hrs. No snow here, so Johnny has had no real work to do.
Seat springs are easily solved. $30 from boltonhooks.com. Tell Ken I sent you!
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Hey I just purchased a 2017 2036e on behalf of a surf lifesaving club in NZ. great machine but I need more traction! Any advice? We use it to tow a JetSki on the beach which has really soft sand! Was going to start with tire pressure, what's the minimum pressure I could run do you think? Then weights I guess..... any help would be appreciated. Thanks
+Ben McKernan weights!!!! Unfortunately, I do not know the minimum tire pressure. Try fluid in tires and wheel weights. Load it down with weights. You will be amazed at the difference!
Is that backhoe smooth to operate or is it kinda herky-jerky?
Jerky...but effective.
1:15 look at the kid jumping up to see over the fence top left corner
+The Official Robbie Taylor I wondered when someone would mention that!
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I would be real careful pushing towards the basement wall with the loader. Those block walls aren't very strong.
+B Laquisha good thinking. This one was poured. But still a good point.
Tractor Time with Tim wow. thanks for that info, never would have thought of that.
On the glass-half-full side: They'd be ahead of the game of knocking a window hole in that wall :)
For access, how many jobs/what % would you estimate that you could access w/the 1025R but wouldn't have been able to with the 2038R?
Went today and saw a 2032R. Saw/drove a 1025R a couple weeks ago. I still think a 1025R is too small & a 2038R too big. The considerations thus far in favor of the 1025R are rear tire width for getting through gates & into smaller areas & turning radius About a 8-9" width difference and 2' in turning radius. Glad you comme Ted on the gate issue. I was typing that before you did. The comment on your 1025R vs. 2038R vid that a 2038R is "real" tractor keeps ringing in my head.
Decisions, decisions...
Yes, sounds like you understand the trade offs. I can’t provide any more help than that!!
@@TractorTimewithTim Thx. Tim;). I'm learning quickly thanks in no small part to your videos.
I really should've phrased it as the tradeoff between jobs that one would get because they could ONLY be accessed with a 1025R vs. jobs that one WOULDN'T get because they'd REQUIRE the capabilities of of a 2038R vs. the $10-15k cost difference, some of which could be spent on 1025R attachments that could potentially help land more jobs.
The 1st salesman I visited w/who showed me the 1025R (they didn't have a 203X at that time) wasn't there on my 2nd visit to see the 2032R (both were sold & they didn't have a 2038R but all I wanted to see was the physical size). 2nd salesman ALSO mentioned "Tractor Time with Tim." He knows the area I live and would anticipate getting much of the work from and actually thought the 1025R would be better suited (plus likes the idea of a factory installed backhoe as do I) but I look at the (relatively) small difference in width for getting through gates and wonder how much difference that will really make in the end. Much more concerned with that than the turning radius.
Not sure I’ve ever seen a bucket that small
Yea. Used it again last night. It is frustrating in the mud. It plugs quite easily.
Are you gonna get a bigger bucket
+Wayne Brogdon ...watch our newer backhoe videos...:-)
U need a bigger back attachment with a bigger bucket. LOL
+Brenton Carter yea, but we got the job done!
Tractor Time with Tim Nice i love to see backhoe work all the time those types of machines are awesome!
+Brenton Carter yep. Fun fun fun!
Have you ever purchase a larger bucket?
Yep, soon after this video.