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Front Tractor weights...Huh?

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Wile E

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I want a few front tractor weights. I called a New holland dealer, Nope. I called a Deere Dealer, Nope--But special order, $62 each---I aint paying that. I called tractor supply, Nope.

I have to assume that Case IH, and Case NH and Kubota sell front ballast weights for their machines.....Right?

I am not paying over $200 for 4 suitcase weights for my tractor.
I think I might go to a place that sells home gym equipment and buy plate weights, same concept only harder to take on and off because they will be bolted on.

Does anyone have any suggestions on where to get them?
 
(quoted from post at 22:34:15 02/18/13) I want a few front tractor weights. I called a New holland dealer, Nope. I called a Deere Dealer, Nope--But special order, $62 each---I aint paying that. I called tractor supply, Nope.

I have to assume that Case IH, and Case NH and Kubota sell front ballast weights for their machines.....Right?

I am not paying over $200 for 4 suitcase weights for my tractor.
I think I might go to a place that sells home gym equipment and buy plate weights, same concept only harder to take on and off because they will be bolted on.

Does anyone have any suggestions on where to get them?
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I have no idea where to find them, but it'll be a safe bet you will pay way more than $200.
 
They can't be much for that price. I could use some for my White,but they generally bring a minimum of $75 each,used.
 
You must be looking at 25 lb garden tractor weights, even those can't see them being any cheaper, real front weights are $75 to over$100, and little fellas will be new on demand or hard to find so same price.

Paul
 
Used tractor weights are all 50 cents to $1.00 per lb..I recently got a 100 lb MM suitcase weight for $50 and thought that I had stolen it..
 
Welcome to the real world of steel prices. Maybe you can build a box form with some mounting bolts protruding, and pour it full of concrete, or fab up a metal rock box. Concrete rear wheel weights have been around for years, and rock boxes are used extensivly.
Loren, the Acg.
 
Tractor pullers have not helped the situation either. Out club just passed rules allowing hang on weights. Now 75 more people will be looking, including myself.
 
One local dealer used to sell used weights for $.50/lb. Last time I was there, he didn't have any. I used to buy them at auctions for $.25-.50/lb., but the last couple years I've been lucky to find any under $.75/lb. Popular brands/sizes regularly bring over $1/lb.
 
Find somebody with a plasma cutter, and have him make you some out of 1 1/2 inch plate. I'll bet you wish you had paid the $200 for 4.
 
Find somebody with a plasma cutter, and have him make you some out of 1 inch plate. Puller friend did that, and had them made at 100# each, for easy calculating. As we were struggling with them at a pull, I opined that maybe he should have gone for 50 pounders instead, and taken a refresher math course. He agreed.
 
Kubota dealers sell two different size weights and both are around a dollar a pound if you find a good dealer. The weight come from a place called TAYLOR foundry I am thinking in Oklahoma but not certain. Forget used they have gone sky high with all this antique tractor pulling.
 
I would pay, 60 cents to 80 cents per pound. $62 for a 42 pound bolster weight seems high to me.
I know that the cost of steel is high, I have access to scrap steel from work, mostly tubing and solid billet that will not be used by my employer.
 
I would pay, 60 cents to 80 cents per pound. $62 for a 42 pound bolster weight seems high to me.
I know that the cost of steel is high, I have access to scrap steel from work, mostly tubing and solid billet that will not be used by my employer.
 
Fit a nice square water tank to the front of your tractor with two bungs. Fill the water in through the top bung until you have enough weight and when you don't need it then empty it out through the bottom bung....simple, inexpensive and no heavy lifting involved.
Sam
 
the cheapest ones i found are the ones used on the back of a 510 massey combine-- 75 lbs. for around 35 to 45 bucks each-- make your own bracket-- good luck --- Roy
 
Steiner tractor sells new ones. I can"t recall how much they weigh or the price but I do recall it wasn"t a bad deal considering what used cost you can look them up online
 
The ones under 100 lb are the most desirable. I
found some 62 lb Allis weights. The best weights are
the 50 lb ones made from 3/4 plate steel. Be sure
they have a 3/8 or so rod welded on top for a
handle. Other wise are finger pinching sob's. Also
need some smaller ones like 25, 10, & 5.
 
I built a square platform about 2 feet square out of scrap angle iron. Couple other angle irons attach to tractor and support the platform. Largest rock I could lift rides on the platform secured with a rachet strap. Call it my CHEVY weight ---- "Like a rock!"
 
What samn40 said was the way I went, for several yr's. I used a 3 ft long truck propane tank bracketed in front of the radiator, and painted orange to match the tractor. I found a free exercise-body building machine, I saved the 1" round stock, heavy tubing, and angle iron, for future projects, and took the 1"x3"x12" bar weights, which had 3- 1" holes in them, and stacked them on two round stock uprights, on each side of my radiator. Now I dont have to worry about taking out the fence when turning at the end of a pass. I have 200 lbs on front, along with loaded front tires. Each weight weighs 10 lbs, and stacks neatly, with 10 on a side. I hated the tank on front, it always got to the end of the row, before the tractor did.
 
Why would you need a plasma cutter? It takes a fairly big plasma torch to cut 1 1/2" plate but a cutting torch with the right size tip and a steady hand/guide will cut just as nice, if not nicer, and be a whole lot simpler. Though $200 for 4 new weights seems pretty reasonable to me too. Another option is to go to a place that does crawler undercarriage and get some worn out track pads. They should be pretty cheap.
 
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