Ballast Mounting Wheel Weights on Kubota MX5800

Mackdaddy9269 · Jun 4, 2018

Hello,

I checked the forum and most of the discussions are about whether to get wheel weights, what size/how many, and where to buy them from. I couldn't find anything about mounting wheel weights, especially that are around 100 pounds. I searched youtube and only found a couple decent videos.

I plan on having a helper to mount these brutes but I'm questioning if there is a certain way to mount them? They aren't OEM but are similar. They look like the Lonestar weights in this video listing:

212 John Deere 452 Wheel Weight Install - YouTube

Maybe these only install one way, I'm questioning if the rounded part always goes outward or depending on how your tires/rims are set (narrow/wide) if the rounded part of the weight may go inward and rest against the bolts hold the rim to the tractor wheel hub?

I also don't want to mess up my rims or bend anything. Any certain specs to tighten the bolts to? Thanks in advance for time and help!

sixdogs · Jun 5, 2018

Search for Kubota M7040 and M7060 rear weights with "sixdogs" since there are some threads you could look at. Most knock off weights are factory copies and do go on based on how the wheel center is positioned. See that above thread but curves to curves and flats to flats. Also, they bolt on with simple carriage bolts. I tighten mine based on the size of the bolt. My recent 5/8" bolts probably went to 125 ft lbs and that a guestimate from an impact gun.

Get them centered to the wheel by tightening a little t a time and whacking into position with a BIG rubber hammer. Piece of cake after the first time. Watch your fingers.

FTG-05 · Jun 5, 2018

Here's the way I did my lead, steel and concrete wheel weights. At 250 lbs +/- each, there was no way I'm moving these suckers by hand, much less lifting them. Hence, I built a tool that fits my Atlas 12k lb lift and used that.

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Luke'sScreenName · Jun 5, 2018

Here's my thread...

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...mounting-kubota-wheel-weights.html?highlight=

Mackdaddy9269 · Jun 5, 2018

Thanks fellas! I appreciate the information. I forgot about your post Luke'sScreenName. Thanks for posting it. I had just read over it again tonight and saw that I had posted on it back in April. We've got the same rims/tire setup. The weights I'm getting look like what you used. I'm going to try to find a way where the weight isn't resting right against the rim as you had mentioned. Will that weight only fit one way (with the rounded side of the weight facing into the rim)? I wonder if you had more of those spacers if that would have kept it from rubbing on the actual rim?

I'm probably going to have to rig something up as well to lift these weights into place in order to mount & fasten them to the rim. I'm not looking forward to that at all, but I'm hoping adding two sets of these will firmly plant the rear end of this beast as well as give me better traction for using ground engaging 3pt implements if it ever stops raining!

Luke'sScreenName · Jun 5, 2018

Pretty sure it only goes one way. I think my concerns about the paint were unfounded. As far as I can tell there has been no movement between rim and weight to rub the paint.