jyoutz
Super Member
I have a Landpride 54" boxblade, which seems to be well-built and fairly tough. I'm getting my new loader installed this week on my 4100. This got me to thinking about a counterweight. The Landpride blade weighs oh around 350-400 pounds. This is somewhat less than a fully loaded ballest box. I have some huge heavy chunks of steel that I've been using for bolt-on front weights (1 1/2" x 8" x 25", about 75 pounds each). I've been thinking about mounting a bracket to the center of the box blade to hold 3 of these weights, which would add 225 pounds to my blade. This should help the counterweight problem considerably, hopefully this will be all that's necessary (my tires are not filled). Two questions for you more experienced folks: 1) would this be enough counterweight for a JD 4100 tractor? (tractor + loader is about 2300 pounds, loader has an 885 pound capacity-which I will seldom max out). 2) If I leave the weight on the boxblade always, I'm sure that it will cut and handle much better, but will this added weight tear up the blade and cause welds to start breaking?