Show us your front end weights and brackets.

[sixdogs]

Show us your front end weight brackets and weights.
Weights, homemade brackets and homemade weights; it's all good.



From a thread started by Luke'sScreenName about front end weights,
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/375616-suitcase-weight-ok.html
we got off task when people started posting their pics of front end weights and brackets.
We need this separate thread.

 

[ovrszd]

I'll regurgitate some posted on the other thread.

Kubota first. Used the factory grill guard base and built off that.

Since I built it I acquired two more weights so extended each end. I can now carry nine weights.

 

[ovrszd]

Here's a smaller scale rack I added to the grill guard on my JD2210. Only holds two weights which is ample for this tractor. Put them on sideways so they don't stick out the front so bad.

 

[ovrszd]

In Winter I use the JD2210 to push snow with a hydraulic blade. To attach the blade I have to remove the grill guard. I use a 3pt QH and a tote box to haul wood in the shop so need front weight.

I built this simple rack that holds three suitcase weights and can be Quick Hitched using the blade mount by simply removing the blade. Works great. No tools required. No heavy lifting. Never leave the tractor seat.

 

[sixdogs]

I'll regurgitate some posted on the other thread.

Kubota first. Used the factory grill guard base and built off that.

Since I built it I acquired two more weights so extended each end. I can now carry nine weights.



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I have an M7040 with a loader and grill guard on it. It looks and I believe it is the same frame as yours. It takes the same weight bracket.
Do you believe I could leave the grille guard on and bolt the factory weight bracket over it? I looks like it would fit just fine. My point is, I have a loader on the tractor and while I know I have to remove the weights to put the loader on, the bracket can stay on all the time. Any thoughts on this?

 

[ovrszd]

That would be very good if that would work. I question it though having never saw a Kubota weight bracket. I'll do some online searching for a good picture. Should be able to tell from that.

Yeah, I remove the weights when the FEL is on. I've never tried it to see if I could leave them as there's really no need other than saving the manual labor.

 

[ovrszd]

Like to never found it. Weight bracket is under "loader" parts list. Go figure.

Yes, it appears it's designed to bolt on with the grill guard in place. :thumbsup:

 

[sixdogs]

I might have a chance to buy a factory steel bracket with some weights so if it comes up, I will buy it.

 

[ovrszd]

I might have a chance to buy a factory steel bracket with some weights so if it comes up, I will buy it.

Definitely. We can figure out a way to make it work if there's a problem.

 

[sixdogs]

Here are weights on my L4300 Kubota. The bracket is home made and allows me to easily bolt on a rugged grille protector to it. I can take it off and the bracket stays on. With the factory arrangement, I couldn't do that. The weight makes a huge difference when I pick up a 900 lb seeder.

The weights are new Holland skid steer knock offs and are, I think, 60 lbs each. I would have liked OEM weights since these are pretty sloppy castings, but the price was right. I painted them Kubota gray.

 

[ovrszd]

Very nice!!! By the way,,,,, your shop floor is toooooo clean....

 

[sixdogs]

This is the MX5100 with an OEM bracket and OEM weights. The MX5100 is a sturdy tractor to begin with but the addition of weights makes a big difference in picking up heavy implements or pulling things. It takes the MX5100 from a really nice tractor to a near perfect tractor. Kubota weights are beautifully made and finished and the weight shape and bracket arrangement shifts most of of the weight off the bracket. Nice setup.

 

[sixdogs]

Very nice!!! By the way,,,,, your shop floor is toooooo clean....

It's solvent based epoxy and always looks great. There's a thread on it and the coating came to pass after I spilled about 5 gallons of nasty gear oil and the smell wouldn't go away. Smell gone now.

 

[sixdogs]

Below is a weight bracket I made to add tongue weight to my Brillion cultimulcher when I transport over the road. It is oddly balanced and would hunt and weave and dodge all over the place and I couldn't tow faster than 20 MPH. There wasn't an easy way to add weights so I made a bracket that I could U-bolt to the front part of the frame and slide on some dumb bell weights I could get on the cheap from the Amish thrift store. Here's how I made the bracket, added the weights and retained them with a dumb bell clamp. Works perfect and looks like it belongs. 100 lbs total does the trick. It looks nice because I just sprayed it with oil for the winter.

 

[ovrszd]

Very nice seedbed tool.

One of the drills that FSA rents out is that way. Farmers have wrecked it several times even after diligent warnings of pulling it too fast.

 

[sixdogs]

Very nice seedbed tool.

One of the drills that FSA rents out is that way. Farmers have wrecked it several times even after diligent warnings of pulling it too fast.

With the 100 lbs of added weight on the tongue, I can now tow at 40mph rather than 20mph. I don't tow that fast but it's interesting what the tongue weight does to the implement. Weight, in the right place, is your friend.

 

[CADplans]

My DIY Cub Cadet weight bracket,,,

I think the tractor looks nekkid without the bracket,,,
the bracket is also a nice grill guard,,,

 

[Big Barn]

With the 100 lbs of added weight on the tongue, I can now tow at 40mph rather than 20mph. I don't tow that fast but it's interesting what the tongue weight does to the implement. Weight, in the right place, is your friend.

I find most trailing "soil engaging" implements over 10 feet wide tend to do this at higher road speeds. Probably because of the "floating" nature of the hitch and the unsprung weight.

 

[ovrszd]

My DIY Cub Cadet weight bracket,,,
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I missed the DIY part, looks factory to me!!!! Very nice build!!!!

 

[CADplans]

I missed the DIY part, looks factory to me!!!! Very nice build!!!!

This is the DIY on the back,,,, can you guess what it does??