Marveltone
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2010
- Messages
- 1,485
- Location
- Somewhere north of Roseau, MN
- Tractor
- Fordson Major Diesel, McCormick Deering W4, Ford 1510, John Deere L111
I've been passively looking for ways to add more rear ballast for doing loader intensive jobs for a while. What I mean by "passively looking" is I've been too distracted by other more important projects to make it a priority. Just the other day, while rummaging through the garage, I stepped over a small pile of 45lb suitcase weights I've been intending to put on the front of another tractor. "What? Weights? I wonder..." :scratchchin:
I picked one up, carried it over to my box blade and slipped it over one of the braces that run from the front to the back. "Well I'll be... It fits!" I quickly grabbed the others and slipped them on. Six weights at 45lbs each makes an extra 270 lbs to my 410 lb box blade equals 680 lbs. And they can come and go instantly. Why hadn't I thought of this before? :duh::ashamed:
I'll play around with this set-up the next couple days to see if they need to be clamped down at all. So far, on the smooth lawn, they stay put.
Joe
I picked one up, carried it over to my box blade and slipped it over one of the braces that run from the front to the back. "Well I'll be... It fits!" I quickly grabbed the others and slipped them on. Six weights at 45lbs each makes an extra 270 lbs to my 410 lb box blade equals 680 lbs. And they can come and go instantly. Why hadn't I thought of this before? :duh::ashamed:
I'll play around with this set-up the next couple days to see if they need to be clamped down at all. So far, on the smooth lawn, they stay put.
Joe