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snogless
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25 Central New York
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2004-04-16          83314

Today I used my loader for the first time without the backhoe on. Almost stood on its nose and scared the you-know-what out of me. Anybody have a plan for a ballast box or something to avoid this problem in the future? Thanks.

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bmlekki
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 185 Upstate, NY
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2004-04-16          83329

Plots made a cool one out of like a 3 pt set of forks, and a 55 gallon drum. I know that when i go my FEL it came with a ballast box. ....

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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999
Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
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2004-04-16          83331

If you search the threads by 'ballast' there is a wealth of info. in the archives.


Best of luck. ....

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beagle
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1333 Michigan
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2004-04-16          83332

Are your rear tires loaded? If they are, loaded tires and a box blade seems to ballast me fine. My box blade weighs about 400lbs. ....

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Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000
Posts: 6898 Waterville New York
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2004-04-16          83367

How'd the boys do on the Valve for you? The Ballast box sells for 160 and will hold all that you should need but it still won't be like the backhoe! ....

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