BX2660 FEL

[c-and-a]

Have a look at this - another idea...

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...i-learned-tractorbynet.html?highlight=ballast

 

[FSE]

Not to oversimplify, but I've had great luck just using my 48" box blade. It weighs plenty, but I also use it in conjunction with rear wheel weights (80# each side).

And it has a myriad of different uses...shovel carrier, strap hooker-to-er, root ripper-outer, as well as a somewhat uncomfortable seat in a pinch. I don't make an effort to have more stuff laying around than I need to by combining functions...and a beat up beer keg sounds like a one-purpose item.

Good point. The only problem is the tractor and FEL were a early Christmas present from my wife and I dont have a BB yet and I don't see one in the near future. I think I will be getting a straight blade for a gift at Christmas but not for sure and I want to use the FEL now. The keg idea would be cheap and I have all the stuff except the cement.

 

[FSE]

Sounds like a plan to me. Only thing I'd be worried about is whether the 7/8" rod would bend with all that weight on it, especially if you start bouncing a little, which you WILL do with a load in the FEL and all that weight off the 3PH.

I was thinking that also. I plan on only extending the bar a few inches out the ends. Just enough to get thru the hitch. I am hoping that the dried concret will keep it straight in the keg and it be be close enought on the ends not to bend.

 

[FSE]

Have a look at this - another idea...

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...i-learned-tractorbynet.html?highlight=ballast

Great idea. I am thinging sort of the same thing only lying sideways and with a keg. It wouldn't be as long though.

 

[Evil the Weasel]

Maybe your dealer will toss in a ballast box for you (mine did). It can't hurt to ask.

 

[LBrown59]

*Fluid in the tires is the best because that way the weight is not on the tractor suspension.

]But* it's hard to add and remove.

I agree, while you can haul stuff on flat ground with fluid or weights, you have to be very careful and I wouldn't recommend it.

Why not?

 

[FSE]

Maybe your dealer will toss in a ballast box for you (mine did). It can't hurt to ask.

I think I got all I am going to get out of him between the price and the free 50 hour service. Beside the deal is basicly agreed apon. I was just waiting for the FEL to sign the paper work.

 

[TripleR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by TripleR

I agree, while you can haul stuff on flat ground with fluid or weights, you have to be very careful and I wouldn't recommend it.

Why not?

I am referring to wheel weights or fluid ballast only with no weight in the form of a ballast box BB etc. I don't recommend it due to varying levels of skill/experience.

 

[FSE]

Well the dealer brought my tractor back today with the FEL attached. They put water and methanol in the rear tires. I didn't ask for it but what could I say then. Anyway I think I have come up with a new scheme to make a counter weight. I know it's cheap and may not look the prettiest but I think it will work just the same. The keg turned out to be stainless steel and that was going to be a little harder to work with. So here is what I came up with as an alternative. Make a nice flat area on the ground with sand and put down a piece of plastic. Then drive a 7/8 inch rod thru the middle into the ground. Take a 12 inch dia. concrete tube and cut it about 22 inches long and place on the plastic with the rod in the middle. Pour the concrete in the tube filling it to the top with the rod sticking out about a foot. Let it harden and then pull it up from the ground and take the plastic off the end. Cut off the rod to the proper length and drill holes in the rod ends for lynch pins. That should weight somewhere around 150 lbs I am thinking. Lower the 3pt to the ground hook up the weight and lift. With the water in the tires I am thinking that would be enough. What do you think?