Stormin 9,981 #1 Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) I've been wanting some rear wheel weights for some time. Bit hard to find this side of the pond and if you do find some, silly money usually asked. So with ploughing match coming up at the end of this month, I thought I'd better get something sorted. At a local Land Rover specialists I extracted two Freelander rear disc/drums from his scrap bin. Free! At an engineering shop that specialises in vintage machinery, I obtained a couple of pulleys. £5 each. Pulleys were as bolted to disc/drums. Pulleys drilled and taped to take studs to fasten weights to wheels. Before going any further a trial fit. The weight is not secured, hence the gap at the top. Leaning out a bit. Today I changed the bolts holding disc/drum to pulley. Fitting longer ones and refitting the opposite way round. The reason for the longer bolts is that I was going to fill the drums with lead. With the bolt threads protruding into the drum, the molten lead would flow round the thread and be held in place when cooled. Lead was then melted in to the drums. I only had enough to half fill each drum. But it gave me a total weight of approximately 32lb each weight. That should suffice, but if more needed more can be added. The exposed face of the lead looked rough, so to tidy things up, I cut two discs out of a couple of feed tub plastic lids, to make two covers. In each weight, two off the bolts sticking into the drum, protruded through the lead. With nuts, these are used to secure the covers. Painting is now in progress and I will post photo's when done. Edited March 7, 2017 by Stormin 17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris sutton 610 #2 Posted March 7, 2017 No photo's then Norm. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neil 2,410 #3 Posted March 7, 2017 What a great idea Norm, I love upcycling 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 2,616 #4 Posted March 7, 2017 Nice work Norm 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #5 Posted March 8, 2017 19 hours ago, chris sutton said: No photo's then Norm. Here's a couple for you fussy. Primed with red oxide. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob R 968 #6 Posted March 8, 2017 Super idea and work, I made some for my Suburban (fits my Wheel Horses also) out of old bar bell weights..... 40lbers nice adder like your is that it keeps the snow out.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris sutton 610 #7 Posted March 8, 2017 3 hours ago, Stormin said: Here's a couple for you fussy. Primed with red oxide. Much better now we can see them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #8 Posted March 9, 2017 21 hours ago, chris sutton said: Much better now we can see them Here's another then. Finished painted. Sometime in the future, when I can lay my hands on some 1/4 plate, I will make covers for the outsides. They'll look a bit tidier then. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris sutton 610 #9 Posted March 9, 2017 They just need a wheelhorse decal in the middle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger 66 3,488 #10 Posted March 9, 2017 Nice work fellas ! Thought about casting some of my own with some concrete & plastic forms ( read : old 5 gal buckets ) . Maybe this summer ..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #12 Posted March 12, 2017 Couple of photo's of weights fitted. Keep my little mate down south happy. I did hit one little snag. I'd used a standard wheel as a jig when fitting the studs to secure weights to wheels. Consequently, as I'd narrowed the wheels on the tractor, they were rather to long. With 1-3/4" cut off and weights fitted and secured with nyloc nuts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankman 3,520 #13 Posted March 12, 2017 Had been using brake drums filled with concrete. Measure your rim, pick a pair of drums at the salvage yard that measure up. Work fine. Weight? Never checked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
