daTeacha
Veteran Member
I went to the junk yard yesterday and picked up some scrap steel discs for about a quarter a pound with the objective of making some wheel weights. The factory cast iron weights sell for $88 per hundred pound weight and are set up for two per rear wheel with Ag tires.
When I checked out of the junk yard, I had 560 pounds of steel in the truck. I already have a 900 lb. rear weight on the 3 point hitch of my DX29. I'm wondering if the factory limit of 200 lb per wheel is critical or just a related to the fact that they hold them on with 5/8 carriage bolts? Can I hang a couple hundred pounds on each wheel plus the 900 on the hitch? I don't see where it should be a problem, but I'm wondering what you guys think.
I'm wanting to add the wheel weights since I have lifted a rear wheel now and then working with the loader and quartering uphill or down.
When I checked out of the junk yard, I had 560 pounds of steel in the truck. I already have a 900 lb. rear weight on the 3 point hitch of my DX29. I'm wondering if the factory limit of 200 lb per wheel is critical or just a related to the fact that they hold them on with 5/8 carriage bolts? Can I hang a couple hundred pounds on each wheel plus the 900 on the hitch? I don't see where it should be a problem, but I'm wondering what you guys think.
I'm wanting to add the wheel weights since I have lifted a rear wheel now and then working with the loader and quartering uphill or down.