To light in the front (video)

4000lbs

This is from earlier this year pulling the 4000lbs 3.5 mph. I put the link to show just how far off we are from being balanced. We have lost several times because we are headed out of bounds and have to brake hard or hit the clutch. The problem is with me setting on it its weighing 3,880lbs empty. I don't want to part with the fenders because every once in a while my girlfriend will pull and I don't want her getting into that right tire. I am thinking about maybe trying tho find the lighter front end to get that weight out farther, but other than that and pto I don't know much else other than go with aluminum brackets and such.

All the hydraulics are gone along with the interrupter clutch. The reason we left the pto in was because we wanted to dyno it after we put it together, but just never have hauled it to the local dealership.   Extending the front bracket out to right at 11 feet will be done before the summer season starts, but i'd like to be able to at least have 300lbs on the nose for biting tracks. I found a local guy with a fabricated wide front end that weighs like 100lbs including the tires and wheels, but I don't really want to go with the wide front. Dad's tractor already has a wide front and that would make hauling a pain.

How much do think that front piece of the hitch weighs? The new front bracket will have them hanging sideways at 11 feet. Even though it'll be longer I don't figure it'll be much heavier because we'll make it out of 1/2 inch instead of 3/4 strap. Our front bracket now probably weighs 100lbs by itself. So if I get that done and the 30lb battery out front that is a start. Pto shaft and gears would probably be another 30 I suppose. I'd really like to find a lighter narrow front tho.

I wasn't paying attention, if you still have a 100% stock drawbar setup, you could drop that, build a Dr Allis 25 lb hitch and have 75 lbs to hang out front.  I've read something about WC, WD, WD45 fronts and it seems that one of them was a lot lighter.  I guess you could always attack your front with a gas axe and chop saw.  You could also cut some holes out of your rear rims.  I'm no puller so I can't look at your run and say that another XX lbs on the nose keeps her on the ground, but I'll say it looks like it wouldn't take a lot more out front to hold her down.  Maybe set your brakes so hitting them doesn't toss you around, just a light drag to pull her back straight.
AaronSEIA

On that particular run, another 50 pounds on the nose would have improved things a bunch.

It seldom pays to turn down your first hook.

move your seat to the middle,it will balance better also make a belly weight bracket-you dont need rearweights.

If memory serves correctly, i was on the right brake well before i ran out of track, but once that left tire hit the loose it was all over anyway. I didn't correct it early on because the middle to left side of the track was the best that night. I have critiqued this and many other runs quite a bit already, thats why we video, but i am way more confident in running a lil nose heavy in any class than running like what we r seeing there. I'll pull the pto all out, redesign the hitch so the front piece is gone, and make the front bracket out of the light c channel for now. I've talked myself out of buying the fabricated front end i just don't like the thought of having the wide front and it'd make hauling both tractors harder. So all that hopefully is enough for now until i find a wc front.

Dr Allis could you show us a picture of your hitch?