WOULD YOU CHOOSE A MASSEY OVER THE JOHN DEERE 1025r?

This is a Q&A-style response to a viewer asking whether the John Deere 1025R justifies its roughly $3,800 price premium over the Massey 1723E and Mahindra eMax 20S. The host shares opinions from a farm show sit-on (no operating), cites a $30K sticker shock on a loaded 1025R, discusses mower deck convenience, service realities from viewer surveys, and touches on zero-turn vs. mower-deck tradeoffs. No specs are compared side by side. Best for shoppers wanting a candid price-value gut check rather than a head-to-head performance breakdown.

Good Works Tractors is a dealer and attachment retailer that ships nationally, so expect a sales-aware perspective, though the host openly questions the 1025R's current pricing despite personally owning two.