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Overview
A casual Saturday-evening session where Tim coaches his wife Martha through her first real backhoe practice on a John Deere 1025R, planting flowers, pulling a holly bush, moving bricks, and grabbing rocks with the thumb attachment. It's light on specs but genuinely shows beginner operation: which levers do what, curl vs. crowd, and repositioning the tractor. Best for newcomers wondering if backhoe skills are learnable without a big project.
An owner-operator hobby-farm channel focused on compact tractors and family projects, not affiliated with a dealership.
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