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I know this is 3 years old but thank you for the learning experience. I'm a novice to loader and implement work. You've already saved me from making some costly mistakes and purchase mistakes. getting my first loader equipped tractor this year
You know, what might have helped me, as a first time tractor buyer, would have been a short on what kind of implements to get with it; what kind of implements first time tractor buyers came back to buy, and which ones were the brought back the most. Some kind of video along those lines. Thanks for helping us out!
I appreciate all these common sense tips. As a first time tractor owner I know it will save me time Money and injuries. So I wanted t to thank you for your time. It is definitely a public service. God Bless. K
I live in Hawaii and am a first time owner of a JD 3032E. For quite some time I used a manual grease gun until I finally bought a battery-powered one (mine is a Ryobi). I also changed the tip out to be a grabber like the 'Lock-N-Lube' that made it easier for me to get on the Zerks. I have to admit that I now grease more than I did before, and that is not a bad thing. Also, being in the tropics, we do not get ice and cold (lowest temp at the house has been about 53 degrees) so I have not seen gel. However, I did find out I had slime in the fuel system. Because I was literally up against a strict time line for a property inspection, I could not have any down time. I air-flushed the fuel line into the tank to get myself a day of running before I could drain and clean the tank. I then started adding something to keep the slime out.
One of my first 'Mistakes' that I learned the hard way after getting my first tractor about 7 years ago was borrowing my neighbors rototiller (his suggestion, not mine) and not realizing that the PTO shaft was too long for my tractor.... It jammed onto the PTO when I raised it all the way up to drop down into a field. It took me an entire day to remove the end of the shaft from the PTO. I've also been told to avoid borrowing implements because of the possibility of contaminating my hydraulic system.
That is so much for this. We just bought a house on acreage and the tractor is part of the deal. Never been on one before so I have a lot to learn. Your videos, and this one in particular, are gold.
Great info. One thing you may want to cover is the placement of your tractor on your trailer. Especially how weights on the back of your tractor and attachments on the front of the tractor can change where your weight is in relationship to your trailer axles. Think tongue weight and sway/handling characteristics. BTW, love my 2032r.
And how to properly tie it down. Also, try to avoid loading and unloading when it’s raining or the trailer is wet. You can slide off easily and quickly.
A safety tip for your loader. When extending the loader all the way up to store it (or even working on the tractor with the loader extended up) place a length of angle iron over the exposed hydraulic (chrome/stainless steel) rod. The angle iron should be about the same length as the exposed rod. That way the angle iron acts like a jack stand and prevents the loader from slipping down. It could save your life if you were under the loaded working on the engine...
Last comment this time... promise. But you bring up SOOO many good points. Buy once cry once....So true. I'm starting the finance process tomorrow on the tractor and implements I finally settled on. As a first time buyer, I LISTENED TO YOU. I agonized for two weeks,. Pouring over research, videos, manufacturing data, etc. And that was just the 4 brands I would even consider.. ( John Deere, Kubota, Massey Ferguson, and Yanmar). Thanks to your numerous videos, I feel I made a solid choice in the brand and implements I chose! So, thank you GWT!! Your wisdom steered me in the right direction to start and things to consider!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! ( BTW. I'm going with a Yanmar SA324). Dealership from Howell Michigan. Great people...my chosen dealership they check all the right boxes. Even though there's a closer Yanmar dealership to me....I felt better going with Foote Tractor. ( Which is farther away)
Thanks for this. City boy here just bought 9 acres and building a new house on it. Lots of great tips in here for me to look out for when I get a tractor.
Great video showing what not to do with a tractor. I especially like your comment which many folks don't follow, is to take your time. One important additional item is proper PPE. Gloves, correct shoes, hearing protection, etc.. Thanks for the great videos!
Hitting the overhead door! I did this with a F150 truck that had furniture in back. Moving from one house to another it started raining. I was focused on just driving right on in to escape that rain. Well the garage door wasn't so happy and stopped me in my tracks! Still have a dent to show everyone my mistake. And that dresser has never been the same! lol Good times
Love my Kubota bx series tractor. I come from a dairy background and everyone told me I would brake this thing the first hour I used it. 200 hard and probably abusive hours later not one thing besides service have I done to this tractor. Wish we had had these in the 70's and 80's
Recently found your channel and I am very impressed with your presentation. Great detail and insight. You talk fast and therefore you get to the point quick.
If you have a gas tractor (not all tractors are diesel) then when you are going to put it up for a week or more, do yourself a favor. Shut off the fuel at the tank and run the carb dry. Install a small trickle charger to your battery (1-1 1/2 amp) and when your tractor isnt in use, plug it in. It well keep your battery charged and extend the life of your battery by quite a bit. I wrenched on tractors for almost 50 years for a living.
In almost any gas engine I always run them dry and choke them to get all the gas out of the float bowl I can every time if there is any chance it will sit very long.
Great video Courtney - A mistake I made was moving the 1025r without having the backhoe stabilizers all the way up and locked. I was only moving the tractor a short distance and figured it would be okay (but I took out a small tree and scared myself half to death) - As you said - Take it slow and use the safety mechanisms built into the tractor.... (Like the seat belt as another example)
It’s been a while since I’ve watched one of your videos. You’ve become much more confident on camera and it makes it easier to watch. Not that you were bad or unwatchable before it’s just better. Good job!
Don't forget the side stabilizers in your backhoe. They can go through a garbage walk when they leak down. Yes the arm has a travel pin but stabilizes do not. Don't forget to strap them up for storage.
Another great video! Completely agree , even us old timers that grew up around implements, attachments & tractors need to proceed with caution. The battle scars on our barn door are proof that maybe I wasn't paying attention. LoL. And you speak of ballast, front end loaders are the most versatile piece of equipment ever created, as long as there is ballast hooked to the back. However, forget or misjudge the ballast & that loader will provide you with an OMG moment that won't be forgotten soon....
A trucker who brought us some potting soil once told me a guy tried to take a 2100lb pallet of potting soil off his truck with a 33hp Deere.... The tractor lifted it enough to drag it off the back of the truck and then the machine bounced between the loader and the back tires twice before he got his loader down. Guy's seatbelt saved him from serious injury.
After working in maintenance for 20+ yrs, I would warn your viewers to be sure to push STRAIGHT when relieving the hydraulic pressure. 9 times out of 10, if your not straight on.... nothing happens. BUT that one time years from now, your going to push the stopper sideways slightly and then your dealing with leaking at best. Also reduced flow because the stopper isn't straight, and is acting like a blockage
I love your channel john deere baby!!!!!! just got a farm 2 years ago and a used 2009 john deere 3720 with only 166h plus over 6 attachments! I've learnt so much from your channel keep up the hard and good work and keep tight though this time in the world! ;)
Another easy way to tell if the QD is correctly connected and seated is to try and turn/spin the spring loaded part, if the connection is all the way in the that collar will spin freely. If the collar does not turn freely, its not in all the way. Back pressure can also be released by tapping the end of the male QD with a rubber mallet/hammer so as not to damage the protrusion from the QD. On a female QD just do the same thing but because the protrusion is inside coupler, use a brass punch and just tap it with a hammer as well. Note, please use good leather gloves and a rag to protect yourself from the release of the high pressure hyd oil, it will be very high as the pressure is released.
I came in my garage pretty fast one time with my 1025r, the rops was up, and BAM! I hit the top of the garage and the front tires popped up in the air. And I had this "what the hell just happened look on my face". Neighbor saw it and thought it was pretty funny. Awesome video! Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and insights! Stay safe, and have a blessed day! 👍👍😎
Closing on several acres in a few weeks. I’ll be getting my first compact tractor soon for that. Been watching most all of your vids prepping for that tractor. Funny thing is that I’m looking forward to picking up one of those trash can haulers from heavy hitch as much as most of the other attachments I’ve looked at!
Buy once, cry once. I wish i had watched this 5 years ago!!! While i have ZERO complaints about my 1025R, it has been fantastic!! But.... I now wish i had a 3xxx family tractor. But, i've created a full collection of implements for the 1025R, and it is cost prohibitive to replace everything :-(
This was really a good video. Thank you for sharing...most of it is common sense, but we all know that "common sense isn't"... thank you for the reminders...
Plastic fuel cans are a terrible idea in general if there is a fire. Metal cans have a snap shut lid and will buy you time to get away if something happens before they explode. There is a reason OSHA doesn’t allow plastic cans on construction sites.
What a great video and thanks. I found only one thing you recommended that I could not comply to and it was not my fault but the fault of complications due to Covid 19. I have a pinned on bucket because when I bought mine in October 2020 there were no more quick attach systems left to buy. My dealer here in Alanson Michigan said it would be spring or early summer before one could be had for my little BX 1880. Apparently tractor sales are nuts everywhere including the big dealers like Messick's in PA. I will pay the extra for one because it's something I want and can afford but for now I'm plowing snow with my bucket and a set of R2 Bucket Tamers and they both work great. Thanks again
Spot on! I broke my garage door within the first few months. Crunch. $200 Plus dollars to replace the door. Quick attach was my biggest mistake and you are right. It made me angry years later and I sold the tractor for that reason.
Agree. Biggest mistake I made was buying less tractor than I needed. I had it one day and knew I should have added the backhoe. 5 years later I sold it and bought the right one. Regretted it for 5 years and lost some money. Fortunately selling the orange one was very easy and reduced to financial pain. Orange or green you will at least have a market to sell it without devastating losses.
Great video, learned a lot, had to laugh in regards to driving the tractor into a garage with ROPS up- I'm a new tractor owner and I just had that happen when I forgot to take mine down prior to inside storage. Thanks Again!!
@@GoodWorksTractors I avoided the problem since I park my tractor outside. When I finally get all the construction stuff done inside I'll be able to park the tractor inside but I still won't worry about the overhead since the door is a 12'x12' rollup; the shop has a 16' peak.
@@Harry-zz2oh You are lucky. I had to park a Case 540 Construction King backhoe tractor in a garage with a 10' ceiling, and a 9' high door. I had to remember to lower the boom, and extend the arm out as much as I could, before backing it in.
@@awev5233 I planned the size of the door so I could take my RV inside if I needed to do so. My shop is 30'x40' by 16'H so I have lots of room, however most of the room is taken up by materials for my workshop to be built as soon as I get rid of the stuff my youngest son left in storage. Since he moved out a number of years ago, I've asked him to sort it and then get take care of it. He hasn't so I'm just going to bag it and trash it so I have room.
Love your videos! I was thinking of a new topic for you to cover since all of your "used" tractors look like new. How about a video of your detailing process? Especially the tires! Keep up the "Good Work" Thanks!
If your 46 hits the weather seal, just adjust the stop to give yourself an inch or two more. I adjust my garage doors to go all the way up so that none of the door is hanging lower than the wood trim. I learned to do that with my Jeep that just needed a inch more room.
Great point on hydraulics settling. We have a backhoe at work that was parked to close to the roll up garage door. It settled and completely jacked up the door. Expensive mistake.
@@GoodWorksTractors The first tractor I ever used was a backhoe with a leaking hydraulic system. I learned very quickly to keep the buckets, and outriggers, down, and rolled so they would not collect water - liquid (rain) or solid (snow). And in a city this can help you prevent an item from growing feet and walking off the jobsite overnight.
Man why couldn’t I have seen this video 3 hours sooner. I just got my tractor home today. Today!!! I hit my gutters with the romps pulling in my garage the first time pulling it in after the guy taught me. Did it twice while he was there no problem. He pulls off... I put it up!!! I put it away!!! Man I hate that. I only had it to myself an hour!!! Scared that’s going to happen a lot. A while lot.
I was connecting a hydraulic hose on my grapple. It just wasn’t going in so I tried to force it. I was at a weird angle and trying to push up forcefully at the same time and felt a snap in my arm. Pulled my bicep and labrum. Took almost a year to get it fixed surgically and healed. The lesson - if your lines won’t go easily, don’t force them! They likely just need to be bled a little. I learned this the hard way.
Being a machinist for a long time I’m always trying to show new guys scenario’s to avoid. There are so many things I’ve had to learn the hard way over 20 years. Some listen and some just have to experience it themselves. In CNC machining you learn new things constantly no matter how long you have done it and crashing a $ 300,000 machine ain’t no joke.
Thanks for the video, I own a Kubota M7040 the tips for loading the bucket helped a lot. That was a good point about running the equivalent too fast , I say if you don't have time to do the job stay off the thing you'll just end up tearing up somthing.
dont forget just because a tractor is 14 feet doesn't mean a 16 foot trailer is long enough. You have to take into consideration the tongue weight and where the tractor balances on the trailer like front end loader may make center of weight further back on tractor etc or in some cases you might even need to load the tractor backwards depending on say water in tires etc.
Totally agree. However, you don't need a 14,000 lb 25' trailer for a 1025r. Those are the kind of misjudgments that happen more often than you'd think, haha!
@@GoodWorksTractors Very true and I know it happens all the time. The single most important thing on any adequate rated trailer is the tire rating and quality and keeping correct air in them. For most, time will wear out the tires not use. Have a good preferably hydraulic jack and good spare and check it !!! Don't forget to make sure to get trailer brakes on all axels which is now a requirement in many states over a minimum trailer capacity like 5,000lbs or so. Check the brake system and controller function before using too ! I personally have a 12,000 lb rated car hauler and a 30 foot gooseneck. I haul a Kubotaa m9000 with loader and sometimes a short implement like a pickup no till planter or tiller attached making the weight about 10,000 lbs on the car hauler. The big stuff with 10 or 12 foot disc or 10 ft lift bushog and JD 4230 with FEL go on the gooseneck or the M9000 with longer implement . Yes a 7,500 car hauler is adequate for many smaller utility tractors. Most of these weigh less than 5,000lbs but I would still strongly recommend breaks on all axels with good controller.
One thing that gets me, even on my little residential/garden Deere 100 Series is the tire pressures. Tires just don't hold pressure over months and the tractor gets wobbly and doesn't cut grass well , if the tire pressures aren't just right. Is that a problem on bigger tractors? Wonder what kind of pressures you run? Thanks for another informative video.
Should be eleven mistakes tractor owners make ! Don't even ask to borrow my tractor ! I'm 66 yrs old and let friends borrow stuff over the years.... Not friends any longer ! If i have to go retrieve my stuff after several months and its damaged and all i hear is ( hey man I'm sorry ) but don't even offer to fix !!!
Yeah, I thought about that myself after getting my new tractor just last summer. What if someone wants to borrow it, what would I say? Because I don't even trust myself completely when working on my tractor! LOL. I finally decided if asked, I can't say no. I would offer to do the job myself for my friend on my day off.
@@jimolenchak3341 Man, I hear you. Borrowing stuff and money to people is bad news. And the borrowee should have common decency to return it in better condition when they borrowed it. Or promptly pay the money back, or at least pay back SOMETHING every week. And when they come back for more, "hey man, you didnt pay me back the last time." I dont make a good door mat. Used to rent out a couple rental properties and heard every story in the book why people didnt have the rent. We are supposed to be meek, but meekness shouldn't be weakness.
Not maybe that big of an issue with these garden-sized tractors, but if you get stuck and wheels just start digging into the ground, the last thing you want to do is spin them so long that it buries itself axle-deep into the ground. That will make it a lot harder to pull it out, and the garden will be ruined.
Your point about hydraulics leaking down caused a question in my mind. "Why don't these implement users utilize cylinder stop blocks or stroke control blocks when storing their tractors if they don't want something going down?" From my early years, I got so used to installing these cylinder stop blocks every time we left the field with an implement to road the implement to the next field or home. It was simple protection against an implement dropping into the road if a line bursts. I've seen chisels and sweeps bury themselves in an instant when traveling and a line burst dropping the hydraulics. And when we parked implements, but wanted the blades to stay up, we just blocked the cylinders with these simple click on blocks before disconnecting. So, to this day, I still use these when I don't want a cylinder to close, yet I'm going to 'relax' the hydraulics when I shut the tractor off... which, again, I was taught to always do. (I never park one of my tractors with the loader, box blade, mower, etc. up... I always lower them and relax the hydraulics completely on shut down. It just makes so many thing easier and will give you longer life on equipment.
Great video All the things that you touched apon I have heard or seen in the past I am one of your older viewer and been around Equipment for over 45 years The biggest thing like you said is “”Slow down and Think”” Thanks again for a great video Edward Martin
Great video. I'd much rather learn from someone elses mistakes than my own. My current tractor is the 1st I've ever used with a ROPS. Super paranoid about hitting the garage door. The L2501 just makes it. I'm just full of comments today. Good one someone once said. "Grease is cheap, iron is expensive"
Avoid marrying a woman with the same interests in toys/tools as you. You will have to buy her one of everything you buy yourself. Guess how I learned that one!
I'm not married yet, but that sounds like a good thing for the part of the common interests, but buying 2 of everything you like isn't a good thing either. It depends on how much it costs.
@@michaelbenoit248 I bought a toy - 68 chevy short box 327 4spd. Wife said, " You bought a "cute" truck. Where's mine!" I told my wife where, on our new property, I was going to build a new barn for the tractor, trucks, etc. She replied pointing to a different area of the property, " And down there is where we are going to build my new barn."
If you store your loader up ,without a factory lock ,you need to raise it up where you want it and have a metal shop cut a piece of angle iron to length on the cylinder ,and put hose clamp around it snug and lower it down .
Good video but I have to disagree about the trailer. No matter what trailer you buy you are going to wish you had bought one two foot longer. Also it is always good to have a heavier trailer all trailers get a little dangerous at their max weight.
My dad swore by greasing the driveshaft on his semi. He greased it weekly and told me he had the same U-joints for a million miles. He used a grease called hydratex. Not sure if that helped as well or not.
After hitting the header of the garage with the ROPS I stopped by Tractor Supply and purchased an orange safety cone. Now I drive out of the garage, stop, raise the ROPS and plant that orange cone dead center of, and outside, the door as a reminder to lower the ROPS.
See, I would just think that one of the kids put it there. As soon as I take a tractor out of the garage, it magically becomes a spot for them to put their bikes, toys, and whatever else doesn't belong. Ha!
Good thinking about going into a barn or garage. I had the ROPS up on my 4520 backed into the barn just like I knew what I was doing and fortunately the ROPS cleared by about an inch but if it didn't, it would have been and expensive oops. Also, the ballast is important. I was picking up some cherry logs one time and the back wheels came right off the ground so I put my Bush Hog on. That added just short of 1000 lbs 6' out back, end of problem. Great video, thanks.
@@GoodWorksTractors Yeh I have the 30 foot enclosed featherlite with the bumper pull. My excursion with a 7.3 can not pull a 5th wheel. It meets my needs for now. You've got it goin on my friend!🤩
Karl Degraa I plan to buy a Jolly Self Loader to distribute mulch under trees in my macadamia orchard. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VT4Ym3VDB10.html The vendor says it needs at least a 35HP tractor to power it and run it safely. I was hoping to buy something like a Kubota B series tractor for my farm as I like smaller tractors but I think I’ll have to buy a larger tractor equivalent to a L series.
Get, great video with a lot of practical information. Please wear eye protection when working with pressure hoses. Hoses brake and fluid can be directed back to your face. A friend of mine was seriously injured in the face when a hose broke and was not wearing any eye protection.
Advice: READ THE MANUAL. Haha! I neglected to do that on my first tractor (3025E) with rotary cutter. I was engaging the PTO at 2500 RPM, not realizing you're supposed to engage PTO at engine idle. Whooooops...
I bought a 1025r for my house. I just got everything I would or might need (mower, bucket and snowpusher) it seemed expensive but I certainly haven't regretted it one second.
Back in the day when government program land was a thing, I was a highschool kid working for a local farmer. My job was to mow all his government ground, he had enough that it took pretty much all summer to mow it all twice. I was given an IH 806 tricycle front end with a belly mounted sickle mower. I was sent to a field, which unbeknownst to me, had had all the trees bulldozed. Grass and weeds were 3-5ft tall. I dropped the left rear wheel off into a stump hole. That put the weight of the tractor onto the belly mower frame leaving me unhurt but stranded miles from home (way before cellphones).
basic move have a walk around surprising what you find any thing can blowing in to the grass .saves you time and money and most of injury to the driver just saying.
@@raypitts4880 Agreed but, 50acre field? Probably not going to walk it ahead of time, side ditch yes. As my employer the farmer should have let me know that some part of it was in that shape.
