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Wheel weights
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The original IH rear wheel weights were only around 25lbs ea. Not enough in my opinion.
You can get new 50lb rear wheel weights from Cub Cadet.
https://www.cubcadet.com/en_US/ridi...-lb./OEM-190-784.html#specs-table-specs-chore
You can get new 50lb rear wheel weights from Cub Cadet.
https://www.cubcadet.com/en_US/ridi...-lb./OEM-190-784.html#specs-table-specs-chore
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Dave,
Just about any wheel weight for a 12” wheel should work. With the IH ones, you get the cool factor of OE stuff, and you can fit one to the inside of each wheel, and one to the outside, and you’re also at 50#/side, but for almost twice the price of those plastic ones.
There are other options, such as building a weight box, and filling it with virtually anything heavy, some have made wheel weights of concrete in buckets, I was lucky enough to find some 20# barbell weights that are a great fit, and stacked three per side. A certain greene tractor brand offers a variety of weights. I think Ditch Witch offers 12” wheel weights.
Don’t overlook the possibility of fluid-filling the tires, and/or tire chains with or without the weights for better traction as well.
Just about any wheel weight for a 12” wheel should work. With the IH ones, you get the cool factor of OE stuff, and you can fit one to the inside of each wheel, and one to the outside, and you’re also at 50#/side, but for almost twice the price of those plastic ones.
There are other options, such as building a weight box, and filling it with virtually anything heavy, some have made wheel weights of concrete in buckets, I was lucky enough to find some 20# barbell weights that are a great fit, and stacked three per side. A certain greene tractor brand offers a variety of weights. I think Ditch Witch offers 12” wheel weights.
Don’t overlook the possibility of fluid-filling the tires, and/or tire chains with or without the weights for better traction as well.
With the original 26lb IH cast weights you can stack as many as you want on the outside. Within reason of course... This might be too many. 
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Dave T and Jim K - you can only put the IH weights on the inside of the wheel if your Cub Cadet has internal wet brakes. You cannot do it if you have the disc brakes. The model 1200 was built for several years, roughly 1974-80 and IH built some of them with internal wet brakes and some with disc brakes - so ya gotta look-see what you got.
Nice thing about the cast iron IH weights is you don't have to worry about any plastic around the outside cracking and falling off and looking terrible. Some of those plastic jobbies just have sand inside too. I'd stick with cast iron.
Ooh, Kraig should'a mention that Cub with all those weights has some REAL EXPENSIVE tail lights
Nice thing about the cast iron IH weights is you don't have to worry about any plastic around the outside cracking and falling off and looking terrible. Some of those plastic jobbies just have sand inside too. I'd stick with cast iron.
Ooh, Kraig should'a mention that Cub with all those weights has some REAL EXPENSIVE tail lights
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mfrade
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That picture never fails to being a smile.
And for those that do not know, that Cub belongs to Tim Delooza. Take a close look at it and you'll notice all sorts of interesting things about it beyond the wheel weights.
Stevenovick1
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My 1450 has internals. Thanks Hydro. Good to know.
eholmes
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Am I correct in thinking that the front wheel weights from a IH-Cub are the same or usable as the rear wheel weights for the cub cadet 82, 100 series?
Correct, the IH cast wheel weights that are used on the rear wheels of a Cub Cadet were first designed to be used on the Farmall Cub front wheels.
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Oops, that's the Farmall Cub with 12" front wheels.
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Kraig - yup, no telling what model Cub Cadet ole Tim D has there. He's really mixed things up.
I'm glad to see this subject come up,I have a question. So hanging a box off the rear doesn't hurt anything vs weights on the wheels?
Weight on the chassis would bear down on the axle bearings/bushings more so than the wheel weights would. However, unless you go way overboard, like Tim did with his photo opp wheel weight test, you are not likely to do any damage. I have a 125 that a PO added three slabs of steel mounted hanging off the back as well as a full size battery mounted in the back. I've been using it for over 25 years and I have no idea how many years it had the slabs before I got it and so far it's fine. Well, fine other than the weight was bending the fenders down so I added some reinforcing support mounted to the axle tubes with a cross piece to transfer some of the load to the draw bar. I also added the extended draw bar.
Here you can see the lower supports that I added. Originally it was all just suspended from the fenders.
Here you can see the lower supports that I added. Originally it was all just suspended from the fenders.
I fabricated a frame 5 or so yrs ago to hold a plastic box,I'll send a pic after work showing how I bolt it up. It holds150 1lb lead weights,do you think that's to much?
150lbs should not be anywhere near too much. I believe that a rear tiller weighs over 200lbs (based on a listed shipping weight of 225Lbs).
Ok great,thanks! Like I said I'll send a pic later but the only other question I have is in how I bolt it up
snicklas
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One other thing to remember, not all operators are created equal. I can assure you that 400ish lbs on the rear axle, plus a tiller hasn’t done any damage in a few decades…. Me in the seat, is more weight than some people add…..
