Now this is a suitcase weight

[jeffesonm]

Added some ballast to the new JD 4310... it is one of two suitcase weights I have from my old Oliver OC-46 crawler tractor. Each one is around 26" x 18" x 4" thick and weighs 400 lbs! It's thin enough I can still use the 3 point pallet forks, which I keep on all the time because they are so useful... can't lift as high as the front forks, but they are way more stable moving pallets of stuff around.

 

[BrotherBart]

Good setup. I use the barbell I am too old and scrawny to lift anymore in my quick hitch for ballast for the loader bucket.

 

[Squirrel]

Are the rear tires full of fluid? That's another 400lbs.

 

[DodgyNomad]

I have a stack of those on the back of my Oliver loader.

 

[firefighterjake]

Growing up I always used to see old time farmers with a huge block of concrete on back for weight . . . I assume they were home made. Do folks still go this route?

 

[Jags]

Do folks still go this route?

Yep - but around here it is usually a drum filled with cement and a rod stuck through it for the 3 point to hitch up to.

 

[Ashful]

My ballast box is actually a steel box full of concrete. Works nice, as I sunk four 3" PVC tubes in it for carrying lawn tools. The advantage of the iron ballast is size, since iron has higher density than concrete.

 

[KodiakII]

I don't think I would call it a suitcase weight.