sided my tractor: question about weight

[dieselcrawler]

@Greg: Really interesting what you describe (not the redhead ). Do you have any detailed photo's of what is looks or how it is built?

I hope the photos will help... a picture is worth a thousand words in any language!

 

[marcelPL]

Ok i see what you mean... But my wheels have a different structure, cannot do that. But it got me thinking...

My wheel-axes are just sticking out of differential, and the wheel is shoved onto the end of this axis. So what i could look for is some big cylinder that i can put/shove onto these axes, and then stick some piece of steel (same thickness as the original axis) into the overlap part of this cylinder. I hope this makes sense.

This is what my wheels and axis looks like:





I will start looking for some steel next week. Thx!

 

[D2Cat]

Can you remove the 6 bolts on the hub by the axle, and add spacers there?

 

[Jchonline]

For filling the tires just be careful if you are in freezing climate. You need something that will not freeze in the coldest of winter. Also depending on what you use, if you get a puncture it can be messy/expensive to get back up and running. Mine are beet juice but I am super careful about what I run over.

 

[amaxwell]

I sided my little iseki tractor a few weeks ago. I got off really lucky, because a tree was almost in the way.

You can find some photo's here in this thread:

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/iseki/414683-oops-sided.html

This little tractor has limited options to install a ROPS. But i can add a solid amount of weight to the bottom of the tractor on the structure of the FEL.

The question is: is there a maximum (or rule of thumb) on how much weight you can add to a tractor without hurting the structural integrity, or ability to manoeuvre?

The weight of my little iseki tx1300F is about 600 kg's (some 1300 lbs).

thanks, M.

Just an observation from your pictures ,it looks as if the loader was raised and had weight in it. The loader should always be in the lowest usable position to keep the center of gravity as low as possible.

 

[marcelPL]

Can you remove the 6 bolts on the hub by the axle, and add spacers there?

Hi d2cat, good observation, that could actually work. These bolts connect to a cylinder to go around the wheel axes, with a hole in them to secure position. I think I can move these cylinders from outside position to inside position?

Thx M.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Hi d2cat, good observation, that could actually work. These bolts connect to a cylinder to go around the wheel axes, with a hole in them to secure position. I think I can move these cylinders from outside position to inside position?

Thx M. View attachment 620163View attachment 620164

Reverse the hub, as well as check the dish of the wheel... if the tires are swapped side to side to keep tread direction correct, you may gain some width that way as well, no fabrication needed.

 

[MHarryE]

Marcel - looking at the outside of the wheels, there are 3 attaching points for something - I assume wheel weights but is it possible to have the person who fabricated your loader build you a set of special wheels that attach to those points and have rear duals? May be too wide for you but watching the video of you plowing it would be nice to have more traction in your soft ground. What you really need is a new Fendt Vario. I say this because one of my pension checks is from AGCO and I’d thought I’d try selling. But I’m impressed with what you can do with your Iseki.

 

[marcelPL]

Haha Michael thanks for pointing out the fendt, but I'm afraid this would be well over budget...

And Yes, those holes are meant for weight, but this is not available for these 40 year old iseki's...

The double wheels is a good one. Really. I remember seeing a photo here on the iseki forum of an iseki like mine with double rear wheels. I will pursue this, trying to find the owner and ask about how to configure this. Better to copy a solution then to invent it.

And yes I am really happy about the power of these little iseki's. Trying really hard to keep em in good shape, they just need a lot of maintenance. At this moment the hydraulics of both my two iseki's are not working properly. Back into maintenance mode pfffff....

Thx
M.

 

[SmallChange]

My tractor's operating manual lists a maximum allowable weight for the machine. Did you check there?

Not sure why there's just one number. I would think weight added to wheels, for instance, would be way less difficult for the machine than the same weight carried on the 3 pt.