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Read articles →A first-time tractor owner's honest one-month impressions after buying a 1025R to manage a flower farm. Eric walks through his reasoning for choosing John Deere, covers the 120R loader, Quick Attach, pallet forks, ballast, and a rear tiller, sharing real-world tasks like moving trees and silage tarps. Fuel consumption gets a casual mention. Best suited to newcomers weighing their first sub-compact purchase.
Posted by the Coram Deo Flower Farm channel, where Eric appears to be a first-time tractor owner sharing unscripted personal impressions rather than representing a dealership or professional background.
The loader is not a required addition, it is optional, but John Deere assumes most buyers will get the 120R loader, which is standard on their sub-compact lineup.
It lets you change the bucket for pallet forks and other implements without removing the full loader arm structure from the tractor.
After a month of mowing, tilling, and moving dirt, the owner estimated he had gone through about seven gallons, roughly one and a half five-gallon cans, which he found surprising.
For safety, otherwise the tractor becomes tippy and can pivot forward and turn on its side quickly, so weight like gravel or cement blocks is added in a ballast box.
