Overview
Built around a viewer's real flood-and-stuck situation in Texas, this video demonstrates one specific technique: using the front loader bucket as a jack to lift the tractor's front wheels off the ground. Mike walks through bucket positioning for two scenarios, lifting off a hard barn floor versus mucky soil, using the viewer's photos as illustration. Best for new FEL owners who didn't know this trick existed.
Tractor Mike is a longtime tractor-industry insider with decades of hands-on experience in the equipment business. He built his channel to help first-time and rural buyers make confident decisions, and his guidance comes from that deep, long-term background rather than a sales pitch.
John Deere 3025E
- PTO horsepower
- 17.4 hp
- Loader lift capacity
- 1,704 lb
- 3-point lift capacity
- 1,356 lb @ 24 in behind link arms
- Hydraulic flow
- 5.3 gpm
