20 and 30 series Front end weights

I rarely see pictures of these tractors with front end weights. Were these tractors not commonly equipped with the weights like the 4020's were?

My 720D was light on the front and needed them when I was farming; on the other hand my 4010 was heavy on the front and didn't need weights as bad, however most farmers bought weights on these 4010's and 4020's.

I found a good tractor picture showing front end weights on a 720D, it is on page 14 of the Jan. 04 isssue of "Farm Collector" for those of you that are interested.

At least now I know what to look for. A friend works on tractors and mounts front end loaders and removes front weights and has a fairly large collection of these; Ford, Case, JD and others. He also has some really big wheel weights that look like they are for the older tractors, they are JD yellow, but neither he or I knew what they fit. I seem to remember seeing some of these used on the old D John Deeres. I guess I should check the numbers and find out what they fit. Some of you might need them.

The correct splined square headed bolts are available from John Deere dealers. Beware, at $4 each they are not for the faint of heart! If it is not your intention to change the weights frequently, Deere also has a square head bolt without the splines for about $1.5 each. The bolts are 5/8" x 3". I do a little antique tractor pulling and need to change the weights quite often, so I bite the bullet and buy the expensive ones. The straight square head bolt will work fine, but are much more difficult to line up.

..... Mike, this was a lesson I had learn the hard way about 7 years ago when I decided I wanted to buy a 730..... I drove 150 miles to pre-view a 730 that was coming up for auction..... .when I went back on Saturday the wide front had been pulled off and a roll-o-matic put on, the 3-piece front weights were pulled off, ditto for the 3-point hitch and the top link.....they did leave the flat tops on, and the auctioneer really talked that up; like they were doing the crowd a favor..... I was disgusted and came home empty handed..... when I told my JD mechanic about it he said "you're going to see more and more of that in the future.....the extras are worth more off the tractor than they are on it"..... how right he was.....
Good luck to everyone!
Bo