front weights

[Anonymous Poster]

I went to local machine shop, found he had some 2 x 10 inch steel stock. Had him cut it to 30 inch length and drill 4 mounting holes and mounted my new bumper. Added 60 or 70 lbs. Cost: $50 plus $2 for paint.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

My dealer wanted $425 plus shipping for a set of suitcase weights (240 lbs) and the bracket. I made a simple bracket to hang 300 lbs of barbell weights. I couldn't find any used weights, so I ended up paying $150 for twelve new 25 lb barbell weights.

 

[JimC]

Check with a tractor repair shop, If they install a FEL on a John Deere or other large tractor, they end up with 8, 104 lb (47 kgm) front end weights, almost every shop I have been to seems to have a stack of old weights around in their junk pile.
I kept the 8 that came off our JD 2955 just haven't made a bracket for them yet as I usually have the FEL on and don't have a brushhog type mower on the Bota (yet)

 

[tonyw]

Thanks, Tomcat--and everyone else. That's another good looking set of weights....I've got to get to work on my own; I've been doing a few too many wheelies lately! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

 

[jhburke]

I used a piece of 21/2 X 2 1/2 square tube about 22" long. I filled it with lead and bolted it to the bottom of my grill guard. That added 62# to the front end. I put a bracket consising of a 12" round plate with a 2" pipe welded to the center. Round plate has four mounting holes for bolts thru wheels. I put 2 pieces of 2 1/2" x 10 1/2" round stock on each wheel. That adds about 300# to rear of tractor. Tractor is a B7500HSD.

 

[JRP]

POST YOUR PICTURES OF FRONT WEIGHTS / BUMPERS

We have a lot of text threads about front weights. A picture is woth a thousand words. Post your pictures as a reply to this post.

Jim Poux

 

[g42guy]

Re: POST YOUR PICTURES OF FRONT WEIGHTS / BUMPERS

Since I'm not a welder, here's what I did.

 

[g42guy]

Re: POST YOUR PICTURES OF FRONT WEIGHTS / BUMPERS

OOP's!
Try this again.

 

[Von]

Re: POST YOUR PICTURES OF FRONT WEIGHTS / BUMPERS

O.K. here is what I did. Used two smaller wheel weights that are about 60lbs each. Just bolted them to the front bumper.

 

[Volp]

Is it realy so difficult to find used suitcase weights in the US?
My local scrapyard always seems to have a few in stock.
I resently bought four IH weights of about 60 lbs each for aproximately $10 each. When I welded a simple bracket from sheet metal found at the same yard and bolted it to my MF35 as you can se in the attached picture.
The small weight is from a dismembered washingmachine, I thought it was better to recycle it!

 

[Volp]

This is the bracket with weights attached.
I plan to make a bracket for my garden tractor a JD 186 to use two suitcase weights as a rear weight when using the snowplow.

 

[Soundguy]

Suitcase weights like that from the NH dealer are 50 pounds each.. and are 50 bucks each.. Ouch!

I have yet to find a source for used suitcase weights.

Soundguy

 

[Thomas]

We also did lot of looking for second hand suitcase weights..no luck /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif..ended up buying 10 new weights at $65.oo each for JD830. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

 

[cchoate]

125lbs on my 7500. Total cost was around $60.

 

[Nuru]

I am going the same route, I just have not gone ahead and finished up yet. I have the threaded bar, the weights (over 400 lbs of my former Universal sized weight set), and bolts to bolt it to myrear tires. I do need to make a front bracket to hang them on the front. I may make somethin the hangs on the frame and the blade.