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Read articles →A first-time tractor owner shares a nearly one-year owner's perspective on the RK25 after buying it at a Rural King in Southeast Ohio for a 20-acre property. He walks through real use cases, pulling downed trees, digging a water-line repair, removing concrete-set poles, and calls out specific gripes: the bowed loader bucket, awkward brake lock, and poorly positioned gas tank. He also covers the 50-hour service he did himself and demonstrates backhoe controls on camera. Best for prospective RK25 buyers who want unfiltered impressions from someone learning on the fly rather than a seasoned operator.
An owner-operator sharing hands-on impressions from his own rural property, with no apparent commercial affiliation to Rural King or any dealership.
It involves changing the hydraulic fluid, oil and filters for the hydraulic fluid, and the transaxle fluid. He said it was not as hard as expected and went pretty well.
Yes, after a storm he used a tie strap with the tractor to pull several downed trees across his 20 acre property into one area, and it worked out great.
While pulling concrete-set metal poles from the ground using the bucket and a tie strap, the weight bent the bucket so it now has a visible bow instead of being flat.
Yes, the gas tank sits behind the seat, making it awkward to pour gas from a heavy five gallon can, and he has spilled gasoline several times.
