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Andy, you got a lot of advice on what to do. No one as the questions they should have. Why do you need the weight? If only to make it more stable for side hill mowing then windshield fluid will be heavy enough and is non corrosive unlike calcium chloride. That with chains are okay for running a snowblower too. If you are going to pushing snow or dirt I would go with the CC and a better tractor. The newer cheap tractors with an aluminum housing tranny wont last long. How much do you need? Again look above. How it will be use will determine how much you need. I maintain a farm drive with a garden tractor and blade moving a lot of class 5 around. I have about 6 gals of windshield fluid per tire and my 270 lbs to give it weight. Works great. I use an old Wheel Horse that most likely weighs several hundred lbs more than your Craftsman. What is available in your area? That one you have to look at. I know several people who are into garden tractor pulling and use bar bell weights. Any Wal Mart carries them, the metal is soft and easy to drill and can be added in increments for different classes. Most use the #20's for the rear tires. I live in a rural area that has many farmer an some do make wheel weights from concrete. And yes they are real farmers. Most of the time it's a money thing and concrete is cheap. They already have CC in the tires but many are pushing the limits on traction trying to use bigger implements without being able to afford a bigger tractor to pull them.
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