Bobcat · Sub-Compact

Bobcat CT1025

~$17,205

MSRP, base build

Bobcat CT1025
Sub-Compact
24.5 hp engine · 18.8 PTO−23% to the shaft

Same 1000-platform chassis and same 608 lb loader as the CT1021, but with 24.5 hp and 18.8 PTO hp - Bobcat pushing to the top of the sub-compact bracket while the engine still stays clear of a particulate filter. Starts at $17,205.

Engine
24.5 hp
PTO
18.8 hp
Loader lift
608 lbs
3-pt lift
700 lbs

1.09 PTO hp per $1,000 of list price

As published by the maker

Specifications

Size class
Sub-Compact
Transmission
Hydrostatic
Engine
Daedong
Engine hp
24.5 hp
PTO hp
18.8 hp
Drive
4WD
Loader lift
608 lbs
Three-point lift
700 lbs
Hydraulic flow
7.2 GPM
Fuel tank
6.7 gal
Weight
1,521 lbs
4WD
Yes
Cab
Open station
Turbo
No
Cruise control
No

On the price: The maker's own published starting figure for the base build. A dealer adds a loader, a deck and freight on top.

Lift figures are the maker's and are quoted at whichever point the maker chose; the about page explains why two loaders with the same number do not lift the same pallet.

Comes with

4WDHydrostaticFront LoaderPower SteeringDiesel

From owner discussion and long-term write-ups

What owners say

What they like

  • 24.5 hp sits right at the regulatory line, making this the most powerful tractor Bobcat sells with no diesel particulate filter
  • 18.8 PTO hp for roughly $2,100 over the CT1021 is the cheapest horsepower step in the Bobcat tractor line
  • Two-range hydrostatic, 4WD and hydraulic power steering are all standard - nothing on the option sheet is needed to make it usable
  • Mid-PTO is standard for a mid-mount mower deck
  • The starting MSRP is published on the model page instead of being left entirely to the dealer

What they complain about

  • Loader lift stays at 608 lb at max height, so the extra engine power buys no lifting capacity at all
  • Three-point capacity is unchanged at 700 lb at 24 in behind the lift point
  • A 6.7 gal tank is small for a 24.5 hp engine doing loader work through a full day
  • No warranty term is published on the model page

Gathered from owner reports

What owners report

The CT1025's owners like it and describe the same boundary: the front loader. An owner who ran one for two years across two wooded residential acres and a private road before moving to twelve more says the loader's lifting limit constrained both the bucket and the forks, with the fork attachment barely able to pick up a pallet, and that there was not enough rear PTO power for the flail mower and woodchipper he wanted. Everything else on his list worked — a rear-mounted PTO snow blower, a box blade, an angle blade, a rake blade and tow-behind mower decks were all fine. That is a fair summary of the machine: a capable chore and snow tractor whose ceiling arrives at the loader pins rather than at the engine. Prices reported run from around $16,000 out the door with a loader and third function on a promotion to about $20,000 with a loader and belly mower, and cross-shoppers note that a TYM T254 came in at the same money with more capacity, larger tires and a Yanmar engine.

What comes up favourably

  • It covers the sub-compact job list well — owners report a rear-mounted PTO snow blower, box blade, angle blade, rake blade and tow-behind mower decks all working without complaint on a couple of wooded acres and a private road
  • Promotional pricing gets it down to around $16,000 out the door with a loader and a third function already fitted
  • An inexpensive garden-tractor-sized aftermarket cab fits it well — one owner paid about $700 shipped and gets both wind protection and some retained engine heat out of it

What comes up as a complaint

  • The front loader is the limit owners hit first, to the point that one describes the fork attachment as barely able to lift a pallet, which constrains what the machine is useful for well before the engine runs out
  • Rear PTO output will not run the attachments owners want next — a flail mower or a woodchipper is the specific pair named as the reason for upgrading
  • The 50-hour service calls for a full hydrostatic and hydraulic fluid change, which is awkward if the nearest Bobcat dealer is far away and you are trying to work out whether a generic fluid will do
  • One owner reports an engine stop solenoid that will not reopen after shutdown, leaving him having to open it manually to start the machine

Questions worth asking

Will I outgrow it?
You will if your plans include a grapple, pallet work or large PTO implements. The owner with the most hours on one in this evidence loved operating it and still replaced it, because the front lift capacity was too low for what he wanted to move with forks and the rear PTO would not turn a woodchipper or a decent flail mower. If your list is snow, a box blade, a rake and light hauling on a few acres, he is equally clear that he would have been fine staying on the small platform.
New CT1025 or a used Kubota BX for less?
The comparison buyers actually face is a new one around $20,000 against a decade-old BX with a few hundred hours around $12,000, both with loader and belly mower. Nobody in the evidence regrets buying new, and the arguments they give are warranty, financing and not inheriting someone else's maintenance. The counterweight is that at 100 to 200 hours a year, an older machine's hours matter less than its condition and the dealer behind it.
What about a cab for winter?
An aftermarket garden-tractor-sized cab fits this machine well. One owner bought a Bercomac unit for roughly $700 shipped and reports it fitting perfectly, keeping the wind off and holding some engine heat. Given how much of what these tractors do is snow work, it is a cheap improvement relative to buying up into a factory cab model.

Summarised from public owner discussion, not from testing. Nothing here was measured by this site, and a report that recurs is not the same as a defect rate.

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