California
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- Joined
- Jan 22, 2004
- Messages
- 14,678
- Location
- An hour north of San Francisco
- Tractor
- Yanmar YM240 Yanmar YM186D
I just brought home a new (to me) little Yanmar YM186D. The manual says it weighs 1535 lbs (plus maybe 400 lbs?? for the loader that's on it).
It needs rear ballast; its so nose heavy that in 2wd it will hardly back uphill on soft ground.
I have four 77 lb wheel weights that I could make fit on the rear wheels. Possibly one outer and one inner on each side. Plus loading the rear tires with water would be another 100 lbs per side. (don't need antifreeze here).
How heavy can I go before operation is sluggish pulling too much weight? Any way this could damage the tractor?
Here's a photo where I wedged a weight in place temporarily to verify I can make it fit. At 17" diameter on 16" rims it just fits in the bead portion of the rim.
The bolt circle diameter is larger than the tractor rim's holes for weights. But since the weight's holes are slotted, running the bolts angled should still work. If I decide on double weights (inner/outer) I will bend some threaded rod to go down through the wheel and beyond to the inner weight. Has anyone done this?
Any advice?
It needs rear ballast; its so nose heavy that in 2wd it will hardly back uphill on soft ground.
I have four 77 lb wheel weights that I could make fit on the rear wheels. Possibly one outer and one inner on each side. Plus loading the rear tires with water would be another 100 lbs per side. (don't need antifreeze here).
How heavy can I go before operation is sluggish pulling too much weight? Any way this could damage the tractor?
Here's a photo where I wedged a weight in place temporarily to verify I can make it fit. At 17" diameter on 16" rims it just fits in the bead portion of the rim.
The bolt circle diameter is larger than the tractor rim's holes for weights. But since the weight's holes are slotted, running the bolts angled should still work. If I decide on double weights (inner/outer) I will bend some threaded rod to go down through the wheel and beyond to the inner weight. Has anyone done this?
Any advice?