I have been collecting weights off Craigslist when they came up for cheap or free. I finally got around to setting some up on my box blade. The box blade weighs in at 495 lbs and I added about 370 lbs. Brings it to 865 lbs. It's still under my homemade ballast that weighs 1200 lbs but I did some heavy grapple work with it the other day and it feels stable enough. On top of that I can do some grading work while I'm at it. The other ballast is just dead weight. IT grades a lot better with the extra weight too.
I welded a couple of tabs on the lateral supports to rest the bar on. I also welded tabs on the ends and welded the bar at all 4 locations to keep it steady.
Find a couple chunks of RR track the width of BB
Tack them on the upper back edge with the welder...add a 2" receiver while your at it and you'll have a nice tool to work with......Werked great for me.
Yepp..I've got a single like that.....Minus the fancy paint.
Receiver is just below the RR track.......great for trailer moving as the BB is the Brake if things get odd.
I was expecting to see some suitcase weights hanging off the BB. But this is a great idea. I would love to have some more weight on our box blade. Seems like it would be a dream come true to have something similar to hydraulic downforce!
Duke
Don't you mean RR rail. A track has two rail. I say this cause my friend work 25 yrs on the RxR and I got corrected every time I said it wrong😂 just like he would say telephone poles and I would correct him and say utility poles and it still goes on with us.😉
Leftovers from the previous owner of the property. They are a fairly common site in yards along the coast of new England. Very effective ballast weights
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