I am currently making a rear ballast “box”. I had an old quick hitch that the previous homeowner left in our barn. It fits on my L2501 three point hitch, but doesn’t fit my rotary cutter. I made a form of wood, and am filling it with concrete around the quick hitch. It will use four 60 lb. bags of Quickcrete to fill the form. So when done, I should have a rear “box” ballast the weighs 240 lbs. plus the 35 lbs of the quick hitch. Pics when it’s done.
Home made Ballast Box.....
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is there any way you can make your form larger? 275 lbs of ballast on the back of your tractor is almost insignificant if you have a loader....I'd be shooting for 2x that weight at a minimum.
Anyway, sounds like a good use of a quick hitch that isn't necessarily needed.
Anyway, sounds like a good use of a quick hitch that isn't necessarily needed.
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I already have 120 lbs. of wheel weights on the rears too. I have a loader, but don’t do much heavy work with it, mostly horse manure after cleaning stalls. I have a hay spear and move round bales short distances, and have done it with no ballast, so what I added should be sufficient.
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I added a bunch of scrap metal to mine. Old chain, implement parts and anything else I could find that was solid. Don't know how much it helped, but seemed like a good idea.