Weight boxes from Woods

[mhalla]

<font color="green">I see now the boxes are on their side and not bottom. An optical illusion of sorts as suggested. Does make me think if their might be value or use for a cover on a weight box.

Mike</font>

 

[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I see now the boxes are on their side and not bottom. An optical illusion of sorts as suggested. Does make me think if their might be value or use for a cover on a weight box.)</font>
Where that would be an advantage, to me, would be if one could fill the box with water. That would be easy to vary the weight, and a lid would keep it from sloshing all over the place. I suppose a lid would be good too if using a full box with gravel, as some of that might bounce out too. Tractors can get pretty bouncy at times. John

 

[markct]

i dont think i would fill one with water unless it was well baffled as it would slosh around and throw the weight around alot, a lid would be nice tho if it was stored outside so the sand or dirt didnt get soaked and rust out the box when it rained

 

[surfran]

I use bags of playground sand (in the bag). Can very the weight be 50lbs at a time, can remove if you need to easily.

 

[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( i dont think i would fill one with water unless it was well baffled as it would slosh around and throw the weight around alot, a lid would be nice tho if it was stored outside so the sand or dirt didnt get soaked and rust out the box when it rained )</font>
Yeah, that could be a problem, but baffling would be fairly easy to put in these boxes, as they're not real big. Some sheet metal that could just hang over the edges and down into the box would probably work.
These particular boxes have a hole in each side that could be plugged and pulled out to empty any water. A cover would be a good idea to keep sand dry. John

 

[RandyBX]

Am I the only one that uses the weight or "ballast" box to also haul chains, shovels, chain saw, the occasional Weed trimmer, tools, gloves, etc. I never hear of anyone else using it for this purpose when empty. It's like a REALLY LARGE tool box.

 

[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( It's like a REALLY LARGE tool box. )</font>
I'm glad you mentioned that. I had thought of it, but forgot to say anything about it as I was thinking so much about ballast. When I first saw them, I picutred my chain saw motor sticking out of the top! They're not really large, but they would hold a lot of useful tools, right there on the 3pt. John

 

[RandyBX]

Here's a picture or two of mine. It stays attached to the tractor the majority of the time, since I currently only use the 3ph for extra ballast and plowing snow.

 

[RandyBX]

On this picture you may be able to see the actual tool box that I added behind the seat.

 

[RandyBX]

This last one shows my toothbar from Markham welding. They sent me one with only 4 teeth. I have tried it, and think that it does not do as well as one with 5. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I called them, and they said that they will make it right and exchange it for a 5 tooth bar at no expense to me. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif With all the good things I have heard about them, I think they will be good to their word. I will let everyone know.....(sorry I got off track).