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Originally Posted by Sam Mac
Just my 2 cents but if I was going to use lead I'd just mix some mortar and blend in the lead weights in place of stone. I'd also add a little extra cement to the mix. Take your rim, set it on the ground valve stem side up, cut a round piece of plywood that will fit down into the center of the wheel. Drill 4 holes for 1/2" all thread. Set 4 pieces of the all thread in the plywood with a nut on each side to hold them in place with about 1" sticking through the holes on the back side of the wheel. Grease up the inside of the wheel and pout the mix in. Let it set for a couple days and then turn it over, remove the wheel. Pull the nuts off the back side of the plywood, remove the plywood and you have a concrete/ lead weight. I still like filled tires better.
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This is what I did with lead and some scrap steel. I used conduit pipe so I could use stove bolts. I like the idea of just using the wheel for a pattern instead of a roll of flashing as I used. these weigh 35# apiece. Loaded tires and these weights worked good for all my projects.
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1977 1650 with cast iron lower grill housing, cast iron oil pan, 54" push-snow blade, rear blade, disc-harrow, 44c and 48" decks, Two cultivators, #1 tiller with both extensions, loaded tires, 75' weights and chains, #2 cart.
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