Will it Mow Trees? Subcompact Tractor, King Kutter Rotary Cutter Tackle Huge Yard
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- New homeowners, Jonathon and Lexy, have an overgrown backyard with tall grass and trees. Tim uses Johnny, our John Deere 1025R sub compact tractor and a 4 foot King Kutter rotary cutter to clear this area. Is it too big to handle?
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Here I am again, watching someone else bush hogging when I should be out doing my own.
same for me lol
Kryten428 same here!
Kryten428 lol. Funny thing right.
Me 3
Tim I like your channel. You can use the brush cuter in reverse, years ago when I had to cut my field I had overheating problems when driver forward, so I mowed the field in reverse. Try it next time.
Think I have you beat for once! I just moved to a family owned 40 acres that has not been touched in 30+ years. Reclaiming it from trees and autumn olive bushes with my 1025R! Tooth bar is really awesome
Now THAT sounds like fun. Can we join you? :-)
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Love to have you! Lots of hills to make it even more fun.
Big job -- little tractor ..no problem. You can do it but it takes time and patience!!! Those sub-compact tractors are beasts!!!
You gave Johnny a workout for sure. As usual a great job by all and very entertaining!!
What are the precautions of driving over the 0.5" to 1.5" stumps after brush hogging? Stay away from them or will the tires handle it?
Mow low. Industrial tires will handle it, ag tires- no.
That is a nice looking property. This was very interesting to watch, and couldn't believe how well your tractor handled that overgrown lot. It did pretty darn well. Thank you for sharing, and God Bless from Phoenix.
I was mowing an identical field with my tractor & a tree or something grabbed my grill off the front and it went through the Brush Hog, never did fit real good after that :(
I have a 3320 tractor and a 6' mower like yours. When it's really tall I go backwards so the tractor doesn't flatten it out. Works really well mowing in reverse.
I agree with you cutting in reverse
I have a lower horsepower tractor than Tim and a 4'rotary cutter that cuts much cleaner and the tractor and myself stay cleaner also
Man if I lived close to you guys I would have loved to bring my M7040 Kubota out with the batwing mower. She would got that done in no time.
yeah we sold 20,000 of the m series this year from 85.5hp up to 125hp for $49,101 plus 1,500 and 2,500 off impellements
A cab would have been nice also, with all the grass cuttings. Yep, 40-50 hp tractor with a cab. Hey Santa, ya listening?
Sell the Vets Johnny and buy a bigger tractor.
I would say johnny is far from a toy after seeing a lot of the jobs I have seen johnny and Tim tackle. Tim Its not just your tractor I haven't found a mower or bush hog, cutter that will cut high stuff be it grass weeds or brush like you were mowing here that will get it all cut the first time with some of it laying down I agree in situations like that to get a perfect job it needs to be cut then wait about a week or two and come back and cut it again that's the only way I know to make it look like you or I would want it to look. Don't get me wrong you and Johnny did a great Job on that field it looked great. You and Johnny always do a great Job. By the way how is Christy's foot doing now? Have a great weekend. God Bless!!!
Her foot is better. She doesn’t hobble around nearly as visibly! ;-). However, it is definitely not ‘normal’.
prime hay ground there once it's mowed off. 👍
The problem is, it’s hard to
convince the finance committee to agree on a larger machine when you continuously get er done with Johny! That little machine is like the energizer bunny... it just keeps going and going and going...
I appreciate the verse of scripture at the end of your videos. Thank you for that
Thanks for watching, David! We add a Bible verse to each of our videos now. Christy puts significant effort into choosing an appropriate verse.
Welcome to our channel!
Amen to that!
One thing Ive seen on industrial equipment I really wish they would put on farm equipment is a temp sensitive fan that reverses! Whenever the equipment started to heat up from debris over the screen in front of the radiator, the electric radiator fan reverses and blows all the debris off.
Yes. Agree!
What happens if there are rocks in the brush?
I have a ck2610 gear drive I run a 6 ft cutter have no issues or difficulty with gear drive tractor I grew up with an old ford but loved the vid shows what under 26 hp can do 😁
Dropping back of mower lower than front doubles load on tractor. Mower deck should be slightly lower in front but never level.or worse front is higher than rear.
I'm beginning to worry about Johnny. He keeps getting in over his head, yet gets it done. Not quickly and not with out stress. He's pretty young and sturdy but stress and overload will age him fast. Johnny's a valliant little guy, "little guy" being the operative words, and I think he's silently calling out for a big brother. Casey is stronger but has to stand by while Johnny does work he's not suited for. Bottom line, I think it's time. We enjoyed all the test runs of the larger tractors but they suddenly stopped and we have been teased and left hanging, not to mention poor Johnny. The CFO has a difficult decision comming up and I don't envy her. Maybe cutting back on cheeseburgers will free up some cash? Nah, that's asking too much. If there had been two machines in that field, though, how much quicker and better could that job have been done?....... See you on the next one.
Good comment!
Time for a Kioti CK35
Actually, a 2025 or 3025 would probably be better for that property. Along with a rotary mower, box scraper, and a TR3 for arena.
Tim Christi what some work for Jonny but with your skills the job gets done I would problem be taking Jonny back to the shop for repairs
God Bless
PaK
Just saw this video for the first time. We moved in to a property in August 2019 that had two pastures that looked exactly like what you were mowing. When I entered one end of a pasture, the weeds were so high I couldn’t see anything around me but weeds. I have a used Kubota L3130 so I was sitting a bit higher than your Johnny. Great video. Thanks.
Great job. I have a jd 4066r with a 6ft bush hog that would have mowed that down as fast as you could drive it. The cab keeps my allergies at bay😁
Yes, you could probably handle a 10’ mower with that rig. Check out the new 10’ Rhino bat wing. It is rated down to 35 PTO hp!
Your right. I'm looking at a 12ft woods batwing for mowing heavy grass. My bush hog is a 70's model that is an absolute battle axe behind that tractor. I can't remember the model. Picked it up from an old retired farmer. Combined with the front bucket I have found if you can knock it down and take your time it will chew it up no problem
Definately get that case skid steer. This would of been perfect for it. Also with a brush mulcher u can take on even larger jobs than this one with ease.
At least you never found a car rim like I did the last time I was brush hogging on someone else's property. Luckily it didn't break anything but it did Slide the tractor sideways before it killed it
Alvie -
A few years ago my county rebuilt the road in front of my house and while they where working the phone lines were just draped over my fence posts. When they finished with the road the phone company came by and buried the phone lines and they had to cut a bunch of it off, which they left in a pile just outside my fence line. I found it with my bush hog and spent the next 3 hours trying to unwrap about 20 feet of phone line from around the spindle.
Kryten428 ouch!
Do you think a flail mower or sickle bar would have made a difference?
You should make a short night video so we can see how much light the headlights put out.
2038r you wont be disappointed 🤠
How do you like the King Kutter? I think they are good rotary cutters for the money.
i like john deere 1025r thats good tractor
... unsaubere Arbeit - sieht scheußlich aus ! Und wenn schon häckseln, dann bitte nicht mit einem solchen Spielzeug, sondern mit einer starken Maschine, damit es richtig fetzt !
Looks like fun. I can't wait to use my new rotary mower on my field.
"Trees" lol ?
You ain't got no stinking trees where I'm at that's just grass !
Check the Hinomoto HM255 with yanmar engine, a great tractor 2022
I wouldn't want to do that without a cab tractor because there's a good chance of hitting yellow jackets or hornets this time of year. Lol Nothing like getting ate up by those little demons.
Yep.
Hey Tim you need to try out and look at the it's called a brown industrial mower
General rule. 5hp for each foot of mower. A bit less for hydro.
This was quite a job for Johnny but he came thru! Good video.
Curious if you ended up cutting it twice or not.. tn55 with a 5 footer would have done the job. But still probably needed gone over twice in the rough spots.
Some spots I hit twice, but ran out of time.
A flail mower would of ben better for this job
Now use a flail mower with hammer blades. I will look like a lawn!
Great video! I really enjoy watching you work that JD. It’s amazing the capability of the smaller compacts, they can get a lot done sometimes just take a bit longer. Take care!
Thanks for the kind words. Yes, it takes persistence, but we can almost always getter done.
I’ll bet that Case skid steer with a front cutter would have really done the trick in that situation. The traditional method still works and as was mentioned that the people who think subcompact tractors aren’t enough, well what about an old Ferguson or Ford 2N-9N etc Johnny has more power I hogged fields like that with those older tractors I think many people talk a lot without knowing anything.
Powder River or a 6r saw one online for 30k and it was canned and everything and yes it was used
Exactly, I used to mow a gentleman's property(he eventually started renting it to us for crops) with an old Ford NNA or 600(I don't remember anything but the colors and the fact it ran on propane from a front mounted tank) and we had to stop every hour or so to blow out the trash out of the radiator.
8n will eat that up for breakfast no sweat. what i like about mine over a subcompact is the weight/torque. it just has more umph than an oversized lawnmower ;)
Bro, you're going way to fast ...
About 20 goats would have done the same job.....
only took one deer
Enjoyable video. Nice to have you show that compact tractors can tackle larger jobs. Hopefully it is only occasionally and not a steady diet, otherwise as you mention, something larger would be more appropriate. I was surprised that you did not mention mowing backwards for trees that are either at or over the claimed capacity of the mower. I have a mower just like yours, but it is old enough that I am not afraid to be VERY aggressive with it. I have learned that I can back up so the rear "opening" in the skirt is where the tree goes. Then when the blades start to hit the trunk, the wood is bent and stressed and it actually slices through surprisingly easily. When the tree falls, backing over the limbs will shred them so only the trunk is left. I've even shredded 3" trunks. The tractor is only 23 hp and the mower is still ready for more!
Bob,
We had a neighbor nearly killed by mowing backwards with a 3 point hitch mower. He ran over some wire, and it shot through the seat, and all the way through his chest.
I am not a fan of mowing backwards....even though it is OBVIOUSLY more effective. I do it sometimes, but I try to limit it.
Folks often accuse me of not being safety conscious. In this case, I'm a "Safety Sally" I guess.
Tim, sorry to hear about the injury. There must be more to what happened, for with 20 years of experience mowing backwards with tractors from 23 to 130 hp (batwing), the only thing I have experienced is a mower that winds up wire around the blades. Sometimes pieces of "things", including wire (rare), exit but they stay within 6" of the ground because the deck keeps it that way. If one wants to be really safe when mowing in "unknown" areas, forwards or backwards, most mowers can mount safety chains across the front, similar to those Christmas light icicles hanging on eves.
I think goats are cheaper than a tractor
Maybe ventrac can help with their mowers
Juan Arcos help maybe with a 50% discount, then it would be worth it.
That was some mowing job! My tractor is 29 hp, and I'm not sure I would have tackled that job. However! Looks like you did a respectable job for what you were dealing with. I have a Walco/Douglas 6 foot finish mower, made in Canada, and I would never try that with it. It is a very heavy duty mower, for what it is used for. Rear discharge, makes it nice. Keep those video's coming.
Is there a front mounted brush hog for the 1025R?
No. Sorry.
Hello Tim, I'm looking for wisdom. I have a Frontier RC 2048 Rotary Cutter for my 1025R. It is only two years old and I only used it rarely. The blades on the RC 2048 are completely blunt with severe gouges in the blades. I had to mow areas with lots of rock that had never been mowed before. The blades appear to have been made from mild soft steel. I want to replace the blades with high quality hardened steel like I did with the belly mower but I don't see an option for that so far. Any advice on high quality hardened steel replacement blades?
WOW...I cannot believe that little tractor cut that so well...it really man handled that stuff great. Did you speed up the footage at all, or was it actual speed?
Actual speed.
@@TractorTimewithTim little beast
Get a flail mower for this type of work, easier on the tractor and better finish.
This stuff too heavy for any flail I have tried.
how do you know there aren't rocks or other blade busting stuff hidden in the brush? Do you ride with the bucket at height so that would reveal it or maybe scoop it?
New holland Tc55da woods brushbull extream 72 what ever tractor will drive over it will cut
Tim the John Deere man LOL
I have a small farm and i have a patch 15ft by 15ft that is over grown and i do not want my lawn mower to do it i want a compact tractor and a bush hog to mow it. I may be digging trenchesto the barn for lights and water what size of tractor should i be looking at a 1025
Do you ever mow at night? Some tractors have lots of lights. Not good for videos but it might save coming back.
You can probably drive in reverse? I only have a bcs two-wheeled. Enjoyed the video. The Lord bless and keep
Man! If you are like that guy on craigslist that does it for free... well... I guess i font have any grass for you to mow... but you can still come to my house!
Tim, what oil weight do you use for working a little tractor that hard? When I lived in Indiana, an old man with a little tractor did rototilling and bushhogging and told me he used straight 50 weight!
In my experience, guys that wear salmon colored pants are the most effective craftsmen.
"Well you guys go ahead and talk, I'm gonna go mow down some trees" boss 😂
Believe it or not but I used to cut a piece of land similar to that with a Snapper 12hp riding mower! Wore out the spindle on it. Surely need one like this to cut it with.
Is yalls bush hog a 4ft or 5ft? I just bought a 5ft for my 1023e and it bogged down on me in bout knee high thick grass. Bout killed the tractor lol. But atleast I know my limit now
4’. Unfortunately, 5’ is too big for a 1-series. Why did you choose a 5’???!
@@TractorTimewithTim it seems to handle it just fine another than the thick grass and I've seen other people use them on s 1 series. And I got it cuz I got a great deal on it. I guess if it becomes to much I could always sell it and buy a 4
If I get into thick stuff again I'll just take smaller bites next time
Great video, Tim & Christi. Now that was a monumental task to tackle but you're doing a fine job with the tractor. Tim, in a different video you mentioned you did some special work on your 3 pt hitch to make it lift higher. I'd like to learn how you did that. I'll go back to your last video and see if you referenced the video where you improved the lifting ability of your 3 point hitch. Thumbs up and have a great weekend.
My man is out here driving the drone AND the tractor like a champ
Looks like fun to me ! Property looks nice after you knocked down that brush and grass.
My old neighbor on a Ford tractor and the right wheel about to fall off out brush hogging his place, that tractor just keeps on going. You need a little bit larger tractor Tim!
what a small tractor can do a Big tractor can do better
Sometimes...but not always.
I LOVE TO BUSH HOG WITH MY BELARUS 250A AND 5FT BUSH HOG... I COULD WALK THROUGH ALL THAT LIKE BUTTER...DONT NEED A TRACTOR BILL,THE OLDER ONES STILL RUN STRONG...
great video. it did a great job. slow and steady will get the job done. i have to modify my everything attachments 48 in cutter so the top link on my quick hitch can grab it. the top bar swivels/moves. i hate putting it on the 3 pt hitch every time.
Great video. Now I know that my compact tractor will do the work I need it to with the right attachment
Thank you guys for always sharing the Word of God with your audience
Put window screen over the front and you won't have a problem buddy
I have similar type of brush I need to chop down the only problem is it's on a 40 degree slope and at the bottom of the hill their a steep dropoff
Tim, belay my last... belay my last. I found the video I asked you about and now remember seeing that video some time back. I'll see if my tractor is assembled similarly. Thanks much.
Thanks. I was Just getting ready to look it up!
The guy seems depressed
Well, that was pretty impressive for little Johnny! Looks like a fun, but time-consuming job but should end up really nice after! Thanks for the video!
You are using the mower wrong you need tho drive in revurse
@@TractorTimewithTim you need to get used to it but keep up the great work tim
I hope there weren’t any big rocks. I didn’t hear any bad noises.
Thanks for the post. I realized I need a tooth bar on my bucket and I like that one.
Nice weather ,good job Tim 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️💕💕💕💕
Where’s your ventrac with the tough cut?
Didn’t have it yet then.
Awesome job Tim. I don't have a brush hog and really don't need one but I do now my lawn and I do a lot of sneezing. With that tall of stuff to mow I would have to take something. You did good my friend. I'll have to send you a picture of my John Deere.
That property could very easily accommodate a larger tractor like a 3-series at least - both for field mowing and horse tending chores.
A 100+ hp tractor with a bat wing mower would be the way to go or skid steer with a mower.
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Nice job I was gonna mow a piece of ground that is a acre or so for 175 but they said no that's ok there's other jobs
Love the videos Tim but as your family says your going too fast haha
Beautiful property. To bad the light faded🤠
Flail front mounted topper on 100hp+ would eat that.
Good job Tim Johnny did a good job for a smaller tractor
We have a mid sized 4x4, 40hp tractor with a 6' New Holland bush hog and I could mow what I see here in the video in a couple hours tops. We have maybe $7000 in the entire rig. I don't know what you are doing looking at new equipment to go bush hogging with. I'm willing to bet you have three times the money in this little tractor..
Yes, we are not very competitive in bush-hog situations. We don't do a lot of it...but when called, we will tackle a project.
no question that an older tractor is plenty fine for the bush hog.
Get a full size tractor so you can get a bigger brush hog.
What trees are you talking about? Where did you see trees?
Some actual brush hogging (aka brush not grass) a lot of videos I find are mowing grass and that's great if you have a flail mower. Brush hogs tend to push that stuff over instead of cutting it.
I was quite impressed with this. Probably pushing the equipment past its limits.
That is one big horse, are they going to work the ground and put in pasture or horse hay?