2018 JD 1025r. anyone able to use 4 foot auger?

[bfloyd4445]

I'm about to buy one of these little guys but but wish to be able to dig 4 foot post holes. All the PHD's seem to only have 3 foot or 30 inch long augers. I guess i could fabricate an extension to add with the auger in the hole? Would be better if i could find a PHD that will allow a 48 inch auger. Any ideas

 

[KennyG]

Series one tractors are limited Cat 1 3 point machines which means the total lift is limited (mainly because of the smaller tires). I doubt you would have enough lift for a longer PHD. I can't say for sure but I doubt that my larger 2320 would be able to use a 48 inch PHD.

 

[deerefan]

I'm about to buy one of these little guys but but wish to be able to dig 4 foot post holes. All the PHD's seem to only have 3 foot or 30 inch long augers. I guess i could fabricate an extension to add with the auger in the hole? Would be better if i could find a PHD that will allow a 48 inch auger. Any ideas

Check out Tractor Time with Tim on youtube. He has the same tractor and did an auger video. Good info.

 

[John Fitzgerald]

Why not go for the 2025r? It has the same motor, but is a real cat 1.

Looking at some of Tim's videos, I think he many times wishes he had the 2025r instead of the 1025r he has. The base price is only about $2,300 more.

 

[bfloyd4445]

Series one tractors are limited Cat 1 3 point machines which means the total lift is limited (mainly because of the smaller tires). I doubt you would have enough lift for a longer PHD. I can't say for sure but I doubt that my larger 2320 would be able to use a 48 inch PHD.

My issue with the concept is the height is limited by the length of the boom and drive shaft. So a longer boom would allow the same drive shaft angle putting the gearbox higher allowing for a longer bit. Would be easy to tweak a PHD to make it work. Another feature i would like to see would be a pto that can work in either direction.
I'll have to wait till i get mine then do some engineering to make it work and i will.

 

[bfloyd4445]

Check out Tractor Time with Tim on you tube. He has the same tractor and did an auger video. Good info.

Thanks, I'll check Tim out. I could not find one of the 1025r with PHD

 

[bfloyd4445]

Why not go for the 2025r? It has the same motor, but is a real cat 1.

Looking at some of Tim's videos, I think he many times wishes he had the 2025r instead of the 1025r he has. The base price is only about $2,300 more.

I would except for the huge price difference. The 1025r filb package from the factory results in a large savings over buying the components individually then paying the dealer to install them. Example: a 1023 TLB was quoted to me at 20800, 1025r filb 19800. 2025 TLB 23500. I got the same thing from MF dealer. The gc1710 and the gc1720 FILB was substantially cheaper than the other models i asked about with dealer installed accessories.

 

[beenthere]

Hard to directly compare a Deere to a MF.. just sayin....

 

[bfloyd4445]

Hard to directly compare a Deere to a MF.. just sayin....

I wasnt doing that i was simply saying the MF FILB packages were just like JD's much cheaper than dealer installed package.

 

[deerefan]

Thanks, I'll check Tim out. I could not find one of the 1025r with PHD

It is titled Good,Bad&Ugly:Compact Tractor Post Hole Digger. It is under Tractor Time with Tim.