Lazy Sod
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- Warminster Wiltshire
When lifting something as heavy as a full builder's bag with my 50 hp Kubota fitted with it's MX C4+ front end loader, it needs some weight on the back. With my Kidd topper fitted, which weighs 410 kgs, it's reasonably ok. For use in the winter months, when the topper is put away, I bought a weight box from a company called Agri-Fabs. As well as supplying an empty box, it can be had already concrete filled.
I took that option, but also asked them to fit 6" legs, set a lifting eye in the concrete, fit category 2 pins (an option they offer), to weld the headstock all the way down to the front of the box and to weld some steel to the inside of the front of the box to tie the concrete to the headstock. They did fit the legs and the lifting eye, but it came with category 1 pins and no extra external welding on the headstock. Hopefully they did weld some extra metal to the inside front of the box, but I've no way of telling.
To be sure of the strength of the connection between the front of the box and the headstock, I made up a plate which fits on the headstock, and with a length of 1" pipe with reducers to three quarters in each end, I bolted the plate to the lifting eye. I can still lift the box from the tube near the eye. Theoretically, it should weigh about 500 kgs.
I have ordered some extra long cat 2 pins from , to enable the use of balls with ears. I also drilled a hole in each corner to let the rainwater out. If some more weight is needed, I have a couple of 56 lb cast iron weights which could sit in the top, ditto a heavy towing chain that I have.
I took that option, but also asked them to fit 6" legs, set a lifting eye in the concrete, fit category 2 pins (an option they offer), to weld the headstock all the way down to the front of the box and to weld some steel to the inside of the front of the box to tie the concrete to the headstock. They did fit the legs and the lifting eye, but it came with category 1 pins and no extra external welding on the headstock. Hopefully they did weld some extra metal to the inside front of the box, but I've no way of telling.
To be sure of the strength of the connection between the front of the box and the headstock, I made up a plate which fits on the headstock, and with a length of 1" pipe with reducers to three quarters in each end, I bolted the plate to the lifting eye. I can still lift the box from the tube near the eye. Theoretically, it should weigh about 500 kgs.
I have ordered some extra long cat 2 pins from , to enable the use of balls with ears. I also drilled a hole in each corner to let the rainwater out. If some more weight is needed, I have a couple of 56 lb cast iron weights which could sit in the top, ditto a heavy towing chain that I have.
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