MESSMAKER
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Piece of railroad tie works well. It probably weighs 50 lb a foot.
Ballast I need Front Ballast solutions
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civesnedfield
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- 2007 Mahindra 4530----1972 Massey Ferguson 1100
Reading this thread got me thinking. I have taken the loader off my tractor for hay season and thought I would probably need a little front weight. I went down to my dealer to see if he had the OEM weight bracket for my tractor. He didn't but he said he ad a bunch of weights.
He told me that at one time alot of tractors were shipped from the factory with front weights. A lot of people added loaders and didn't need the weights. Sooooooooo he had a pile of weights laying around. He basically had three different styles. 13kg , 25kg . and some that looked like 40kg (didn't pay too much attention to the real heavy ones)
I asked how much, he told me $25.00 each. So I piled four 25kg weights in the back of the truck. Once I get the bracket made up and see how much room I have I will probably go back for a couple more.
Thanks for getting my mind working guys!!
He told me that at one time alot of tractors were shipped from the factory with front weights. A lot of people added loaders and didn't need the weights. Sooooooooo he had a pile of weights laying around. He basically had three different styles. 13kg , 25kg . and some that looked like 40kg (didn't pay too much attention to the real heavy ones)
I asked how much, he told me $25.00 each. So I piled four 25kg weights in the back of the truck. Once I get the bracket made up and see how much room I have I will probably go back for a couple more.
Thanks for getting my mind working guys!!
