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Read articles →This is a real-world project video, not a spec walkaround: an owner uses his 1025R's loader bucket then an old King Cutter rear blade to spread and grade three-quarter inch gravel, expanding a parking area. He explains load technique with no rear counterweight, blade passes for compaction, and the rock type used. Ends with him repainting the decades-old blade. Best for owners considering grading work with this tractor.
Posted by owner-operator Bill Burkhart sharing hands-on footage and commentary from his own property.
Yes, but the owner noticed his back tires came up slightly off the ground without counterbalance, so he changed technique to pushing gravel rather than lifting it.
Instead of lifting, push the gravel toward the edge and let the machine push it, distributing rock near the edge before smoothing with a rear blade.
A mixture of three-quarter inch stone and fines, a bicolor road rock that compacts well, though being limestone it crushes easily and needs recoating over time.
Make repeated back and forth passes, driving forward with the blade down to lay gravel smooth, and back blade corners to round and compact the edge.
