Youll find that concrete weighs 3800-4000 pounds per cu yd -- about 19.9#/gal. I dont know how a 55 drum could be under 1k unless it wasnt full.
larry
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but why would someone consider hanging an ugly old barrel an a nice looking tractor?
But if I was going to build a barrel weight, I would consider a cat. 1 draw-bar and poke that through the barrel, and fill with cement. This would be stronger than re-bar as far as bending, and they only cost $20 or so.
Be careful so you don't make the thing to heavy for your tractor. There will be a lot of jerking around back there and you don't want to rip something off the rear end. I never heard of that happening, but I'm new here.
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I made one like this using a cat 1 draw bar and it worked great until I managed to tip it over and it snapped off one of the pins on the draw bar.
Now it's a useless giant paperweight cause I can't get the old draw bar out of it to replace it.
I think I'd rather have had it bend so I could just bend it back again.
Got more photos??? Interested in how you did the Toplink... I'm going back and forth from 55 gal. drum to a loaded pallet.Here is mine, about 750 lbs with a 2 inch receiver in the back, and 2 inch PVC tubes cast in the concrete for handle tools. and lots of room for chains and other things in the top.
James K0UA