Added weight advice

[currierej]

The from diff on my grey market tractor is inop, and I basically have a two wheel drive tractor, my property is soft sand and in two wheel drive it takes about 3 seconds for my tractor to bury itself.
I added a grapple and I love it, but I can really notice the 200 extra pounds on the front end.
I'd like to add about 1000 lbs to the rear of the tractor, my three point is rated to 1500, should I go higher or lower?

 

[jeff9366]

What is the lift capacity of your FEL?

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

For permanent weight, I would just fill the rear tires. For temporary weight, what do you have for 3 pt attachments now? I would either put on my box blade or my brush hog, depending on how much ballast I wanted to add. But my rears are filled with Rimguard too.

 

[currierej]

My loader is rated just over 1000lbs, right now I am using it with my brush hog on the back, but I'm thinking it's not heavy enough.
The rear tires are not water filled

 

[Jstpssng]

The from diff on my grey market tractor is inop, and I basically have a two wheel drive tractor, my property is soft sand and in two wheel drive it takes about 3 seconds for my tractor to bury itself.
I added a grapple and I love it, but I can really notice the 200 extra pounds on the front end.
I'd like to add about 1000 lbs to the rear of the tractor, my three point is rated to 1500, should I go higher or lower?

What would it take to fix your 4WD? Most likely Buko $, or you would have already done it.

 

[currierej]

It's a Shibaura, if I could find parts, then yes I'm sure they would be expensive

 

[jeff9366]

My loader is rated just over 1000lbs, right now I am using it with my brush hog on the back, but I'm thinking it's not heavy enough.
The rear tires are not water filled

I suggest 700 pounds as a trial weight. The further back counterbalance extends, the more effective each pound is, so you need to experiment. If 700 pounds does not give sufficient traction add weight in 100 pound increments.





My 4-WD L3560 has an LA805 Loader with spec lift of 805 kilograms = 1,700 (+/-) pounds. My tires are filled with air.

I use a 600 pound Cultipacker as counterbalance most of the time, because Cultipacker is compact and I do not routinely lift over 1,200 pounds. If I need more counterbalance weight for a max lift, I mount a heavier implement.

 

[Billy Bee]

It's a Shibaura, if I could find parts, then yes I'm sure they would be expensive

Shibaura made a lot of tractors for Ford/New Holland, maybe some parts are interchangeable. It still wouldn't be cheap but a 2wd tractor,FEL and soft sand isn't a good combination. I think I would try to repair the 4WD, it would make a world of difference.
Bill