I use an elevator weight and sand. Easily at about 900lbs. Getting the weight into the box was a real PITA. But it's tall, so keeps the weight close to the tractor, which seems to help in having the box stablized when driving on the road.
Ballast Whats everyone use in there ballast box ?
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I used steel beer bottle molds.
I work at the factory that uses them and they let me have a few from the scap trailer. Each mold makes two bottles. I think each half weight about 33 pounds.
For a 748 i only needed to use about half the box. Tried it full and with the snowblowe on the front end, it took too much weight off the front tires.
I think i might have 300-350pounds in there.
I work at the factory that uses them and they let me have a few from the scap trailer. Each mold makes two bottles. I think each half weight about 33 pounds.
For a 748 i only needed to use about half the box. Tried it full and with the snowblowe on the front end, it took too much weight off the front tires.
I think i might have 300-350pounds in there.
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You just can't beat a Back Hoe. If extra weight is needed an Ice Chest filled with BEER works out real well.
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You just can't beat a Back Hoe. If extra weight is needed an Ice Chest filled with BEER works out real well.
OK: A rock now and then!:drink::drink:
Totally off topic, of course...
And a backhoe is pretty useless as ballast...too top heavy and awkward in close quarters.
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You know, on the 55 gallon drum thing I once had a 9N that needed a counterweight.
I put a drawbar on it and nestled a 55 gallon drum with the bottom against the flat of the drawbar and the barrel tilted and nestled into the back of the seat area.
The stay straps were on the link arms and the barrel rested nicely in this triangular framework.
I bolted the bottom of the barrel to the drawbar and had a 1/4" chain wrapped around the top of the barrel and bolted to the 3PT bracket on the tractor.
Then I filled it with rocks. It worked like a charm.
It was comapact and tight to the tractor and the stay straps supported the weight of the barrel. Seems like this would work fine with a plastic drum of today.
Just my two cents.
I put a drawbar on it and nestled a 55 gallon drum with the bottom against the flat of the drawbar and the barrel tilted and nestled into the back of the seat area.
The stay straps were on the link arms and the barrel rested nicely in this triangular framework.
I bolted the bottom of the barrel to the drawbar and had a 1/4" chain wrapped around the top of the barrel and bolted to the 3PT bracket on the tractor.
Then I filled it with rocks. It worked like a charm.
It was comapact and tight to the tractor and the stay straps supported the weight of the barrel. Seems like this would work fine with a plastic drum of today.
Just my two cents.
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Wrong!! Very much on topic and it works for me. A little plus is on a side slope you can swing the weight to the up hill side. In close quarters you do have to Think a little bit, it has never held me back and I often work in very tight areas.
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