Nobody answered so I will get the ball rolling. I live on Houston Black Clay and it is either a sink hole or a rock. Trick is to sneak in between the extremes and do some farming.
In heavy clay you have to wait till it dries out somewhat. Definition of that is that it doesn't readily stick to your implements. Since the soil is dense, it takes a lot of weight to get some depth.
So on my 7' Offset I have 4 JD rear wheel weights at about 150# as I recall and on my 6' tandem disc I have 4 ea Ford rear wheel weights at about 85 each. This helps the implements do the job that has to be done.
So for me, weight makes it work. For you I know not of the soil, but common sense tells me that you don't need a lot of weight.
But as I said, I kicked this off and one of the sandy loam type soil guys will chime in.
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