Can YOU Help With A Recommended Project?
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groundcover
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Looks like a good excuse to build a pulling tractor, heck you already have the weights !
Fuddy1952
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Tractor ballast box?
PILOON
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4X10X48X.283 = 543 pounds!!
You need to cut some of that weight off,, to get it down to 400 pounds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :confused2:
Hey, that weight is presently under snow as my blower is installed so I did not measure.
BUT the weight is actually embossed into the casting!
With loaded tires and that elevator weight I enjoy excellent traction plus added stability as the Mitsubishi is narrow and tippy.
I second ballast.
I have a similar material set up from a small dozer that I plan to make a weight box so I can take it into the woods instead of my finish mower as ballast.
Industrial Toys
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The other side of the Teeter-Totter for that little lady in your life.
JD built the 2010C crawler,, but, when they put the loader on the machine it needed extra rear ballast.
So, the weight that I got is that rear ballast.
Here is a pic of a 2010C with the weight box and bracket installed on the back.
The guy bought the 2010C for the undercarriage, he planned to put the new undercarriage on the 2010C blade equipped dozer that he already owned.
After he got it home, he decided the undercarriage on both machines were in about the same condition,, so the undercarriage change was canceled.
No one wanted to buy the machine, the scrap prices are so low,, he is stuck with the machine.
He found a buyer for the bucket,, I bought the weights,,
I think it will cost him as much to haul the machine to the scrap yard as what they will give him for the scrap value.
It is a shame when you can not get rid of a machine for scrap price,,,
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Possible joint venture wid Muhammad's new Utube construcction company. City of Bristol England has cast iron curbs, Muhammad got new patio he working on. Need somebody wid video camera.