Budget counter weight.

[vtsnowedin]

Update w/pics??? :confused3:

I will as soon as I get back to it. Got to plant the food plot and put peas in the garden first.:licking:

 

[Aaron9876]

Stainless Rebar, can you say -->$$$<-- we are going to try using fiberglass rebar on a upcoming project for the same reason

 

[dusty3030]

Ballast barrel is a great place to get rid of any old brake drums or rotors lying around too. If you haul scrap fairly often may be worth more to you selling it but it's a cheap way to add weight!

 

[vtsnowedin]

Ballast barrel is a great place to get rid of any old brake drums or rotors lying around too. If you haul scrap fairly often may be worth more to you selling it but it's a cheap way to add weight!

Oh I plan on adding quite a few bits and pieces from my scrap pile including seveal old brake drums. I think I've got enough scrap around to get the finished drum up to about 1300 lbs.

 

[bigtiller]

I have some #4 bar to connect the two. I'm thinking the top link tabs need to come out of the side of the barrel eighteen inches above the cross bar instead of sticking up out of the top of the concrete.
Yes to your other suggestions.

Change that to 15 inches and you can use the JD i-match 3 point quick hitch.

 

[Utopia Texas]

I used 1 1/2'' pipe and pins from Tractor supply. Metal from old dock hardware and seven 80 lb. bags of concrete mix.

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Your middle picture gives me a idea. Why not use the Evinrude motor as a counter weight? That way if you got stuck in deep mud you could just start it up and putter out of the puddle!