Wheel wieghts

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Ronzonie

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Kabota B7800
Does anyone know of a place where I can purchase bolt on wheel wieghts? I am a proud owner of a B7800 Works great,but seems awfully unstable when usig the FEL without the backhoe attached. I would really prefer wieght as apossed to filling the tires as I currently have sealant in them. Thanks. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
   / Wheel wieghts #2  
Consult the manual for the loader for proper ballasting, but I would guess that it will call for more than 1000 lbs on the back of the tractor in some combination of wheel weights, filled tires, an implement or ballast on the 3-pt, or the back-hoe.

I would think that wheel weights alone will not be sufficient to get to that number.

Not to say they won't help, but to get to full capacity of the loader, you will want to put the full recommended ballast on the back.


- Rick
 
   / Wheel wieghts #4  
I have the same frame tractor as you, a B2910, with loaded tires on the rear, and I can tell you that the 400+ lbs that the fluid adds is still not enough weight on the back for serious loader work.

A heavy box blade on the back is good ballast. Money well spent too...if you have any reason to want to work the dirt.

I have a cheap box blade that I pile concrete blocks on, so I generally end up with about 500 lbs on the 3PH. That plus the loaded tires seems to work fine. And the box is not too big, so it does not get in the way like the backhoe does sometimes.

You could also consider building your own 3PH ballast if you don't have need for a box blade. Some here have used plastic garbage cans as the form, with a home made internal support framework that gives the 3PH attach points.

There are several threads in the archives. A recent one posted by Spencer comes to mind...

Have you gotten any rear flats? I punctured my front tires within hours of the delivery of my B2910 two years ago. I now have almost 500 hours on it, with no rear tire problems. The fronts are now foam filled...I decided if the rears punctured I would get them foam filled too, but would try liquid ballast first as foam would have cost about $250 per rear tire.

Anyway...thinking out of the box...you could always put WW fluid in the rears on top of the slime...this might negate the slime's ability to stop a leak, but it would give you extra weight where you want it, at minimal cost...just a thought... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
 

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