Little Concrete Wheel Weight Project

[putt_putt_green]

Ingredients
7 5/8 x 8 hex bolts
7 5/8 nuts
20 5/8 washers
6 1/2 washers (bored out to 5/8)
6 5/8 lock washers
1 small metal garbage can as for a form
Small piece of fence
3 bags of concrete
1 old metal broom handle
1 piece of galvanized pipe
6 5/8 collars

Took several piece of circular wood pieces and screwed them together (raised to clear the lug nuts).
Put 3 holes in the wood to match up with holes in the tractor rims.
Cut an old metal broom handle into 5 inch pieces.
Attached the bolts and washers to the wood pieces.
The extra bolt will be used for a removable handle.

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I then push the wood pieces tight in the trash can.
I then poured a little concrete in the the trash can.
I then added metal fence for reinforcement.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x10/todd_and_katy/WheelWeight/WheelWeight2.jpg


Poured the rest of the concrete.
Put the handle (bolt) in the concrete.
Painted the wheel weight after cured.
Attached the bolts to the rims using collars.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x10/todd_and_katy/WheelWeight/WheelWeight3.jpg


Slid the wheel weights on the bolts and tightened.
Unscrewed the handle from the nut/washer embedded in concrete.
Weight is about 85 pounds per wheel weight.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x10/todd_and_katy/WheelWeight/WheelWeight4.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x10/todd_and_katy/WheelWeight/WheelWeight5.jpg

 

[BlacknTan]

Very ingenious!!

 

[SkunkWerX]

Very ingenious!!

Absolutely!

This is the kind of thing that makes America great.
Ingenuity!

 

[Ductape]

Nice ! All you need now are some chrome nut covers to accent that new yellow paint !

 

[sandman2234]

Nice job!
David from jax

 

[BTDT]

What does JD want for wheel weights, and how much did yours cost? Good job.

 

[putt_putt_green]

I don't remember how much the John Deere wheel weights were, but I remember I thought they were expensive. I think it was around $100 per wheel.

My total cost, just guessing, is probably $13 for the collars, $9 for concrete, and $13 for bolts, washers and nuts. So probably about $17.50 per wheel. The rest of the ingredients were just hanging out waiting to be used.

Thanks for the complements everyone.

 

[easygo]

Thanks for posting this simple yet very effective idea!!! I didn't want my rear tires filled and so far was too cheap to buy wheel weights for my tractor, because they would set me back by about $120 or so. DIY is the way to go. You should paint a smiley face on there with green paint. That is what I'm going to do. I made my weight box too for about $20 following suggestions from TBN members.

 

[gbick]

Hope you torqued those lug bolts before the weights went on, cause you ain't gonna get to 'em easy now.

 

[mjncad]

Hope you torqued those lug bolts before the weights went on, cause you ain't gonna get to 'em easy now.

I don't see the valve stem, or is it hiding on the back side of the wheel for some reason.