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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 812089" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>Left over from my hay feeding days, I have an older IH tractor with a front end loader set up to transport hay. When carrying hay I used a bale spear on the rear to counteract the weight of the bale on the front. If I am only going to use the FEL to lift something heavy I use a counter weight that I made. Using a 55 gallon plastic barrel standing vertically, I cut the top end center section out. Next I drilled a centered cross hole about 55% of the way up the barrel. I bought one of the horizontal drawbars folks use on the 8n Fords lift arms and mounted that drawbar in the cross hole. Using my trailer I took this apparatus to the redi- mix concrete plant and had the barrel filled with concrete. With the concrete set and the tractor lift arms on the cross mounted drawbar the barrel lifts and gravity holds it vertically. There is no need for a top link! The weight is near the ground and adds stability to the tractor. It is surprising how easily the counterweight is mounted or removed from the tractor. When the tractor is not in use the weight is lowered to the ground removing the load from the tractor/tires/hydraulics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 812089, member: 8973"] Left over from my hay feeding days, I have an older IH tractor with a front end loader set up to transport hay. When carrying hay I used a bale spear on the rear to counteract the weight of the bale on the front. If I am only going to use the FEL to lift something heavy I use a counter weight that I made. Using a 55 gallon plastic barrel standing vertically, I cut the top end center section out. Next I drilled a centered cross hole about 55% of the way up the barrel. I bought one of the horizontal drawbars folks use on the 8n Fords lift arms and mounted that drawbar in the cross hole. Using my trailer I took this apparatus to the redi- mix concrete plant and had the barrel filled with concrete. With the concrete set and the tractor lift arms on the cross mounted drawbar the barrel lifts and gravity holds it vertically. There is no need for a top link! The weight is near the ground and adds stability to the tractor. It is surprising how easily the counterweight is mounted or removed from the tractor. When the tractor is not in use the weight is lowered to the ground removing the load from the tractor/tires/hydraulics. [/QUOTE]
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