SteveM70
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I don't think the OP has plans for a backhoe. If so, he's getting the wrong tractor.
I personally never leave the backhoe on unless I need to dig with it. It really throws things out of wack on my hills.
Ballast box or use something else?
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I don't think the OP has plans for a backhoe. If so, he's getting the wrong tractor.
I personally never leave the backhoe on unless I need to dig with it. It really throws things out of wack on my hills.
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gunner76
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No plans for a backhoe, if I had one I wouldn't have a lawn left because I'd be out digging holes all over.:laughing:
I'm thinking about just rigging up a bar to go through the 3-point arms and hanging some type of weight off it.
SteveM70
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Just for reference, I weight #230 and have close to 200 pounds of ballast in my rear tires. That's enough to move a full bucket of gravel or dirt without trouble but still, something as light as a landscape rake hanging off the three point is even better when I'm not in a tight space.
AxleHub
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Stevem70. My body weight sometimes helps and sometimes hurts. With a load on the forks or rock in the bucket it's good with me and the loaded tires also. . . Until I start going down an incline. Then my weigh shifts somewhat forward and no longer gives the rears that "bulk muscle" advantage 
I found that creating a well located added weight on the 3 pt. That is neither wide or tall really eliminates my need to be as noticing of the incline amount until I get to "back it down" needs.
230# that's my goal by the way lol.
I found that creating a well located added weight on the 3 pt. That is neither wide or tall really eliminates my need to be as noticing of the incline amount until I get to "back it down" needs.
230# that's my goal by the way lol.
Fiziksgeek
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I've always thought about getting a nice piece of rebar and going on craigslist list and buying up some olympic weight plates....
Another idea is to find a cut off of a ~18" diameter pipe, make some plywood forms to hold rebar in the center, and fill with concrete.
Another idea is to find a cut off of a ~18" diameter pipe, make some plywood forms to hold rebar in the center, and fill with concrete.
dnw64
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Tru dat.
It also can be quite in the way. Even the 3pt can be in the way! I plan to take mine off of the winter.
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gunner76
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I already looked into this. The used weights I found were kind of expensive and in the end it would be cheaper to buy a ballast box and fill it with cement. I think you best bet would be to hit up garage sales or auctions, the weight sets would probably go cheap at these places.
SteveM70
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Stevem70. My body weight sometimes helps and sometimes hurts. With a load on the forks or rock in the bucket it's good with me and the loaded tires also. . . Until I start going down an incline. Then my weigh shifts somewhat forward and no longer gives the rears that "bulk muscle" advantage
I found that creating a well located added weight on the 3 pt. That is neither wide or tall really eliminates my need to be as noticing of the incline amount until I get to "back it down" needs.
230# that's my goal by the way lol.
Agreed. I recently switched over to R4's from R1's. Before I did the two or three plugged holes in each rear tire had leaked out all but about a gallon of liquid ballast. I kept my bucket close to the ground and my hand on the lever when working on even the slightest downhill:laughing:
I live on a hillside but the way things lay I'm usually going uphill with a loaded bucket.