B2320 needs weight on front How to Homemade?

[kuboman]

Going to Alpine, Al next week. Where are you?

Alberta , Canada.

 

[Tom_H]

John,

I would recommend going with 50# discs so that you can keep the COG as low as possible. Mine range from 15" to 17" in dia. with the wider ones being thinner. For something to lock the shaft, go to Google Advanced Image Search and enter the exact phrase "barbell collar"; the first 2 pages of results will give you about a dozen different designs. At Grainger Industrial Supply - MRO Supplies, MRO Equipment, Tools & Solutions you can search for "Set Screw Shaft Collar" and "Quick Coupling Shaft Collar." If you get use a piece of vertical bar that already has small cross drilled holes you could use a hairpin cotter pin or a coiled tension safety pin; you can search for both of those at Grainger, TSC, or just get one from your local tractor dealer. If you happen to find some Olympic style weights with the approximately 2" dia. holes, you could probably just find some old pipe with inner dia. just over 1" and outer dia. of 2", and cut some pieces to use as spacing bushings between the 1" bar and the hole in the center of the disc.

Tom

....we need someone with a different view of life to talk with. Some people hate people that don't agree with them, I've usually appreciated them after I decided they were usually "wrong" but still not stupid.:laughing: Truly Thanks....

You're welcome....I think.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

John,

I would recommend going with 50# discs so that you can keep the COG as low as possible. Mine range from 15" to 17" in dia. with the wider ones being thinner. For something to lock the shaft, go to Google Advanced Image Search and enter the exact phrase "barbell collar"; the first 2 pages of results will give you about a dozen different designs. At Grainger Industrial Supply - MRO Supplies, MRO Equipment, Tools & Solutions you can search for "Set Screw Shaft Collar" and "Quick Coupling Shaft Collar." If you get use a piece of vertical bar that already has small cross drilled holes you could use a hairpin cotter pin or a coiled tension safety pin; you can search for both of those at Grainger, TSC, or just get one from your local tractor dealer. If you happen to find some Olympic style weights with the approximately 2" dia. holes, you could probably just find some old pipe with inner dia. just over 1" and outer dia. of 2", and cut some pieces to use as spacing bushings between the 1" bar and the hole in the center of the disc.

Tom



You're welcome....I think.

Thanks Tom. It was meant as a compliment.:thumbsup:
My Brother in law said he had some channel iron that he could cut for me and cut a couple of holes in the back to bolt to front of weight plate and then use threaded rod to slip the weight over. he thought he may have some a foot or more deep. I was wondering the size of 50lb weights so now I know that. Thanks all for help. Now to find weights other than in Canada.

 

[Tom_H]

John, I found my 17" discs at a metal yard. They had a section that was used metal available for re-use; they had stuff priced lower than new and higher than they could get for scrap. There was a 1" bar with a 50 pounder welded onto each end by an amateur welder. I got the thing for $20 and broke the poor quality welds with a sledge and reciprocating saw. I cut the bar into 3 sections. One is welded onto my subsoiler for stacking discs as ballast, one slides into my home designed PHD ballast frame, and I have one unused piece. I would recommend looking for the bar with a set of weights. That way you get a bar that was sized for the holes in the discs from the beginning. Most 50# weights are right @ 15" dia. or a hair over; the two 17 inchers I have are the pretty unusual.

If you do go with threaded rod, I think Grainger has some up to 1" dia., maybe even more. They also have ultra heavy duty washers, lock washers, and wingnuts in those sizes that you could use for quick lock down. If you go with regular barbell bar, the spring hand-grip design is the fastest; I got a couple for $1.50 each at the used sports equipment store.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

John, I found my 17" discs at a metal yard. They had a section that was used metal available for re-use; they had stuff priced lower than new and higher than they could get for scrap. There was a 1" bar with a 50 pounder welded onto each end by an amateur welder. I got the thing for $20 and broke the poor quality welds with a sledge and reciprocating saw. I cut the bar into 3 sections. One is welded onto my subsoiler for stacking discs as ballast, one slides into my home designed PHD ballast frame, and I have one unused piece. I would recommend looking for the bar with a set of weights. That way you get a bar that was sized for the holes in the discs from the beginning. Most 50# weights are right @ 15" dia. or a hair over; the two 17 inchers I have are the pretty unusual.

If you do go with threaded rod, I think Grainger has some up to 1" dia., maybe even more. They also have ultra heavy duty washers, lock washers, and wingnuts in those sizes that you could use for quick lock down. If you go with regular barbell bar, the spring hand-grip design is the fastest; I got a couple for $1.50 each at the used sports equipment store.

I'll now take the barbell if it's available. I had planned to not take it and just weights. I'll go into super hot persuit this week hunting for weights local. I'll be traveling through a few states next week if I don't find them here.
You keep adding more good info, Tom. Thanks.:thumbsup:

 

[TroyR57]

Jt, I will be on the lookout for a short pices of rr track, for you. Not sure I can find one, but looking.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Jt, I will be on the lookout for a short pices of rr track, for you. Not sure I can find one, but looking.

Thanks Troy. When are you working in Hazard?

 

[TroyR57]

Looks like I will be in Sommerset some time friday afternoon, and saturday morning. Then heading over to Hazard, to work, Monday for sure, and Maybe some sunday afternoon, I hope not, but got to offer the customer the option. I called and talked to Gary this morning, and ordered some stuff for both tractors. I will also be looking at the RTV 500's or RTV 900XT.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Looks like I will be in Sommerset some time friday afternoon, and saturday morning. Then heading over to Hazard, to work, Monday for sure, and Maybe some sunday afternoon, I hope not, but got to offer the customer the option. I called and talked to Gary this morning, and ordered some stuff for both tractors. I will also be looking at the RTV 500's or RTV 900XT.

If you make it on Friday I can let you drive my RTV1140 all around the hillside and across/thru the creek. Leaving Sat for Al.