Eugen wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:06 pm
So true Gordy!
I love my jd rear wheel weights!
163FEE63-4061-416C-B7C2-C19FC9D14BCC.jpeg
I have half of that set, the bolt together halves (inners). Got them on an online auction, with tax and buyers premium for a total of $20.08 :P Here's a link that shows the homemade weights I bought that happen to fit inside the rim behind the JD weights.
You got the for free basically! Nice that you had that thick steel, that's also hard to come by here at a good price. So you got 164 lbs per side, neat!
Many of the JD combines used these weights. The two piece weights you have are JD part H78062 at 108 lbs per side I think, while the one piece weight is 162 lbs per side.
The neat thing about the combine is that the two part weights fit on the inside of the rim, while the one piece fits on the outside, that's 270 lbs per side. Unfortunately it would not clear the frame and hydraulic motor on one of our tractors
When I bought my 4118, it had a set of the bolt together JD weights for each side. Some previous owner painted them black. Looks real nice inside an Ingersoll wheel!
I have been using a rototiller on the back of first a Demo 444 (It came with the tiller and a deck) which was a center drive tiller. Used it on my 448 until about 4 years ago when a friend located a side drive for me. I then have used it on my 448 every since. I twisted the Sleeve hitch (old style) because of the extra side weight. After being off of the 448 for about 3 years, and having twisted the sleeve hitch, I finally put the 3 point on the 448 and it has carried the side drive tiller very well since then.
I have had a tiller on one of my tractors since about 1980, and until I got on the old site, or maybe the Yahoo site, I didn't realize that front weight must be on a tiller tractor. I grew up on a farm and when my dad bought an 830 Case diesel with a semi mounted plow, we didn't put any additional weight on the front of the tractor. It worked great, but being the little sh..s that my younger brother and I were we discovered we could lift the 3 point hitch just a bit and the front tires would come off the ground as you continued to plow in a forward direction. One of our farms was located on a state highway, and as we approached we oftentimes would lift the front of the tractor off the ground if there was traffic there (showing off).
SO I discovered I was doing it wrong all these years! It never bothered me that the front end of the 448 I was using at that time was a bit light, deal with it! When I redid the one 448 to get it ready to use I did breakdown and put beet juice in the front tires. And that has worked much better on the side drive tiller. I even forget I have weighted the tires!
I have been tempted to add front end weight a few times but the beet juice has been real good at accomplishing the need. With the 60" deck I sometimes slide the front wheels yet when going uphill and turning. It wants to push rather than turning, but the wheels stay on the ground.
I like what you guys are doing. The factory weights are not plentiful, and the brackets are harder to find than what the available weight from other manufactures has become.
