Concrete barrel

[Everhard]

Hi all, I'm making one of those concrete filled barrels as a counter weight for my tractor - an opinions on filling it with concrete - do it all in one go or do it in stages and let the concrete set up in each stage?

Thanks,

E.

 

[mrmikey]

One go, make your mess all at one time and you're done although it makes no matter for a counterweight. Structural you want to have it in one homogeneous mass with no areas of lamination....Mike

 

[deerseeker001]

I did mine all at once,turned out good.

 

[Pixguy]

Agreed, all at once. Be sure to add some PVC pipes for rakes and shovels. I even heated a 4" pipe and made it elongated so I can either put in my D-handle snow shovel or my chainsaw.

I also added a 2" receiver for any trailer I wanted to pull around.

 

[k0ua]

Agreed, all at once. Be sure to add some PVC pipes for rakes and shovels. I even heated a 4" schedule 40 pipe and made it elongated so I can either put in my D-handle snow shovel or my chainsaw.

I also added a 2" receiver for and trailer I wanted to pull around.

^ this, as above. I put in 3 two inch PVC pipes, I wish I had put in 4. The two inch receiver hitch welded in is good too. I wish I had throwed in the mix a couple hundred pounds of old steel nuts and bolts or some such for the bottom to make it heavier while being able to leave some space at the top for carrying things. (chains etc.). Of course it depends on how heavy you want it to be. I made if for my previous tractor, and it was about perfectly weighted, but my current tractor could use a bit more weight.

 

[tcartwri]

it's just ballast, it's not a bridge.

 

[adirondackmtnman]

All at once will be easier. I mixed my counterweight's concrete with pieces of scrap steel to add more weight for the volume...at the very bottom of the drum, there's a 24"x4" flywheel from a sand screen plant. I got 1550 lbs from 2/3 of an oil drum...not too shabby

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[SPYDERLK]

All at once will be easier. I mixed my counterweight's concrete with pieces of scrap steel to add more weight for the volume...at the very bottom of the drum, there's a 24"x4" flywheel from a sand screen plant. I got 1550 lbs from 2/3 of an oil drum...not too shabby

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Thats what Im going to do. Hoping to get near 2000# in a 55gal. Oriented laying down so it can spin if it touches down.
larry

 

[Everhard]

Thanks for the replies everyone, I've got a ck20s so it doesn't have to be that heavy. It will have a hitch receiver, I finished that up yesterday, I've been debating the idea of putting tubes in - I imagine you guys must put drain holes in the bottom of those then? I'm also going to set mine up so that I can put the winch off my jeep onto it. (It's hydraulic, going to set it up to be portable so I can use it on both tractor or jeep.)

E.

 

[Pixguy]

No drain holes in my pipes. I garage my scut and I have caps on them if there's no tools in it.