Posted by NE IA on November 07, 2008 at 12:54:21 from (206.72.18.153):
In Reply to: building a counter weight posted by christopher sweetland on November 06, 2008 at 17:51:59:
One thing you might consider that no one else has mentioned is to slide your drawbar in. Then lift your weight up with the 3 point, then pull the draw bar out dropping the weight to carry the load on the drawbar. I would also suggest you make it extra heavy, all your 3 point will lift easy.
We once made one for a 856 IH, it was a manure loader tractor only. We made it so heavy that once we took the loader bucket off to work on the tractor We had to pull it into the shop (kinda) with a ford 8N to keep the front wheels on the ground for steering. This was due to you could not drive it as the front wheels were off the ground at all times. I can honestly say the weight did a good job, but he made a very large bucket for the loader. It was a weekly ordeal to replace O rings, and add hydrolic oil.
I should also mention that the drawbar took the weight near the tractor frame. We also hitched low with the 3 point so if we did something stupid like get stuck in the mud, we could raise the weight with the 3 point to get better ground clearance till we got out of the mud hole.
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