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Everyone on here is so quick to spend your money. Get a cab, snow blower, bigger tractor, etc. I think you did a great job clearing it. That snow pusher cleaned the concrete perfectly!
Exactly, if they want a bigger tractor thats they’re decision, imo this size or slightly smaller is better, (TURNING RADIUS) actually see what your door, maneuverable, for a snowy driveway its perfect. Snowboowers are snow
We use this very attachment on 259 driveways with our 1025r as well. It is a lifesaver! Does a much better job than pickups do back dragging and the control on the driveways is great. No need to worry about ripped up sod like you would with a pickup back dragging snow off of the driveways! Ironically, I bought my 1025r from Courtney at goodworks tractors and he is an amazing person. I highly recommend doing business with him whenever you can. He is honest and trustworthy and has a great selection of equipment and attachments.
@Jason Barthel, if you are doing 259 driveways with a 1025r size tractor, you really should look at getting an inverted snowblower. It will greatly increase your production rate. It's the tool the big guys use in residential snow removal.
Absolutely!! Love those! Big account, little budget (for me) though. I have about $125000 in snow removal equipment, and I'm a cop so money doesnt come easy. I TOTALLY agree with you though man!
The biggest thing I found with stone and gravel is drive over the first snow to pack it down and you will greatly reduce your loss of material. I deal with it every year on our 1/2 mile gravel/stone driveway. Great video! Keep em coming.
I agree. you need to wait till you get a hard packed layer of snow and that will reduce the chances of picking up any gravel. Also knowing the angle of your blade and how much your cutting / shaving off. good video keep them coming....
I like the snow pusher but like you said it takes a special technique to master. I’m using my x739 with 54 inch blade with the rubber squeegee and am really loving it. Back dragging works great as long as you have a good edge. Stay warm! It’s cold out side!
Hi Tim, I removed snow with my compact tractor for years. That was long before it finally gave up the ghost and it wasn't cost effective to rebuild the tractor because we moved to a much smaller place. I moved snow here in Northern Michigan for 20+ with it and here is a few tips I found for moving snow. 1) You can't ever have too much weight on the rear of the tractor. 2) You definitely will find wheel chains on all four corners makes an incredible difference even if your maxed out with weights chains are worth every penny! 3) remember to move the snow far enough away especially at the beginning of the season so you have room for future snowfalls. Because if not you won't be able to move the piles once they freeze in place. (I learned that one the hard way😞) 4) The best tool to remove snow for a compact tractor I found is a 2 stage front mounted blower. My tractor was just a little 20 horse with a 42 inch PTO driven blower but that tractor moved more snow in those 20 odd years than you could ever imagine. I live a half mile away lake Huron and we get lake effect snow like crazy and that 42 inch blower had no problem going through 18 inches of snow. On gravel driveways I just raised the blower about an inch and it would go on through it like it was on pavement and once a hard pack of ice/snow covered the gravel after the first couple snowfalls you can run it exactly like it was a concrete drive. 5) The biggest tip is if you do get a blower, go to the hardware store and get a replacement shovel handle and find a spot to mount it on the tractor because if the snow is wet you will need the wood handle to clear clogs. NEVER EVER clear a clogged blower with your hands and arms, a blower will remove your arm or leg so fast you won't have time to even blink!
Tim and Christy, great to see you last week in Lancaster Pa. Hope you have a great time in the Netherlands with Katriel. May God bless you in all your endeavors. Jerry
Growing up and working in Illinois I learned to love snow plowing especially getting paid to do that at work. I would clean off my neighbor's driveway too. I had 2 driveways but now living in Florida no snow anymore.
Well it's winter here in New York. We just got our first snow. It's just not much but we are going to be getting more that should stick. I got my Edge Tamers on and I'm ready to move snow. Thanks again for the ttwt discount. Be safe my friend.
I live in the middle of ten acres of woods with a 1/4 mile long gravel driveway with a 6% grade to get up to my home. This year is my 1st year with a compact tractor for snow removal. I use my bucket with edge tamers and a rear blade. This combo has worked extremely well for me even with the very icy conditions this year has brought to our region. I do not use tire chains and haven't had any traction issues.
I grew up farming with relatives so I’m not new to tractors but have spent years away from the farming life and only own residential property. I had been looking for a larger backhoe to complete some work on my property and as luck we have it my lawn tractor broke down recently!! So I started looking for something that could do a little more than what a lawn tractor was capable of and ended up very impressed with and ultimately made the purchase of the John Deer 1025R recently . I actually have not received my tractor yet and in anticipation while waiting on the delivery I started to grow some concerns as to whether or not this tractor was really sufficient for what my needs were!!! So I continue doing a little more research and stumbled into your videos. Yes at this point I have watched several of them and with each video my concerns about the functionality and the size of this tractor meeting my needs have been reduced significantly!!! You guys are doing a bang up job with your videos they’re very informative and exactly what I was looking for to relieve me of my concerns as to whether or not I should’ve bought something larger!!! You guys have methodically video by video proven the capabilities of this little tractor and all of its attachments so much that I actually went back and purchased another attachment that I didn’t think I would have much use for till now!!! So I guess at this point I need to thank you very much for doing what you guys do.Your videos are very very informative about the capabilities of this little tractor and have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that its way more capable than I ever anticipated so keep up the videos keep up the good work and thank you very much guys!!!! I’m sure as I continue to watch your videos I will learn more small tricks that will aid me in the versatility of this little tractor and I very much appreciate your hard work and your quality videos 👍🏻👍🏻
Ahyeah , I bet you that the FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT is thinking about that beautiful nice cozy CAB NOW!!! Take it from me it won't be long before you'll have the hang of the snow pusher, and you'll find out how much you love it. Keep up the great work you did a fine job.
Good job Tim. I just came in from moving the snow on, and piled up in front of, my driveway. We got somewhere around 16", but that got doubled in right in front or our parking area/driveway. So It took me roughly 3 hours to get things cleaned up and to make space for all of the snow and any more we get in the next 3 - 4 days. I also found out that I need to change the hydraulic fluid in my tractor again. It should have been fine, but I found milk before the bucket started working again. The temperature was a balmy -3 degrees when I finished. Since you got some snow I won't ask you if you'd like to come to Vermont to lend a hand. The Edge Tamers worked well, but I wish I had a better hand at getting my bucket level. Have fun.
Nice little toy to have to play with. We built our own pusher/puller. They can make the job a lot easier. Then again it all depends on the type of work you need it to do. Some people like a blade and some like a pusher/puller box. Great video guys thanks.
As usual, another fun and informative video from you two !! Always enjoy them. Last year I used my bucket and it was a definate learning curve. This year I have purchased a 6 foot snow pusher and so far it is awesome !! Tractor I have is a 2007 JD 2320....with no cab :) Keep the videos rolling in !! Enjoy the snow !!
We’ve used a loader on the farm for years with just the bucket. Always worked fine. As long as everything is froze underneath the snow you can scrape right down to gravel. Nice rig!
Looks like a good time to me. We don't get snow very often, but I always enjoy clearing the driveways and sidewalks. It's the adult version of playing in the snow.
Snow pushers are great. I own a 2018 Kioti DK4510 with a backhoe on it and I have several PTO attachments and front loader attachment and I have to say the pusher is one of the best things for my tractor that I have purchased. I bought a 7' wide pusher from Express Steel (655 Lbs) and with the backhoe on the rear I have copious traction. I used it today here in Maine where we are getting a decent load of snow. the best part of snow removal with the pusher vs loader bucket, is that you don't have to tilt the pusher to get rid of the snow in front of it. Saves soooo much time.
Loved seeing the 1025r in action in the snow. Like I had said before, at my home and work I shoveled snow till I was about dead, go and give over 20g's for a tractor and it never snows again. LOL Thanks for the video.
I've had a number of people tell me how much they love the edge tamers on their buckets! worked great I'd say. The tractor seemed to work well with the bucket pushing and moving snow too.
Angle the pushed more buddy. That'll help keep front tires down. I learned this when I did mine with just doing my driveway with just my bucket. Plus you can stack the snow with a bucket. Also. Trick of the trade Tim, only back blade enough to where you can turn your tractor around, where you can push the snow all the way out the the end of the driveway. Then push snow on each side of driveway. No teeth, just bucket only.
I use the edge tamers on my 2032r on a stone driveway, if the driveway is frozen they work awesome.if the ground is not frozen then you must keep the bucket leave and keep your eyes open if the bucket starts to dig in. Over all they are worth every penny. And save me hours of stone clean up in the spring. Stay warm crew....
Hi Tim. I’m plowing with a 60” HLA 1500 with back drag and a rear snow style box blade. It’s really fast to move lots of snow using both attachement to get the snow out of the metal storage yard to the pile outside of the fences. When i back drag, i don’t curl de bucket full motion, it’s to aggressive except if i want to scrape real hard snow or ice. I also find the float function to work really well on back dragging. I try to put all my piles in a row in the direction that i’m going to push the snow. For pushing, i lowered my skid shoes about 3/8” it’s great on gravel an hard surfaces. It leaves a minimal amount of snow and help protect the surface. I used the float only to lower the pusher to the ground and then barely lift it to put weight back on the front for traction and be able to steer. I always try to put skid shoes in full contact to the ground too. I use this setup on a Kubota B7510. Keep on the good work!!
That snow pusher did about as good a job back dragging that I’ve seen. I’ve been plowing for 25 yrs and still haven’t mastered stone driveways, so don’t feel bad. No matter what stone gets disrupted to an extent. Sometimes you do get lucky tho!
Good learning experience for you. I have the neighbor come with his tractor & loader and snowblower do the bulk of the snow cleanup. Then use the 1026R with the loader & snowblower to clean up in the smaller areas. If it is too cold being there isn’t a cab on the 1026R I’ll wait until it warms up some. -23 is too cold for me to be cleaning snow. Those Edgetamers would work for me with a lot of grass yard to clean.
Just came in from removing snow from my stone drive. Before I started moving from MI to NC I used a Sear 20hp lawn tractor with a three foot blade to move snow and I set the blade feet as high as I could but still moved stone to the grass. So to solve this I moved the snow to the same points at the sides of the drive so that in the spring the stone would be all in the same area. Then in spring clean up was putting piles back on the drive and not having to remove stone all along the drive. It also helps not to clean the first snow fall or two if they are light but to drive on it and pack the snow into the stone. This helps locks the stone together and you will remove less stone from the drive. This is but one problem with a stone drive and the second is in warm weather and then you will be fighting weeds. Welcome to the country, just like back on the farm.
Looks like a very good attachment, but thank goodness we don't get much snow here in Alabama. Good video Tim. Looking forward to seeing you add other stuff to Johnny 2.0
Edge Tamers work great on my 800+ foot gravel driveway. One suggestion: get a third Edge Tamer for the center of the bucket. My drive has a high center crown and the third Edge Tamer prevents digging up the center of the driveway gravel. Also get a heated cab. It makes snow work so much more fun.
A rubber edge pusher works very well on gravel they don't dig in like a hard cutting edge will. We have two that we use at work on full size loaders and we wont use anything else for snow removal anymore.
I got my edge tamers for Christmas. 5' bucket and uneven gravel and grass so I went with the three 4" tamers. They do work well. You might want to consider getting a 3rd tamer for your bucket since you are picking up gravel. Don't forget to use the TTWT coupon for a 5% discount! I noticed that one needs more passes with a bucket as compared to the blower on my garden tractor (and likely a blade). Once the bucket is full, it dumps snow off the sides. I don't have a long driveway but a circular one which makes for more maneuvering especially with cars in place. Had over a foot of snow today and am pleased with the tamers. Would have been quite the effort with the garden tractor and taken a lot longer.
Thanks Bruce. I'll try to remember that coupon code. It seems to roll off the tongue pretty well. Almost seems like I've been saying it over and over ...strange! :-)
Tim, I got move that same snow on the north side of town with my bucket and edge tamers. The combination made short work of our 150+ feet of paved driveway, so I did the neighbors on each side as well (both family). And like you my 1025’s cab (or lack of) wasn’t very warm either.
You got your snow the day after we did here in the KC area. I used my edge tamers to move all of mine, too. Of course, I had to hand shovel in some areas since I have no back-pull feature, but once I got out into the street it was full steam ahead to clear out whole street. Very cost effective!
Tim I don't think you would regret having a soft cap I have one on my Kubota BX I can put it on and take it off in 30 minutes very nice in the winter time with the heater
I tend to tip the front down to adjust the cutting. Our snow is colder and lighter so the 60” works well. I have turf tires. I only pull back with the back drag far enough to get enough room to push. After trying the snow push the bucket takes about 40% longer.
I found with my 1025R the different types of snow (wet heavy, or dry fluffy) requires different approaches. Being my driveway is fairly steep. Thanks for the videos Tim and Kristy. And you are correct a cab would be nice in those conditions.
Tim and Christie look at you 2 out in the storm Saturday. It was 34 degrees till almost 4 in the afternoon so we got mainly rain. What about the cost difference between the Snow pushes and a blade?
Tim hope this finds you well. I've been watching your channel for sometime and enjoy it. My wife on the other hand is not sure. I took her to the local Kubota Dealer and we purchased a used L2501 and that's another story. Received my Edge Trimers today. Getting ready for Central Nebraska winter. Thanks for the discount code.
Hey Tim, just finished watching another informative video. Took you up on your offer and ordered my own set of Edge Tamers and Extenders. Thanks for the Promo Code. I think the Edge Tamers are just what I have been looking for to solve my problem with stones in the grass and the extenders will be a handy addition to the loader. Keep up the good work you all. BTW, loved the update on the Geothermal project. Cheers
I'm loving my HLA 1500 and posted the results of my snow removal on GTT. I definitely need to get the rubber cutting edges though, because it is marking up my brand new pavement. I see you don't have a lot of room to "push," but I use the back drag only to pull a few feet of snow away from the garage or other areas that I need to get close, then "push" it to my pile. Basically, bag drag little piles to push to the big pile(s).
I’m ordering edge tamers for my gravel driveway at our hunting cabin. I really want one of the snow pushers for my blacktop parking lot at my shop. I’ve actually been using my box scraper for pulling snow away from garage doors for now. Works pretty well.
Tim, I’m personally not a fan of snow pushing just because I run out of places to put all of the snow. Here in Michigan I love having snowblower and a frontier back blade. Great video and thanks for sharing.
A back blade backwards on the gravel and cutting edge on the pavment has worked great for me for years. Dosent pick rocks up using the back of the blade.
I think a plow blade is the best option,with I snow blow on the back. More money but tired and true. Thanks for sharing so many diffenert things you can use to move snow. I might use an edge tamers on my snow blower.
I think I see the R4’s and will have a 2025R delivered in a week or so… do you think those tires cut it with the loader and snow pusher? Should I make things difficult and try and get the VersaTurfs on it? Purchased a small farm, R4’s will be good in ways… worry about the snow.
I’m in south western Indiana and we got a ton a snow as well... mine is still in my driveway.. and I’m inside with my vegetable soup and that’s where I’m staying
That was a tough storm to deal with. I got soaking wet with melted snow...the cab on my 1025r failed too🤣 I really like the back drag on the snow pusher. That’s a very nice setup!
I have found that a grader blade turned backwards and angled to one side is the best way to remove snow with minimal effect on the gravel. I have a Yanmar YT235 and have only cleared snow with it twice. It is way more effective than the little Kubota BX1880 I used to have.
We have 500ft of gravel driveway and a little bit of concrete pad. I plowed our driveway with the edge tamer on the front loader and use the box blade to pull snow away from the garage and push with back of the box blade to clear the concrete. I found that I had to curl the bucket all the way up with the edge tamer on the initial pass so the bucket won't dig in to the gravel. I still had a few spots where I found rock in my bucket. Box blade definitely way to go on concrete.
Interesting Tim, I like my TTWT Edge Tamers, works great on my gravel drive and yard. Use an ATV spreader mounted to receiver on upper lip of bucket for the paved part, shake the bucket to keep salt flowing. might have to check on one of those pushers. Thanks
The other issue looks like it might be R4's if I'm correct. Not ideal for snowy conditions. Better traction with an HDAP or the new VersaTrack radials no?
Hi TTWT. On gravel driveways I just pack down the Frist snow then there no problem with the gravel when pushing snow with my jd 4200 and 420 fel You need to have some tall markers along the drive so you can find the driveway in the snow Keep the videos coming love them all now go get some hot chocolate and warm up that's a long drive way
I would strongly recommend looking in to a snow blower for the back.with your snow pusher or bucket you can pull away from buildings then blow it out in your yard and you have no ridges or piles to deal with plus it won’t drift near as bad with snow blower.
Here because I just got my 1025r for this winter. I just got a 2.5 acre property with a pretty long driveway and wanted to see how pushing snow would be with just the bucket. I didn’t want to spend an extra 2k for a front blade for now so I think these options will work fine for this year.
Big fan of snow pushers or box blades as they are called as a general term. HLA is a little on the pricey side but there’s another product here in Ontario, Canada (HLA is also produced here) that’s called Martatch. Never heard of it till this year and as a snow removal company we’ve been very impressed with the quality. As for your comment in the video about too much down pressure in float mode, that is more than likely incorrect and I would just double check in the user manual about float operation because float should apply no hydraulic pressure. Float should only be affected by the weight of the loader arms and attachment. Just a word of advice.
Looks good. I use a 6’ back blade turned backwards on gravel. It works great and cost about $300. The nice part is it angles it off to the side. I would love to see you try a clamp on snow plow on the bucket.
Hey Tim I look on e-bay for cab kit for 1025R they do have a kit between $960. to $1359. If you get one it keep the wind and snow off you two you know how cold it gets if the wind is blowing
I think one thing to mention when suggesting sizes of the snow pusher you should be using is how heavy the snow pusher is. For instance i have a 33hp Kubota, and use a 8' snow pusher made out of angle iron and a section of Cat Challenger track. Because of its relative weight i can go larger without the added traction problems. That pusher and a rear scrape blade (6' in my case), that i can angle, is just the ticket for me when it comes to moving snow in central Illinois.
I'm also able to back drag with my grader blade attached to the FEL using a QD three point attachment. The snow mover you used looked really nice for my driveway, but I'm convinced that for the gravel lane the blade with snow plow shoes is the way to go. Like you though, I really wish I had a cab
Love my edge tammers, this year i bought a 60 inch 3pt snowblower, in areas i cant blow the snow i push it to where i can then blow it off the side of house, with our 3025e
Hi Tim, dont know how much snow you guys average, but up in the Adirondacks, where i am located we average 170” / 200” a year, and we recently invested in an inverted snowblower, in which you can back right up to the garage door, drop and go... Still leaving he bucket on the machine... PS just received our Edge Tamers for the bucket operations... God Bless...Chief{NYS/ADK}
With really deep stuff 8-12 deep due soon , do you think these options would work still on the drive or would you go for a v plow angle attachment or opt from a two stage blower, either way get yourself the wheel weights and add rear weights + chains to make it easier when it hardens
The advice I have seen most often regarding loose gravel is to pack the first snowfall into the stone to freeze it in place .The other suggestion involved slitting a length of heavy wall pc pipe and putting that over the edge on a bucket or blade and use the float mode to ride over the gravel again to pack the snow into the stone with the wheels .
Hey Tim, the back drag on that snow pusher works fantastic! Thinking for the gravel drive your plow blade maybe the hot set up. Heavy Hitch makes cast plow feet for that blade. For my gravel drive the plow with cast shoes work well. Great video
Tim Christi good to see the different snow removal attachments but I will stick with front blower and 6 foot rear blade but it orange had 8 inches yestetday but it's below zero now and windy keep the videos coming God Bless PaK
I have done all the trials with box snow pushers and if your doing large parking areas they work great but your backing drag more which is a plus but it takes more time to do and to navigate around where as your angle blade just shoots it off to the side and done and as for big snow buckets or any kind of general bucket on a gravel drive your going to gouge it since i know the ground is not froze here in Northern IL enough ... And tim you need to find your local Curtis Cab dealer and they will set you right up and all i can say is Hiniker C plow i love them
I bought edge tamers for my gravel drive here in MN. Fantastic product, they don't charge enough. Super heavy duty and powder coated.
I also live in mn and ordered edge tamers. Did yours take a long time to ship?? They told me they were on back order but that was a few weeks ago
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Everyone on here is so quick to spend your money. Get a cab, snow blower, bigger tractor, etc. I think you did a great job clearing it. That snow pusher cleaned the concrete perfectly!
I will buy that HLA 1500 this year. Back dragging away from buildings and cars is just so huge a deal..
Exactly, if they want a bigger tractor thats they’re decision, imo this size or slightly smaller is better, (TURNING RADIUS) actually see what your door, maneuverable, for a snowy driveway its perfect. Snowboowers are snow
We use this very attachment on 259 driveways with our 1025r as well. It is a lifesaver! Does a much better job than pickups do back dragging and the control on the driveways is great. No need to worry about ripped up sod like you would with a pickup back dragging snow off of the driveways! Ironically, I bought my 1025r from Courtney at goodworks tractors and he is an amazing person. I highly recommend doing business with him whenever you can. He is honest and trustworthy and has a great selection of equipment and attachments.
@Jason Barthel, if you are doing 259 driveways with a 1025r size tractor, you really should look at getting an inverted snowblower. It will greatly increase your production rate. It's the tool the big guys use in residential snow removal.
Absolutely!! Love those! Big account, little budget (for me) though. I have about $125000 in snow removal equipment, and I'm a cop so money doesnt come easy. I TOTALLY agree with you though man!
The biggest thing I found with stone and gravel is drive over the first snow to pack it down and you will greatly reduce your loss of material. I deal with it every year on our 1/2 mile gravel/stone driveway. Great video! Keep em coming.
I agree. you need to wait till you get a hard packed layer of snow and that will reduce the chances of picking up any gravel. Also knowing the angle of your blade and how much your cutting / shaving off. good video keep them coming....
I like the snow pusher but like you said it takes a special technique to master. I’m using my x739 with 54 inch blade with the rubber squeegee and am really loving it. Back dragging works great as long as you have a good edge. Stay warm! It’s cold out side!
Thank You for the Tips ... 👍👍
When you are doing easy jobs that do not need a lot of horse power like push 3” of snow what do you run for rpm’s ? Thanks
At least 1/2 throttle. These tractors need lots of RPM to be effective.
Hi Tim,
I removed snow with my compact tractor for years. That was long before it finally gave up the ghost and it wasn't cost effective to rebuild the tractor because we moved to a much smaller place.
I moved snow here in Northern Michigan for 20+ with it and here is a few tips I found for moving snow.
1) You can't ever have too much weight on the rear of the tractor.
2) You definitely will find wheel chains on all four corners makes an incredible difference even if your maxed out with weights chains are worth every penny!
3) remember to move the snow far enough away especially at the beginning of the season so you have room for future snowfalls. Because if not you won't be able to move the piles once they freeze in place. (I learned that one the hard way😞)
4) The best tool to remove snow for a compact tractor I found is a 2 stage front mounted blower.
My tractor was just a little 20 horse with a 42 inch PTO driven blower but that tractor moved more snow in those 20 odd years than you could ever imagine. I live a half mile away lake Huron and we get lake effect snow like crazy and that 42 inch blower had no problem going through 18 inches of snow. On gravel driveways I just raised the blower about an inch and it would go on through it like it was on pavement and once a hard pack of ice/snow covered the gravel after the first couple snowfalls you can run it exactly like it was a concrete drive.
5) The biggest tip is if you do get a blower, go to the hardware store and get a replacement shovel handle and find a spot to mount it on the tractor because if the snow is wet you will need the wood handle to clear clogs. NEVER EVER clear a clogged blower with your hands and arms, a blower will remove your arm or leg so fast you won't have time to even blink!
Tim and Christy, great to see you last week in Lancaster Pa. Hope you have a great time in the Netherlands with Katriel. May God bless you in all your endeavors. Jerry
WooHoo! Great to meet you! We’re back home again in Indiana!
Your 60th comment,l hate snow but love the pusher, hats off to Chrissy for the footage! Ty for sharing
Growing up and working in Illinois I learned to love snow plowing especially getting paid to do that at work. I would clean off my neighbor's driveway too. I had 2 driveways but now living in Florida no snow anymore.
Well it's winter here in New York. We just got our first snow. It's just not much but we are going to be getting more that should stick. I got my Edge Tamers on and I'm ready to move snow. Thanks again for the ttwt discount. Be safe my friend.
Beautiful place!
Thumbs up to the camera woman, Mrs TTWT. No shaking on your video
I live in the middle of ten acres of woods with a 1/4 mile long gravel driveway with a 6% grade to get up to my home. This year is my 1st year with a compact tractor for snow removal. I use my bucket with edge tamers and a rear blade. This combo has worked extremely well for me even with the very icy conditions this year has brought to our region. I do not use tire chains and haven't had any traction issues.
I grew up farming with relatives so I’m not new to tractors but have spent years away from the farming life and only own residential property.
I had been looking for a larger backhoe to complete some work on my property and as luck we have it my lawn tractor broke down recently!!
So I started looking for something that could do a little more than what a lawn tractor was capable of and ended up very impressed with and ultimately made the purchase of the John Deer 1025R recently .
I actually have not received my tractor yet and in anticipation while waiting on the delivery I started to grow some concerns as to whether or not this tractor was really sufficient for what my needs were!!!
So I continue doing a little more research and stumbled into your videos. Yes at this point I have watched several of them and with each video my concerns about the functionality and the size of this tractor meeting my needs have been reduced significantly!!!
You guys are doing a bang up job with your videos they’re very informative and exactly what I was looking for to relieve me of my concerns as to whether or not I should’ve bought something larger!!! You guys have methodically video by video proven the capabilities of this little tractor and all of its attachments so much that I actually went back and purchased another attachment that I didn’t think I would have much use for till now!!! So I guess at this point I need to thank you very much for doing what you guys do.Your videos are very very informative about the capabilities of this little tractor and have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that its way more capable than I ever anticipated so keep up the videos keep up the good work and thank you very much guys!!!! I’m sure as I continue to watch your videos I will learn more small tricks that will aid me in the versatility of this little tractor and I very much appreciate your hard work and your quality videos 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the kind words. You’ll love the 1025r. And yes, you’ll wish you had a larger tractor! Oh well! It will get the job done!
Keep watching!
Ahyeah , I bet you that the FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT is thinking about that beautiful nice cozy CAB NOW!!! Take it from me it won't be long before you'll have the hang of the snow pusher, and you'll find out how much you love it. Keep up the great work you did a fine job.
Good job Tim. I just came in from moving the snow on, and piled up in front of, my driveway. We got somewhere around 16", but that got doubled in right in front or our parking area/driveway. So It took me roughly 3 hours to get things cleaned up and to make space for all of the snow and any more we get in the next 3 - 4 days. I also found out that I need to change the hydraulic fluid in my tractor again. It should have been fine, but I found milk before the bucket started working again. The temperature was a balmy -3 degrees when I finished. Since you got some snow I won't ask you if you'd like to come to Vermont to lend a hand. The Edge Tamers worked well, but I wish I had a better hand at getting my bucket level. Have fun.
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for braving the cold and snow still coming down. Y'all take care and God bless.
A back drag option on my snow pusher is one of the few things I regret not getting when I bought my 4066R. Nice work.
Nice little toy to have to play with. We built our own pusher/puller. They can make the job a lot easier. Then again it all depends on the type of work you need it to do. Some people like a blade and some like a pusher/puller box. Great video guys thanks.
I've been using a plain bucket on the front of my tractor and a blade on the back 3pt hitch, never had any troubles!been doing this over 30 plus years
As usual, another fun and informative video from you two !! Always enjoy them. Last year I used my bucket and it was a definate learning curve. This year I have purchased a 6 foot snow pusher and so far it is awesome !! Tractor I have is a 2007 JD 2320....with no cab :) Keep the videos rolling in !! Enjoy the snow !!
Thanks for the kind words!
We’ve used a loader on the farm for years with just the bucket. Always worked fine. As long as everything is froze underneath the snow you can scrape right down to gravel. Nice rig!
Great video and Tractor!
Looks like a good time to me. We don't get snow very often, but I always enjoy clearing the driveways and sidewalks. It's the adult version of playing in the snow.
Snow pushers are great. I own a 2018 Kioti DK4510 with a backhoe on it and I have several PTO attachments and front loader attachment and I have to say the pusher is one of the best things for my tractor that I have purchased. I bought a 7' wide pusher from Express Steel (655 Lbs) and with the backhoe on the rear I have copious traction. I used it today here in Maine where we are getting a decent load of snow. the best part of snow removal with the pusher vs loader bucket, is that you don't have to tilt the pusher to get rid of the snow in front of it. Saves soooo much time.
Man, am I glad to have a snowblower.
That said I’m watching you clear snow instead of going out doing my own.
Loved seeing the 1025r in action in the snow. Like I had said before, at my home and work I shoveled snow till I was about dead, go and give over 20g's for a tractor and it never snows again. LOL Thanks for the video.
Brrr looks cold! The snow pusher and edge tamers work very well!
I've had a number of people tell me how much they love the edge tamers on their buckets! worked great I'd say. The tractor seemed to work well with the bucket pushing and moving snow too.
That backdrag capability is nice! Great video Tim!
Wuhuu new johnny in the snow! Couldnt asked for a better video! thank you!:)
Angle the pushed more buddy. That'll help keep front tires down. I learned this when I did mine with just doing my driveway with just my bucket. Plus you can stack the snow with a bucket.
Also. Trick of the trade Tim, only back blade enough to where you can turn your tractor around, where you can push the snow all the way out the the end of the driveway. Then push snow on each side of driveway. No teeth, just bucket only.
I use the edge tamers on my 2032r on a stone driveway, if the driveway is frozen they work awesome.if the ground is not frozen then you must keep the bucket leave and keep your eyes open if the bucket starts to dig in. Over all they are worth every penny. And save me hours of stone clean up in the spring. Stay warm crew....
Hi guys, nice snow and great video. Well I guess you will get pretty good at it. A lot more winter coming.
Hi Tim. I’m plowing with a 60” HLA 1500 with back drag and a rear snow style box blade. It’s really fast to move lots of snow using both attachement to get the snow out of the metal storage yard to the pile outside of the fences.
When i back drag, i don’t curl de bucket full motion, it’s to aggressive except if i want to scrape real hard snow or ice. I also find the float function to work really well on back dragging.
I try to put all my piles in a row in the direction that i’m going to push the snow.
For pushing, i lowered my skid shoes about 3/8” it’s great on gravel an hard surfaces. It leaves a minimal amount of snow and help protect the surface. I used the float only to lower the pusher to the ground and then barely lift it to put weight back on the front for traction and be able to steer. I always try to put skid shoes in full contact to the ground too.
I use this setup on a Kubota B7510.
Keep on the good work!!
youcan bolt on plastic cutting edges to protecto from scratching driveway. I have done it to my 72" HLA and it works great
I ordered a pair of Edge Tamers for my tractor about a week ago. I can’t wait to get them and try them out!
You’ll love em!
That snow pusher did about as good a job back dragging that I’ve seen. I’ve been plowing for 25 yrs and still haven’t mastered stone driveways, so don’t feel bad. No matter what stone gets disrupted to an extent. Sometimes you do get lucky tho!
Good learning experience for you. I have the neighbor come with
his tractor & loader and snowblower do the bulk of the snow cleanup. Then use
the 1026R with the loader & snowblower to clean up in the smaller areas. If
it is too cold being there isn’t a cab on the 1026R I’ll wait until it warms up
some. -23 is too cold for me to be cleaning snow. Those Edgetamers would work
for me with a lot of grass yard to clean.
Brrrr. I'm getting cold just watching you. I am so ready for spring!
Just came in from removing snow from my stone drive. Before I started moving from MI to NC I used a Sear 20hp lawn tractor with a three foot blade to move snow and I set the blade feet as high as I could but still moved stone to the grass. So to solve this I moved the snow to the same points at the sides of the drive so that in the spring the stone would be all in the same area. Then in spring clean up was putting piles back on the drive and not having to remove stone all along the drive. It also helps not to clean the first snow fall or two if they are light but to drive on it and pack the snow into the stone. This helps locks the stone together and you will remove less stone from the drive. This is but one problem with a stone drive and the second is in warm weather and then you will be fighting weeds. Welcome to the country, just like back on the farm.
Looks like a very good attachment, but thank goodness we don't get much snow here in Alabama. Good video Tim. Looking forward to seeing you add other stuff to Johnny 2.0
I'm in Birmingham Alabama. If we had that much snow here everything would be closed.
Josh H. And we would all be eating milk sandwiches.
Edge Tamers work great on my 800+ foot gravel driveway. One suggestion: get a third Edge Tamer for the center of the bucket. My drive has a high center crown and the third Edge Tamer prevents digging up the center of the driveway gravel. Also get a heated cab. It makes snow work so much more fun.
May I add.....Those edge tamers are the BEST accessory I have bought for my tractor, in snow or moving piles of dirt they are great.
A rubber edge pusher works very well on gravel they don't dig in like a hard cutting edge will. We have two that we use at work on full size loaders and we wont use anything else for snow removal anymore.
I got my edge tamers for Christmas. 5' bucket and uneven gravel and grass so I went with the three 4" tamers. They do work well. You might want to consider getting a 3rd tamer for your bucket since you are picking up gravel. Don't forget to use the TTWT coupon for a 5% discount!
I noticed that one needs more passes with a bucket as compared to the blower on my garden tractor (and likely a blade). Once the bucket is full, it dumps snow off the sides. I don't have a long driveway but a circular one which makes for more maneuvering especially with cars in place. Had over a foot of snow today and am pleased with the tamers. Would have been quite the effort with the garden tractor and taken a lot longer.
Thanks Bruce. I'll try to remember that coupon code. It seems to roll off the tongue pretty well. Almost seems like I've been saying it over and over ...strange! :-)
we have a 24 foot hla blade love it plus we even use it for grading and dozing the grounds wich hla are great versitile and multi purpose blade
Tim, I got move that same snow on the north side of town with my bucket and edge tamers. The combination made short work of our 150+ feet of paved driveway, so I did the neighbors on each side as well (both family). And like you my 1025’s cab (or lack of) wasn’t very warm either.
You got your snow the day after we did here in the KC area. I used my edge tamers to move all of mine, too. Of course, I had to hand shovel in some areas since I have no back-pull feature, but once I got out into the street it was full steam ahead to clear out whole street. Very cost effective!
I have the same tractor. Only I use the bucket. I always use the float position on the bucket for plowing. I think it works much better.
Tim I don't think you would regret having a soft cap I have one on my Kubota BX I can put it on and take it off in 30 minutes very nice in the winter time with the heater
got a link for those?
I bought it used it's just a Curtis cab
It's been a while since I've seen snow like that the last time when we lived in Indiana thanks Tim
I tend to tip the front down to adjust the cutting. Our snow is colder and lighter so the 60” works well. I have turf tires.
I only pull back with the back drag far enough to get enough room to push.
After trying the snow push the bucket takes about 40% longer.
I found with my 1025R the different types of snow (wet heavy, or dry fluffy) requires different approaches. Being my driveway is fairly steep. Thanks for the videos Tim and Kristy. And you are correct a cab would be nice in those conditions.
How does your 1025 do on the snowy hill
Tim and Christie look at you 2 out in the storm Saturday. It was 34 degrees till almost 4 in the afternoon so we got mainly rain. What about the cost difference between the Snow pushes and a blade?
Tim hope this finds you well. I've been watching your channel for sometime and enjoy it. My wife on the other hand is not sure. I took her to the local Kubota Dealer and we purchased a used L2501 and that's another story. Received my Edge Trimers today. Getting ready for Central Nebraska winter. Thanks for the discount code.
Uhoh! TTWT....dreaded by wives across the land!
Hey Tim, just finished watching another informative video. Took you up on your offer and ordered my own set of Edge Tamers and Extenders. Thanks for the Promo Code. I think the Edge Tamers are just what I have been looking for to solve my problem with stones in the grass and the extenders will be a handy addition to the loader. Keep up the good work you all. BTW, loved the update on the Geothermal project. Cheers
I'm loving my HLA 1500 and posted the results of my snow removal on GTT. I definitely need to get the rubber cutting edges though, because it is marking up my brand new pavement. I see you don't have a lot of room to "push," but I use the back drag only to pull a few feet of snow away from the garage or other areas that I need to get close, then "push" it to my pile. Basically, bag drag little piles to push to the big pile(s).
I’m ordering edge tamers for my gravel driveway at our hunting cabin. I really want one of the snow pushers for my blacktop parking lot at my shop. I’ve actually been using my box scraper for pulling snow away from garage doors for now. Works pretty well.
You’ll love them.
Good job on using the snow pusher!
Tim, I’m personally not a fan of snow pushing just because I run out of places to put all of the snow. Here in Michigan I love having snowblower and a frontier back blade. Great video and thanks for sharing.
A back blade backwards on the gravel and cutting edge on the pavment has worked great for me for years. Dosent pick rocks up using the back of the blade.
I think a plow blade is the best option,with I snow blow on the back. More money but tired and true. Thanks for sharing so many diffenert things you can use to move snow. I might use an edge tamers on my snow blower.
Smal tractor with high winter work performance !!
I think I see the R4’s and will have a 2025R delivered in a week or so… do you think those tires cut it with the loader and snow pusher? Should I make things difficult and try and get the VersaTurfs on it? Purchased a small farm, R4’s will be good in ways… worry about the snow.
I’m in south western Indiana and we got a ton a snow as well... mine is still in my driveway.. and I’m inside with my vegetable soup and that’s where I’m staying
a man with a plan
That was a tough storm to deal with. I got soaking wet with melted snow...the cab on my 1025r failed too🤣 I really like the back drag on the snow pusher. That’s a very nice setup!
I like that snow box. I used a rear blade during that snow and i had an issue with it kicking the tractor sideways.. it was a heavy snow.
I have found that a grader blade turned backwards and angled to one side is the best way to remove snow with minimal effect on the gravel. I have a Yanmar YT235 and have only cleared snow with it twice. It is way more effective than the little Kubota BX1880 I used to have.
We have 500ft of gravel driveway and a little bit of concrete pad. I plowed our driveway with the edge tamer on the front loader and use the box blade to pull snow away from the garage and push with back of the box blade to clear the concrete.
I found that I had to curl the bucket all the way up with the edge tamer on the initial pass so the bucket won't dig in to the gravel. I still had a few spots where I found rock in my bucket.
Box blade definitely way to go on concrete.
Interesting Tim, I like my TTWT Edge Tamers, works great on my gravel drive and yard. Use an ATV spreader mounted to receiver on upper lip of bucket for the paved part, shake the bucket to keep salt flowing. might have to check on one of those pushers. Thanks
The other issue looks like it might be R4's if I'm correct. Not ideal for snowy conditions. Better traction with an HDAP or the new VersaTrack radials no?
Hi TTWT. On gravel driveways I just pack down the Frist snow then there no problem with the gravel when pushing snow with my jd 4200 and 420 fel
You need to have some tall markers along the drive so you can find the driveway in the snow
Keep the videos coming love them all now go get some hot chocolate and warm up that's a long drive way
thanks for video. I just purchased my edge tamers.
Congratulations!
Does a rear box blade clean snow as good as a rear scraper blade on concrete? Been thinking about buying a box blade since I could use 1 in the summer
Great job very nice attachment
Stay warm it too cold out there
how does a bucket compare?
I plowed snow to day in upper PA with my Kubota UTV boss V Plow. I was out there all morning and a little bit of the afternoon noon.
I would strongly recommend looking in to a snow blower for the back.with your snow pusher or bucket you can pull away from buildings then blow it out in your yard and you have no ridges or piles to deal with plus it won’t drift near as bad with snow blower.
I agree, but he needs some weight as well, Ballast. With Snow pusher ballast up FRONT can help steering it seems..
Formula Firebird wonder if Tim would prefer Tarmac Drive than Drive Previous owner put down just before Tim bought it
Plus if he gets a foot of snow, he will be spending all day on the drive the way he did it today.
Here because I just got my 1025r for this winter. I just got a 2.5 acre property with a pretty long driveway and wanted to see how pushing snow would be with just the bucket. I didn’t want to spend an extra 2k for a front blade for now so I think these options will work fine for this year.
I bought edge tamers also they great. I did weld T handles on the bolt tops so they are easy to remove without a tool.
Makes sense!
Big fan of snow pushers or box blades as they are called as a general term. HLA is a little on the pricey side but there’s another product here in Ontario, Canada (HLA is also produced here) that’s called Martatch. Never heard of it till this year and as a snow removal company we’ve been very impressed with the quality.
As for your comment in the video about too much down pressure in float mode, that is more than likely incorrect and I would just double check in the user manual about float operation because float should apply no hydraulic pressure. Float should only be affected by the weight of the loader arms and attachment. Just a word of advice.
Looks good. I use a 6’ back blade turned backwards on gravel. It works great and cost about $300. The nice part is it angles it off to the side. I would love to see you try a clamp on snow plow on the bucket.
Hey Tim I look on e-bay for cab kit for 1025R they do have a kit between $960. to $1359. If you get one it keep the wind and snow off you two you know how cold it gets if the wind is blowing
Would it make sense to add suitcase weights to the frame in this scenario?
I think one thing to mention when suggesting sizes of the snow pusher you should be using is how heavy the snow pusher is. For instance i have a 33hp Kubota, and use a 8' snow pusher made out of angle iron and a section of Cat Challenger track. Because of its relative weight i can go larger without the added traction problems. That pusher and a rear scrape blade (6' in my case), that i can angle, is just the ticket for me when it comes to moving snow in central Illinois.
I'm also able to back drag with my grader blade attached to the FEL using a QD three point attachment. The snow mover you used looked really nice for my driveway, but I'm convinced that for the gravel lane the blade with snow plow shoes is the way to go. Like you though, I really wish I had a cab
Love my edge tammers, this year i bought a 60 inch 3pt snowblower, in areas i cant blow the snow i push it to where i can then blow it off the side of house, with our 3025e
Oh, another question I had regarding snow is if you know of an attachment to use for spreading sand for hills?
The Deere branded Superior tech products would work well with sand, I believe.
Snowsport plow👍 best money I ever spent. Works on gravel as long as is frozen down and in the grass.
I use my box blade in the winter for snow removal, set just right is great on gravel driveways, and removes ice as well. :-)
Hi Tim, dont know how much snow you guys average, but up in the Adirondacks, where i am located we average 170” / 200” a year, and we recently invested in an inverted snowblower, in which you can back right up to the garage door, drop and go... Still leaving he bucket on the machine... PS just received our Edge Tamers for the bucket operations... God Bless...Chief{NYS/ADK}
With really deep stuff 8-12 deep due soon , do you think these options would work still on the drive or would you go for a v plow angle attachment or opt from a two stage blower, either way get yourself the wheel weights and add rear weights + chains to make it easier when it hardens
The advice I have seen most often regarding loose gravel is to pack the first snowfall into the stone to freeze it in place .The other suggestion involved slitting a length of heavy wall pc pipe and putting that over the edge on a bucket or blade and use the float mode to ride over the gravel again to pack the snow into the stone with the wheels .
most people don't understand plowing snow is a skill. Watching a guy the other day help us clear snow was so hard to watch
Yep. Agree. Takes forethought and experience. Also, blade VS. Blower VS. Pusher requires totally different approach.
I use a back blade on my 3 point and it works really really well.
Hey Tim, the back drag on that snow pusher works fantastic! Thinking for the gravel drive your plow blade maybe the hot set up. Heavy Hitch makes cast plow feet for that blade. For my gravel drive the plow with cast shoes work well. Great video
I have the heavy hitch cast feet on my blade
Tim Christi good to see the different snow removal attachments but I will stick with front blower and 6 foot rear blade but it orange had 8 inches yestetday but it's below zero now and windy keep the videos coming
God Bless
PaK
Tim what RPM do u run when using the implements?
I have done all the trials with box snow pushers and if your doing large parking areas they work great but your backing drag more which is a plus but it takes more time to do and to navigate around where as your angle blade just shoots it off to the side and done and as for big snow buckets or any kind of general bucket on a gravel drive your going to gouge it since i know the ground is not froze here in Northern IL enough ... And tim you need to find your local Curtis Cab dealer and they will set you right up and all i can say is Hiniker C plow i love them