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Read articles →A friend-helping-a-friend project video where a John Deere 1025R is used to clear a small area beside a house for a relocated trash can, pulling a rotted concrete clothesline post with a chain, digging out roots and frozen soil with the backhoe, scraping and grading with the loader, and placing gravel. Light on specs but good for seeing how a subcompact handles a varied, real-world yard task. Best for owners curious whether a 1025R can substitute for larger equipment on small domestic jobs.
An owner-operator channel filming hands-on projects at their own and friends' properties, with an informal, conversational style and a product discount plug for Heavy Hitch.
Yes, they used the backhoe to pull a large buried concrete clothesline post base that would have been difficult to remove with just the loader.
A quarter inch grade 70 chain is a nice size for a subcompact tractor; anything larger than five sixteenths gets heavy fast.
It uses the backhoe to dig out concrete and roots, the loader to scrape and grade dirt, and a heavy hitch tooth bar to dig up flowers and bushes.
The video states it would have been hard to beat the 1025R on this test, handling digging, grading, and hauling without needing a skid steer.
