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Read articles →Part 4 of an ongoing road-building series, this video follows Tony using a six-foot land plane behind a TYM T25 compact tractor to fill ruts left by truck traffic on a rainy, muddy day. He works through real-time troubleshooting, stabilizer bars, three-point hitch leveling, and managing wet heavy gravel, and offers a candid, practical verdict on whether the T25 is genuinely up to the task. Best for T25 owners or compact-tractor shoppers curious about land-plane compatibility.
An owner-operator channel documenting an active homestead build, so expect honest first-person impressions and on-the-fly problem-solving rather than polished instruction.
Yes, the T25 pulled it even though the rear end dipped a bit when picked up. Tony says it did pretty okay and had no complaints with how it handled the plane.
Tony says the T25 handled the wet, heavy gravel well in a big muddy mess, but for using the land plane to its full potential, a bigger tractor would be needed.
Tony found the right side of his three-point hitch was picked up higher than the left, causing it to dig in more on the left side and creating problems.