Greg1959

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Rear tires are loaded. Just bought some cast wheel weights to add to it. When I go up hill, the front end wants to raise somewhat and I have to steer with the rear brakes.

After I add the weights, how much weight should I add to the front end to keep it from raising when going uphill?

PS- I don't want to add so much that I put too much weight and wear on the front spindles.

Thanks
 
Do you have any sandbags around?
If so, lay one over the front axle and try it.
Not enough, lay one over each side and try again.
Add them as needed to get the right weight.
Then you can figure out a permanent solution.
 
I have over 200 lbs in bumper weights on this one and can steer with wheels on the ground even up hill. Also have 200 lb wheel weights on a couple of other tractors with no problems. I would think start at 100 and work up from there. As Royse said bag sand then add or subtract.

Kirk
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load your fronts, that adds some. get front wheel weights, that adds som.

get a front bumper, that adds some. then with a bumper, you can then add all sorts and typed of weights, including barbell or even bucket of concrete.. etc.
 
My 55 860 has a full set of heavy pie weights on the rear, approximately 1,200 lbs., and a set of heavy wheel weights on the front, approximately 100 lbs. per wheel.

The front wheel weights do help hold the front tires on the ground when going up hill with a load on the lift but also make steering more difficult when there is no counterbalancing load on the lift.

Dean
 
I don't think you'll have much worry with the spindles, given the front axle pivot seems to take all the wear. In contrast to one with out a loader installed, with one, these tractors do balance out nicely. I've towed a few larger logs up hill and can only recall one instance where the front may have gotten light enough to notice, and that was with a substantial rear counterweight installed, which is cantilevered off the loaders frame, below the rear axle line and extended beyond same, as it did have a backhoe at one time. I just run a bar across the lower arms of the hoe mount, lift the weight with the 3 pt lift arms, set on the bar, then lower the tractor hydraulics lever to release the pressure. Front end loader, CACL loaded rear tires and the cast iron weight, really seemed to work well with a heavy draft load. As was said, you'll have to feel your way through it, for what you are doing, heavy rotary mower, pulling/towing etc. I'd want a front bumper for one of these without a loader, preferably set up to attach some front weights. I assume aftermarket ones are readily available, but it would not be difficult to build one, seeing front wheel weights are kind of scarce, they do show up for sale once in awhile.
 
(quoted from post at 23:16:23 10/12/15) Rear tires are loaded. Just bought some cast wheel weights to add to it. When I go up hill, the front end wants to raise somewhat and I have to steer with the rear brakes.

After I add the weights, how much weight should I add to the front end to keep it from raising when going uphill?

PS- I don't want to add so much that I put too much weight and wear on the front spindles.

Thanks

Are the cast weights that you bought for the front wheels or the rear wheels? If they are for the rear wheels, then adding them shouldn't make a difference on how much weight you might need to add to the front. The weight of wheel weights, by design, are distributed equally around the axle of the wheel that you mount them to, so adding wheel weights to the rear wheels won't change the net rotational force around the rear axle and therefore won't cause the front to raise any more than it raises before you add the rear wheel weights. Liquid ballast inside the rear tires should have the same net effect.

Do you have some sort of implement hanging off the back of the tractor when the front end rises while you are going up a hill?
 
Great suggestions guys! Thanks.

Now, I trying to figure out how to add weights to a hundred series front bumper (I don't care about looks, she's a working tractor) LOL.

PS- Soundguy, I'll load the front tires but do you think it will really make a difference?... I was actually thinking of a 18 inch piece of culvert filled with concrete that would be welded/mounted to the front bumper...
 
Sean in PA- I'm sorry, I should have specified which wheels. The weights are for the rear
wheels and I think they are the 7" type, not heavy duty.
 
If you going to hang a lot of weight off a front bumper I would suggest you make a brace that connects to the rear side of the axle as in the photo of my 631 bumper. This will keep with axle pin and bushing from more wear.

Kirk
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