Hello,
I don't trust myself making guesstimates about weight of objects, that's why I'm attaching some photos of a rock I was moving with my Kubota BX24. There is a picture that shows the whole tractor with the rock hanging from a dynamometer, a picture of just the rock and dynamometer, and a picture of the reading on the dynamometer.
I am able to zoom in on the dynamometer in the picture that clearly shows the rock hanging from it to see the exact weight. I hope the quality of the attachments will still allow this.
For all those wondering how powerful a BX24 is, these pictures are clear proof of the power...I am constantly surprised and always proud of my BX24.
Back to why I am posting these pictures:
1) We all love to see the pictures (I would like to say I always remember to take before, during, and after pics...but like most of us, I don't always do it and always wish I did)
2) It's always nice to have a definitive reference point and I think these pictures do that
3) The rock in the pictures weighs 1200 pound, this dynamometer has 50 pound divisions. You can see and count the lines for yourself by zooming in, or just look at the close up of the dynamometer to read any markings (even words) on the face)
4) I didn't have a ruler in the picture but the tractor can give some reference to the size of the rock. I know this rock is smaller than yours but the density has a chance to be the same (it's in NH, the Granite State) . I know that doesn't mean it is but that is one very dense little rock.
Anyway, you ask what I think it weights? I'm going to agree with the calculations you have made base on rock density and your knowledge of your tractor's power.
I like that you calculated a low and high range. These pictures should help you feel confident about that weight range for the size of your rock.
~Steven
I don't trust myself making guesstimates about weight of objects, that's why I'm attaching some photos of a rock I was moving with my Kubota BX24. There is a picture that shows the whole tractor with the rock hanging from a dynamometer, a picture of just the rock and dynamometer, and a picture of the reading on the dynamometer.
I am able to zoom in on the dynamometer in the picture that clearly shows the rock hanging from it to see the exact weight. I hope the quality of the attachments will still allow this.
For all those wondering how powerful a BX24 is, these pictures are clear proof of the power...I am constantly surprised and always proud of my BX24.
Back to why I am posting these pictures:
1) We all love to see the pictures (I would like to say I always remember to take before, during, and after pics...but like most of us, I don't always do it and always wish I did)
2) It's always nice to have a definitive reference point and I think these pictures do that
3) The rock in the pictures weighs 1200 pound, this dynamometer has 50 pound divisions. You can see and count the lines for yourself by zooming in, or just look at the close up of the dynamometer to read any markings (even words) on the face)
4) I didn't have a ruler in the picture but the tractor can give some reference to the size of the rock. I know this rock is smaller than yours but the density has a chance to be the same (it's in NH, the Granite State) . I know that doesn't mean it is but that is one very dense little rock.
Anyway, you ask what I think it weights? I'm going to agree with the calculations you have made base on rock density and your knowledge of your tractor's power.
I like that you calculated a low and high range. These pictures should help you feel confident about that weight range for the size of your rock.
~Steven
It gives me a different perspective about rock weight and handling.