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[Transit]

Do you have the brush hog attached and rigged correctly? If you are supporting the full weight of the hog by the hitch you will need to counter its weight. The hog should be floating, that is, drag arms supporting the hog and the tail wheel on the ground at all times. The top link should be relaxed to allow the hog to follow the contour of the ground. The only time when the full weight of the hog is on the hitch is when the hog is lifted for transportation.

 

[deepNdirt]

if you can get ahold of some old RR-rail iron a small pc of this will be of some weight, then of course you would have to fabricate a way to put in on the bumper, I had a small pc on My Kubota and it weigh 100 + pounds . having it plus the wheel weights was just enough to balance with use of the bush hog cutter,

 

[6011Artist]

I would go with adding water/antifreeze to the front tires, not expensive and easily done. If thats not enough weight and you are wanting to do it cheap, build a box that hangs on the front bracket and fill with concrete. If you have a tire shop buddy, might even get some lead and build smaller hanging boxes and melt lead and pour in them. I've seen the lead trick done on pulling tractors.

 

[RoyJackson]

I would go with adding water/antifreeze to the front tires, not expensive and easily done. If thats not enough weight and you are wanting to do it cheap, build a box that hangs on the front bracket and fill with concrete. If you have a tire shop buddy, might even get some lead and build smaller hanging boxes and melt lead and pour in them. I've seen the lead trick done on pulling tractors.

Just do that melting in a very well ventilated area

 

[Denwa]

Just do that melting in a very well ventilated area

And stay upwind with a fan behind you. Lead fumes are NASTY stuff.

Dennis

 

[PeterK]

Just do that melting in a very well ventilated area

... or gold horns might pop out of your forehead. Sorry Roy, HAD to.

 

[6011Artist]

another idea would be to get some sort of steel tank or old beer keg and have a bracket welded on to fit it to the front of your tractor. Have a fill hole in the top and a drain hole in the bottom. You can fill it according to how much weight you want/need for the task at hand. You can also double it as a sprayer tank in the future if needed. If nothing else use it to wash your hands when out in the field. But when it is time to remove it, drain the water, it's light enough to pick up by hand.

 

[6011Artist]

another idea would be to get some sort of steel tank or old beer keg and have a bracket welded on to fit it to the front of your tractor. Have a fill hole in the top and a drain hole in the bottom. You can fill it according to how much weight you want/need for the task at hand. You can also double it as a sprayer tank in the future if needed. If nothing else use it to wash your hands when out in the field. But when it is time to remove it, drain the water, it's light enough to pick up by hand.

 

[jayste]

... or gold horns might pop out of your forehead. Sorry Roy, HAD to.

:laughing::laughing::thumbsup:

Roy's the MAN! OR! You could mount some gold horns on the front!

Really some good ideas here. I need to do this myself. Hooking on to my gooseneck trailer and moving it to mow under it gets mine into a "wheelie"!

 

[Treemonkey1000]

I have an abundance of plastic 5 gallon buckets from buying our spoiled cats kitty litter. I went to my local hardware store and talked them into selling me the concrete mix in the bags that were torn or starting to get hard for pretty cheap. I mixed that concrete into the bucket with handles. Then I use those for weight in the back of my truck in the winter. You can add as many buckets as you need. Just don't screw up your back lifting them.
You could use something like that if you can mount them to the front of your tractor easily.