I have a lawn roller I made out of a 100# propane tank. It was originally built to pull behind one of my garden tractors. Even full of water, there's not a lot of weight there.

I got to thinking, if I bought a Quick Attach plate (I can buy them on Amazon cheaper than I could build one...$120) I could mount it to that, hook it to the Cabota and use the weight of the tractor to get it to work better.



The loader hydraulics will pick the front of the tractor up easily, which places roughly half the weight of the tractor on the roller.

Works MUCH better than it did as a pull-behind. I chose to bolt it to the QA plate for two reasons: 1) in case it didn't work like I thought it would and 2) I can unbolt it and bolt on a hitch if/when it makes more sense to tow it.

Thought about filling it with dense concrete?

Google-fu says that in cubic footage:

Water - 62 pounds
Lightweight concrete - 90 -110 pounds
Coarse aggregate concrete - 150 pounds

Other sources - 5 gallon bucket

Water - 43 Pounds
Concrete - 100 pounds

I have, and may do that as well. The general consensus seems to be that fine sand well soaked with water is nearly as heavy, much easier and somewhat cheaper.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
I have, and may do that as well. The general consensus seems to be that fine sand well soaked with water is nearly as heavy, much easier and somewhat cheaper.

Yes, but I would think it will rust away full of wet sand. I'd cut a nice hole in it, fill it with concrete, and weld the patch back on.

I'm surprised that the attachment of the box tubes to the bolt plate is strong enough not to buckle when you use it. I would have though it would have needed front and back angle bracing or gusseting.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
I have, and may do that as well. The general consensus seems to be that fine sand well soaked with water is nearly as heavy, much easier and somewhat cheaper.

{checks bingo card}
Also NOT permanent!

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Originally posted by ArtieS:

I'm surprised that the attachment of the box tubes to the bolt plate is strong enough not to buckle when you use it. I would have though it would have needed front and back angle bracing or gusseting.

The joint between the square tubing and the mounting plates is gusseted top and bottom. I think that'll be adequate, but if I get nervous, I can run struts from the side legs near the bearings to the top of the QA plate.

Thank you.

It really is impressive how much difference even a relatively small gusset can make. Triangles may not be the most rigid shape out there, but they’re nowhere near the bottom of the list.

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My excuse for buying the Mag Drill

First and only mention of the new magnetic drill.

Did it work well? Was it worth the money compared to what you had previously been doing when fabricating?