Ballast Box

PaulInMi · Dec 30, 2000

Recently there was some discussion on rear ballast and ballast boxes, so I figured I would show what I rigged up until I can get my box blade;

Carry-all fork from TSC plus 3 80lb and 3 40lb bags of softner salt.

Plus the Carry-all will come in handy for numerous other things.

Happy New Year Everyone/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

Let me know if people are getting sick of my pictures/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif.

JiminMI · Dec 30, 2000

Nice work...looks real useful.....

Jim

DFB · Dec 30, 2000

Paul, the carryalls are great. Real useful. Make decent pallet forks too.

jyoutz · Dec 31, 2000

I've been thinking about getting a carryall. Do they actually fit and work good as pallet forks?

Thomas · Dec 31, 2000

Paul,
The more and more I see also read about those carry all,and when things quite down around here...yep plan on building one.

Keep the photos coming. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

DFB · Dec 31, 2000

Jim, they work for average pallet work. It can be close fit sometimes. Made from angle iron. I've seen them damaged with too heavy a load such as crates full of cabbage. There is a weight rating to them, under a 1/2 ton. That was fine for me as the lift cap on the 4100 is only 930#. The ones designed exclusivly as pallet forks are made of box steel with tapered ends. They cost more but are both stronger and longer.

redhawk · Dec 31, 2000

my ballast comes from a TSC carryall and a 55gal. drum filled with water and used antifreeze. sometimes i use a piano for ballast.

kevin

PaulInMi · Dec 31, 2000

Redhawk-

That looks like a great set-up as well. Mine is a 44gal heavy-duty trash can. I thought about filling mine w/water also, but the hose in my garage is frozen right now(gotta love MI weather/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif).

Happy New Year.

redhawk · Dec 31, 2000

Paul, the nice thing about the 4x4 (wings) sticking out is that i can set the barrel down on a double set of 4x4's and drive away with the carryall still attached.

redhawk

jyoutz · Dec 31, 2000

Thanks for the info. I noticed in some catalogs that the carryall and 3 point pallet forks both cost about the same. Would pallet forks be more versatile or not? I too have a 4100, so the 1000 pound capacity is well suited to the limits of my tractor.