Loved it. I have a Kubota B3300SU with a BH 77 backhoe. I usually use it for trenching, digging out small stumps, and minor construction. It is a lot of fun and can be a real challenge. I was helping a buddy do the dirt work for a new garage / workshop. Big job for my small backhoe but, as you pointed out, larger equipment would not have been able to get into the smaller areas. My friends house was built in 1856 and he has done considerable restoration. It is a marvelous old house but, as was common in those times the yard is very narrow. It is also built into a fairly steep hill. Part of the one of the walls was buried about 5 feet. It took us a month working 4 hours a day to get everything completed. A lot of this was our inexperience causing us to redo parts we had already finished. We did find a lot of limestone building rocks, old bottles, old chunks of mortar,… that had been used in old out buildings and later used as fill. Like I said fun, challenging, and educational.

I'm looking hard at getting a 1025R, moving up from an X748. The capabilities of this subcompact are amazing. I've seen videos showing how easy the back hoe installs and removes, and drove the tractor at a dealer today. I'm sold, just got to negotiate a price.

excellent job! your expertise as a small backhoe operator really shows here...

Thinking about buying this exact tractor for my little one man landscaping company. Salesman told me it would be perfect at there shouldn’t be much need to go larger for now cause this thing would surprise me, both the tractor and the backhoe. After finding your channel today and watching a few vids, which are very informative and cool btw, yes I subscribed I think my mind is made up. This 1025r is the tractor for me to at least start with knowing I can always go bigger down the road. Thanks for helping me make my mind up and keep the content coming! One thing you said that helped me come to terms is ease of getting this tractor into a backyard because I’ve got quite a few projects coming up this year where fence gates will be an issue but apparently not with this tractor.

Tim, here is a suggestion from an old loader operator. When digging with the bucket jiggle your bucket back and forth as you move forward and as you lift. You will have an easier time.

Tim I like that you always finish what you start 🚜🚜🇺🇸

One technique I learned, and saw you do one time, is using your backhoe bucket to push the waste pile back as you dump. It keeps the pile from getting too high to dump over. One of the advantages of the Kioti is that the backhoe has an independent seat for just the reason you demonstrated. It’s more wear and tear lifting, turning and lowering every time you need to change functions. The subframe mount is also a great feature for the backhoe. I gather you folks fortunately do not have drain pipes around your foundation? In the northeast we do…even if we’re not in a flood zone. I’ve never quite understood why a backhoe is as standard as a loader on a tractor. I couldn’t imagine not having one! Great video and great backhoe work!!!

I just bought a 1025R with the loader and backhoe, my primary use is going to be on my homestead so I didn't really need anything bigger, plus as you mentioned the smaller size lets me get into places that bigger tractors couldn't go.

Oh, yeah, first thing you should do IS CALL FOR A LOCATE! I had a contractor dig out two egress windows for me -- second scoop -- gas line. So, yeah, call first!

I used the loader on my Massey Ferguson 3165, before I owned a backhoe attachment to dig my basement entry, i dug 8 foot wide, 5.5 foot deep angled entrance about 12 foot long or more. It was difficult, but it worked.

Nice attachment, if you set the backhoe up at about 45* angle to the house, away from your spoil heap, you might find it easier than slewing all the way to the left to dump the bucket. 👍

this videos are always awesome and relaxing to watch

watching KZfaq videos how nice that1025r was had to go buy I really like it backhoe is really nice lot of use for it.good videos you have Tim.

This was great. Haven’t seen this one before. Liked seeing the lights working in the dark!!

Hi tim nice job the teeth on the bucket work nice & we like to get a small and ditch bucket of ours and yes i think you need some more lights on johnny ! take care !

You need to put a lot more pressure on the rest outriggers and put your bucket on the front flattop the ground and more pressure just as for the back outriggers.

That's impressive digging with a small tractor. Imagine if the homeowner had to dig that by hand! Good looking dirt, too.

Great video man! I got a heavy hitch cat 1 wait bracket for my x730 and I got a cat 1 3 point hitch for the x730 and a rear PTO! I got a tiller and a bush hog!

What's tractor set up like that normally run 20 or 25k

EXCELLENT JOB TIM I have a 12, and a 16 bucket use the bigger all the time.

Tim, I love your commentary. Remember, the best committee is made up of two people, one who is permanently absent.

I get the impression by watching this guy's videos, that he's some kind of expert. Nothing he does can't be done by anyone else with a similar setup. I've done jobs like these and more with mine, but don't feel the need to video the.

Nice video. Have you ever thought of adding a work light out on the boom of the backhoe? I've seen quite a few small tractors with them and it makes it easy to light up down in the hole while digging.

Great information Tim 🇺🇸🚜🚜🚜🚜

Hey backhoe with limitations beats digging by hand haha

Awesome vid! Great camera work!

Love that, will you video them cutting the foundation and installing the window? I need to do this in my basement wood shop, kind of afraid to do it.

I've dug a couple of those by hand on a crew. It wasn't fun! You have to dig deep enough for a footing, form and pour the walls and connect them to the foundation. Then cut the foundation opening, make steps and put on a bulkhead door if needed.

I love the 1025r that I have but the backhoe and the loader are not smooth in their operation. I tested a Kubota 25d and wish I would have bought it instead of the Deere. The Kubota’s hydraulics are so much smoother than my 1025r. I also like the ability of the Kubota to use two hydraulic functions at the same time like lift and curl of the loader bucket. Thanks for the video the Deere is still a good machine.

Would be handy to have the 3 different size BH buckets especially with the quick change adapter that expanded offers.

I liked the wack a mole popping up the fence at the beginning

I just got a 1025r a few days ago, my bucket on the backhoe is much bigger, an has 3 teeth. I don't have a spin seat either. Looks like they have improved their backhoe on the newer mods.

My seat rod has broke twice. the last time I took it in they replaced it with a different design, and so far this rod hasn't broke. I'm having trouble with my backhoe now. It loses pressure in the dipper cylinder every so often randomly, and it will act like it has air in it. No visible leaks, but it keeps doing it. Had it into the dealer twice now, and both times they told me they can't make it do it, therefore there's nothing wrong with it. Not very happy, I'll probably be calling john deere and asking them why their technicians can't fix the problem before my warranty runs out.

Interesting job for Johnny. If he was bigger, kids would call him names. Fatty Fatty 2x4 can't get through the fence door. As hard as the ground was the 16" bucket may have called on Johnny's manhood and see if he had enough guts to gitter done. It is a balance and a trade off. I would recommend to the finance dept, consider purchasing a larger bucket, maybe from the used market even. How hard is it to get the pins out and remove the bucket? Idea: If there was an attachment to fit over the front bucket teeth so it could be more of a scupper than digger when needed like this where you were up against the foundation. Enjoyed the video

mate keep up the bloody great work and videos

Nice job Tim!

Interesting video, Tim. I didn't see any wire flags marking existing underground utilities. Stay safe out there, dude.

Hey Tim, Thanks for continuing to let me live vicariously through you :) Just curious, How long did the job take once you started digging?

Good Work Tim, sorry you're seat broke.

I agree with your wife. You definately needed a bigger bucket, which you may have by now. Then again, if you had Casey, he would have been more suited for this job, but you didn't have him at this time, if I remember correctly. Overall, you did great, Sir. GOD Bless.

You gotta get a fabricator to make you a bucket blade: drill four holes in your bucket, or, two and have a lip on the blade. The blade or sweeper is a flat piece of steel as wide as you want it...and you hang-the-clip and bolt it on, and you can sweep dirt/gravel out of a pit like that. You can make it so its on the bottom of the bucket so as you have the teeth straight down, the blade is vertical. That, or, get a Casey and do it parallel to the foundation :)

Hey Tim and family. I just bought a new house and looking at getting a tractor. A buddy has an 1025r and got me looking and I found your videos. After like 3, I decided to start from the beginning. So you might see some random comments from me “thru the years”. After all that, thank you for sharing the tractor and family; really convinced me to get one...just what size?!? Thank you.

Impressive job

Great video. Thanks. I would not do that job with a shovel. Not even if you were using it.

Its been more than a year since this video came out, what would have been nice is a extending stick for the backhoe, same with the slider so the boom, stick, and bucket could move to one side.

Nice work!

Great videos, I have learned a few things watching them. Working smarter not harder often involves extra negotiations with the finance committee lol.

Great video!

Tim when did dig this past fall

I hope the home owner wasnt paying by the hour, lol.

You should get the bigger sized bucket so you can did stuff in minutes! Great job

Did you say you are out of warranty? What year and hrs is yours? In Canada it's 5 years.

So the 16" is on it's way??! Still did a great job. Sometimes bigger can be better but not always. Hey it's Jan. here and the grass is not all green. Not t-shirt weather either. :)

Maybe you could shoot a video about how you tie down your tractor on the trailer for hauling. I'm going to buy a trailer when it's time to get my 1025r TLB. It would be nice to see where to hook to, what kind of straps you use, etc.

Very interesting and hope to someday have a backhoe for my Mahindra

How hard is it to change buckets? Is your machine strong enough to bend the pins and make the bucket "eternal"?

With all the talks of bucket size, Can you purchase just the buckets or is there a different back hoe model for each bucket size? Those BackHoe's are expensive :)

I noticed a lot of swing with my 447 backhoe on my 3203 tractor. Since the tractor has only 800 hours on it, I was wondering if there were any adjustments I could make, so the backhoe does not swing as much. Is it just the normal wear and tear on the bearing or it is something with the hydraulic?

By dad works for Hohn deer you can get a bigger bucket

in hindsight, would you have gotten the 12" bucket from the beginning? Is there a 10" option? What's the cost differences?

a new veine biger the biger mower new john thing go good god bless&all

What type of insurance do you carry for this type of work. Which company do you use?

Do you remember how long it took you to do the job? From going thru customer gate to ready to load up tractor? Thanks.

Billstmaxx made him a bigger bucket for his backhoe, you should check him out. He does a lot of home made stuff for his equipment

another great video

i just dug a 2 by 4 ft hole 6ft deep to seal a crack today. took me about 5 hrs to dig and backfill plus about 45 min to clean somebodies early attempt off and tar and plastic it real good

A excavator on tracks would have done that no problem as well there tons out there to pick from plus they would go through the gate no problem and they would have done it faster.

maybe a 2032 would probably be the largest tractor size you could use.

That bucket!!! Toooo small your right...lol lol about like eating ice cream with chop-sticks...lol lol lol

Your work lights came in handy there at the end.

I would love to know what you can charge to do work like this. My wife and I just moved onto a small 5 acre piece of property and would love to have something like “Johnny” for my projects around here, But will need some convincing of the wife and that may be a lot easier if it could pay for itself doing side work

Show me just how fast My Bobcat E20 is at digging egress Windows to drainage. For a 2 ton machine it a powerful and smooth digging force.

my backhoe had three buckets a 12" a 18" and a 24"

That just reminded me why i run an excavator and tractor and not a backhoe .

Is that backhoe smooth to operate or is it kinda herky-jerky?

Where are your locates?

Holy small backhoe bucket!

Have you ever purchase a larger bucket?

how many working hours can you get out of a compact tractor? And is this a side business for you or a full time job

A mini excavator would be much more effective. kubota kx41 or similar. Backhoe loaders are very old school , takes time . I would have that out in about a hour.

bxpanded (hate spell check). I believe Deere still offers 3 bucket sizes.

Hey tim I got to ask is that a wallenstein backhoe there made in Canada and they make backhoes for J.D M.F KIOTI and a few others they dealers just put there name and model numbers on them

Wow, I think those are the biggest teeth I've ever seen on a bucket that size. You seem to be losing a lot of product when curling the bucket back. Yes a bigger backhoe would have made the job easier. I hope homeowner Dan plans on redirecting the downspout away from the new hole.

Tonka toy. Good for around a small farm.

1:15 look at the kid jumping up to see over the fence top left corner

u may not use it very much but u do need the 16" bucket for ur backhoe-case in point the hole next to the house needed a bigger bucket

I was going to ask if you had enough power for a bigger bucket, then ''Johnny Stretched''

Your dirt is like sand compared to my rock-hard clay.

U need a bigger back attachment with a bigger bucket. LOL

You just need a wider backhoe bucket to cleanup better.

Are you gonna get a bigger bucket

lol the big backhoe had a 18" a 24" and a 36"

Someday, I will have a 260.

Is jhonny diesel?

what's the price?

We have a 5320 at the golf course I work at, a little bigger than this but not much. We use the loader quite a bit, but rarely if ever the backhoe. We don't have many tasks that ever need it, it mostly just serves as a counterweight on the loader...

what you could've done which people do a lot in mexico or at least where im from is get the bucket down and have somebody get the extra dirt in the bucket with a shovel could've been easier

Why so small a bucket ?

A new or welding a bigger bucket will help

Why isn't there any backhoes made now that will dig 10" for tractors?? (other than the $200,000. commercial ones??) I had a mid size Massy Ferguson Probably made in the 80's some where between 28-32HP I bought used and the guy said it would dig 10' so I took it to my property and it dug 10'11" hole easy and was great until I had to go in the hospital and someone came and stole everything off my property including my tractor... Now I still need a Tractor, but can't find one that can dig 10+ft... I haven't decided whether or not I'm going to put in 2 1000gal tanks or 1 2000gal, but I need to dig at least 4 feet below the frost line of 4 ft so I need to dig like 2 ft under that to put in the crushed rock and then sand to place the tank on... So if you know of someone that makes a backhoe to fit on a tractor and can be removed easy so I can put other things on it... Please let me know... If there a backhoe maker out there, PLEASE START TO MAKE THEM!!! I don't want to have to get a 100HP tractor I need something I can trailer...