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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OldMachinist" data-source="post: 52964" data-attributes="member: 437">My counterweight bracket looks like this.<img src="http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg49/calfranch/Bobcat/453/DSCF1372.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 620px; height: 465px" /> I made it fit these 50lb weights that I had laying around. They are used on oil well pumps.<img src="http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg49/calfranch/Bobcat/453/DSCF1373.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 620px; height: 465px" />The bracket bolts on the rear door. The door opens fine with in on.<img src="http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg49/calfranch/Bobcat/453/DSCF1084.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 620px; height: 465px" /> I only put it on when I plan on doing a lot of lifting, mainly logs for firewood. Three 50lb weights are the most I can put on before it starts to get too light on the front end to even drive it with the it lifting up. I have added more weights after I have the planned load on the forks. I loaded a lathe on a guys trailer that way once.If its on when I'm digging it affects the down force of the bucket and I can't dig as well. Even the weight of the bracket without any weights in it does this. If I wanted to improve the digging down force the weight would have to added up front by either putting garden tractor weights on the front wheels or hanging weights on the front axle tubes. I've seen weights for the axle tubes on larger machines but I don't know if they made them for the smaller ones.</blockquote>

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