Rear weight bracket/cargo rack
 

had this weight bracket I made a while back to hold 2 cement blocks for help with plowing snow. This summer I got a FEL 128 so it ended up on it and I've been messing around in the woods with it clearing trails and cutting firewood so i decided i needed somewhere to carry my saw, fuel can, oil, tools, ax etc. So heres what i came up with just painted her up will get it all mounted up tomorrow. let me know what you think

Looks like it should work! That second to last pic it looks like a BBQ grill! Put done burgers on and grill supper while you mow or move dirt!

finished pics or at least finished for now

Looks like a well thought out solution to me. :beerchug:

Thanks it go a lot of use today works great for firewood duty pulls logs really well but for that work I prefer my 148

Good idea but, too much weight abd every time you hit a bump you'll be popping wheelies!

too much weight? no such thing especially with a loader on the front.

That's what you think..... till the thing between the loader and the rear bracket decides it wasn't made for that kind of weight. :bigeyes:

I beef up everything on my tractors they are far from stock underneath. I like pushing the limits of these old cubs

On the frame? Or did you install larger bearings in the rear axle tubes, maybe larger diameter axles.....
In your pics I don't see 5, or even 4 bolt wheel hubs on front, so your still running on a 3/4" axle shaft. Even if you upgraded to a 1" one, it's still too small for all the weight of a loader with a load on it. How about the front pivot rod on the axle? Is it larger?

As far as I'm concerned, a FEL on a stock GT is just an accident waiting to happen. Just not big enough for that kind of load. SGT.... they are a little better to put one one. If nothing else, longer WB makes a huge difference. I just hope you don't find the weak point when you have 7-800# hanging on the front. It is a tractor, but not a big tractor.

Its got an axle and front spindles from a 782. the entire loader bracket is welded solid to everywhere it touches the frame which strengthens that. the rearend for now is stock with welded spider gears. If I brake that I have another hd carrier and axles to swap in. I've already done this with my 148.
as far as those front spindles, i have about 300lbs of rear weight on it plus my 200lbs and had all of that in the air on the front axle with an over loaded bucket didnt break anything. I don't understand why an SGT would be much better, spindles are the same size and the frame is a little longer. same rearend same thickness frame I don't see much advantage.