front weight bracket

[JDJACK]

I have seen front weight brackets with weights out in front, and off both sides.
Is there an advantage of one over the other?
Going to build one for a JD A

 

[VicS]

Look back a ways, there was a discussion on this. My opinion is if you can just use 1 to 4 weights on the front, make your weight bracket 11 ft, from the axle centerline. and put your weights on sideways, that way your weights are as far forward as possible. but if you are putting a full weight bracket on the front it probably doesn"t make any difference. Yes I have my weights sideways on the front. and yes I have bin beat many times by people with their weights on the other way.

 

[2 TIMER]

SHOOT, I HAVE CROSSWAY'S WEIGHTS SET AT 11' GET BEAT UP ON ALL THE TIME.. HAVE FUN..

 

[JDJACK]

I can't find the old post.

 

[Big Jugs]

Jack, Mine are on sideways, I am a firm believer in getting the maximum amount of weight to the front. Yeah, I get beat too, but not as much as before I don't think. I won't build another weight bracket any other way now.

 

[JDJACK]

Just alittle confused, but if the weight are sitting out front isn't there more weight farther out, than if there are on the sides?

Or is that the bracket can be made longer and hung on the sides?
I can see if you are hanging alot of weights and both sides give you more room to hang them.

 

[ih560]

(quoted from post at 21:23:48 05/07/10) Just alittle confused, but if the weight are sitting out front isn't there more weight farther out, than if there are on the sides?

Or is that the bracket can be made longer and hung on the sides?
I can see if you are hanging alot of weights and both sides give you more room to hang them.

The idea is, you make the bracket as long as the rules allow, if this is 11 foot from the rear axle, then you build the weight bracket right to the limit, now with the weight sideways, the entire weight of it is within an inch or so and right at 11 foot. if you hang them inline with the tractor, you have to have a shorter weight bracket, now your weight is spread over a foot or so, and only the last little bit of it, is at the 11 foot limit. I can try to word it better but I hope that makes it easy to see, why you would want to hang them sideways.

 

[Big Jugs]

most places(and I say most, not all) allow for 11' to front of weights or bracket. If you have your weight turned sideways at 11' all of the weight is at 11'. On a shorter bracket, if your weight measured from the back end of it is at 11', then the actual hanging weight part is at wherever your bracket ends, probably like 10', so you gain another 1' of length to get that weight out in front causing down pressure on the front. Make any sense now? It's all in that "lever/fulcrum" idea.

 

[JDJACK]

Thanks Dale.
I under stand it now.