Wheel horse weights? Weird

[Charlie Smith 142]

Hello

When I got my raider 10 I got these weights with it, this was a year ago now, I just don't know where or what they would be used for for, quite confusing, I don't think there wheel horse original, there's no markings on them

[Jrblanke 918]

They look home made to me. The handles on the top look like pieces of a coil spring from a car. Perhaps they were set into a weight box.

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,170]

Were they installed on the tractor when you got it? I cant figure out just where they would mount.

You could make the worlds heaviest wind chime tho!

Mike.......

[Charlie Smith 142]

Yes I agree on the home made part, what they are made of is completely over my head.....and where they would have gone I was thinking maybe they go on the part of my raider that over hangs out the front. (see below)

This is my raider with the pulley cover/nudge plate on it,

This is it with the cover off, maybe they hooked on the front here

[Dual Drive Horse 6]

If it had the tiller fitted in the past, I have found it makes them too light on the front and difficult to turn, so assume this was an attempt to cure it.

[groundhog47 347]

Charlie, they look to be of some babit type metal... or are they steel.  Could they be BITS from a hammer mill? Is the loop cast on or welded onto the weight?

 

   Maybe they were gate counterweights for a self closing gate and some one recycled them.

[Tankman 3,523]

Definitely something homemade! Looks like they were used on the front, as you noted.

 

I used an assortment of front weights when plowing my garden years ago. Definitely need front weight when using rear implements. Now I wonder, "Why didn't I save those window sash weights? Darn!"

 

Using bolts and auto brake drums made a few rear wheel weights sometime ago. Worked great.

[meadowfield 2,754]

Definitely something homemade! Looks like they were used on the front, as you noted.

 

I used an assortment of front weights when plowing my garden years ago. Definitely need front weight when using rear implements. Now I wonder, "Why didn't I save those window sash weights? Darn!"

 

Using bolts and auto brake drums made a few rear wheel weights sometime ago. Worked great.

Wheel_Weights.jpg

now I'm liking that as an idea!!!!

I wonder if series land rover drums would fit inside a rear rim...

[Charlie Smith 142]

I think it's safe to say there homemade as all the coil bits at the top are odd shapes and sizes, what they are made from/reused from is above me aha, and I just tried them on the front bracket they fit perfectly so I guess they may have been made to fit on there, and I'm liking that brake drums weights idea, real nice...

[Lane Ranger 11,410]

Looks like a welder or blacksmith job on the weights!   Car or truck coil spring cut to fit rectangle weights that fit in the front mule drive !  Practical and useful just like all Wheel Horse tractors!   Don't forget Cecil Pond and the boys at Wheel Horse thought a lot of this stuff up just like the customers started doing after they bought these garden tractors!

[Tankman 3,523]

 

Definitely something homemade! Looks like they were used on the front, as you noted.

 

I used an assortment of front weights when plowing my garden years ago. Definitely need front weight when using rear implements. Now I wonder, "Why didn't I save those window sash weights? Darn!"

 

Using bolts and auto brake drums made a few rear wheel weights sometime ago. Worked great.

Wheel_Weights.jpg

now I'm liking that as an idea!!!!

I wonder if series land rover drums would fit inside a rear rim...

 

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