Anyone know the correct color grey for Kubota front end weights?

[sixdogs]

oosik..thanks.

The parts guy wasn't sure but is looking it up and that could take forever or even never. So when I need a fast answer, I ask here. TBN'ers are a smart lot of people. I have 15 of these weights and they all are the same color but I cannot figure out which shade they are. Plus, I'm somewhat color blind and can't differentiate between the weight and the picture.

The answer will show up by either someone knowing or the dealer calling.

 

[oosik]

Wow!!! That's a lot of suitcase type weights. The other dilemma I see is - undoubtedly over time the paint on the weights has faded somewhat and although it has become a lot better - the color on the "color match card" never seems to be the exact shade when the paint dries on your project.

Don't worry - last I heard only about 5% to 7% of the population has true 100% color perception.

On the other and a bit hilarious side - the neighbor just bought a new BIG Case IH and about 10-12 weights for the front. They came on a separate pallet and he asked his teenage son to take them off the pallet and put them on the front weight rack on the tractor. I guess the boy didn't think simple red was fitting because he "spiced them up" using multiple cans of varying color spray paint. The brand new tractor looks like something the hippies would use to pull a wagon down Haight/Ashbury. I'm glad I wasn't around when the neighbor saw his son's improvements.

 

[sixdogs]

I saw some big weighs come in for the back of a larger tractor and I think they were 600 lbs each. Same day I counted over 20 (24 ?) weights on the front of a JD and they were the 125lb ones I think. The front bracket looked to be 500 lbs so that's quite a load.

There are many pics on the TBN of bar bell round flat weights turned into tractor weights and most looked really good--and cheap. I've done it as well for implements.

 

[Ford850]

Six, Can you tell the color by the date? Did Kubota use only one of those grays during the years your weights or tractor was built? I'm trying to use the same logic that would work on the Ford grays over the years, and thought it might work for Kubota too.

 

[sixdogs]

Six, Can you tell the color by the date? Did Kubota use only one of those grays during the years your weights or tractor was built? I'm trying to use the same logic that would work on the Ford grays over the years, and thought it might work for Kubota too.

Kubota changed things around so no logic that I understand. I'm thinking it's the same color as the frame which is dark gray but not the glossy dark grey. Just whatever the color of the frame is.

I used to understand the Ford gray and Ford dark white/light gray thing years ago and maybe can remember. Ask away if you want and if I don't know will know where to get the answer.

 

[arrow]

My brother in law owns a paint store. If you can use a sprayer, any automotive paint store can exactly match the color with a special camera that takes a snap of your present color and coordinates with a computer to add the correct colors and amounts to attain the color you want or you can take a pic of your rops with the color chart next to it and I'll tell you the color. (I seem to have an eye for that)

With you being color blind, these shades aren't helping the matter whatsoever.

 

[sixdogs]

My brother in law owns a paint store. If you can use a sprayer, any automotive paint store can exactly match the color with a special camera that takes a snap of your present color and coordinates with a computer to add the correct colors and amounts to attain the color you want.

At the very least they could identify it.

 

[Coyote machine]

You could get a sample of the 2 greys you think are closest and spray test one or two of the weights to see what is closest to the chart of your frame color. Gloss shouldn't change the actual underlying base color, just is shininess and ability to last in the harsh sunlight.

 

[sixdogs]

Weights spend their life in the sun and weather and seem to fade on the first day. I have some brand new ones and can't tell the right color. I will try to compare some tomorrow but they are 100 lbs and not really easy to find the best side and then place together.

Here's an example: most people don't know that Kubota has a different paint and color for their ROPS even though they look at it every day. The shades just seem to fade together and look too similar.

 

[sixdogs]

I figured it out and had it independently confirmed. The correct color for front end weights is whatever frame color the tractor came with. For post 1989 Kubotas that would be the dark gray enamel that is not glossy. Glossy is for the frame.

The bracket that these bolt to is often the same orange as the body color but it can also be gloss gray like the frame.

After seeing weights that came through as the plain enamel compared with guys that had incorrectly painted them the gloss gray, the glossy paint held up much better and it what I'm going with. Glossy weights that were outside for several years still looked great while the plain dull enamel gray had already rusted considerably. I really try to stay factory correct but this small violation for such a dramatic improvement is something I can live with.