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What kind of parts are you needing at 50hrs??

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Nice looking tractor!

Brian, that stop would be fairly easy to fabricate.

Can you reverse the rear wheels to be narrower?

Resale value is so overrated. Your saving $ 10K upfront and the service use for many years. So the resale is just icing on the cake. Irrelevant unless your looking for a short term purchase. Excellent video, begs the question of when JD and other premium brands will once again put people in front of profits.

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Thank you for a well organized and thoughtful video.

Glad you’re enjoying your Summit Tractor. You covered some areas of concern that I share. The US and world tractor market are fairly small markets overall. Solis, Mahindra, Kioti, TYM, LS, Branson, and other asian manufacturers are competing for the compact, sub-compact US market against Kubota, John Deere, New Holland, Bobcat, Massey, Case etc. Price points, included features build quality, warranties, and manufactures financing programs make the decision on which to buy fairly complex. For me I chose not to buy Chinese for many reasons. First there’s the communist tyranny government, true enemies of republic democracies. When you can easily deal with foreign US allies, better quality at a very competitive price, have a dealer backing your purchase with maintaining and obtaining parts when needed and support local dealers who also support the Ag community with jobs and services, why would anyone opt for supporting a Chinese communist government controlled company? For me the price of supporting US allies, local dealers and not contributing to the CCP is by far the best way to do my part to help preserve Our constitutional freedoms. If you can’t buy American at least buy from US allies. The bigger picture my friend, hope this helps others to consider not just the price things but the value of our actions and the things we put our American dollars into.

Is it a diesel

How wide is your bucket? Most of them are 60 inches. It looks less than that.

Thanks for the video. I'm in the market for a small tractor. John Deere and Kubota are on top so far. Kioti, Bobcat and Bad boy are not on the list because I have three friends that bought them and all three had major problems. Summit was of the list until I saw a servicing dealer in Game a KS. Hopefully it is as reliable as a Kubota.

Do you wish you kept your 1025R?

Hey, where you from? I'm from Mcdonald County, MO.

John Deere is a after market tractor anyway you didn’t downgrade it’s probably better. If you bought a kubota you’ll never look back

Thanks for the heads up regarding 50 hour maintenance. Good job!

You are correct, they should not paint over filters.

My suggestion; Use a box end or open end wrench on the bolts not an adjustable wrench.

Hope they have changed all that procedure by now!!

Good job young man. What area are you in?

I'm sure a lot of people don't understand how uncomfortable that background music can be to certain people with hearing impairments.

My Tx25 has fuel pre filter inline before pump what did you do about it.

Just ordered mine today, can't wait to get it.

The one piece of advice that stuck out to me when shopping for our first new tractor was: Prioritize choosing the best dealer/service center as much as your tractor model. For us in our location this meant JD, Kubota and LS. We ended up with LS; I think we'll be happy. (Also found out that blue paint is a lot cheaper than Green or Orange - $10,000 and $13,000 respectively).

The Summit TX25 is their version of the JD 1025R, not the JD 2025R.

Well done.

Harbor Freight just came out with a Quinn 1/2 in drive low profile socket set. Back side fits a 7/8 wrench. Certainly did the trick for me!!! lots of interesting things to work with on these tractors!!!

Great video man. The stump grinding biz is a tough gig and depends a lot on location . I'm also starting stump grinding biz but renting a stump grinder to start out and then if I make enough money then buy a 3 point hitch grinder like the one you mention . Will be watching .

You're giving me lot of ideas on work I want to do around my property and holding pond someday. Thinking about upgrading from my old 8N Ford to a Summit so your videos are helpful. Keep them coming.

They look like a very well built tractor. I like you don't think of resale when you expect to have & use it for many years to come.

Why so much concern about warranty…..with only 150 hrs the JD was barely broken in ?

A green Solis.

Is your key in the on position?? Sounds like your pump is running

I have enjoyed your videos as Summit is on my list for getting a tractor this year and would probably put a hydraulic top link on. I know it has the hydraulic remotes on the back but does it have the switch to operate it already? I believe there is a switch for the 3rd function on front but didn't know about the rear. Thanks.

Excellent recap and commentary! I first heard about Summit Tractors and ITL watching Good Works Tractors which got me interested in keeping track of the company. Then you came up in my suggested feed and I became a subscriber. I'm also watching Piney Grove and their recent new partnership with Summit Tractors. I like and trust both those channels very much and feel they are both highly principled, but still it is nice to hear the perspective of someone that has shelled out their own hard earned money for everything as well. I'm going to become a first time tractor owner this year. I am looking to buy property in the spring, something between 5 and 15 acres. I'm about 7 to 10 years away from retiring so this is likely the only tractor I will every own. I am really liking everything I am seeing and hearing about Summit, especially the price. Being able to buy 3 or 4 Summit implements with the tractor for the price of another brand tractor and just a loader is huge for someone like myself!

Slow down take your time is the best advice I can give you. Been running tractors for about thirty five years now and speed will damage your equipment and get you hurt. My dad always said tractor work is slow work. And it has served me well all of these years.

What happens if that probably single dealer in your state goes out of business? Now you will be traveling for maybe hours to another state. No thanks.

They have changed the joy stick for the bucket so it's not that tall one anymore also they do have a backhoe attachment I've seen one on a Summit tractor here where I live . I'm not a fan of the self leveling bucket either but if you use it for lifting pallets or totes their fine but rolling the bucket back to get a full bucket of gravel or what ever your using it for can be an issue. I guess you just have to decide which would work best for you and purchase the equipment that best suits your needs. Overall looks like a fairly decent little tractor.

You could grind my stump big daddy

Is your new tractor smaller, about the same or larger than the 2025r JD?

My Kubota box 2380 50hours require maintenance cost me about $60 dollars

Never liked JD or any of the big 4 tractor groups… always went with the alternative… been perfectly happy without the premium pricing and rip-offs.

I ended up with kubotas ….im fairly able to maintain and fix most everything not digital on a tractor (other than major hydraulic internal issues) I have a dealer about 15 miles from me and glad I went with a brand that has a dealer close by……being my latest tractor is a L3902 , filters are available from other parties yet….kubota only for now.. my dealer had everything I needed when it came to the 50 hr service .. They’ve also been super helpful with questions I’ve had. Most tractors now days are probably similar to reliability but they’ll all have issues at some point…..dealer support is crucial imo to keep an expensive tractor doing tractor things. Nice video and honest review!

Honestly the odds of a manufacturer being a startup and making it now are close to zero. Sadly its just a fact. Try getting parts 10 years from now. Call me whatever you want to but history is on my side and that is where things were rolling along quite well now what we projecting have for the next decade now. Try sourcing some Frontier parts or Jinma. I wish Summit the very best and the more competitive the arena the better the product will be for everyone so I really hope I'm wrong.

Good video! I have only 8 hours on my TX25H and I noticed the large black loader support brackets that attach to the tractor frame are moving/sliding a little.. the black paint chipping was the giveaway. Just read the operator manual for the loader and it says on page 53 to check "all" loader bolts after the first 10 hours and then every 50 hours thereafter. Noticed any movement on yours?

Thanx for making this video. Saved me a lot of time.

Nice mod's, Brian. Looks like you did some work to customize your trailer, too. That's a good sized grinder.

Make a in use grinding video

Mitsubishi makes the engine in it and they used to make tractors, but they stopped from all the engine failers!

If you put a 3 point back hoe on it the transmission case will break in half!!! China junk!!