Nope, Won't Go

Oh sure, it worked for temporary, but not a long term solution for sure.

Grabbed a bale to give me some rear end ballast. Great, good enough. However, can't see behind the bale. Darned calves wanna munch on the hay before I can get the tractor backed out of the corral.

'Fraid I'm gonna back over one of the little fellers. :>(

So, I dug around in the snow yesterday and found enough old iron that I can hang some "front end suitcase weights" on one of those straight bar drawbars that go between the 3-point arms. Just gotta go buy a couple of bolts to glue it all together.

Think I should be able to get 800 lbs on there anyway. 'Spose that will help?

Allan

Allen, I built this setup using a weight bracket off our 706 and a section of old cultivator toolbar. It helps quite a bit and I even added a 2 5/16" ball to the top for moving gooseneck trailers with it.

Was told on the ford board that it was from an old WWII ford aircraft tug, used for ballast, one solid piece of cast iron. I remember it in the back at our ford dealership when I was a kid, it ended up at our farm, where it sat for 30 years or so, I had the same problem when I tried using the 850 in snow, so remembering where it was in the weeds, neighbors did not help themselves to it like they did everything else, probably too heavy to pick for scrap. Now it goes on in the fall and off in the spring, really makes a big difference on traction, I've not had to use chains, tires are loaded too. I honestly would sell the tractor first, this is one handy compact counterweight, not so cumbersome like a 55 gal drum of concrete, and I've often wonder what it weighed, 1000 lbs ???? Sure looks built for the purpose with that multi hole drawbar thru-bolted to it, often thought of having some cast, to sell, shipping costs would be interesting to say the least.

You have snow on everything...but your tractors. You go out in the snowstorm and brush those red things off? Doesn't appear some have moved in a while but no snow on them..... Do they get warm baths??

Joe

That would be great.

Got to thinking, I've got three of those 10 place weight brackets and only ever use the weights either on the plow or cultivator. Most of the time, they are parked in the shed anyway.

Maybe I can Modify one to fit the 3-point? :>)

Allan