suitcase tractor weights

[ALasceski]

looking for small suitcase weights

 

[Muhammad]

Welcome to TBN.

 

[creekbend]

Lowes has 42 pound suitcase weights for $51.00. Welcome aboard. You didn't state what application that you were going to use the weights for.

 

[kensnelling]

Welcome to the forum from Oklahoma.

Ken

 

[moored4]

:welcome: to TBN! :thumbsup:

Happy :tractor: ing!

 

[sandman2234]

I have three tractors that came with weights and I removed all of them from two of the tractors. After some serious headlights looking at the stars, I kind of wish I could put all of the weights on that one tractor. After all it only has about 1300 pounds sitting on the nose of the tractor and it isn't enough!
All three tractors take completely different weights, not even close to each other, so they aren't interchangable.
David from jax

 

[Soundguy]

can cast em out of concrete for cheap!

 

[NHmitch]

I just bout some from Tractor Supply, they have to order them. They were about $49.00 a piece, and when they arrived, I found that they were made from heavy plastic coated concreate with metal reinforcements. They area great. I didn't think that I would like them, but they do not rattle, they do not rust, and they are very heavy duty. You can find weights at Homedepot, or Lowes, for about $1-$1.50 a pound. A dealer may be about the same, or a bit more. If you want to save money, get a large ammo can, put bolts through it that will attach to your tractor, and fill it with concrete. You can paint it to match your tractor, or leave it green. It might save you a few hundred dollars.

Mitch

 

[Soundguy]

why waste the can? use a small bathroom sized garbage can as a from, spray it with a release agent ( pam? ) cut some hole / slots for the mounting bolts to stick out.

use som 8" carriage bolts.. bend them so they are a stiffener and extend into the crete.. use extra wire or rod if needed. use duct tape to seal the form. pour, let set.. pop out.. make another... 2$ form.. no wasted ammo can.. save it for ammo!

I pour my own weights.. them paint em black.. looks just like cast iron!

 

[NHmitch]

Soundguy,
Thats a great idea, I did use a large ammo can, and I thought that I would need it to hold the concreate together, but that sounds like it will work great. I think that I may try that next, the pam works to get the can off after you pour the concreate? What do you use, quickcrete? Thanks!

Mitch

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. here are some fronts I casted for my 4600 ford

used an old feed pan, fence brace heavy gauge wire.. and long carriage bolts I bent to shape..

I used leftover sakcreet ( like quikcreete ) from a project I had worked on setting some posts.. turned out awesome once I put black paint on them.

I had a very heavy mower on the rear of the 4600, and I have a deckover trailer with a steep dovetail.. befor ethe weights, sometimes the front came up a lil while loading!

 

[NHmitch]

Those came out great! Thanks so much for the photo and the idea! I am going to try to reproduce these for my tractor, to add some additional weight. I am impressed how the final outcome is once they are mounted and painted. Nice tractor too.. Thanks again!

Mitch

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. that 4600 is a great machine.

i used the pan and some duct tape and styrofoam to make the forms.. spray pan / pam.. add wire and bolts.. poked bolt thru styrofoam to hold in place.. pour.. let set.. pop out weigth and foam.. pull foam off bolt reset foam and go.

do wrap bolt threads with tape to keep 'creete' from traveling up them..

after cured.. hit em with some black paint.. almost looks like cast iron.. but at 1/20th the price .. and still significant weight..

 

[Briana03]

Welcome to TBN

I moved your thread to the Owning/Operating Forum.

 

[NHmitch]

Thanks again for the plans, the photos, and the idea. I am going to get started on attempting to make some new concrete weights this week. I have a few bags of quickrete left over from a fencing project. I had to use one today to put in a set of stocks for my wife, but I still have two bags, so I going to steel an old feed dish from the barn, and try this out! I will let you know hw it comes out. Thanks again, that really was a great idea!

Mitch

 

[bcp]

I have a few bags of quickrete left over from a fencing project. I had to use one today to put in a set of stocks for my wife

Not minding again?

 

[NHmitch]

Lol, that pretty funny, sometimes I wish For horse breeding, but since I am from New England, and we make stockades popular in the colonies a few hundred years ago, hey, why not..

 

[Soundguy]

good way to make a head catch..

 

[Agent Blue]

Anyone use automotive brake rotors ? They stack close, weigh alot, and easily be added or removed. A couple verticle stacks can be very helpful as well as a row in the front. Best of all most places throw them in the dumpster so they could be bought very cheap.

 

[Soundguy]

i thought about it last week when i replaced the ones on my f350.just didn't grab em in time!

i think the'd be great.