Any ideas how to bodge this broken counterweight?

[ridger]

I knew it existed

have you long toes to set it in the back of the mondeo estate

 

[TheTallGuy]

It will be a weight off my mind too!

Certainly seems to have been a weighty discussion to encounter!

 

[davieh3350]

With no concrete plans on how to repair it yet!

 

[roscoe erf]

Car lifts take a lot of stress and they are held down by M16 x 200 anchor bolts. Bolt a flat plate to block with a couple, and start from there.

different stress though

 

[roscoe erf]

Actually the opposite. Not even sure where it is. I know the old tractor went without it so it's here somewhere

you'll need £50 of derv to find it then

 

[jf850]

The OP could have the concrete mixed for a new weight , using a tea spoon full every hour , since this conundrum was first raised .

 

[egbert]

is it possible to incorporate parts of an expired equine -jammed in it's stable- into this repair somehow?
(sorry if this has already been suggested)

 

[davieh3350]

different stress though

still trying pull the bolt straight out. Still has shocks to cope with.

 

[roscoe erf]

still trying pull the bolt straight out. Still has shocks to cope with.

if your ramp is trying to pull the bolt out there is something wrong the ropes take the stress you could if brave enough use a 4 poster without bolts to lift a car its the sideways movement that will cause them to collapse the stresses are not the same as a concrete block hanging off the back of a tractor

 

[David.]

I meant a 2 poster, which puts a hell of a strain on the bolts; but we digress....

 

[Dry Rot]

you'll need £50 of derv to find it then

It's gone a long weigh, then?

 

[8100]

A well balanced debate this

 

[tinman]

I might Weigh in here if ye dont mind.....

way down to the hardware and get yourself a heavy duty washer, it ill be about 8mm thick, one that ill fit over the bar just.
chip off a tad of concrete enough to let the washer sit about 8mm below the bar, turn up the welder to burn off the zinc and sow the lot up, the concrete will get excited but your a man...
tack your bar to the top of that mound and weld the lot together.
take your time and weld it right, its not a race.

 

[Roy_H]

Let me think what we did with ours ( Same situation but it was a long time ago)
Chip some of the concrete out around the broken bit to expose more of it. Weld the hook back on. Weld a of short length of rod or headless bolts either side of it for added strength.

I paid a visit to our old place a couple of weeks back. Bugger me that old home brewed counterweight is still there! No idea whether the present owner ever uses it or not.

 

[davieh3350]

Is it fixed yet?

 

[Farmer996]

Bit of a late update to this one but it was only finally sorted today.

I tried bodging it and bolted a bit of plate on with some chain around the lifting bar. Lasted a couple of weeks before the anchors ripped out of the concrete. Cost = £5.

So I made a new one with an old cold water tank, some scaffold tube and of course, some concrete.

Not as easy to pick up as the other one but it doesn't swing around and catch the arms. Took me and my Dad a few hours. Cost = £10.

So the moral of the story is......

 

[davieh3350]

........Use bigger anchor bolts?

 

[le bon paysan]

So if its a bit bigger than the old one...............
do you need a front weight?

 

[Hesstondriver]

so if you stick the old one on ebay for £16 you are in profit

This time next year Rodney...…………………..

 

[8100]

Do you need a a cisternt to help affix to tractor now......See what i did there cue tumbleweed for that poor effort at humour