Casimir, Thanks for the note. If the correct wheel weights look like the wrong ones they sent me home with a couple months ago, they are big lumps of cast iron which mount about midway between axle and rim. Three would balance but one or two can't. I asked yesterday afternoon when I picked up the tractor if it would hop up and down at max speed with only one or two weights per wheel and was told it isn't a problem. Apparrently you can choose to use 1, 2, or 3 depending on need. Since they goofed up previously AND THEN "accidently" sold my weights when they came in, they will do the install as a customer service freebie to make amends.
My brush hog weighs over 1000 lbs and has leverage as well. Box blade is heavier but shorter coupled. Without one of these on the back the FEL gets pretty "light duty". I frequently lift both back wheels in the air using the FEL with the box blade on. Brush hog is better counter wieght but gets in the way in tight manuvers, much of the reason I want weights. With weights and box blade I should be able to lift the rated weight with bucket or pallet forks (forks are rated to lift 1300 lbs) without getting too light in the back. I have had to quickly drop/lower loads on the pallet forks to avoid a roll over. A bundle of 200 T posts for example. I can lift them but if you turn the front wheels very far the geometry changes and the slightest bump or disturbance will initiate a roll over.
Be careful with your indiscriminate use of the "L" word (Lazy) as I resemble that remark.
Kubota sings the praises of, recommends, and gives full instructions for the use of CaCl solution in the rear tires but in the "fine print" says except with a cab. After considerable research (No dealers knew) I found that it is a ROPS issue. 80% (max recommended fill) exceeds the rating of the cab/ROPS. Liquid fill in wheels is a bit like a free surface in an un-baffled tank and makes a "live" load contribution that weights don't. Wheel weights were not prohibited. I would have thought they would have just restricted fill to 50% or whatever and gone on. I'm trying to comply so I have weights on order, again.
Best to you, and thanks again,
Pat