I have a bucket loader, a rear weight box and wheel weights. A correction
to the post below -
because wheel weights are on the wheels, they do not contribute to bearing
wear. They are not supported by the axles, but rather by the ground
through the tires and wheels. Furthermore, wheel weights have a lower
center of gravity than weights in a rear weight box, so they are a bit more
stable under some circumstances. If you are using a power hungry
snowblower or bucket loader, having a set of batteries in the rear box has
some appeal, but could the on-board charger stand up to the load? Frankly,
six more 6 volt batteries is too big a load, but when I got my 'Trak it was
equipped with three 12 volt batteries in the box. Is this a technical no-no?
At 06:20 PM 12/1/2004, makinglightning comcast wrote:
>You might want to consider that adding weight can cause more wear on the
>wheel bearings.
>Although it will not offset the front weight, but will certainly add
>traction, you can add wheel weights to the wheels. I know with my John Deer,
>I added double wheel weights and filled the tires with liquid sodium. This
>made a huge difference in traction for my plowing.
>
>Maybe if you are not concerned with the bearing wear, you could add wheel
>weights, fill the tires, and add a weight box. You would then have to be
>careful that you did not accidentally hit your house as you might just slide
>it into the backyard! LOL!
>
>Kevin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
>[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu]On Behalf Of Klein Robert W
>NPRI
>Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:04 AM
>To: 'Christopher Zach'; Klein Robert W NPRI
>Cc: 'lec-trak ecosmos phy tufts edu'
>Subject: RE: (ET) Snowthrower Yahoo!
>
>I plan on building a rear weight box to slot into the frame. Two pieces of
>1-5/8" x 1/4" thk flatbar bolted to a steel painted rocket box from army
>surplus should I need the extra weight. I've got dual cast iron wheel
>weights for #110 per wheel. With the chains it should hook up OK... I hope.
>When I powered the snow thrower up, the dash meter read just on the high
>side of the green band. I'll use my clamp meter tonight and get some real
>numbers.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Bob.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christopher Zach [mailto:czach computer org]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:48 AM
>To: Klein Robert W NPRI
>Cc: 'elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu'
>Subject: Re: (ET) Snowthrower Yahoo!
>
>
>Klein Robert W NPRI wrote:
> > Well, I hooked everything up last night and threw the switch. Let me
> > tell you
> > a C-185 with a snowthrower is HEAVY! Holy Cow! What a monster!
>
>Yep. Worse than that, it's all on the nose of the Elec-Trak, especially
>when you've got the thing lifted with the lift. Then it's a point weight
>ahead of the nose.
>
>Wait till you power it up and see what it does to your battery pack :-)
>
> >And I definitely need rear wheel weights to make it heavier and to help
> >with rear tire traction.
>
>I strongly recommend putting some serious weight as far back on the
>tractor as possible to balance it out. With all that weight on the nose
>you put a lot of stress on the front wheels and steering will skip to
>say the least.
>
>I weigh down the back with the weight box filled with old Hawker
>batteries. I can fit 12 batteries back there, which is about 250lbs.
>Since you're moving around a moment arm (the rear wheels) the further
>back behind the wheels you can put the weight, the better.
>
>Chris
>
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