How to Keep Ballast Box From Losing Sand?

[Suburban Plowboy]

What if you move from Florida to Tennessee?

 

[bdog]

What if you move from Florida to Tennessee?

Is this a frequent thing? Do you not have other heavy implements? I literally have dozens of things over 1000lbs that would need transported if I move. I would use my loader and load them. Now if I knew I was for sure moving on a certain date in the near future I might try to consider that when getting new things but I am not going make working with my implements more difficult on the chance that I might want them to be lighter if I decide to move someday.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I would use my loader and load them.

Or you could just dump some worthless sand and put the box in your pickup.

 

[bdog]

I decided to keep the last Titan ballast box I received. They sent me one that was beaten up, and I got them to replace it. Then they replaced it with one which was still beaten up, but less so. I decided I would rather have a beaten-up box than wait until a miracle occurred and Fedex delivered one properly.

Titan knocked $30 off to compensate for the cost of paint (which will end up running me more like $50). I am now in the process of painting the box.

Question: what do people do to keep the sand from slowly leaking out of the back door? It closes, but not tightly enough to keep sand in. I was thinking I'd shove a heavy-duty trash bag down in there.

Do you need the door to open? I am not sure why you would. Weld it shut sealing the gap if you don’t want sand trickling out.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I am like others here, why would you need to move the ballast box and not the tractor? If moving, I would think that you would want to move all of your equipment and in that case, load it on a trailer along with your tractor. If moving just the ballast box and dump all the weight, what are you using it for when you get to the new site.


I guess some folks do things much different than what I would do and their reasons is theirs alone.

 

[bdog]

Or you could just dump some worthless sand and put the box in your pickup.

Sure you could but obviously you are having problems with the sand leaking. My point was unless you are planning on moving in the near future why not remedy the leaking sand with concrete? I guess everyone’s situation is different but I never consider how I will move things when setting up my tractors and implements. No joke it would likely take over a dozen semis to move all my stuff.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I'm not having problems with the sand leaking. I haven't filled the box yet. I'm getting advice before I fill it up. Someone said a trash bag will do it, so I'm going to use one.

 

[WranglerX]

You take it with you empty or full.... Just like you take tractor or anvil or any other object....

Dale

 

[millerellis]

Suburban Plowboy; heard of time zones? my location is listed. local time was 11:28

so your a lawyer, that explains allot. by education i'm an industrial engineer. most call it a 'practical engineer' i find solutions, not problems.


What if you move from Florida to Tennessee? too funny

 

[JohnBuffaloMN]

Sand is messy - use rocks or steel weights. You can find a lot of weight lifting sets on CL for cheap or free.