Front carrier/ weight box

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mfrost

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JD 750
Without a FEL my little 750 gets a little light in the front end so I took a couple old 5th wheel bed rails and fixed that problem. The box weighs about as much as the two pieces of RR track I had hanging off the front before so probably won't need the concrete pavers so there will be room for storage of chains and tools

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That's very similar to what we used to use on the front of our 2WD non FEL Universal tractor. We just put in an old D style battery, not as much weight, but it was enough to get some steering with a blower on the back.

Good place to throw a chain or two as well.
 
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That's very clever and would work for me on a bigger tractor that needs a rock box.
 
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That's very clever and would work for me on a bigger tractor that needs a rock box.

Front carrier/weight box/rock box/ anything box. Probably add a tubing sleeve so I can carry my flat nose shovel or pitch fork
 
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Front carrier/weight box/rock box/ anything box. Probably add a tubing sleeve so I can carry my flat nose shovel or pitch fork

For those of us that do field or turf work, a rock box is a necessity, yet there is almost nowhere to put one on a compact tractor without a major fabrication effort. Without one, you can try to put one or two rocks on the floor, maybe hold one or two and then you're in trouble. A rock box is a must have.
 
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For those of us that do field or turf work, a rock box is a necessity, yet there is almost nowhere to put one on a compact tractor without a major fabrication effort. Without one, you can try to put one or two rocks on the floor, maybe hold one or two and then you're in trouble. A rock box is a must have.

I mounted a receiver hitch on the front of my Ford 1210, I can mount a slide in platform/box just like you see on the back of cars going doing the highway but, this goes on the front of my tractor. Don't use it often but, when I need it, all I do is slide it into the receiver hitch and go to work. Also mounts a ball hitch for moving bumper pull trailers around and acts as a tie down point for when I transport it. Might work for others, may not be the route you decide to go.

Rams :drink:
 
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I mounted a receiver hitch on the front of my Ford 1210, I can mount a slide in platform/box just like you see on the back of cars going doing the highway but, this goes on the front of my tractor. Don't use it often but, when I need it, all I do is slide it into the receiver hitch and go to work. Also mounts a ball hitch for moving bumper pull trailers around and acts as a tie down point for when I transport it. Might work for others, may not be the route you decide to go.

Rams :drink:

Good idea!
 
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I mounted a receiver hitch on the front of my Ford 1210, I can mount a slide in platform/box just like you see on the back of cars going doing the highway but, this goes on the front of my tractor. Don't use it often but, when I need it, all I do is slide it into the receiver hitch and go to work. Also mounts a ball hitch for moving bumper pull trailers around and acts as a tie down point for when I transport it. Might work for others, may not be the route you decide to go.

Rams :drink:


That is an idea to think about. Seems like I could make a mount for my rock box in front of the tractor or even on the side, as many boxes mount there. Good idea.
 

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