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Read articles →A step-by-step setup walkthrough for attaching and preparing the John Deere 260B backhoe on a 1025R. The transcript covers deploying the stabilizer arms, releasing the safety latches, flipping the operator seat forward, installing the back seat, and using the step to mount. It's a procedural how-to rather than a performance or buying review, most useful to new 1025R owners learning the correct setup sequence before their first dig.
Posted by the 21st Century Equipment channel, which likely has a dealership or commercial equipment background based on the name, though no further detail is available.
Raise the safety latch that holds each arm up, then lower the arm into place, doing the same on both sides.
Start the tractor in neutral, make sure the parking brake is set, remove your seat belt, and climb down to the controls.
Flip the operator's seat forward, put the back seat in place, and use the handles and easy-use step to climb up.
