14 Tips For New Tractor Owners: Shorten Your Learning Curve

Hi folks, thanks so much for watching. Here's a list of tips for new tractor owners or folks in the market to buy their first tractor. It can seem like an intimidating experience, but tractors are really pretty simple machines. Of course, there's some things that are beneficial to know beforehand, but at some point you can only retain so much information and you just have to take the plunge. The tractor ownership tips in this video are off the cuff and topics that I routinely discuss with my customers. So, hopefully these will help you with your new tractor ownership experience. If you are actively shopping for a tractor, then know that I can ship you a tractor. I ship tractors literally all over the country.

I focus on providing a great variety of quality, clean tractors at very competitive prices. Being a small business owner, I don't have the time nor desire to mess around with questionable tractors, high hour equipment, auction equipment, or anything else that seems sketchy. I deal with very low hour equipment that is highly unlikely to have any issues. Problems for my customers are problems for me and I don't want either of those things to happen! My goal is to provide a great experience from beginning to end through (hopefully) beneficial videos such as this to educate, an abundance of pictures and information about each tractor I have for sale, and prompt customer service. Thanks again for watching and I hope you have fun with your tractor!

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[brentmcnab]

I've only owned my 2024 1025r since June but the videos have been a great asset for accessories and attachments. Thank you!

[rickb]

Very helpful info for a novice like myself. Thanks.

[GPOutdoors]

Good morning! Thanks for sharing the tips. Some really helpful advice especially for new tractor owners. So many things to learn when you get your first tractor. It's always better to get some good advice, and to know where to get advice, than to learn the hard way on your own. Also, big thanks for the shout out - it was very kind and I appreciate it very much. Cheers and all the best!

[ritterjon]

💥 Just watching this today, thanks for the shoutout! Many great tips here!
Keep on tractoring!

[jerrygibson]

What tools and items should I carry on my 3025E? Such as lifting slings, straps, and 12" channel locks ect... Not sure what I may need.

[rdkndr]

Your very honest. And great advice. Ill try to buy from you.

[heavymetalmechanicX]

Good advice about the backhoe. You can rent a mini excavator a lot of times for the cost of a tractor backhoe.

[jcapoldo]

Another tip... place a cone in your space just inside the garage. You have to get off the tractor anyway, and you might remind yourself about the rop

[BradMyers]

It is not your fault, those garage doors move in closer at the end of the day due to heating. During the morning hours, they are wider, at least that is the excuse I use.

[semco]

Those are nice tips on using the tractors and I was not shown much on either of the tractors I purchased, but wish was shown me. I learned from others who had tractors and from on YouTube.

[Sundance]

I didn't know about the difficulties of add on later options. Not that I was ever gonna add a cab anyways, living here in Oregon's beautiful climate but it's good to know for the future, and for all that haven't finalized their purchases yet. My 2025R gets delivered tomorrow, I'm pretty excited to get back to work! Thanks for the great video!

[bldrv]

Another very useful video. I look forward to seeing that Florida tractor soon!

[mattharris]

That intro reminded me of something like the intro to a Mr. Rogers episode 🤣 thanks for the laugh! In all seriousness though I’ve learned a lot from your channel keep up the good work 👍

[mikebreazeale]

Great video...I got a 1025r with out a cab and had it installed after the fact. It is a Mauser cab and it has heat no air. I love it! So it can be added to the 1025R. It looks a lot like the one right behind you but smaller...Thanks for sharing...

[havbyte]

so heres a question for you...im now looking at both john deers & kubotas tractors. I primarly (at this time) want to be able to move 5 x 4 round bales, sudan hay from point a to b and stack them 2 high, i have never had or driven a tractor before, what tractor would you recommend for this task, i dont need a shredder or any rear attachments except a bale fork, pallet forks, and a bucket.. what is your recommendation for rear ballast ?

[Formulabruce]

I like to exercise the loader ( and or backhoe) when greasing, to ensure grease travel to all points on the pins.

[rob]

I see I'm a bit late to the video! But after a year of tractor ownership, there are still a couple of things that stymie me, a true newcomer. I was wondering if you could help. 1. Grease. I understand the need to grease, and I even now know what a "zerk" is! (FYI, would have been good to explain that it's a grease nipple in the video - and also, that grease nipples can be made of plastic.) What I'm still not sure of is how MUCH grease? Someone told me to add grease until I see grease emerge from somewhere else. I wasted a lot of grease when it came out places I wasn't expecting and so I wasn't looking there. Is there an easier way? Maybe it's the number of clicks? And what is the best way to clean up excess grease? Or are you just supposed to leave it there? I realize this is very basic, but for people like me, it's just not obvious! 2. I finally had a reason to swap implements at the 3 point hitch. No one has explained the best ORDER to do things. Is it PTO shaft first? Or Bottom hitch points? If so, do you then attach the PTO shaft before the top link? Again, it must be obvious to people who use the stuff everyday, but I had so much trouble removing and attaching the implements, with several rounds of attaching and reattaching things because things moved in unexpected ways. Perhaps a video about this? And while you're at it, it wasn't explained to me that I could adjust my top link, and what it would do to my brush hog. Nor did I even know that one of the lower hitch arms could be adjusted and why I would want to do that. (To be fair, it probably was explained to me, but along with so many other things, it was an overload of information on delivery day - and the manuals really aren't geared towards first timers.) Anyway thank you so much for your informative videos! I have watched so many of them, and wish you shipped to Australia!

[domenicmaiani]

Thanks, great advice! I appreciate your taking the time to produce great videos!

I have a new tractor ordered and am hoping that it will arrive in the next couple weeks!

I have bee binge watching your channel as well as @My Cluttered Garage, @GP Outdoors, and @a Ritter Bit Will Do for months and am anxious to put all the theory and head knowledge into practice (with a heaping helping of humility)!

Love your channel (& your spaniel... haven't seen her in a while, I hope she is doing well!)

[KubotaMonsterBXS]

Great video as always. I've been a follower for a long time even with my "Green Machine" YT channel. I want to give you a heads up on your volume level. I would turn up your recorded volume on your videos during editing, I have the volume level all the way up on the YT volume and my computer volume, and its still not quit loud enough. Other then that your videos are done perfectly. Thanks again for the great content.

[kendolan-delvecchio]

Just bought a kubota lx2610 and have been having fun getting used to it. I have liquid ballast in the wheels but feel like I could use more ballast after moving some fill across my property, which is quite hilly. And I don't want to always be attached to my brush hog. This video gave me some ideas. Thanks!