GPintheMitten
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- Joined
- Sep 8, 2009
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- Location
- Flushing, Michigan
- Tractor
- Kubota B2620 with BH65 backhoe, Ford 2N
I needed some weight on the front of my Kubota B6200 to counter the rear snow blower. But I'm going to build a fel one of these days so I may want rear ballast too.
So I built a frame that I can hang on the front and put homemade concrete weights in. I put lower lift pins on it for when I want to put it on the rear. Also included a 2 inch receiver. I haven't put the top link on yet, but have the steel to do it later.
The steel box weighs 80 lbs empty and each concrete cube weighs 40 pounds. I also have an old battery that I can strap on top that weighs another 40 pounds and if that isn't enough, I can put my portable winch on a 2 inch insert bar which would add about another 80 pounds.
So I can configure it as 240 lbs or 280 or 360 lbs. When I made the forms, I put in small blocks inside the forms to make space for the receiver and the lower lift pins. Here's a few pics.
More pics in next post.
So I built a frame that I can hang on the front and put homemade concrete weights in. I put lower lift pins on it for when I want to put it on the rear. Also included a 2 inch receiver. I haven't put the top link on yet, but have the steel to do it later.
The steel box weighs 80 lbs empty and each concrete cube weighs 40 pounds. I also have an old battery that I can strap on top that weighs another 40 pounds and if that isn't enough, I can put my portable winch on a 2 inch insert bar which would add about another 80 pounds.
So I can configure it as 240 lbs or 280 or 360 lbs. When I made the forms, I put in small blocks inside the forms to make space for the receiver and the lower lift pins. Here's a few pics.
More pics in next post.