different wheel weight weights
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Lt.Mike
501 Club
Awhile back I weighed my Cub weights and A/SA weights. They are said to be 150lbs but their not.
Here’s what they are,
A rear weights - 126.6 lbs each.
Cub rear weights - 136.4 lbs each.
Cub front weights - 24.4 lbs each.
I haven’t weighed the A front weights or the A’s weighted center yet though I can safely tell you that weighted center is way heavier than a single A or Cub rear wheel weight.
I recently cleaned and painted one for my Super A and while the A’s rear weight falls almost 25 lbs shy of the touted 150 lb mark, that center probably exceeds it and then some.
Moving the weights around to wire brush them was rough but when I got to the center...
:shock:
I pretty much found my kriptonite in that center
My ‘46 Early A has two weighted centers added but it didn’t come that way.
The factory mounted a stamped center on the left and a weighted center on the right.
That bias is most likely the most stable setup for the tractor and I wouldn’t recommend changing it.
Mine having weighted centers on both sides and rear weights as well are the ticket for towing heavy trailers on level ground.
(That’s the key, level ground)
Without this weight the rear wheels would spin and dig to China trying to park those trailers particularly when backing in reverse.
All that weight saves the lawn and gravel drive by pinning the tires down. Zero wheel spin this way.
You can hang weight on the back to add weight as a fast hitch setup is quite heavy and the tractor can take it but if you stack wheel weights that’s weight that’s not being carried by the wheel bearings. Trailer tongue weight is something else to factor in if you tow with it. ( that can change as you move over unlevel ground, doesn’t take much). Food for thought.
:tractor:
Here’s what they are,
A rear weights - 126.6 lbs each.
Cub rear weights - 136.4 lbs each.
Cub front weights - 24.4 lbs each.
I haven’t weighed the A front weights or the A’s weighted center yet though I can safely tell you that weighted center is way heavier than a single A or Cub rear wheel weight.
I recently cleaned and painted one for my Super A and while the A’s rear weight falls almost 25 lbs shy of the touted 150 lb mark, that center probably exceeds it and then some.
Moving the weights around to wire brush them was rough but when I got to the center...
:shock:
I pretty much found my kriptonite in that center
My ‘46 Early A has two weighted centers added but it didn’t come that way.
The factory mounted a stamped center on the left and a weighted center on the right.
That bias is most likely the most stable setup for the tractor and I wouldn’t recommend changing it.
Mine having weighted centers on both sides and rear weights as well are the ticket for towing heavy trailers on level ground.
(That’s the key, level ground)
Without this weight the rear wheels would spin and dig to China trying to park those trailers particularly when backing in reverse.
All that weight saves the lawn and gravel drive by pinning the tires down. Zero wheel spin this way.
You can hang weight on the back to add weight as a fast hitch setup is quite heavy and the tractor can take it but if you stack wheel weights that’s weight that’s not being carried by the wheel bearings. Trailer tongue weight is something else to factor in if you tow with it. ( that can change as you move over unlevel ground, doesn’t take much). Food for thought.
:tractor:
I never weighed one. I was told by someone that they weigh something like 190 pounds. In rough terms, that would be about equal to a stamped center plus a wheel weight.Lt.Mike":2iph6haf said:
Lt.Mike
501 Club
I was going to say it felt like it was approaching 200 lbs but wasn’t sure if it was that or me getting older, probably both.Jim Becker":1phopj8x said:
The stamped center doesn’t weigh that much at all. You could almost throw it like a Frisbee.
I have a damaged stamped center with a matching torn up rim thanks to a PO who ignored loose bolts.
It’s not happening today but when I feel a little more energetic I’ll weigh up Cub and A centers, stamped and cast, and A front weights too.
If not for curiosity maybe just so we can confirm why our backs hurt.
Dale Finch
501 Club
I had a leftover right cast center from my SA restoration (combined two SA's into one), and got so tired of having it in my way, I finally GAVE it away to someone buying other SA parts from me. I told him if he could load it, it was his!! Good thing he was young (and stupid?!)!!
sparks1":c6tdhcis said:
This is an interesting post about the weight distribution on a cub http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=92660. There is a significant difference between the weights on the two rear wheels. Assume the same for the A.
I have not seen wheel center/hub weights on the A. Does anyone have photos? Are they the same for the 130?
I just checked a 1941 price book. Under the Farmall B, they listed factory installed rear wheel weights as adding 260 pounds to the shipping weight. The heavy wheel option added 280 pounds. That option put a pair of right hand A wheel centers in place of the standard, which was the same as the A left centers.