Another question- aluminum weights??
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Topic: Another question- aluminum weights??
Posted By: DougG
Subject: Another question- aluminum weights??
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2022 at 12:39pm
| Seen on Pulloff aluminum weights for sale , WHY would you want aluminum weights ?? There IH , so are they for show ? Whats the point ? |
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Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2022 at 5:41pm
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fake out the competition, or some would even go as far as get certified with the aluminum weights, then swap to the iron ones for a weight advantage. I personally feel it's more of a full rack of weights look more than anything. Competitors trying to copy your front end weight after as great pass. ------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2022 at 7:47pm
| Ah good point there Ed , thanks |
Posted By: d17brown
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2022 at 8:30pm
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seen it done many times ------------- phil |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2022 at 9:42am
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Some interesting theories, always thought they were more for show-queens. I know there were/are plastic ones available. Probably 1150 less pounds to drag down the road and still have a full rack at the show! |
Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2022 at 12:27pm
| I saw a puller had some skeleton weights this summer, centers cut out, probably less then half a normal weight, with a whole weight on each end you won't know if he is light or heavy on the front. |
Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2022 at 12:42pm
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They can also be used to closely dial in to the max weight, many times if 50# over, you are stuck with either being 50 over or 50 under, so they are like 1/2 the weight. Some guys have steel ones cut out of various thickness also, to help dial in a gnats @$$ lol! ------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Posted By: Gary(WI)
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2022 at 8:05am
| Years ago you had to have a certain amount of moveable weight for some pulling clubs. I heard of a guy that had some made because some scales read a little different and he was that close on moveable weight. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2022 at 9:20pm
Yep... scales that 'read a little different' are either 'rounding', or what we refer to as "defective"... and there's lots of places that have 'defective' scales. Usually, 'defective' scales show up in places where competitions exist, but not being used in a legal-for-trade application are exempt from regulatory scrutiny, so it's a common avenue for cheating. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
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