RE: (ET) E20 and tongue weight

[Klein Robert W NPRI <KleinRW Npt NUWC Navy Mil>]

Chris,

I currently have the weightbox mounted/strapped right behind the seat as 
it makes the overall length of the tractor shorter which is important when 
taking up winter garage space.  When I need to get into the rear battery 
box it's only a matter of some grunting and lifting of 4" x 4" x 10" lead 
bars to emnpty the box.  I am in the process of fabricating a welded metal 
support tray to slot into the rear of the tractor frame (same as the rear 
lift assembly).  I'm sure this is strong enough as I have loaded up my 
rear hitch whhich is raised and lowered by my rear lift assembly with well 
over 400 pounds without a problem.  Wasn't pretty and tended to make the 
steering marginal but still strong enough.   I'll try and post some pics 
soon.

Bob Klein

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Zach [mailto:czach computer org] 
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:39 AM
To: Klein Robert W NPRI
Cc: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu; 'Stephen & Carol Welch'
Subject: Re: (ET) E20 and tongue weight


> To put it another way, in order to get better traction with my
 > snowthrower I fabricated a rear mounted weight box that holds  > almost 
 > 400# of lead bars.  Great traction and no problems with  > traction.

Bob:

Did you hang this off the rear stabs, or did you use something like the 
tiller bar? I've been bouncing around the yard with 150lbs of extra 
batteries in the rear weight box (part traction, part steering), and 
have been wondering if I'm doing damage to the stab slots.

On my E20, the rear tow point is basically a flat bit of steel that 
connects back to the U shaped bracket under the rear battery box. While 
the rear bracket seems totally strong, I don't think I would trust the 
steel plate to not buckle with anything over 100lbs or so.

Chris

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