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[scott_vt]

Mornin Timber,
Is the drum a 55 or 35 gal ? I have a 35 gal for my Massey and with rocks and cement I think its about 700 lbs.

 

[Timber]

No that is a 55 gallon drum; I know what it weighs by what I put in it. It has 750 pounds of cement not including the water or the rebar. The tow chains are an unknown wt as it changes all the time but there is quite a bit of chain and a couple of slings some cable some chain. Very handy around the tractor

 

[scott_vt]

Thanks Timber,
Well I guess my calculations must be off a bit The tractor the way it sits in this pic along with 15 ft of 3/8" tow chain I thought I had about 700 lbs, maybe that estimate is a bit high http://www.tractorbynet.com/photos/data/531/18786DCP_0247.JPG

 

[Timber]

See in that pic I would have guessed that as a 55 gallon drum. The 35 is usually much thinner in diameter like a grease drum. I could be a little low on my estimate too and you could still be correct, cement is not the heaviest thing you can put in your ballast box

 

[Defective]

Hhhmmm...

Saw a block of steel recently that could be had for about $100. It was 12" x 14" x 26". Just had this mental picture of welding a couple of drawbar ends on it...

 

[Timber]

Would be nice to have a big portable Anvil on the back of your tractor

 

[Defective]

I thought about carving an anvil out of it myself. Unfortunately, it's just mild steel so the surface would be too soft. Of course, just for pounding on in the feild...hhhmmm...

 

[Timber]

I would have been all over that for 100 bucks. Thats 1 of those things you have to grab when you see it. There are a lot of good minds out there that will see the potential uses for that. I would probably weld a bracket and mount a vice on it too. Over its life you can weld and grind off all kinds of uses for such a thing

 

[3RRL]

I think it was Mr Jimi who posted some pictures about a vise mounted to a trailer hitch. Then he plugged it into a receiver on his tractor. Pretty good idea...that would sure come in handy for me. I would like to mount a vise permanently on the tractor out of the way but towards the rear. Maybe on a fold down platform or something sturdy enough?

 

[Timber]

I work alone all the time and it is nice to have a 3rd hand to hold something. One of the things that I love about the clamp on forks is I throw a bench top on it and I have a work station every where I go. I have a pair of folding legs I am going to mount on it so I can drive the tractor away and free up my horses but the forks are great when you need some extra support under the bench in the field. I will eventually invest in a Quick tach system for a standard fork carriage but there are a lot of times the clamp forks are just more convenient.