Ballost box for b6100

[morson82]

I looking to make a ballost box for my B6100, this way when I don't have the backhoe attached the FEL will be more stable. Not really sure how to go about it Should I just make a form out of wood and have the proper sized steel rod going through it and then pour in the crete? I do have a 4x8 sheet of 3/16 steel that I could make a box out of and then pour in the crete.....Looking for some ideas and direction. If anyone has one, I certainly could use the demensions.......Thanks, Glenn

 

[gktilton]

It depends on what you want. I picked up a metal box on CraigsList for 25 bucks and 300lbs of metal scrap (6 50lb pieces, easy to lift) from a local iron place for 70. I put the box on the tractor and then load the metal in, a lot easier than wrestling a 300lb concrete block into position. If you are going to pour concrete and leave it in I would just use a plywood box and steel rod. Save the 3/16 for something else. After your concrete cures you don't even need the plywood box anymore.

 

[Eric McCarthy]

I agree, use the wood to form a box and save the sheet of steel. Since wood is alot cheaper then metal. Do a search on here for ballest boxes and you'll see tons of other great idea's that some of the guys have made for their tractors.