Adding Wheel Weights - LX2620 w/R14 tires?

[Shawn T. W.]

So a 6-piece stack would be 19 1/2".
But as you said, it is possible.

Good luck in holding them all together until they can get bolted to the wheel?

This is 70 Lbs on my little tractor...

If Kubota sees the drill/modified wheel, will they warranty any rear axle or transmission problems ... ?

Another thought ... On my SCUT with 26" rear tires ... I've added roughly 75 Lbs of WWF and the 3" spacers, and another 70 Lbs of steel wheel weights on each wheel ... Then I added 275 Lbs or dumbbell steel weight plates on the BH frame ... Now I'm not spinning tires to a stop like before ... So the little 25 HP puts full power to the ground, but doesn't have any extra to go around ... My point is the LX has 35" tires, which should on theory provide a bigger ground patch and traction, the little 25 HP engine doesn't need any more weight on it ...

 

[FlyFishn]

What is the desired or target weight of this tractor?

Kubota shows LX2620 HSD as weighing 1775 lbs with 24 engine HP

Rule of thumb is 100 - 130 lbs per HP for doing tractive effort work.

At 100 lbs you need to add approx 600 lbs or 300 per tire.

The goal is traction with ground engaging implements (within some reason). I cant put a 3 point disc on with a 3 point ballast box, so the weight has to go to the wheels.

I have never heard a reference of that weight to hp rule of thumb before. That is excellent info.

I do not have a target weight in mind. The goal is traction and, as for weight ballance, I dont want the front axle taking a significant load. It is there to assist some, but the bulk of the pulling, I think, should be the rear axle.

As to what is "reasonable" - probably dropping down to a 1 bottom plow and maybe 5' tandem disc - something to cover tracks at least. Those and a single tine ripper probably.

 

[LouNY]

As I had mentioned earlier in this thread most of the times each weight has its own set of bolts
These are 300 pound weights, the pictures were taken as I was removing them for some tire work.
Two weights stacked on, ..............................getting ready to slide one off the bolts
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And here is one off, if you zoom in you can see the bolts that go through the first weight and can accept that weight. Also the nuts seen in the other holes are the starter carriage bolts seen in this next picture.

How I can handle 300 pound weights, with 1200 pounds on the forks there's not a lot of weight on the front tires.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

My first two weights are bolted to each other through the rim holes. Then each additional weight is simply bolted to the previous weight.
Once the first 2 weights were on, the rest were easy.