- Joined
- Feb 21, 2003
- Messages
- 26,500
- Location
- SE Michigan in the middle of nowhere
- Tractor
- Kubota M9000 HDCC3 M9000 HDC
What I did with my long gone Kubota 5030 cab tractor was, I fabbed up steel cross mounts the attached to the rim lug bolts with a threaded steel rod running in the center and I purchased 'Olympic weight plates off (in my case Facebook Marketplace) but they are on Fleay Bay as well. Olympic weight plates can be had for pennies on the dollar used and I applied a couple hundred pounds of weight plates to each side (which actually rode inside the outer edge of the rim and didn't stick out at all). My 5030 came with stamped centers unlike my current M9's that have cast centers. Adding the weight plates increased each side weight a couple hundred pounds and they rode flush to the outer edge of the rim, an important consideration for me at least so I didn't have to worry about the proud weights catching on anything. When I traded in the 5030, whomever bought it, left them on as I saw it sitting in a local driveway and the weight plates make it look unique.