Re: Concrete wheel weight idea.

Posted by john d on September 26, 2005 at 14:20:28 from (69.212.185.170):

In Reply to: Concrete wheel weight idea. posted by 300Randy on September 26, 2005 at 13:54:52:

Unless you just love projects like that, I think I'd find some cast iron weights.
Back in the late 50s and early 60s, thee was a company that marketed some "tanks" that bolted onto farmalls for more rear wheel weight. They were essentially a big "donut" shape with square edges where the front and back faces and the two bands that made the outside and inside surfaces met. They had a large pipe fitting one one side to fill through, and a small one on the other side for a drain. The idea was to mount them on the tractor and fill them with water for more weight. They barely fit inside the 38" wheel rim and cleared the axle by perhaps a 1/4" or so. As I remember, they were perhaps 8" thick.
One of the local IH dealers had them, and sold more than a few.
I heard of one individual who filled his with cement, and it worked fine. They were entirely too heavy to remove safely after that.

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