Evets Tsorf
Bronze Member
My JD750 does not have power steering and with a full loader bucket it is a beast to steer. I had looked at several options for ballast, making a concrete ballast weight, buying used dumb bell weights to put on a bar on the lower three point or purchasing a ballast box. Also considered a box scraper and bolting some extra steel plating to the sides for weight but, with the blazing 20 HP my tractor has it may overload the ability of tractor to pull a box scraper with that much weight when scraping.
The last week I ran across a local add on Craigslist for a rear scoop for $250, I purchased it for $150, has a nice rust patina but all workable parts. It adds about 300 pounds by itself and improves steering somewhat even empty, it can be filled with dirt rocks or I may get some quick mix concrete and just wet the bags down to have some quick additional ballast to stack in the scraper box, looks like it would hold six or eight bags easily for a total of around 700-800 pounds for traction and steering improvement. In addition the scoop is capable of some very light digging and scraping or just dragging to smooth out areas, only about 36" wide so it takes a few passes. Overall I am pleased with the bargain weight box that has some other utility.
The last week I ran across a local add on Craigslist for a rear scoop for $250, I purchased it for $150, has a nice rust patina but all workable parts. It adds about 300 pounds by itself and improves steering somewhat even empty, it can be filled with dirt rocks or I may get some quick mix concrete and just wet the bags down to have some quick additional ballast to stack in the scraper box, looks like it would hold six or eight bags easily for a total of around 700-800 pounds for traction and steering improvement. In addition the scoop is capable of some very light digging and scraping or just dragging to smooth out areas, only about 36" wide so it takes a few passes. Overall I am pleased with the bargain weight box that has some other utility.
