Sub-Compact Grass Catcher In Action! Terra King TKV20
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- It has rained so much that we couldn't mow for a long time. The grass was so long that Tractor Time with Tim pulled out the Terra King TKV20 Material Collection System to catch the grass clippings. We put it to the test by having Tim mow with the Ventrac finish mower in front of the John Deere 1025R and TKV20. The grass catcher had to mow and pick up the grass clippings thrown out by the Ventrac! The yard looked great but now we have a huge pile of grass clippings that might become our compost pile.
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Finally able to cut our grass with all the rain here in upstate NY and it was tall also. Our TKV20 on our 1023e with 54" deck did an incredible job of collecting the grass. We even raked the leaves from last fall out of the flower beds and in hard to reach places into rows and then collected very wet leaves with the TKV20 it did an incredible job as well. We took delivery of our TKV20 earlier this spring and thanks to all of Tim's videos made the installation much easier with installing the wiring harness to cutting the driveshaft. We also received the 5% TTWT discount from Terra King. Have photo's.
You get the pinned comment for this episode! Glad it is working well for you!
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@Darius Kasen Yup, have been using instaflixxer for years myself =)
Tim I am no expert, but squaring your yard off after first few passes, speeds things up and makes yard look better 👍
I was about to comment that, after i make the first 1-2 passes getting around all the annoying objects, I usually square it off so its just a straight shot.
The grass clippings are useful for making your own compost for your vegetable garden, pile on chopped leaves and twigs & food scraps
I really like the power dump feature on that hopper. Saves time, and keeps you cleaner. Which keeps your equipment work area clean😊.
My TKV20 to the rescue. Can you believe it the TKV20 saved the day. While I was mowing close to one of our ponds after weeks of on and off rain you can imagine how wet some of the soil still was. Well it seems my Johnny Jr. (1023e) became more than stuck the wheels looked like the ground swallowed them up. Having the TKV20 quite full of grass cuttings and I had the loader on as a counter balance I was stuck and all that added weight did not help. I was preparing to tow it out with rigging and all because I also had the loader bucket right up against a tree and had to back up to go around it. I then remembered all the grass clippings I had in the TKV20 hopper. Well I rocked Johnny Jr back and forth and stopped in the forward position to expose the deep tire ruts behind the tractor. I then opened the hopper and filled up the ruts with the grass clippings so I could back up just enough to maneuver around the tree and drive out through the woods like a Sherman Tank. So that is why I can say that the TKV20 came to the rescue. I am also building quite an area of composting material with the TKV20. I hope it is ok for a story like this here but it is about the TKV20. God Bless
Cool story!
Picking up the grass really makes the lawn look like carpet! Thanks Tim!
Great video
That used to drive my grandma crazy when he cut in circles on the farm.
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Great video and content. Love the commentary by Tim?
Nice video tim and kristie and you have a beautiful place there and beautiful tools for every job 👌
I think you are correct Tim I believe it needs some front weights when it gets full. Katriel leads such a busy an interesting life. Enjoy Washington!
I have used a GT445 with the MC519 blowers and cart. I am moving to a 1023R with TC20. Keeping NC yard under control. I found your channel very helpful when researching compact tractors.
Hopefully you mean TKV20. Amazing machine!
I have the "mulching kit" on my mowers. Always believed the clippings added better/more nutrients to the lawn. (I only have to fertilize once a year instead of 3+) (I currently live on an 18acer farm)
We have always had the mulching kit as well....until this mower.
Enjoyed the video. The place to get an long lasting exterior American flag is Annin Flag makers. They are located in South Boston Virginia. They made the flag for Abraham Lincoln's casket. This American company has been around since 1847. The yard looks good. Great drone footage Tim. Y'all take care and God bless.
When mowing an irregular shaped area (in my case it is bush hog mowing a pasture) I outline the perimeter 2 or 3 times then I mow a straight line down the middle and work from the inside out. Mowing in a straight line is more efficient and faster then following all of the curves and bends if you work from the outside in.
I use google maps satellite view right click the map then you can measure the outline of your yard and get the square footage of a particular area.
chivic89 download feild and area measures
You guys are a cut above the rest and put another job in the bag very nicely
Ha!
Tim Christi enjoying watching I like mowing time to think and the smell of fresh grass your lawn looks great
God Bless All
PaK
Not sure what you grow besides sweet corn, but I use fresh grass clippings around tomato plants. It helps ti keep weeds down, helps hold moisture, and adds natural fertilizer to the plants. If it id dry enough in the fall, I lightly till them in to mix with soil then a good till in spring. Add leaves in the fall if you have them.
You should get a bagger for vinie and do a comparison between i and the tkv20
Ventrac has a grass collection system for the 4500
Love our TVK20! Mated to the new 2025r
I like the idea of having a grass catcher and making a big compost pile to add to your garden soil next year. You can drive it through your wooded trails and pickup dried leaves add some worms and all kind of other stuff. Bring in stuff from other jobs in your dump trailer and add to it. Wood chips, Saw dust and than next year use your front loader and dump trailer to spread. Disc in to soil and truly have a organic farm. Nice to have a big piece of property you can set up a big pile so far away from house out of the way and forget about it. Hope that is how it works. Never did it. Tell me if I am wrong
So Katriel's like a blister? Showing up after all the work's done. : )
I always buy flags from the American Legion Flag & Emblem. Commercial quality that has always been priced cheaper than the local stores. I haven't bought one for a while, though. Mine have lasted.
The power dump looks sweet! Y'all can really cover some ground with 2 mowers! Great video as always Tim!
Another great video guys - very nice bagger... love the drone POV as well - extra added touch
Thanks for sharing , greate team work !
Hi Tim and Christy nice job that is one big lawn Christy your definitly at home with Johnny
Tim, love to see Christi help with the chores; and that hat. Maybe a hat for Katriel if she does a little weed eating. LOL
I like all the new camera angles, nice job!
Thanks Michael!
Such a beutiful lawn
The tkv20 is a good attatchment!
Nice sketchers lol
I would love to have all your grass clippings to mulch our garden with . I have always wanted a grass catching system like that .
Great video. Love the video shots from the drone.
I find it more pleasing to square up my cutting path and more efficient rather than following the outside shape from beginning to end.
Great job enjoyed that!!!
Here's an idea. You could mount a go-pro to the ROPS of Johnny for some b-roll.
Now that's the way to mow using 2 mowers. It would have been fun to see Katriel mowing with a third though.
Yep!
Good video Tim it's raining season here in Florida have to ✂ grass every week sometime s twice a week grass grows fast down here
Great video!
GREAT VIDEO!!! Love that TKV20!! I would love to come and stripe your lawn for you. I know you don’t love mowing, but with a lawn like that it’s a shame not to!!!
We have striped it up nicely a couple of times. Just didn't have that focus this time.
My lawn is dying because we hardly ever get rain after May except an occasional T-storm. I don’t water it much because it costs too much. Gonna drive a sand point pretty soon.
good video nice jobgod bless you&all
Kirsty look so cute with that hat and sunglasses on driving Johnny. Tim you need s same hat what Kirsty have
I’ve got one...just need the nerve to wear it!!
I figured ya guys would have it looking all nice rows like a baseball field by now :) haha keep up the great channel guys happy mowing !
We had it striped quite nicely last week.
I’m sure ya did how ya Liking the new property??
Still overwhelmed. Not sure we’ll get it under control this summer!
Tractor supply sells good quality American flags. Made in USA. We use them. They last about a year and I think they are around $40
Remind me of a slot car race track
When I first placed my order for my 1025r I called Terra King to get the ball rolling. After about 3 weeks of not hearing from them I ended up buying a Ag Fab tow behind collection system
When was this?
Tractor Time with Tim this was back in Feb of this year.
Ok. Thanks for the reply. Sorry to hear that they were not responsive. They are aware of some confusion last winter, and they believe they have the kinks worked out.
Tractor Time with Tim it looks like a great addition to anyone’s garage to make things easier around the yard and garden. It’s almost time to check on those potatoes for hilling
We didn’t get the potatoes planted this year. Too bad! I love watching them grow.
Not having to get off the tractor to dump the TKV20 is a big plus. Regarding the flag, all the new automobile dealerships down here fly flags. If they do the same in your area, they could probably tell you where to get a quality flag.
Since Christy doesn’t like weed eating what about trying the Z-Trimmer from Lawnvac.
Find the power in proper composting, you have a great opportunity hear. That’s the ecological thing to do. And yes you could sell it, or use it. Perhaps custom build a compost bin to make it easy to unload the hopper to the compost.
I suspect Katriel will be a better part of the swamp than most.
Wow that's a big yard! Could maybe rent a gang reel mower try it out. It likes wet grass!
a great video. Well done. I don't think you did bad with the drone :)
Notifications are always on so I get to be early to the video
Flags unlimited has nice flags
I hear the grass clippings would make great mulch for the garden...
Keep the grass & let it compost then you can use it to fertilize
With that drone. There is a mode where it can follow you. I have the same drone as you guys!
I have a John deer 1023 e that I love I only have the front loader I wanna get a drive over mowing deck
Harbor Freight has a real good flag for under ten dollars and you can use the 20% coupon and get your free be added.
I loved that bible verse at the end I am happy you are also a Christ follower
If you made the driveway to the pole building wider a semi could possibly turn around by pulling towards the pole building and backing a 90 towards the house
Your yard is very nice,but whene you now alternate your rows and the way you go on your yard..it will help strengthen your lawn too..stripe oil too.
American Flags Express is a great company to get flags from. Very reliable and all products are made in the USA.
I'd love you to cover your mowing pattern for when you don't pick up clippings. We have buffalo grass we hoped to not mow too often, but when we do I struggle with a mowing pattern that doesn't need to be raked. Have seen some posts online but haven't really had good luck with the "zamboni method" on my lawn.
I do a lot of composing I vacuumed leaves for the town of Howe Indiana in the fall for around 3,000 bushel plus I vacuumed when the grass get’s out of control any way it only takes approximately 8 years to turn back into black dirt I sure like that collector unit my vacuume trailer holds 45.8 bushel and is hydraulic but I have to get off and on the tractor
Time to build a composter.
make the road go around your storage building for the tractor trailer
Have you considered making that driveway by the flag wider somewhere? Maybe make the grass area thinner?
Another great video. Nice to see the whole family. Your drone is an angry mosquito? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Looks like a good project would be to make a trail into the woods and make a place to dump the Clippings. I bid $1 on the collection system. 😁
We have a trail...but it needs some work.
By the way I get my Flags at Menards. As good as most and there nylon so they last about 2 years. Please dispose of the old one properly.
I need 1 of these but funds are tight. Me driving a truck 1st 2 mowinges this year was hard. As it was from Aug. 13th to April 23rd between last mowing last year to 1st one this year. It just rained all the time from I was home from September to even into June. I also cut ruts in May when I mowed but the grass was to the top of the hood on my 1025R and extremely thick. So thick it killed the engine 3 time in my 4 lots. And when I'm on the road for a month at a time I need to get the grass off the yard. Heck I could bail it at times if I had a bailer.
Yep. It has been a difficult spring.
Have you tried the Ventrac without the chute, so it can disperse the clippings better ?
I built a vacuum unit on a 24hp 61'' Bobcat Jaguar using an 8hp Giant Vac blower mounted on the side over 25yrs ago. Back then, not many people had vac units on mowers.
That pile of clippings would work awesome around plants in a vegetable garden.
You can make compost from grass crippling.
Drone shows maybe a bit of fertilizer is needed?
I have never used a drone, but the video seems blurry. I noticed around 3:27, it focused, and the video was better, might need to find out why the focus is off. Also for some reason the video seems a little over exposed from the drone.
Well Tim, a while back I told you I could buy a lot of tarps for the cost of the TKV20 on one of your other videos featuring your TKV20. Last fall the 30+ trees on my 3 acres kicked my butt. Not getting any younger and with my labor revolting (my wife :) I decided to break down and buy the JD MCS2120 for my JD1025r. The pricing through Ag-Pro was very competitive even versus the TKV20 and it arrived much faster than we expected. I do like the hard top on the JD version versus the TKV20 version. My only question for you is what is the best weight solution for the front of the tractor. I don't believe you can use the Heavy Hitch quick hitch version with the drive over mid mount mower.
Probably the loader arms.
Like the video that vac system would be nice for the fall to pick up the leaves in my yard. But i have a question i tried to put a snow plow on the back of my 1025r witch it went on but it doesn't raise it but two inches off the ground why is that?
A couple of potential reasons for your rear blade not lifting high enough.
1. The blade is made for a larger tractor. Is this a Frontier blade you purchased with your tractor, or did you buy it aftermarket?
2. The top link may be adjusted too long. You can shorten the top link by cranking it (make sure you have the jam nut loosened). Make sense?
@@TractorTimewithTim yes tightening up the top link make sense and my snow plow came off of Ford 2n so it won't work for the 1025r
What type of drone is that
Tim we are having the same problem in PA,, i put some super good fertilizer i got from Agway and my grass is a beautiful dark green and growing like crazy ,, i need to mow twice a week but because of rain its like every week and a half to two weeks,, driving me crazy..
Same in Ohio.
Amazing! I just used my TKV20 that I purchased back in Nov 18 for the first time today then tonight I see your YT posting. You definitely will need front counterweight. Currently I run seven 42lb suit case weights. Maybe five would be better? What is the difference between the 2019 and 2018 TKV20? They look the same. I still have not optimized my setup yet, but it appears to cut somewhat unlevel. It might be the extra weight on the right side of the tractor (blower and hose/boot on the 60D mmm. Still it works light years better than the JD 14 bushel MCS that I had on the older 2013 1025R. Never clogged up, even mowing heavy grass and three previous mowing left over clippings.
I have always used front weight in the past...as you’ve seen in the prior episodes.
Essentially no differences. Just minor stuff.
Things I wouldn’t have noticed.
Another great video! I was wondering if you had looked at the JD MCS-20 at all? It is made by Superior Tech for JD, it appears to be the same collection system but the “blower” attachment mounts right in the deck on the JD model rather than on the collection system with the TKV sustem. I’d be curious about your thoughts as to which “blower” setup works better. I was gonna get the TKV20 but was able to finance the MCS20 with our 1025r purchase because it was made by Deere, and that is what really swayed us, I was just a little unsure about the difference in the blower systems. And I guess I should say YOU really swayed us when it came to getting it in general, thanks to the great videos you have done about it! Pax Christi.
Made by the same company. Superior Tech.
What do you guys think of the Ventrac vacuum system? I've seen some of their videos but would like to see more real world stuff.
American Flags Express is a great company. Great website and American made flags. They even send out an email to advise when to fly at Half-mast.
Get a couple animals (Sheep, Cows) and make silage and feed it to the animals.
Why dont you get a bag for the ventrac
Tim, thanks for the videos as always. When u have a chance could u provide the dimensions on the TKV20. I was looking to purchase one myself but need specific dimensions to see if it can fit in my limited space in the garage. Thanks for your help my friend!
BTW do you ever notice the 60D mower deck cutting lower on the side that the TKV20 boot attaches? This is a big concern especially on Power FLow implements (3 bag power flow, MCS, etc) as the weight of the power flow system seems to considerably alter the levelness of the cut and unfortunately can't make enough of an adjustment on the mower deck to compensate.
No, do not notice the deck being affected by the boot...not nearly as heavy as the powerflow
Loved the video Tim hows the sweet corn
I wonder why Christy doesn’t want a nice canopy for sun protection?
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Tim, is that the Mavic Pro drone? I've been thinking about getting a "first" drone, and that one looked like a good buy. Curious as to your thoughts on it. Great video, I like to drone shots.
Would you take Johnny over a zero turn?
Yep! Hard to till or dig with a zero turn!
Hey Tim how long does it takes to mow your property
Rakeem Peace That’s what I was wondering too. Probably not too bad with them tag teaming it
@@mooman86 yeah probably 2 hours and a half tag teaming
Hey Tim
Where did your other videos of the tkv20 go I can’t find them
Took them down. Business reasons.
Was that a tough cut attachment for vinnie as normally the Finnish cut leave some stripes
This is the finish mower. It stripes very nicely if mowing back and forth.
Well Tim, if Katriel gets fired, i quit to... LOL
Working great with Vinnie and the collector. Do you have the mmm on clipping or sideways?is the clipping bag 708 ltr ?
Do you have the vacuum collection system for the Ventrac?
No.
When you lock the drone on a target will it move to keep in the same relationship to the target?