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Read articles →This is a hands-on routine-maintenance walkthrough on an owner's own 1025R, structured around seven tasks: washing, tire pressure/lug checks, battery and radiator screen cleaning, checking engine/hydraulic dipsticks, inspecting the three-point linkage and rear PTO, greasing loader hardware, and greasing u-joints and the PTO slide underneath the tractor. It includes a candid story about the PTO slide seizing from dirty grease, useful for owners setting their own service intervals rather than shoppers comparing specs.
Posted by Don of the Florida Deere channel, an owner sharing his own hands-on upkeep habits on his 1025R rather than a dealer sales pitch.
Dirt and dust got into the grease and turned it into a pasty glue, so the male and female shaft sections would not slide at all.
The tires are supposed to be at 22 psi, though one was found at 19.5 psi during the check.
There are grease fittings at the front of the PTO, the mid-PTO, the rear of the PTO, the PTO slide, and u-joints on the front-wheel-drive shaft.
Pull the dipstick, wipe it clean, reinsert it, then remove it again to read the level against the add and check marks.
| John Deere 1025R | John Deere 1023E | |
|---|---|---|
| PTO horsepower | 18 hp | 16 hp |
| Loader lift capacity | Not Published | 120R: 1,823 lbf (at pivot point) |
| 3-point lift capacity | 1,177 lb | 1,177 lb |
| Hydraulic flow | 3.5 gpm | 3.5 gpm |
