Weights done and on!

Tom Bond · Aug 14, 2021

Got the weights all finished and mounted. They came out nice with a good coat of primer and 2 coats of paint. Matched up pretty good with the paint on the tractor from P.O.. Looks like I can get 80" height out of the boom pole too. Will come in handy down on the property. Especially during deer season!

Bern · Aug 14, 2021

Sharp looking machine. I'm curious about the makeup of the front weight. Is that some sort of a box with a cover over it? It appears to have
two wingnuts on it.

Tom Bond · Aug 14, 2021

(reply to post at 03:44:02 08/15/21)

es. It is a partitioned box with a cover that holds 6 weights. The total weight is I believe just over 400#. They're getting hard to find but if you look hard enough, you can. They're getting pretty pricey and even more so when finished correctly. You are correct about the wing nuts securing the cover. There is a 90 3/8" bolt type fastener that holds it on.

grandpa Love · Aug 15, 2021

Beautiful tractor! Well done, jealous of
those weights!

Bern · Aug 15, 2021

Interesting....and is that a factory setup? If so, why would they put them in a box rather than hang them in the traditional fashion?

Now that I think about it some more, did Ford have any tractors with hung front weights prior to that? I can't think of any.

Dean · Aug 15, 2021

Both tractor and weights look great, Tom.

You do good work. Wish you were closer so that I could try to get you to properly paint the cast iron of my 64, 4000 SOS.

Those look like heavies. I'm assuming that is why you have the rims adjusted inward.

Dean

Dean · Aug 15, 2021

Carelessness with the cover attaching bolts/wingnuts is one of the reasons that front weight box covers and individual weights are difficult to find.

Folks left the wingnuts loose or even missing allowing the weights to bounce out and get plowed under and the covers to crack.

The 7/9 series front weight system was visually appealing but expensive and a bit complex.

Still, it was convenient for owners to add/remove weights as desired, as each weight could be easily handled by a woman or adolescent.

I do not believe that suitcase weights had been introduced in 1955, and consider the Ford front weight system a predecessor of such.

Dean

Tom Bond · Aug 15, 2021

Those are lighter pies for the P/A rims. Right now, I only have a 6 foot blade for it and want to keep the tires inside that width for moving snow. I'm looking for an 8 footer so I can angle it and still plow 7 foot. If I find an 8, I'll spread them out some.

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