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DANGER ZONE! Digging for Water & Electric To Pond! Subcompact Tractor Backhoe

DANGER ZONE! Digging for Water & Electric To Pond! Subcompact Tractor Backhoe

Implements & attachments25 hp & underJohn Deere 1025R

Overview

This is a real-work episode where Tim uses a John Deere 1025R backhoe to trench near live electric lines and a water pipe feeding a pond project, a genuinely tense situation that drives the whole video. It shows cautious backhoe operation inches from buried utilities, hand-digging to expose lines, and banter with helpers standing watch. Best for owners curious how a subcompact backhoe handles high-stakes, obstacle-filled digging.

Tractor Time with Tim is an owner-operator channel focused on compact tractor projects done on the creator's own property, with an informal, family-included style rather than a dealership or professional contractor perspective.

Spec overview

John Deere 1025R

PTO horsepower
18.2 hp
Loader lift capacity
120R: 1,823 lbf at pivot point; H120: 1,724 lbf at pivot point
3-point lift capacity
758 lb
Hydraulic flow
3.5 gpm
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