Front weight bracket

[haydendavid380 759]

I've seen that some were made, but I've never seen any for sale.

 

I've dug through a bunch of old threads and seen some good ones fabbed up, but I'm not sure if my welding skills are up to that task. They don't seem like they'd be too hard to produce. Is anyone manufacturing aftermarket ones or will any from other manufacturers fit?

[ebinmaine 69,085]

What kind of tractor?

 

I made a bolt on bracket for Trina's 867. 

[haydendavid380 759]

B/C series

[WVHillbilly520H 10,374]

Try this... Can be welded or bolted together. Different thickness material ect.

[haydendavid380 759]

21 minutes ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

Try this... Can be welded or bolted together. Different thickness material ect.

 Is that steel or aluminum? If it's steel that some crazy thick plate to out bends in.

[WVHillbilly520H 10,374]

Those are steel, but 1/4" would suffice, I made them to fit my weights I had.

[ranger 1,769]

These are mine I put together sometime ago, (I keep using this photo on here.) they are “Fish Plates,” “Flitch Plates”, used on trucks to attach the truck bed/body to the chassis. I have loads of them, 10mm thick with 16mm holes in them, they get used on many projects. I think each one weighs about 2kg. Bolted together with long M16 bolts, one of which hooks Into the  front “Attach a Matic”. It does the job at the moment, but?????

[cschannuth 3,817]

I have purchased one that will look familiar from above, I have bolted them together, and I’ve welded them. 

[ebinmaine 69,085]

Love this thread. 

 

Some very nice tractors here. 

 

So.... What do we all think is a "magic number" of pounds to have as front weight??

 

 

[ranger 1,769]

19 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Love this thread. 

 

Some very nice tractors here. 

 

So.... What do we all think is a "magic number" of pounds to have as front weight??

 

 

Measure how high the front wheels are off the ground with your heaviest implement at full lift, multiply this figure by a factor of the age of the tractor, + how flat the rear tyres are, you then have the answer in doughnuts. 👩‍🎓

[WVHillbilly520H 10,374]

51 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Love this thread. 

So.... What do we all think is a "magic number" of pounds to have as front weight??

 

3 of my weights is (42-44# ea) 120-130 total with my bracket and 20# wheel weights on the 315-8 with the tiller was all I wanted to steer but on a 520 that changes with the gear reduction set-up so "magic" number would be what you and your tractor are comfortable with while maintaining ground contact.

[Handy Don 12,738]

2 hours ago, ranger said:

Measure how high the front wheels are off the ground with your heaviest implement at full lift, multiply this figure by a factor of the age of the tractor, + how flat the rear tyres are, you then have the answer in doughnuts. 👩‍🎓

One of the first lessons we got in engineering school was to make really sure of two things: 1) that the answer was in the right units, and 2) did the answer make sense.

Check and check! 

[ebinmaine 69,085]

3 hours ago, ranger said:

Measure how high the front wheels are off the ground with your heaviest implement at full lift, multiply this figure by a factor of the age of the tractor, + how flat the rear tyres are, you then have the answer in doughnuts. 👩‍🎓

 

29 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

One of the first lessons we got in engineering school was to make really sure of two things: 1) that the answer was in the right units, and 2) did the answer make sense.

Check and check! 

 

 

 

I take it you fellas are proponents of this NEW MATH I've read about.

 

I believe you are both correct because I understand donut as a weight and measure all too well. 

 

 

I have two or three friends in my life that are fully capable of coming up with some extremely amusing answers to questions that make less sense than I do and I'm pretty ridiculous. 

[squonk 41,704]

 

 

 

 

[cschannuth 3,817]

11 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Love this thread. 

 

Some very nice tractors here. 

 

So.... What do we all think is a "magic number" of pounds to have as front weight??

 

 

Anywhere from zero to about 100 pounds depending on what I’m using the tractor for. Sometimes the weight bracket just acts as a bumper for me. If I’ve got my sprayer on the back and it’s full I use a couple of 50 pound suitcase weights. On my plow tractor I’ve got 7- 10 pound weights when I’m plowing somebody’s garden.

[ebinmaine 69,085]

16 minutes ago, cschannuth said:

Anywhere from zero to about 100 pounds depending on what I’m using the tractor for. Sometimes the weight bracket just acts as a bumper for me. If I’ve got my sprayer on the back and it’s full I use a couple of 50 pound suitcase weights. On my plow tractor I’ve got 7- 10 pound weights when I’m plowing somebody’s garden.

I've got about 90 pounds on the front of Trina's 867. Seems close to right. 

Mine has over 100 in the tires. Also a big block. Occasionally I wish it was a little more when pulling a trailer load of hardwood out of the forest. 

 

 

Just wondered what others did. 

[haydendavid380 759]

Ok, so here's where I am. I spent the day trying to find something heavy. I checked CL for any suitcase weights, exercise weights anything. Came up short and settled on bricks. Cost me less than $10 versus $300+. I'll keep my eye out for something more permanent. 

 

I ordered one of these

That's supposed to be here later in the week. 

 

In the mean time I stared working on the weights and brackets. 

I started out with one of these from harbor freight. The price of steel stock is astronomical right now, so I went with something off the shelf that was only $25.

 

This caught my eye too, and I figure it's extra 10lbs couldn't hurt 😄

 

I'm trying to decide between 2 blocks and 3. I burnt up the only cheap 1/2" drill bit I had, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to finish up, but I think this should work. 

[ebinmaine 69,085]

7 hours ago, haydendavid380 said:

trying to decide between 2 blocks and 3

More is better in this case. 

 

Nice work. 

[haydendavid380 759]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

More is better in this case. 

 

Nice work. 

The stated weight it 33lbs on each stone.

 

3 weights and and the steel I'm guessing is about 115-120lbs. I just wasn't sure how much the front tachamatic could hold.

[ebinmaine 69,085]

3 minutes ago, haydendavid380 said:

The stated weight it 33lbs on each stone.

 

3 weights and and the steel I'm guessing is about 115-120lbs. I just wasn't sure how much the front tachamatic could hold.

I don't feel like that's a problem at all

[haydendavid380 759]

The front hitch bracket and my drill bits showed up. Everything is bolted up and fastened.

 

[Goldnboy 959]

Here is my solution to front weight bracket.  Free cast iron weights that were rusty, and a bad mule drive. Bored a 1" hole in the center and used a 1" bolt to support the weight plates.  I can use a variety of combinations but shown is 50#. I can easily remove by removing the lynch pin.

[TJ5208 1,824]

Here's my home made weight box dead battery thou battery weight is 22 lbs it's steers good when it's rolling but once and still it's really hard but I grease the spindles and the steering module so it's easier to steer