Getting ready for $&@#

[propane1]

Post away Matt, I don’t mind. The rear weights on my Cade 446 are front wheel weights from a farm tractor. 75 lbs each.

Noel

[Timj]

Post away Matt, I don’t mind. The rear weights on my Cade 446 are front wheel weights from a farm tractor. 75 lbs each.

Noel

I'll have to spend a little time looking for some tractor weights. There is usually Case weights for sale locally, but as usual, when you need some you can't find any.

[Gordy]

Post away Matt, I don’t mind. The rear weights on my Cade 446 are front wheel weights from a farm tractor. 75 lbs each.

Noel

I'll have to spend a little time looking for some tractor weights. There is usually Case weights for sale locally, but as usual, when you need some you can't find any.

If you have a tractor salvage yard around, Look for JD combine weights for the steering tires. They are made for 16" rims, and come in outer solid weights or inner split weights to fit around the spindle. I have a set of inners, each half is 52 pounds so 104 pounds per tire plus some for nuts and bolts. And mount to the outside of my rims perfectly. I forget but think someone said the outers were 150 or 160 pounds.Now if a guy were lucky enough to find both inner and outer


Gordy

[Eugen]

If you have a tractor salvage yard around, Look for JD combine weights for the steering tires. They are made for 16" rims, and come in outer solid weights or inner split weights to fit around the spindle. I have a set of inners, each half is 52 pounds so 104 pounds per tire plus some for nuts and bolts. And mount to the outside of my rims perfectly. I forget but think someone said the outers were 150 or 160 pounds.Now if a guy were lucky enough to find both inner and outer


Gordy

I am that lucky guy, found both the inner and outer combine weights. And they are great! The outer weights are 162 lbs per piece. The JD part numbers for them are:

H78062
H93849

I called a salvage yard that had a various combines and asked them about these parts numbers. Turns out they had one JD combine with the full set of inner and outer weights. They fit the 400 series rim perfectly. But it was a long drive for me to get them, more than 3 hours one way. I still kick myself for not asking to buy the combine wheels as well. They were 16" diameter, regular 6 bolt pattern, but they had some giant AG tires on them. Oh how nice it would have looked on my 444!!!

However, when I go anywhere far I look to see if there's any salvage yard on my way, so that I ask about the combine weights.

[Gordy]

I just remembered this pdf for weight options.

file:///home/chronos/u-c92f79d5c79e4948a1d771aa0376a8cc9af27e5b/MyFiles/Downloads/Recovered%20files%20from%20Google%20Drive/Tractor%20Weight%20Options%20(2).pdf


Gordy

[Eugen]

I just remembered this pdf for weight options.

file:///home/chronos/u-c92f79d5c79e4948a1d771aa0376a8cc9af27e5b/MyFiles/Downloads/Recovered%20files%20from%20Google%20Drive/Tractor%20Weight%20Options%20(2).pdf


Gordy

Thanks Gordy, but the file didn't get attached. Can you please attach it, or add it to the technical library?

[Gordy]

I just remembered this pdf for weight options.

file:///home/chronos/u-c92f79d5c79e4948a1d771aa0376a8cc9af27e5b/MyFiles/Downloads/Recovered%20files%20from%20Google%20Drive/Tractor%20Weight%20Options%20(2).pdf


Gordy

Thanks Gordy, but the file didn't get attached. Can you please attach it, or add it to the technical library?

Not sure how to do that But if you copy and paste it to google search it should open, at least it does for me. It was from the old group and when I tried to save it as a photo, it ended up as a link opening off site


Gordy

[DavidBarkey]

I just remembered this pdf for weight options.

file:///home/chronos/u-c92f79d5c79e4948a1d771aa0376a8cc9af27e5b/MyFiles/Downloads/Recovered%20files%20from%20Google%20Drive/Tractor%20Weight%20Options%20(2).pdf


Gordy

Thanks Gordy, but the file didn't get attached. Can you please attach it, or add it to the technical library?

Not sure how to do that But if you copy and paste it to google search it should open, at least it does for me. It was from the old group and when I tried to save it as a photo, it ended up as a link opening off site


Gordy

Tried , but would not open on my Chrome Book .

[thebuildist]

For anyone with a three point hitch, it sure is hard to beat concrete. $50 in materials delivers 300 lbs of counterweight that's clean looking and about effortless to install and remove.

The box pictured will hold up to 420 lbs of concrete. (7 bags at 60 lbs each.)
If you build it 20 inches high, it'll hold 8 full bags, your choice.

I chose to fill it to 5 bags, 300 lbs of dry concrete, plus a bit of retained moisture plus the steel, makes it right about 325 lbs of counterweight.

Bob

[Timj]

This may be the file.

Tractor Weight Options (1).pdf

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