Building a weight bracket for a John Deere X370 

These weights came from Craftsman across the years. I had a couple to start with and my father in law had a few more. I'm not sure where you'd get them now... farm auctions perhaps! These kinds of things are built to fit, so I'd hate to try to make one remotely from the target tractor. Plus there's shipping.. heavy stuff! I would probably help a friend with one, but don't plan to build to order. Perhaps you can find a retired mechanical engineer like me near you who would like a project! We are out there...

@@cardinalflyer Thank you for the reply. I'll figure it out.

The bracket is plenty strong enough for heavier weights. As for angles, I built it to match the weights I have available. If you have weights with a different shape you could design something which lets you mount them using a similar approach.

It depends. I built both of the brackets shown, but the posts mounted to the tractor body were from the bagger attachment. You could easily build similar posts and bolt them on. So no existing brackets were required for this project.

Funny, I said the same to a neighbor! I recently received a kidney transplant and lost a lot of weight, and I could tell the difference in traction! I certainly recommend a better weight bracket over a bad kidney. ;-)

@@cardinalflyer now you got 3 kidneys?

Thanks for posting this video Keith. I was going to ask you about the weight bracket after you mentioned it in a previous video. I just bought a x390 with snowblower, delivery is tomorrow. I subscribed after watching your snow blowing videos. Good luck with your new kidney, you look great!