WD45 front weight bracket options
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Topic: WD45 front weight bracket options
Posted By: 79fordblake
Subject: WD45 front weight bracket options
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 4:14pm
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How can I make a good front weight bracket simply and cheaply? Pictures welcome. Can I use the bolt holes that hold the front end on and just replace the bolts with longer ones? All I need is a weight bracket that will hold up to 400 extra pounds when needed. I will keep the weights off when not needed to make it steer easier.
Reason for this is the front always seems to be to light when I use the 3pt bushog or the boom pole. Thanks.
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Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 6:10pm
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Welcome to the Forum! I'm pretty sure that you can make up a bracket that would use the existing bolt holes....at least I can't think of a good reason at the moment. There are others on here who will say "no" if I am wrong! ------------- WC, CA, D14, WD45 |
Posted By: Carl(NWWI)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 6:38pm
20" long, 3/8" flatbar. 19" 3"x 3" 3/8" angle. holds 400 lbs all year long.
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Posted By: JPG AUSTRALIA
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 6:48pm
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That is one nice looking wd Carl! Iam impressed.
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Posted By: Fidel513 mo.
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 8:23pm
| when did wds have a e combine engine? |
Posted By: NCAllisnut
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 8:34pm
Rare factory option????
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Posted By: 79fordblake
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 8:40pm
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Thanks for the help everyone. Carl, I guess the width of the flat bar is 3" also?
The tractor is my Grandap's, he passed away in 2001. He used the tractor to work on the family farm during the 60,70,80's. I still use it to do various things around the farm. It was painted with spray cans several years ago, still looks pretty dang good for an old work tractor. I may retire it within the next year or so and get it all prettied up. I just gave it a good cleaning today, I'll get you guys a picture tomorow.
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Posted By: Carl(NWWI)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 10:12pm
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thank you everyone, it took many dollars and many hours to get it to look that good, it sure was fun.. I've been told only a few with gleaners E's exsist, its interesting how they came with them though, the combine came out after the WD was retired..haha. Yes, it is 3" flatbar. Carl |
Posted By: Clay in MI
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2010 at 11:57pm
| I made one that mounts the same as Carl's from 3/8" X 4 flatbar about 4' long. Heated and bent to fit (I'm a better bender than welder!). It carries 240lbs of suitcase weights for snowblowing and spring plowing. Come to think of it I never took them off this year. |
Posted By: 79fordblake
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 12:04pm
Here is a pic of the tractor I will be making the bracket for.
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Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 12:29pm
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That is one good looking tractor! May have been a rattle can paint job, but it came out nice. ------------- WC, CA, D14, WD45 |
Posted By: 79fordblake
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 12:53pm
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Thanks. Its a 1957. I don't know if its the original decals or not, I just know they were old when it was painted with rattle cans about 9yrs ago. The decals were taped up and painted around them.
Hope nobody on here is offended by the Deere in the picture, lol. Its my 1944 A. My dad and I restored it 10yrs ago. I am now 20yrs old and I love old trucks and tractors. In my opinion I have the best of both worlds by having John Deeres and Allis-Chalmers, the two best names in farming history.
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Posted By: Fidel513 mo.
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 1:10pm
| it looks great, i think it has older 3 bolt front end. ac started putting 4 bolts fronts in about 1955 i was told. wish i knew how to post pic. i just finshed wy wd 45. took about 2 years it was a total tear down. |
Posted By: 79fordblake
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 2:22pm
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Fidel513 mo. wrote:Posted By: Carl(NWWI)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 2:45pm
| looks great for rattle can. nice looing tractor you got. Carl |
Posted By: Jeff(WD45-SATX-TN)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 2:51pm
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Dont think you need much prettying up there. That old girl looks good. Right for weekend drives. Nice looking WD45. ------------- 1954 WD45 NF "Iron Tater" |
Posted By: 79fordblake
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 10:48pm
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Thanks everybody. Sorry for getting off topic but since this is my first post I figured it could be my meet and greet post as well.
I take the tractor on rides sometimes, will probably be used this weekend to haul people around on my Grandpa's David Bradley grain wagon. This tractor is still a hard worker, still used to pull a bushog, plow, disk, pond scoop, boom pole and sometime use the Allis-Chalmers planter behind it to plant sweet corn.
Carl, or anybody else that knows, how much will that metal run me for the weight bracket? Thanks.
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Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2010 at 10:50pm
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Here is one of my weight brackets on WD45 doing some plowing.
Don
 ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: Carl(NWWI)
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2010 at 8:55am
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i cant tell ya off the top of my head, but i think about 50 bucks, give or take a few.
Carl
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Posted By: Brian Ahart
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2010 at 8:56am
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Here is a stack weight bracket that caught my eye at Dale's show in 2007:
------------- A-C Weight ID reference and other goodies at http://www.brianahart.net" rel="nofollow - brianahart.net |
Posted By: Kip-Utah
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2010 at 9:01am
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We have a pretty good "red neck" front weight bracket on one of our WCs, that consists of a shortened weight lifting bar laid on top of the pedestal bolted down with a couple of pieces of flat stock using the holes that are tapped in the top of the frame. We just use 50lb. iron barbell weights & tighten the weigh retaining nuts slightly with a pipe wrench so they dont vibrate loose. This probably would not work on a wide front tractor, but works great on our narrow one! Kip ------------- HANSEN'S OLD ORANGE IRON. Showing, Pulling, & Going!! |
Posted By: Allis Fields
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2010 at 2:38pm
I had Philee Brown build me one like his. He goes by D17brown on here.
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