Hilltop Hillbilly
Bronze Member
Following some of the many good tips from this forum, I decided to go with a concrete filled ballast box for the 3PH, to help when the FEL is picking up big loads.
My three requirements are:
1) I want to keep it as tight to the back of the tractor as possible for maneuvering around.
2) It needs to weigh about 1200 lbs to provide adequate counterweight.
3) I want to make it work with my HF quickhitch so I can pick it and drop it easily. I really only need it when working with the grapple. The rest of the time it'll sit on a couple dollies.
I know there's 100 different ways to add ballast (i.e. counterweight), but I talked with a local fabricator and he is willing to build a metal box for $150, and the concrete place across the street from him is willing to fill it up for free with leftover mix, so this turned out to be the easiest way for me to do it.
I drew up a (overly complicated) sketch of the box for the welder, and I'm posting it here for any comments or suggestions before I have it made. Any further thoughts on this much covered topic?
HH
My three requirements are:
1) I want to keep it as tight to the back of the tractor as possible for maneuvering around.
2) It needs to weigh about 1200 lbs to provide adequate counterweight.
3) I want to make it work with my HF quickhitch so I can pick it and drop it easily. I really only need it when working with the grapple. The rest of the time it'll sit on a couple dollies.
I know there's 100 different ways to add ballast (i.e. counterweight), but I talked with a local fabricator and he is willing to build a metal box for $150, and the concrete place across the street from him is willing to fill it up for free with leftover mix, so this turned out to be the easiest way for me to do it.
I drew up a (overly complicated) sketch of the box for the welder, and I'm posting it here for any comments or suggestions before I have it made. Any further thoughts on this much covered topic?
HH