What do these IH front-end weights weigh?

lfnel · Feb 13, 2019

mmfan55 · Feb 13, 2019

If you have a bathroom scales, that would be the most accurate. Most IH weights of that design were either 75 or 100. I can't tell by the picture which those are. They look alike other than 100s are a bit larger.

charlieu · Feb 13, 2019

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They look like the smaller suitcase weights so they are about 70 lbs. Here is a picture of the weight bracket that I have on the back of my 656. A lot of people will say that there are 75 lbs but when I check them on a scale there are only 75 lbs.

charlieu · Feb 13, 2019

Scale them at about 70 lbs.

BarnyardEngineering · Feb 14, 2019

Without a reference to the size of the weights, it's really hard to tell. They could be either ~70lbs or ~100lbs.

On the open market they're worth about the same amount of money if you're looking to buy them. If you can get them for $75 a weight or less, they're a good buy, but most times people think they're made of gold and want north of $100 for them.

Hanging on a Deere tractor too... Typical.

lfnel · Feb 14, 2019

Yep, that's my little JD855. I got the weights and bracket from a friend that runs an implement salvage yard. The old IH front-end weight bracket worked out extremely well. It bolted up to a TSC or F&F drawbar, no holes needed drilling, and then just welded an upper link mast to it. The pair of holes I put in on either side of the bracket are for seasonally mounting a pair of ripper blades for deep tilling to break up the hard pan left by roto-tilling previous years. I take the weights off for ripping.

lfnel · Feb 14, 2019

I finally was able to get a bathroom scale and the weights in the same place at the same time. The two outer ones, which look the same as the 8 inner ones, weighed in at 64lb each!

ejr-IA. · Feb 14, 2019

IH book 67#

BarnyardEngineering · Feb 15, 2019

They would be considered "70 pound" weights then.

There's no reason to expect the other weights weigh significantly more or less than the ones you scaled.

What do these IH front-end weights weigh?

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