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Read articles →A real-work session in the woods where Tim helps a new 1025R owner clear dead ash trees, with a chainsaw operator felling trees while Tim uses his larger John Deere 2038R with a grapple to drag and stack logs. The video contrasts what the small 1025R can and can't handle versus a bigger tractor, and touches on counter-weights and the Arborium grapple. Best for new compact tractor owners curious about practical tree work.
Tractor Time with Tim is an owner-operator lifestyle channel, though Tim actively promotes affiliate products like the heavy hitch and Arborium grapple throughout the video.
Not fully. Tim says the 1025R can barely pick up one log, so a bigger tractor like the 2038R helps move and stack the logs it can't handle.
Forks work fine for straight logs, but the grapple lets you grab logs end ways or at different spots, making it hard to do without for odd angles.
Mark added a heavy hitch with eight 70-pound weights because six weights were not quite enough stability for the tractor in this use.
