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Wheel weight lifters from my projects file.
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FTG-05<<<<<<<<<<Now I'd call that some darn good redneck engineering, great recipe with very good instructions. I would never think of rebar and plastic barrel. I was wondering what those three outside bolts was for, I see you mount a angle bar to them for mounting on rim, very clever thanks for sharing those pictures.
This will probably be one of my summer projects, how much lead weight did you use?, I'd probably wont use lead, I'd rather use lead for reloading bullets. I know cement is already is heavy but was wondering if adding some scrap steel would help add more weight.
This will probably be one of my summer projects, how much lead weight did you use?, I'd probably wont use lead, I'd rather use lead for reloading bullets. I know cement is already is heavy but was wondering if adding some scrap steel would help add more weight.
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Oldpath,
The original purpose of the outside bolts holes were for in case I decided to buy Walmart's 100 barbell weights; I could use those holes to mount them to concrete wheel weights. As you noted, they also turned out to be useful for mounting them.
I used about 40-50 lbs of lead per weight, not really sure how much for each but the 2nd used less, hence why it weighs 20 lbs less (240 vs. 260 lbs).
I got 140 lbs of lead from a reloading friend, but this was lead that apparently was contaminated with something, hence why he didn't want it for bullets.
Concrete weighs about 130-140 lbs per cubic foot. Steel weighs 490 lbs per. Definitely add steel, it will make it heavier.
Good luck!
The original purpose of the outside bolts holes were for in case I decided to buy Walmart's 100 barbell weights; I could use those holes to mount them to concrete wheel weights. As you noted, they also turned out to be useful for mounting them.
I used about 40-50 lbs of lead per weight, not really sure how much for each but the 2nd used less, hence why it weighs 20 lbs less (240 vs. 260 lbs).
I got 140 lbs of lead from a reloading friend, but this was lead that apparently was contaminated with something, hence why he didn't want it for bullets.
Concrete weighs about 130-140 lbs per cubic foot. Steel weighs 490 lbs per. Definitely add steel, it will make it heavier.
Good luck!
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Don't know how heavy his wheel weight is, just a picture that I saved.
I would use my shop crane if I needed to do it.
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This works and is what I do. Weights go on easy. I've also removed a heavy dually pick up bed with one and no problem. It used to take six guys to lift or replace. Shop crane is easier.
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Also used it with a rope to put a spare tire back up on a gooseneck horse trailer.
What another great idea, having double purpose bolts to add weight also, you're more clever than the average bear. I think this is an outstanding wheel weight design and so simple a caveman could do it. We'll if steel is a lot heavier, I have about 20' of rail road rail that's been through a fire but it's still heavy and it's no good for anything, seems so couple 6" pieces of that encased in cement would work pretty good for weight, thanks for the input.