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Coles · 12-04-2008, 11:10 AM

Thanks very much to all of you:

Brian for remembering the right source and finding the link.
Schmism for pasting in the picture.
Runner for the picture of the jack adapted to boat motors
Travelover and Flusher for describing your overhead lifts (nice old moldboard you have sitting there, Flusher).

Dirtworksequip, I wish I had weights the same style as yours. Mine are solid, dense little chunks and hard to get a hold of.

That little floor jack with the right angle fastened onto it is close to what I had in mind, but it's even simpler (the jack, not my mind). I'm going to modify both the design in the picture and my first idea. I will post a picture when I get done (which really ought to be before I have to plow snow but may have to wait till later).

JD sells a second set of weights to bolt onto the 50lb weights I already have. But I think I will use an idea I saw discussed on several other threads: just make my own out of old barbell weights. That should be cheaper anyway. JD certainly has a high opinion of pieces of metal that they have painted yellow.

In answer to a question: Yes, I do need to put the weights on and take them off fairly often because of the number of different things I ask my 2305 to do. It does them pretty well, by the way.

12-04-2008, 11:10 AM	#13 (permalink)
Coles New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7	Re: installing wheel weights conveniently Thanks very much to all of you: Brian for remembering the right source and finding the link. Schmism for pasting in the picture. Runner for the picture of the jack adapted to boat motors Travelover and Flusher for describing your overhead lifts (nice old moldboard you have sitting there, Flusher). Dirtworksequip, I wish I had weights the same style as yours. Mine are solid, dense little chunks and hard to get a hold of. That little floor jack with the right angle fastened onto it is close to what I had in mind, but it's even simpler (the jack, not my mind). I'm going to modify both the design in the picture and my first idea. I will post a picture when I get done (which really ought to be before I have to plow snow but may have to wait till later). JD sells a second set of weights to bolt onto the 50lb weights I already have. But I think I will use an idea I saw discussed on several other threads: just make my own out of old barbell weights. That should be cheaper anyway. JD certainly has a high opinion of pieces of metal that they have painted yellow. In answer to a question: Yes, I do need to put the weights on and take them off fairly often because of the number of different things I ask my 2305 to do. It does them pretty well, by the way.