BH 70 Back hoe weight?

[reamer]

I can't find the weight of the BH-70 back hoe in the assembly or op. manual, What is the weight of the detachable assembly?
I do not have ballast in the rear tires, (and Kubota does not recommend ballast AND back hoe together) so when removing the hoe, I want to add a ballast box of equal weight.
Thanks
reamer

 

[Fordtech86]

I can't find the weight of the BH-70 back hoe in the assembly or op. manual, What is the weight of the detachable assembly?
I do not have ballast in the rear tires, (and Kubota does not recommend ballast AND back hoe together) so when removing the hoe, I want to add a ballast box of equal weight.
Thanks
reamer

From the Kubota brochure

 

[UpNorthMI]

I 'd recommend one of these:

Ballast Box 3 Point Category 1 Tractor Attachment

An effective way to protect your tractor from tipping over is through a ballast box.

www.palletforks.com

I fill mine with bags of pea gravel, nice compact size and I find it works well with my larger tractors but I'm also running loaded rear tires on my larger tractors. I'm guessing the weight when full of gravel is around 600 lbs. With this weight out on your lower 3pt arms I'm guessing it will be similar to driving around with the back hoe.