Multi-Purpose Ballast Box/Box Blade

I just couldn't see spending the money on a basically dead weight for a ballast box. I have been spending some of my weekends loading fill dirt into an 8-ton dump trailer and hauling it the ten miles to my house to better hide the septic mound in the landscape. I have used my 2305 to load 156 tons (estimating I get about 6 ton per load) so far and I needed more ballast on the back of my machine than I originally had with just the wheel weights bolted onto my box blade to get a more stable machine when loading the dirt into the trailer.



I decided to combine the features of a carry all, adjustable weight ballast box, and box blade. Seeing how we grow rocks in our yards around here, I have plenty of sources for weight that are easy to add and remove when needed. Here is what I ended up and it more than exceeded my expectations. It holds more weight than the 2305 can lift and also carries my shovels and garden tools. Plus when I start cutting wood this fall again I can empty out the box and load it with my woodcutting supplies. Only thing left to do is add a receiver hitch.









Boy what a DIFFERENCE the right amount of weight and a tooth bar make when it comes to the ability of this little tractor to work.