New 1025r

[TomSeller]

If you like your brand, you can keep your brand.

Lots of good brands these days. There is no "best" or "superior" across the board brand.

 

[TripleR]

Our last new tractor.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Our last new tractor.

Larry, I hope that you mean your most recent new tractor. Let's hope that it is not your last new tractor.

Hey, are you thinking LS or New Holland for the next one?

 

[s219]

I own Kubota and Deere, but I think the OP got himself off on the wrong foot here. Me, if I was going to brag on Deere, I'd pick a different model to be the poster child.

 

[gladehound]

Well I could just kubota bash that's not why I'm here I heard this forum is filled with guys who get an attitude if you don't own the brand they like I guess that's true

You started this off with Kubota bashing so it certainly does seem like it's what you came to do. I encourage you to reread your own posts and think about how you would receive a post like that if someone else wrote it.

Kubota has the Number 1 satisfaction rating among owners. They make a decent product. Your claims about Kubota (or JD) are not supportable.

Our family has owned JD (4), Satoh (2), Kubota (2), Bobcat (2), Kioti (2), Bolens (2), Farmal (1). I like some models better than others, but all of these machines have been quality. The only one that really gave any trouble was one of the JD 4300's but that was because it was used exclusively for backhoe work which was probably not the duty cycle it was intended for.

Most people on TBN are not super brand loyal, but when you start off with unsupported brand bashing what do you expect to get in return?

Congratulation on your new tractor. I hope you enjoy it and encourage you to re-engage on the forum. Just be mindful of how what you write may be received.

 

[murphy1244]

Yea forget this thread and try introducing yourself again. We are not bad people.

 

[dragoneggs]

Yea forget this thread and try introducing yourself again. We are not bad people.

Ditto

 

[TripleR]

Larry, I hope that you mean your most recent new tractor. Let's hope that it is not your last new tractor.

Hey, are you thinking LS or New Holland for the next one?

Like JOHNTHOMAS, I keep saying "this is my last tractor", but given time, another seems to eventually show up.:laughing:

My brother and I own some tractors individually and some jointly, he is pretty impressed with the LS in the 40-50HP range for a farm we jointly own. He is the mechanical brains in our family.

 

[TripleR]

Yea forget this thread and try introducing yourself again. We are not bad people.

Ditto 2

 

[RalphVa]

Welcome. Hope yours is better than mine was. Mine was a real lemon.

Have a 2025R now, a MUCH better tractor. I looked at a B2301 and would have bought it if the timing was a bit better, etc. On a spreadsheet ranking, the B2301 was the better machine. This 2025R is the best tractor I've had so far though. Just wish it had all the same stuff but with only 18-19 hp, as that's all I need (like my 4010).

Ralph

 

[DK35vince]

I have probably forgot more about tractors then most know and I've hated John Deere for years but they produce the best product so that's why I broke down and bought one if you want a list of problems with orange let me know

Looks like your going to be popular.

On the ignore list !!

 

[nikerret]

Congrats! I liked the JD 1025R, as much as my Kubota BX25D-1, but not when the price difference was taken into account. The JD was going to cost around $5,000 more, for like setups. Not justifiable, to me.

Personally, I found the BX and 1025R to be the same, on paper and function, but both had opposite strengths. I did a comparison thread on some used models, but the same pros and cons fit with the new models.

And since there seems to be a pissing match, let me add that I came to these conclusions with no bias or preference, in any way. Before I decided I wanted a tractor, around two years ago, I had only sat on one running tractor, in my life, when I was around seven years old. Feature for feature, there are a lot of top quality tractors out there, in the SCUT and CUT market.

 

[bcampbell]

When I went shopping I had no bias as my preferred tractor no longer makes one in the SCUT size so I had to be open to other brands

 

[RalphVa]

Congrats! I liked the JD 1025R, as much as my Kubota BX25D-1, but not when the price difference was taken into account. The JD was going to cost around $5,000 more, for like setups. Not justifiable, to me.

Does the BX25D have the hydraulic cooling fan underneath like the smaller BXs? The 1025R does not.

It does, though, have a fuel filter underneath the left floor board. Can't understand why. Both the 2025R and the 1025R take exactly the same bowl filter and are almost exactly the same size engine, but the 1025R has that horrid underneath fuel filter.

Ralph

 

[bcampbell]

No the jd doesn't have a fan it has a hydro cooler in front of the radiator and my dealer beat kubota price for the same set up another local dealer did not so that's up to the dealer and how bad they want you business

 

[bcampbell]

Also I didn't get a backhoe and jd backhoe cost more that could be part of the differance

 

[onelostdogg]

Congratulations on your new machine. Hope it does well for you. Sounds like you got a good deal.

 

[dragoneggs]

Does the BX25D have the hydraulic cooling fan underneath like the smaller BXs? The 1025R does not.

It does, though, have a fuel filter underneath the left floor board. Can't understand why. Both the 2025R and the 1025R take exactly the same bowl filter and are almost exactly the same size engine, but the 1025R has that horrid underneath fuel filter.

Ralph

The BX25D has two filters, one in front and one behind the fuel pump I believe. Not much of an issue to replace though.

Also I didn't get a backhoe and jd backhoe cost more that could be part of the differance

Could be... I compared like models different colors with BH as I really wanted that feature. Some say a luxury but I have already done several hundred feet of trenching and several stump removals. Not to mention the quick hole digging for planting bushes and trees. Latest pleasure was unearthing my clean out ports on my septic tank. My shovels are getting rusty due to lack of use. Dang.

 

[bcampbell]

Nothing wrong with shovels rusting and more seat time

 

[nikerret]

Does the BX25D have the hydraulic cooling fan underneath like the smaller BXs? The 1025R does not.

It does, though, have a fuel filter underneath the left floor board. Can't understand why. Both the 2025R and the 1025R take exactly the same bowl filter and are almost exactly the same size engine, but the 1025R has that horrid underneath fuel filter.

Ralph

The BX25D is almost the same as the BX2370. There is a different FEL on each model, but they are very similar. As far as the engine and other parts, they are the same. If a BX25D w/o the BH was beside a BX2370, most people would never tell which was which. The BX25D does have bracing, for the BH and the rear hydraulics, but most other parts are interchangeable. Yes, the BX25D has the same fan, on the shaft.

They have two fuel filters and the hydraulic filter is on the front of the HST. Here's a pic of an older BX25, but mine looks the same:



You can see one of the fuel filters, in this picture:

Also I didn't get a backhoe and jd backhoe cost more that could be part of the differance

The pricing I received showed the BH to cost around $5,000, from either company. The Tractor, FEL, and MMM were around $5,000 more, from JD, here. Pricing is very regional, though. While JD is higher here, I seem to have done the best out of the BX25D buyers.