Front suitcase weights, front wheel weights, homemade tractor ballast - tractors doing any heavy 3 point work, or pulling with a chain, benefit from the added safety of front ballast. Especially these old farm tractors, with large real wheels, and no ROPS (Roll Over Protection System), have enough torque to drive right over backwards. It could save your life - FRONT ballast. Ford 8N. It could save your life. In this video, I show the tractor front ballast we have on our Ford 8N, our Ford 641 Workmaster, and where front ballast could go on the John Deere 750 tractor. Whether using a brush hog, finish mower, pole, or chain on the rear of the tractor - front ballast provides a counter weight for that load on the back. The tractor ballast nobody mentions - FRONT ballast on a Ford 8N, 2N, 9N, Jubilee, NAA, Workmaster, etc. #tractor #ballast #Ford8N #purplecollarlife
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0:00 - rear ballast - ballast box
0:25 - Loaded tires
1:02 - the summer of bees!
2:23 - volleyball season
3:19 - front wheel weights front ballast
4:37 - mice in the Ford 641 Workmaster
5:19 - suitcase weights John Deere 750
6:30 - homemade front ballast weight Ford 8N
7:42 - Ford 8n 9n 2n tractor front bumper
8:40 - weights
9:20 - DON'T DO THIS!
9:45 - Tractor rollover risk
10:14 - Pulling point
11:14 - Importance of front ballast