[AT] Case Wheel weights

[Cecil Bearden]

a 50/50 mix of methanol and water will not freeze and will not corrode 
either.  we have used it for 40 years.

Cecil in OKla

Mike Sloane wrote:
> I had the same problem with poor traction when using the loader on my 
> Case 430CK, so I built a weight box using a plastic 55 gal. drum bolted 
> to a three point drawbar and filled with scrap iron. I rarely need to 
> remove it, but just dropping it down on a couple of cement blocks should 
> not be a problem. The top is secured to the top link bracket with a 
> chain. So far, it has worked out very nicely.
>
> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/case_430_ck/t_case_new_counterw-1.html>
>
> As far as using Rimguard, I think it is a great idea and would use it in 
> place of calcium, but nobody around here sells it.
>
> Mike
>
> Mark Greer wrote:
>   
>> I recently bought another Case 430 to replace the one I lost when my barn
>> burned in late March. This one has a nice Henry Loader on it and new tires
>> all around. They didn't put calcium back in the tires when they put the new
>> ones on and the tractor is damn near worthless with anything in the bucket.
>> I'd like to find some wheel weights for it and if any of you know of some
>> that are available I'd appreciate a heads up on them. I don't want to hang a
>> weight box off the three point as I will use some three point implements
>> fairly regularly and weight boxes are a pain to take on and off - been
>> there, done that. I'm also looking into loading the tires but I don't like
>> calcium. I've been down the rotten rims route and would rather not go there
>> again. Has anyone here used that sugarbeet byproduct called RimGuard? I'd
>> like to hear from someone who's actually used it rather than someone who
>> just wants to sell me some.
>> Mark Greer
>> Orrville, Ohio - Home of Smucker's Jelly
>>     
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