Home Made Weight box
 

I decided to fabricate a weight box for my 147 that I recently installed a 42” snow thrower on. I made it out of 1/1” square tube for the box and the mounts were made out of 1/2” rectangle and 1” flat bar. This is all scrap I had cut up from my scrap pile. The bottom has a pice of 11 gauge sheet metal on it.

I made it so it attaches to the bottom hitch plate for the implement with 4 bolts. Then, to keep it from bending down I have 2 supports coming down from the frame where the sleeve hitch mounts up with 2 more bolts.

I plan to use some old car brake rotors and riding mower flywheels for the ballast weight. In addition, I think it may be useful for hauling small tools or gas for the chainsaw and other stuff too. I also welded on a hitch to the back of it in case I need to pull a trailer or get stuck as the factory one is blocked with the box installed.

Nice work on the weight box.

Dang! That thing is rugged.:beerchug:

I would suggest that you look for a way to tie it into the axle tube bolts for additional support. Especially if you plan on pulling additional items with it.:ThumbsUp:

Nice work!

That looks very nice. Here’s where I have my weight bracket mounted on the frame for my loader tractor with a big piece of iron in it, don’t think you saw that

Now you can do some wheelies! :biggrin2:

Removed the weight box and sanded it down and painted it today. Just used some flat black rattle can stuff on it because I know it will get all scratched up from the weights anyways. Turned out nice though.

Yeah, I saw that in the background. Looks like it would be very effective. I’m sure with a loader you need all the weight on that back you can get.

Thanks for the suggestion. I may fabricate a bracket to go to those bolts on each side at some point. I think for now I’ll be alright as I have no intention of pulling anything heavy with it and most of the force is a shearing force straight down or is taken by the upper mounts.