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    Question Tractor Weights

    I'm in the process of figuring out a simple method for adding weight to the front end of the M715. A complex method would include replacing the gas engine with a diesel, or adding a bigger pto winch. A simpler method would be to figure out how to add some weights similar to what is often used on tractors...but, where to hang them?

    If you folks have any suggestions, I'd appreciate the input, as I'm sick & tired of the front end bouncing down the road when I'm doing chores.



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    I suggest a few cubic inches of plutonium... That should be heavy enough...

    Seriously, before you reinvent the wheel, why don't you remove a couple of leafs from your leaf pack?

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    I think he wants to keep the carry capacity high but lower the front end when the rear is loaded...

    If you could get something that would pin in the shackle mounts....that would help.

    How bout taking off the stock bumper and putting on a HEAVY front bumper...would be like tractor weights...or put a mammoth winch up front...maybe come off the shackle mounts and make like one of those cargo carriers people put on the rear receiver hitch...that put whatever weight in it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by brute4c View Post
    I think he wants to keep the carry capacity high but lower the front end when the rear is loaded...
    Yes, as last year I was thinking about adding leafs to the rear spring packs. It seems like I limit out at around 2 tons. Top speed on a paved road is about 45 before the front end starts hopping around, and unfortunately I'm always in a hurry, so recently I've been thinking of a way to keep the front end down. It's probably good that the bed isn't bigger...I should just look for a Duece and sell the little truck. However, I like that the M715 bed is low in height, which makes it easier to load material.

    Quote Originally Posted by brute4c View Post
    ...one of those cargo carriers people put on the rear receiver hitch...that put whatever weight in it...
    That's an idea I hadn't thought of, and I've got a receiver in the front bumper. My other idea was to extend the front frame and use tractor weights.

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    If you have a reciever in the front bumper, you could build a tractor weight hanger off of that. Just be sure not to exceed the capacity of the hitch reciever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MarknessMonster View Post

    That's an idea I hadn't thought of, and I've got a receiver in the front bumper. My other idea was to extend the front frame and use tractor weights.
    i might suggest something of a mix. create a rack that slips into the reciever and then use it to hang tractor weights. implement weights are easy to move around and come in a few different weights.

    are you loading as much forward as possible?

    are you saying the front is light and squirely? if so i would look at my steering as well.

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    Mercy, how are you loading those logs on your truck? Then un-loading them.

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    Calcium chloride in your front tires, not sure you would be able to do 45 anymore. Hey it works on my tractor. Can you post pictures of the rest of your truck? Nice load though.

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    Lower the air pressure in the front tires and pump up the rear.

    My Amphicar is very tail heavy and very squirrelly with equal air pressure. I run eight pounds in the front and forty in the rear. Of course there is not much weight in the front to begin with so I can get away with eight.

    Try it while it is loaded.

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    Hey amphi, thats the right mix for corvairs also, hey I wonder if you could make a corvair float?

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