B2650

[SDT]

Bro-Tek claims their 2" spacers will work with the 60" belly mower I have. I measured it up and it looks like enough clearance they should be ok. I really need to space these as far as I can get away with.
I looked at the ballast box they had at the dealer-It's nice but $300. Might be just as good to cast my own. How much weight is everyone carrying in theirs?? 4 cubic ft of concrete would give me just shy of 600lbs.

Bill

I have two Kubota ballast boxes, a Cat 2 one to use with my L6060 and M9960, and a Cat 1 to use with my B3350.

I do not do any really heavy FEL work so simply filled my ballast boxes with unopened bags of playground sand from Lowes. IIRC, I have 8-10, 40 lb. bags in the small box.

SDT

 

[oldballs]

I had a Kubota Ballast box on my BX2660. It was handy as a newbie. Since then I sold the Ballast Box (and BX2660) and have found that various rear attachments serve just as well as ballast. Right now I have a Spiker/Aerator attachment that holds 46 gallons of water, which make a ballast of around 627 lbs. So far other attachments such as a Rear Blade or a Box Blade that happen to be attached have served as enough.

The only advantage that I noticed is that the dedicated Ballast Box takes up less space in the rear for maneuvers in tight quarters.

 

[SDT]

I had a Kubota Ballast box on my BX2660. It was handy as a newbie. Since then I sold the Ballast Box (and BX2660) and have found that various rear attachments serve just as well as ballast. Right now I have a Spiker/Aerator attachment that holds 46 gallons of water, which make a ballast of around 627 lbs. So far other attachments such as a Rear Blade or a Box Blade that happen to be attached have served as enough.

The only advantage that I noticed is that the dedicated Ballast Box takes up less space in the rear for maneuvers in tight quarters.

Bingo.

That is precisely why I use ballast boxes. Fewer maneuverability compromises and less storage space.

SDT

 

[rkidd]

I also like a dedicated ballast box for the same reasons as sdt. I did alot of testing when fabbing up my ballast box. I kept adding 100lbs at a time to feplanted with a heaping bucket of dirt driving around on uneven ground. I found I needed right around 700lbs to do max loader work. Hope this helps.