Yard Leveling. Compact Tractor Tiller and Soil Pulverizer cleanup after sewer repair.
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- A local fiber optic company drilled through Greg's sewer line causing a lot of damage. They fixed the sewer line but left the front yard in a mess. Tractor Time with Tim uses the John Deere 1025R, tiller and land pulverizer to smooth and level the yard so Greg can reseed and be able to mow his grass without scalping.
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I always enjoy Tim and his tractor tilling a yard or property. I love his commentary with it, but I really enjoy watching the change!
Love the transparency of your videos - thanks for sharing what doesn’t work just as much as what does work!
Thanks Michael. The things that DON’T work well are the most interesting parts!
Great video Tim and Christy. Love the tiller. Tim, you have some tractor skills for sure! I love how you share your faith in different ways in many of your videos. Your love for the Lord shines through and is a blessing and encouragement to me. God Bless!
Wow. Thanks for the kind words. We do in fact love Jesus.
Every video you show using your tiller, makes me want one even more. Was at Rural King today, just looked them over,........ again.
Nice video Tim and Kristi good family time to.
Thanks Bill!
Lot of people ask why buy a tiller. Like you said it is very versatile, more than just gardening. I have used it like you as a way of breaking the ground to do some digging too.
Congrats on that tractor pay off!
O'Tiller Tim! Nice job remember for next time to drive away
Ha! Once it’s finished, move on!
Don't touch that guys stapler.
Sure another tiller video your mean but you have me great ideas for when they drill a new well this spring and run new line to the house. Can't wait for that kind of weather again
Ah come on. you gotta have a tiller.
I am planning a 'how to choose the right tiller...' video for the next week or two if we can get time to put it together.
Hopefully this will help you choose.
Great video Tim,😀😀
Thanks Ryan.
I can hardly wait!! I go pick up my "John Jr." this Saturday and will have my very own tiller too! I did end up with the 1025r because they couldn't find the 2025 available anywhere at this time. So love watching your videos! Can't wait till I get to have one too!
Wow, if you want the 2025r, why would you let a few weeks delay influence that decision.
Also, consider going with a more distant dealer.
They can find you a tractor if you tell them that they don’t get your money otherwise.
They have no motive to find what you want when they can sell you what they have on the lot.
Tractor Time with Tim honestly, I really like the 1025r, the extra 4k doesn't seem worth it to me just for a larger tire, slightly higher volume hydro pump, and the extra 6inch of lift. I'll be happy with the 1025r for now....
I'm with Tim, Brad. I would be more inclined to find a more "Customer Friendly" dealership. I would be concerned with follow up service relationship.
let me put this right.....my dealership is absolutely amazing and its not that they won't get me the 2025 its that I really want the 1025....don't have the need for the upgrade... I deal with Tennessee Tractor in Ripley, TN and Thereasa has been my sales lady for over 3 years now and she is nothing short of amazing! The dealership as a whole on service and sales has been unbeatable including working with me to get me the BEST deal possible. I have zero issues with Tennessee Tractor.....she could have easily gotten me a 2025 if that's what I wanted but its not. She had a 1025 lined up for me coming from another location but that dealership messed up badly and didn't mark it as sold....she was mad. She worked diligently to find me another one no matter where is was coming from....ended up coming from GA! so, please don't think there is a problem with the dealer...i've delt with bad dealers and would never buy a pack of gum from them....but, when a dealer has stellar customer service and performance as this one I will go to no end to support them with my business!
There were four at my dealer in NEPA
Great video Tim. Always enjoy your videos and with the why and for you do things. I like to learn by watching and you do a great job of showing that. For me it seems your videos always end too soon.
Glad you have that feeling. Hate it when folks get bored!
Good stuff enjoyed that
Thanks for watching, Mike.
Good job!
Thanks Ron!
Great vid Tim
When the client says “it looks wonderful “ it is time to get the check and leave.
Think you are a little obsessed with that compactor. Just wait for a good rain or two.
I live in Washington state. I feel like our ground is one big rock. 😂😂
I live in New Hampshire. It's called the Granite State for a reason. The rocks seem to grow on their own. My tiller and mowing deck are always finding new rocks.
And I live in Southern Massachusetts where the glaciers dumped all their till from New Hampshire...lol...my towns nickname is Rockhoboth...wish I could show pictures when we dug a trench for an electrical line...90% rocks, 10% soil...ugh
Only way you could do better is by having a Harley Rake. Short of that the tiller, a packer and hand time with a rake is as good as it gets. Dealing with sod clumps is a royal pain though.
Good job Tim making it work using the tools you have!!
In watching how you leveled the yard, it reminded me of a technique that I used with my tiller. I found that if I either remove or fasten the rear tiller guard/shield so it is open, I can till going backwards. I then lift the tiller until the blades were at the "finished" soil level I want. When going backwards, the effect is that the spinning tiller blades push the dirt backwards and the soil is left smooth and level. This turned out better than trying to make the front bucket a leveling device.
I found the same! It works really well! Just don't do that in virgin ground too aggressively
Hmmmmmm. Hydraulic Toplink............Good video
10:20 Tractor Tim has a little Gomer Pyle in him. Shazam!
Right after you made the video of those lockjawz insolators. I get ads for them on every app I have. I plan on getting them before the yellow insolators suck. But sadly we don't have a supplier close to us.
You don’t have a supplier for lockjawz? Please order them online and use TTWT. That is the only way we get compensated.
Tractor Time with Tim if we order online I will use the coupon code. The closest supplier is a long jog from our usual farm store. I think they will soon be in every store
Well, there is a 10% Discount if you order with TTWT. Combined with the volume discounts, I would think this would be a great deal.
I guess I’m surprised to see the hesitance to buy direct.
How much does your setup cost tractor,tiller,and scoop? Just curious I’m looking to do work on my property, and side jobs too . Thanks in advance!
Fantastic Job Tim I do not think the problem with the pulverizer was operator error I don't think they are designed to work in areas where there is sod under the dirt or soil the front tines or rakes kind of act like a thatch rake or something and catch the thatch and sod and bring it up to the top of the soil there lies the problem as you discovered they work great in nothing but dirt and soil but not in soil over grass. One suggestion although I do not think it would apply to this customer looking at his lawn if the customer wants a really nice lawn free of weeds and stuff before tilling and prepping have the customer sprat the area with roundup and kill the area before you come. The best way to get a GOOD kill is to spray the area and then come back about 4 to 6 days later and spray again do not use the stuff that kills or yellows the grass ans weeds in 24 hours you want the slow acting kind believe it or not the slower it kills the better kill you will get I promise you we do several lawns every fall and over the years I have tried several different ways if you are killing out common bermuda spray it 3 to 4 times if you dont kill the bad grass and weeds even with all the tilling you do the roots are still there and it will come back another thing i don't like to use is straw over the seed it creates a bad weed problem and thatch i have killed 2 acre yards and no straw and the seed did great now these yards were irrigated i have 3/4 to an acre lawn and have done it with out irrigation and used garden hoses and sprinklers. Great video as usual hope everyone is doing well have a great week and God Bless!!!
Agree with all you've said. Have used the roundup trick many times.
Really didn't know what we were up against here. didn't think the ruts went so far out until we got to working at it. If you noticed, the initial tilling didn't cover the entire area. I didn't know we would be working on that large of an area until well into the project.
i understand i think your tiller did a great job it has really impressed me on several videos how good of a job it does!!!
Nashguy207: I do tractor work in Oregon. I have a tiller for gardens, flail mower, box scraper, TR3 Rake, and loader. I have always tilled grass under to get gardens started. The owner usually mows at ground level to make tilling easier.
What was the cost to do something like this
You need to buy/demo a land pride aps1548 seeder with a cultipacker and aerator built in it would level that yard really nice and you have the possibility to seed as well
Tim I just started watching your channel and I am enjoying it. How many of these small jobs do you get on average? Does the extra wear and tear on the equipment get offset by what you are charging for these jobs?
I dunno, Brett. We love meeting the people. We enjoy the challenge, and we get some revenue from these UA-cam videos. Put it all together, and it is a decent 'hobby'.
Remember that there is insurance, trailer, and seemingly countless other expenses required when going into business like this.
If you haven't read it, I recommend our web post on this topic: tractortimewithtim.com/2017/07/11/can-make-money-tractor/
Great video, professional appearance of your Company in employees, you and your lovely wife, and your equipment. Skill level is very good also. Nice having someone to help and to occupy the customer while equipment is in motion and working. Thanks Tim, enjoy your videos immensely!
Why not plow/scar the surface first?... seem pretty hard on tiller.
My hard is worse than this and contemplating doing this.
What type of tractor is that?
Welcome to our channel. :Deere 1025r subcompact.
Hey Tim I always enjoy your videos. What size tiller is that ?
4'
Heh, my tiller stand fell off someplace ... maybe some day it'll turn up. I just hope I don't find it again with the tiller!
Exactly. I mention that in the audio...if you stay tuned for the whole video.
Oh, yea, I watched it all. Glad to see I am not the only one who doesn't know when enough is enough. ;>
Thank you so much Tim from another Tim. I needed this tip so bad I was thinking about having 13 cubic yards of fresh lawn soil delivered to my place which was going to cost about $750. I think I can rent something way less expensive I appreciate you and your video.
That's what I was planning till I saw Tim's video. I've got 3/4 acre needing tilled and leveled And it's full of crick stone So I'll have to go real slow & shallow. But it's better than having to pay for, spread and level new topsoil! Tnx Tim
Its always interesting when Tim gets to tllling....lovs it ans favorites
Here I am thinking, no way in hell am I going to find someone else on YT that had the same isses.... its like a sneek peek into my future.
It's very sad that a "world known name" like JOHN DEERE has issue's supplying machines/product, JD you need to kick it up a notch we're losing customers due to lack of equipment availability ........PLEASE START PRODUCING
Easy now. This is a brand new model. It takes awhile to get production ramped up. Lots of early demand. Same story with 2032R/2038R last year.
Tim, how long is your trailer shown in the video used to transport the tractor and accessories?
16’
The customer was well pleased and that’s what counts. Good job.
How many hours are on your tractor
310 or so
You have a good eye for level on land.
Some of those companies that sell top soil in the areas where you do jobs for people should prove that the soil can actually grow a crop instead of having it tested by someone they have in there back pocket to fudge the numbers before they sell each batch of top soil cause I don't think it would grow potatoes
Hydraulic toplink is the way to go if you can, and its just hard to spread dirt with grass and roots in it. Next to impossible.
Should have tilled that sod portion a few more times.
Tim, I don't know if Johnny has the hydraulic capacity to operate a hydraulic top link. Not sure how that would be plumbed on Johnny. If Johnny has an open spot for a rear remote, might think about that option.
I just put me a toplink on my tractor. I love it. Already had dual remotes on the back of my Kioti 3510SE. Made it quick and easy !!!
Good job. I can't wait for spring and dry weather. I have lots of projects waiting on dry weather.
We're chomping at the bit!
Directional boring for telecom is probably one of the biggest expenditures once they hit something they didn't get a mark out on, speaking from personal experience.
Good job TTWT crew!
I would have used my TR3 Rake to do that job. It is a pulverizer, landscape rake, land plane, box scraper in one. Just need a little practice with the pulverizer. You'll get it to do the job with practice.
I have a question for you, after a till a yard with my tractor, I end up with a lot of turf on top. I’ll go through it a good 3 times, but the turf doesn’t get chopped up. Any ideas? Box scraping up the turf?Thanks.
Good question.
I solve this by killing the grass two weeks earlier with roundup or another non selective herbicide. Allow the grass time to die, then it will be much easier to till.
If there is not time for that, I till it repeatedly deeper and deeper each time to mix the sod in as much as possible.
...but Tim the tiller is a soil pulverizer! :)
Ah, yea.....I guess you're right!
Hi Tim, thanks for making this video! That tiller is awesome for leveling the lawn! We moved to a place on close to 4 acres with a nice sized poleshed and the lawn is beating me up bad mowing it with my 2017 2032r deere. I was thinking of ordering a couple dump truck loads of topsoil and filling then back dragging the nastiest spots with my loader or maybe doing a skim cut on the lawn. Maybe I need to invest in a nice tiller! I can't keep mowing the lawn as is. Anyways thanks for sharing! 👍👍
Buying soil typically doesn’t make sense. Every situation is different.
Take the soil Pulverizer to your piece of land, play and adjust it there. Did I mention Play?
I have done so (and had a video last year to prove it). However, each situation has different conditions, so different results.
Well Tim, I have been under general anesthesia and slept a couple of times. I forget some details, except say, cheese burgers and ff's ;>)
Great effort as always, but your're gonna become as diesel deaf as a commercial fisherman.. where are your ear muffs?
Huh?
Tractor Time with Tim ..
your hearing protection. .. they call it in fishing industry as “diesel deaf”.. listening to a diesel engine for hour on end all day will eventually make u hard of hearing without plugs or ear muffs. .. or maybe you did have earplugs in, but couldnt see ‘em. :)
I'm doing my back yard this year, I'm thinking tiller and landscape rake for the combo
Tim, great videos! I watch them all! If you weld/bolt a piece of tubing to the top of your bucket beside your bolt on hooks and have it extend forward about 8-12" past the hook, you can use it as a gauge to get your bucket level.
I have a built in bucket level indicator.
I had to redo my backyard. Went with a box blade and tiller combination and it worked pretty well. I leveled everything with the box blade first and then tilled it to make the seedbed for the new grass seed. It came in pretty well the following season.
Hi Tim. I think the videos are great… really enjoy them. question. Can I use a tiller and a back blade to escalate a bed for a concrete slab?
No, you should never use recently moved soil for concrete sub base. Use crushed stone instead.
@@TractorTimewithTim the word was supposed to excavate. I want to use the tiller and blade to do the digging then lay stone for the base.
Auto correct making me a liar again.
@@scotthorning1180 yes. This works beautifully. Tilling helps to get it loose for gobs blade.
I do some yard grading you are to go forward and backwards to get the right performance out of it. You are to go in several different direction
I purchased 5 acres and pushed out the old cherries and used my kubota bx to do everything with it. the land pride GS1560 grader scraper is down right amazing. I drop the rippers down and raked all of the roots up. Terrible gopher mounds and I can scrape with the grass. Makes my driveway look like it’s chip sealed. What you did beating yourself up with that tiller, you could have done in half the time with better results. I can’t say enough about it. I hope you check it out. You won’t regret it.
I’ve had a 1560 attached to Johnny. Just didn’t publish the video :-)
You could have just used the pulverizer to do the job instead of the tiller.
First thing you should have done is kill the old grass two weeks before
I always learn more from my mistakes. The yard looks much better ,you and Johnny did great. and Christy.
Well, not sure a mistake really. I guess it could be viewed that way.
Anyway, yes it looked good when we finished.
Very good video. Very useful information. Thanks again.
How come no land plane?
Use a drag section
Good job, it doesn't help Tim you but I LOVE my hydraulic toplink!
Each time you tilled, did you change the depth of the blades. How deep do you set the blades when first start a tilling job?........... Thinking of getting one, but it's been so wet for the past year. West Virginia is nothing but red clay and rocks.
I usually till as deep as it will go.
Running over the same spot a second time goes deeper.
Rocks are irritants to tillers. However, it can handle them. It will make a huge noise, and you’ll think it is breaking, but it works.
We have LOTS of tiller videos.
Also, we have an in depth article on tillers on our website.
Great video Tim and Christy. Not much you can do with sod. Can't wait for the tiller video.
What size is the front loader bucket and tooth bar
53” get it at heavyhitch.com Use code TTWT for a 5% discount.
Totally u need a hydraulic third link ! The landscape pulverizer is great for topsoil and hard pack gravel . I use it for fine grading with the proper cylinder . Thanks Tim for the entertainment
Would be nice, yes.
I appreciate that you see it as entertainment. That is the goal!
rototilling seeding and rolling is the best way to go you need that loose soil for grass rock rake don't leave enough loose soil
Great job. Your kindness is exemplary!
Thanks. Of course, we only show the 'good stuff' on camera. Right? None of us wants our 'worst side' shown to the world!
Thankfully we have Christ to forgive that 'worst side'.
Amen Tim!!! Glad you guys show it/live it!!!! Ya'll stay safe!!!
Tim, you need a York Rake to do your final grading after tilling, and you have had multiple videos in the past where I thought a York Rake would have helped
Need to find a sponsor :-)
Tractor Time with Tim get the finance committee to buy one !
Tim, I've got a project coming up and was thinking a landscape rake may be helpful. With this application do you feel like it would have been a bonus? We've got fairly rocky soil here in SW Michigan and I'm thinking after tilling having a rake on hand would be handy.
I’ve had several projects where a landscape rake would have helped. ...and inexpensive. The only one I have used is the one on the Ventrac.
LEAVING THE TILLER DOWN WHILE TURNING IS NEVER GOOD....
tim some tools work great and some should stay in the shed...lol another great video thanks for sharing tim
Great job Tim. Yep, I agree, the tiller was your best bet. Thumbs up.
Thanks Hound!
Got a lot done in 1.5 hours!
Tim that tiller dose a great job it was just one of them days ! LOL i dont know if you would need the pulverizer after using the tiller as good as it dose ! have a great weekend !! Kioti Curt :-)
Thanks Curt!
Tim, can this be done with a 1023e?
yes. ...but you would like having the 3 point hitch position control of the 1025R much better.
Food for thought what about operating the pulverizer backwards? My guess is you wanted it to compact it?
The desired purpose was to compact and perform some final leveling.
While testing in my garden, I found that the teeth combined with the roller did a great job of both of those tasks.
I'm convinced this would have worked except for the sod. Having said that, I think another 3-5 trips with the tiller might have destroyed the sod enough to have made it work even in this scenario.
thought i had seen all of your videos. was thinking of renting the pulverizer but after that i think i will just keep tilling and using the loader bucket to fix my yard. Did you start with the tail gate open more or just leave it down most of the time on the Tiller?
We have 600 episodes now. Would be surprised if you’ve seen them all!
I am very much enjoying your channel. If you run out of topics, I would really like to hear your perspective on when and how you water your garden. Thanks!!
Honestly, we don’t water much, at least typically. We have such good soil. It holds moisture well, and it is soft enough for the plants to root down nicely.
surprised you don't wear ear muffs more often. gather u are always using the foam plugs but we can't really tell from the video.. man thats a lot of hours on johnny listening to high DB if you dont use hearing protection. ..
I use ear plugs often. Not always...not as much as I should.
Hey Tim, as always a great video. I have a question for you and anyone else who wants to chime in. I just started using my 3 pt hitch this winter on my 2017 1025r with a rear mount blower. I notice the first few times I raise it up I get a odd noise when it stops after lifting. It's quick and sharp and then it's gone. Only does it the first couple of times. The tractor is in a heated shop and the blower is only about 400lbs. I just wondered if yours ever does that lifting that tiller?
Dunno John. Not sure I have experienced the same thing.
So for land that has a bunch of rocks (East Tennessee) what would you suggest for doing the same job you did here?
Would a box blade with the scarfiers down to do the digging be the best bet? Then after it gets dug up, use the box blade to level it out.??
That might work.
How much does everything weight combined? Does the truck tow well what's the amount of squat it does? What is it rated to tow vs what you actually tow?
Love the truck. You can do the math.
I have way to much time on my hands
Not sure what to do with that comment....I'm assuming it is intended to insult?
Tim, I would have thought the Soil Pulverizer would have worked as well but, I think we all have learned something here. Thanks again for a great video and the final product looks GREAT! Keep up the good work and look forward to more content.
Thanks Benny!
Great video Tim, a tiller is my next purchase. I purchased a grapple after watching your video and boy do I love it.
sounds good.
Looks good, I need to level my backyard
I'm sure you will be a pro with that soil pulverizer in no time!!!
Like my tiller work good on front yard. Sure like my 1025r.good job Tim
Thanks Clifford.
Tim Kristi thanks for the video we learn lots you have problems like most people do keep them coming God Bless
PaK
Thanks Peter!
I have to agree with the loading and unloading process. It never seems to fail that the time spent loading and unloading equals the job time but you never get paid for loading all the tools up! And the time you say you dont need a implement to save some time loading is the time you need it the most.
You are exactly right. Folks always say "you shoulda used your ...". Perhaps those folks would like to load every attachment for every project :-)
Great vid Tim that soil pulverizer works pretty good
Where can I rent one of these to dig up my yard in the places that have too much dirt and re distribute it over the areas that are too low ?
If you are in Indiana, we can help!
I'm redoing my entire front yard this year with the tractor/tiller. If it works out I'll do the back yard too. Neat video. Was wondering if I needed some kind of leveler.
I don’t think so. It just takes some time.
York rakes get a lot of grass clumps removed. Rocks too. Is that tiller the same as a power rake?
No.
ahh-yes-another item to make a fellas tractor experience much better. a top cylinder is on my wish list also.
Hey Jim. Good to hear from you.
Curious if you’ve ever had to call utility companies to have them sweep for buried pipes or electrical?
we call 811 before we dig. They come out for free. Works very well.
More great stuff Tim and Christy !!!! You all did goooooood !! Pray Christy survived the Farm Show!!!!! Please be safe and God bless you always!!!!!! Eddy
We both got sick afterwards, but getting better now!
Sorry to hear that !! Praying for you all!! God richly bless you all!!!! In JESUS Name!!!!!