Front weight box

[Jimbo]

So I’m thinking of making a front weight box for front linkage . Rather than buy
the plan is to make a box out of 10 mm steel and put my old fiat and ford weights in on their flat (900 kg of then ) have a partition in for tools and plough points ect With a nice lid . Whole box would weigh maybe 1400-1500 kg . Dimensions 1.9 m x 50cm x 50 cm with angled corners at both front sides so it’s less coffin like .
Interested to know peoples thoughts and ideas before getting stuck in ?
Sorry if been done to death before .

 

[Jim75]

Ignore the paint runs ? 170x 80x80 filled 3/4 of concrete and enough room to throw an extra 300kg of tractor weights on top for the steep stuff spreading fertiliser. Works an absolute treat spreading on the hill that is proper steep and keeps the tractor planted with 1800kg, wouldn’t chance another bag. Reckon it’s 1.5t before the extra weights, haven’t had a chance to run it over the weigh ridge yet

 

[Mur Huwcun]

I have a van vault box here to do something similar but the more I look and think about it a box about 750mm wide in the centre and a frame to take wafer weights either side would be more beneficial as you coukd drop the wafers off easier!

 

[KB6930]

All homemade out of what was lying around I've 2 of them this one is 900kgs ish the other is 500kgs .

If you're making something out of 10mm you'll not need much weight in it . What are you running that you need 1500kgs ?

 

[Jimbo]

All homemade out of what was lying around I've 2 of them this one is 900kgs ish the other is 500kgs .

If you're making something out of 10mm you'll not need much weight in it . What are you running that you need 1500kgs ?

running five furrow plough on steep land so extra grip on front would make a difference . Don’t need to fill box . Just make to take the extra if needed

 

[KB6930]

The ones you can buy are a ridiculous price if you're handy with a welder a box will cost you a fraction of the price. If I didn't have the wafer weights anyway I'd have made a bigger box out of thick stuff to leave plenty room inside for plough/ sumo metal .
My smaller one is made with a box big enough to get my tray testing kit in so I can test whenever it suits me

 

[Will 1594]

Send you this up jim 15 mm plate.

 

[Jimbo]

So I scraped the idea of making the box as steel fairly added up and I sold my unused weights at the weekend and bought a weight block box thingy ?

 

[Nearly]

So I scraped the idea of making the box as steel fairly added up and I sold my unused weights at the weekend and bought a weight block box thingy ?

@Drillman will just drive eveywhere with his new press attached.

 

[Drillman]

@Drillman will just drive eveywhere with his new press attached.

Think my new press may need to go a diet before I’m happy to hang it on front of tractor

 

[Phil P]

So I scraped the idea of making the box as steel fairly added up and I sold my unused weights at the weekend and bought a weight block box thingy ?

10mm plate would have been really expensive! 3-5mm would have been plenty, just reinforce it and add more ballast.
if you have time on your hands can soon knock one up for sub £300

Your sorted now anyway?

 

[Jimbo]

10mm plate would have been really expensive! 3-5mm would have been plenty, just reinforce it and add more ballast.
if you have time on your hands can soon knock one up for sub £300

Your sorted now anyway?

That looks the business ?

 

[redsloe]

10mm plate would have been really expensive! 3-5mm would have been plenty, just reinforce it and add more ballast.
if you have time on your hands can soon knock one up for sub £300

Your sorted now anyway?

That's nice, you probably don't need it with a front hopper. I have a JD to hang it on.?
We can do a deal for 350?
DPD knows where we are!?

 

[Jim75]

What we’re you quoted out of interest. Think mine was £450, cut to size and folded the big sheet for the lugs and base. 10mm plate

 

[Jimbo]

Think was £500-600 I think for all steel then still had to make it . Got a £1 a kg for my old weights and need to add maybe £500 towards my new weight box with a lot less hassle

 

[saviseutu]

My winter job 500l fuel and 790kg dry weight

 

[Jimbo]

Went for an Mx with 900kg base weight and storage box for bits and bobs and also picked up a second hand 400 kg add on weight for when need a bit extra on front

 

[KB6930]

Looks a tidy size not like most of the other huge things the full width of the tractor

 

[Robert K]

Looks a tidy size not like most of the other huge things the full width of the tractor

400kg block (removable) and storage each side for the mobile workshop

 

[Jimbo]

400kg block (removable) and storage each side for the mobile workshop

That’s a fair weapon ?