Low cost rear ballast options

[Shawn T. W]

I built my own for my SCUT ... Sheet of plywood, 6 - 80 Lbs bags of concrete, quart of paint, scrap I had ...

I left the side and rear plywood "high" to make a box, and cutout the sides to drop my trimmer in ...

707.0 Lbs!

 

[Blue2Orange]

Dirt bucket? Picked up an old Vassar dirt bucket. ~200# empty. It has a dump feature. Might be too light for your needs. Multifunctional. Back end bucket, hauling firewood, ballast.

BX is a small tractor. Don't plan to push it to the limits. Right now just have the box scraper attached for ballast. ~300# IIRC. Seems to be good enough for balancing the grapple claw. But doubt if I'm exceeding 300# loads.

When pricing new of what looks like identical design they listed ~$450 + tax + freight fees. Used they should be less than $100.