What weight slasher needed?

[curious]

Hi, when purchasing a L3800 tractor with attached loader - and having to pay $AU870 for a 500kg counterweight Cat 1 (with the intention to save up for a special slasher), I thought it would be wiser to just buy a modest slasher attached to the unit, so no counterweight will be needed. My query is, will a 250kg or 350kg slasher make up for the needed 500kg counterweight??
Sorry about my pidgin English.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

You'll be close on weight, but a slasher is pretty bulky to use as a weight for loader work.

Make your own counter weight or ballast box, lots of good Ideas on here about making your own.

 

[mickeyd]

I have used my bush hog (slasher) as a counter weight for using my forks to lift 1100 lbs (499 kg) before, but as the Wolfman stated, it is very bulky.

For loader work, I normally just use my Box Blade for counter weight. If I really need more weight, I just fill up my 26 gallon sprayer that I have permanently attached to the box blade to add another 200 lbs.

 

[skeets]

And you might think about filling the rear tires as well

 

[mickeyd]

My rear tires are filled and while it helps, I have had the rear tires lift off the ground when having a full bucket without any extra weight on back.

 

[curious]

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I will have to take it into consideration.

 

[kb5zqd]

I use a rear pallet fork and then a large container of water