how much weight for rear of wd-45?

mdm1

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Onalaska,WI
I use my wd-45 to plow snow and I think I need some extra weight on the rear. I have a blade on my loader. My road is along a field so it is up and down small hills. It has fluid in the rears and aggressive chains but I would like to add some weight. I plan on using a plastic barrel and fabing it to work with a 3pt. So how much weight could one use?
 
Are you using the factory hydraulics or a separate pump to operate the loader? If the factory for the loader how do you plan on keeping the weight off the ground when you lower the loader as the rear hydraulics lower at the same time? If you can find them locally, rear wheel weights will help you out.

Leonard
 
If you have a 3 point I would never use a barrel as weight. I have 2 of those cement filled barrels and both have sat in the same place for well over 25 years. What I do is use my heavy duty back blade and hang suit case weights on the blade. Gives me far more weight and puts it farther back from the rear so it does more work as in the weight helps more plus you have the blade to use if you need to
 
I have a valve to use either the loader or the rear rams independently. I thought about the back blade plan and maybe that's what I will do. Old why would you not use the weights with a 3pt? We used to use one with a ford. Just curious.
 
A barrel filled with concrete sits close to the rear end and all it is good for is weight where as a back blade with suit case weights sits back a good 4 foot or so, so the weight does more with less weight due to leverage. Plus you have an implement on that can be used for stuff where as a weight barrel is noting more then that
The picture has 6-85lbs suit case weights on it plus a 150lbs wheel weight on the center link up right. So if you add up the numbers it is probably a good bit heavier then a barrel of concrete any how
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Old,

I have a WD Allis with a factory rear blade and I did the same as you; put 4 suitcase weights on it.
It cuts down on the effectiveness of the rear blade but I only use it for scraping after I go thru with the 6" snow bucket so it doesn"t matter a whole lot.
It certainly puts the weight in the ideal place!
 
I had to add those weights due to the 1800lbs round bales I move with this ford 841 and with out the weights and fluid in the tires all it will do is stand the back end up as in a back wards wheelie which means you go no place
 

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