Hey Soundguy RE: Concrete tractor weights

Hey Soundguy:

I saw your project journal about pouring concrete tractor weights. How did they work out?
What frame did you use inside?
How many pounds did each weight?
I was thinking of a weight to mount over the whole front bumper something around 300lbs.
Andrew

i used cattle feed tubs. left over from protien and molassis licks..

I bolted a drawbar tot he bottom of the bucket, not centered, but offset so the weight was more rear. i use some salvage long carriage bolts I had.. like 8" bolts, and 2 washers and 2 nuts.

the nuts and bolt thread are flush under the drawbar but stick up into the bucket about 6.5"

some allthread would work.

if I need the drawbar back I just run 2 nuts off and it comes off.

a piece of heavy pipe / bar / angle/ channel scrap with 3pt pins welded in would work too.

i then cut to scraps to hang into the mix at the edge for the toplink.. I used simple coat hanger to keep them aranged during cure.. no other internal frame

those were the 3pt weights.

the front hanger weights were large feed tubs using styrofoam board cut as forming the angles.. duct take sealed the edges on the form boards.. i put #10 fence brace wire int he crete, plus embeded old carriage bolts.

i used a variatey of release agents.. started with cooping spray. graduated to a lil engine degrease spray.

all worked equally well.

weights work real good.. about 80# each or so

If'N I remember right......a lotta of small barbell weights, equally placed along a 1 inch black pipe will add up to 300 pounds.

Personally, 1 ea. 100 lb. weight bolted to the front wheels will add up to 200 pounds. And that should be enough for snow plowing.

John,PA

Concrete tractor bar bells.

I needed ballast for my little hoe.

Took 4 barbie jeep wheels, put a 3 inch pvc pipe in center. Filled with concrete, each wheel weighs 75 pounds.

Did the same with a 5 gallon bucket, it too weighs 75 pounds.

I use a 2 inch steel pipe. I can move the back hook far enought to lift the front end off the ground when extended backwards. If I load the front bucket with a lot of dirt, the back wheels don't get enough traction. By shifting the bar bells, I have the best of both worlds.

So, 5 gallons concrete, minus a 3 inch hole, is about 75 pounds.

I used a 20 gallon wash tub and filled it with cement, 3/4 inch thread stock down the middle. That didn't work out well bolting it to the rear hoe. Not enought clearance. Would rub the ground.

I've been thinking of using two old truck or car tires, filling them with cement and trying to rig up a way to bolt them to rear tires of Jubilee. I'm not a fan of filling tires with a liquid. Seen too many rims rust out. Also like to have a lighter tractor when transporting, which I do a lot. Currently, I chain up when I put the snow blade on. That isn't a lot of fun.

Awesome!
I will give it a try later and see what I can cook up

it's easier than it looks.. I mean.. even i did it..

Soundguy, could you post pictures of your weights? Thanks,ill

Soundguy, could you post pictures of your weights? Thanks,ill

they are in t he project blogs, already posted.

here's the lik to the blog.. disreguard the last tool post.. it was some odd tools i got in a box of stuff at a flea market..
concrete weights