The Collection

[EddieWalker]

Thank you. I used the backhoe and grapple on Saturday to clean up an area that I'm removing trees for my fence. I hauled the logs to my firewood splitting area while it was still warm out. No cab means I don't use the backhoe when it's cold out.



Sunday was really cold with temps in the 40's and 15 mph winds. Too cold for an open station tractor, but perfect weather for a cabbed tractor. Since I'm still new to having a cab, I'm still excited about being able to get things done in cold conditions. I only turned the heater on a couple times, and that was because it was fogging up inside the cab. With all that glass, it works as a greenhouse, and it doesn't take much to be warm in there.

I'm not sure how much dirt the bucket holds. It's smaller then the bucket on my backhoe, which is one yard, but it's bigger then the bucket for the Deere. I'm guessing it's somewhere close to 3/4 of a yard. Most of the holes from the root balls take 3 buckets to fill them up. A few took 5 buckets. And a few small ones where good with just one bucket. I spent about 6 hours filling holes.

One thing that surprised me is how light the rear end is when going into a hole to dump a load of dirt. It felt tippy and I even had a rear tire come off the ground a couple of times. I didn't like that. I'm gonna look into getting wheel weights to see if that makes it more stable.

 

[2manyrocks]

That's a lot of dirt in your bucket. A substantial counterweight on the 3pt is a necessity to restore balance.

 

[ponytug]

That's a lot of dirt in your bucket. A substantial counterweight on the 3pt is a necessity to restore balance.

And has the big advantage over wheel weights that you can pick it up when needed, and drop it when you are done giving the tractor lower ground pressure.

All the best,

Peter

 

[EddieWalker]

I did a quick online search for rear weights and the only ones I found were over $1,600. They weigh a thousand pounds, but I don’t know if that was a pair or each. And I don’t know what shipping costs. I could and will buy 5 rolls of fencing before I spend that for rear weights

I’ve seen a few posts on 3 Point Ballast Boxes. I’m gonna do a little searching for those to see if it’s something that I want to build.

 

[MossRoad]

I did a quick online search for rear weights and the only ones I found were over $1,600. They weigh a thousand pounds, but I don’t know if that was a pair or each. And I don’t know what shipping costs. I could and will buy 5 rolls of fencing before I spend that for rear weights

I’ve seen a few posts on 3 Point Ballast Boxes. I’m gonna do a little searching for those to see if it’s something that I want to build.

Years ago I got some 3pt pins and hooks and welded them up into a rebar cage set in a plastic 55 gallon drum with pins sticking out the sides and top for top link. Filled it with cement. As I recall, it was around 750-800#. Easy to take off and on as needed.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I did a quick online search for rear weights and the only ones I found were over $1,600. They weigh a thousand pounds, but I don’t know if that was a pair or each. And I don’t know what shipping costs. I could and will buy 5 rolls of fencing before I spend that for rear weights

I’ve seen a few posts on 3 Point Ballast Boxes. I’m gonna do a little searching for those to see if it’s something that I want to build.

Have you considered adding liquid in the rear tires? One of my tractors has water in the rears, so that’s the one I use for heavier lifting.
I just put pure water in mine, because I’m far enough south not to worry about freezing in the tires. If it ever gets that cold here, I ain’t gonna be working anyway.

 

[MossRoad]

Years ago I got some 3pt pins and hooks and welded them up into a rebar cage set in a plastic 55 gallon drum with pins sticking out the sides and top for top link. Filled it with cement. As I recall, it was around 750-800#. Easy to take off and on as needed.

I no longer have a 3pt hitch tractor, so I don't need it anymore. I could ship it to you...

Probably not a financially wise move.

 

[MossRoad]

You could put some 3-4" PVC vertically in it before pouring concrete and use as rake/shovel holders.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I want a shop to put everything is really bad

Build it bigger than you think you will ever need

 

[MossRoad]

Years ago I got some 3pt pins and hooks and welded them up into a rebar cage set in a plastic 55 gallon drum with pins sticking out the sides and top for top link. Filled it with cement. As I recall, it was around 750-800#. Easy to take off and on as needed.

I recall that thing fell over in the sand one time. I tipped it back up to vertical by myself. I was a beast! (Keyword: WAS )

Today I strained my arms tossing 40# boxes into a dumpster!