Picked up a new "accessory" for the tractor

[GManBart]

Scrap steel is selling for $.30 a pound here, so I think you did well.

 

[ovrszd]

Scrap steel is selling for $.30 a pound here, so I think you did well.

That would be $600 per ton!!!!! It's around $145 per ton here. Wow........

 

[GManBart]

That would be $600 per ton!!!!! It's around $145 per ton here. Wow........

Keep in mind that's when you buy scrap from them. I sold 4,750lbs of steel to the yard on Friday, and only got 7.5c per pound

 

[kebo]

Nice find, I vote for black myself.

I say black too. Sounds like you done good on that deal. It's what you wanted, at a price point you were willing to spend, so use them and be happy!

 

[oosik]

Hey, let me be one of the odd ones. I think they look good and I LIKE the red.

 

[TSO]

Thanks fellas

Got a chance to use them today on a small driveway job. They really made the tractor more stable when moving around full bucket of gravel. The box blade isn't usually enough to keep the back end from getting squirmy when I've got full buckets of material like that, but with the weights it was just fine.

To answer a couple questions, yes they are turned inwards because that follows the contours of the rim. Also, they are stamped IH, so I can't imagine any other manufacturer with those initials stamping wheel weights. I believe they came off of an old FarmAll C.

Here are a couple shots from today in the daylight. I think the red is growing on me!

 

[Looking4new]

The red goes good with the rest of the tractor. The black goes with the frame. Green goes with the grass you might be on in the summer, so split the difference and paint them red & green & black.

 

[fieldman12]

Looks like I can see the IH logo in a couple pics. I thought they looked similar to some of the JD weights until I found the IH logo.

TSO was told they were IH weights. I've not saw any IH weights like those. Maybe for the smaller/newer models?? Certainly not from an old M or H. Not from a newer/larger 1056, etc. Not sure what they would have been on?? Then again, maybe the previous owner had them on an IH so called them IH weights?? Hafta call them Massey weights now.

 

[fieldman12]

Sorry I did not read this post about the IH logo until later.

Thanks fellas

Got a chance to use them today on a small driveway job. They really made the tractor more stable when moving around full bucket of gravel. The box blade isn't usually enough to keep the back end from getting squirmy when I've got full buckets of material like that, but with the weights it was just fine.

To answer a couple questions, yes they are turned inwards because that follows the contours of the rim. Also, they are stamped IH, so I can't imagine any other manufacturer with those initials stamping wheel weights. I believe they came off of an old FarmAll C.

Here are a couple shots from today in the daylight. I think the red is growing on me!



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[George2615]

Great find TSO. You did fine. I looked on CL for a long time for weights before I loaded my rear tires. People around here think wheel weights are gold asking $1 - 1.50 a lb. I called a few to try and get them down to .50 a lb. but they wouldn't budge. I still see some of the same ones listed on CL a year later.