My take on a Ballast Box

[PILOON]

Well my Ballast is a 300# elevator weight to which I added some 12" high X 6" tubes each side of the vertical that the upper 3 pt arm attaches to.
The vertical also incorporates a 2" X 2" receiver hitch tube.
The whole rig simply has pins to accommodate the 3 pt lower arms.
Nice compact installation.
Width is less than my wheels and it is a mere few inches longer than the 3 pt lower arms.
Added to one of the vertical storage tubes is about 100lbs of old scuba weights that I had hanging around.
Both rears are also loaded with beet juice so I have TRACTION!

 

[Wagtail]

Love that idea Wagtail. Was just looking at it tonight thinking it needed wheels, but didn't want them permanently attached. Know a good source for casters that will hold up to that kind of weight?

Sources aren't known for your 'neck of the woods' but I simply went to a large hardware 'box store'. They had an area for various castor-type wheels and I bought the heaviest duty (blue, in my case) plastic, 360 degree horizontal rotating wheels that they had. One of the four (per pallet) was a locking/brake type.

Most of the implements use regular pallets, a couple I constructed to specifically fit (tiller, fertiliser spreader).

 

[Pixguy]

Love that idea Wagtail. Was just looking at it tonight thinking it needed wheels, but didn't want them permanently attached. Know a good source for casters that will hold up to that kind of weight?

You can easily find good casters at Harbor Freight or Home Depot.
I've made dollies for all my implements including backhoe and fel. Like Wag said, easy to move around to store or roll up to attach when needed.

 

[Rook78]

Off to Home Depot I go tomorrow. If anyone has a pic of their pallets with wheels I'd love to see them. Thanks again guys!

 

[Pixguy]

Off to Home Depot I go tomorrow. If anyone has a pic of their pallets with wheels I'd love to see them. Thanks again guys!

Not a pallet but just a set of wheels added to an extension of a moving dolly. Easy to move.

 

[Wagtail]

Off to Home Depot I go tomorrow. If anyone has a pic of their pallets with wheels I'd love to see them. Thanks again guys!

Here ya go Mate. Believe it, there's a 5' slasher on its own wheeled pallet in the back. Everything just slides around with minimum effort.

 

[Xfaxman]

Off to Home Depot I go tomorrow. If anyone has a pic of their pallets with wheels I'd love to see them. Thanks again guys!

Not pallets, just 2 x 6's:

Even a small furniture dolly works:

Put this together from scraps:

 

[Rook78]

Well I redid the box and made it half the distance off the back of the tractor.

Also had the rear tires loaded with RimGuard

Grapple came in as well. I love this thing.



The boy getting some seat time



Thank you all who helped me think this through!