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    Posted: 30 Jan 2023 at 9:18pm
Hello all. I’ve recently bought an Allis Chalmers 180 from my wife’s family estate. It was her dad’s tractor and of course, is very sentimental. She wants me to use it periodically to ensure it doesn’t just sit in the shed, but I really need some weight on the front of it to put it to use. I’m very unfamiliar with these tractors and am unsure the best method of adding factory front weights (it’s very important to her that it remains original). Can anyone guide me to a resource for front weights? It does has a very small bolt-on weight on the front. From the little bit of research I have done, it appears as though this is a “starter weight”? Thanks
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If it is about 5 inches tall and 2 1/2 inches thick, that is a 75 lb weight and most often there are two of those stacked on top of each other. When there are two, they protrude out flush with the grille shell, for a total of 150 lbs. There is a 250 lb weight that can be used first, as it is 12 inches tall and wraps around the front end and then two 75 lb weights can be stacked on the front of it for a total of 400 lbs. That combo is quite common on 180 tractors. What are you lifting that causes you problems ??
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Welcome to the forum. Get yourself some manuals, they have lots of info in there.
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Another great place is TractorHouse on the internet. Click on tractors and forget about the horsepower. Click on your brand and model. You want to check out AC’s from 170’s - 220’s. You will see all of the different weights styles and brackets that AC had for them. Welcome.
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go to >http://brianahart.net/weights.htm...It is also in >> Farm Equipment -Knowledge Base  section on this forum...directly below the section you posted from...You will love that 180...We have three of them...And welcome to the forum...Dale 

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What part of Illinois are you in ? I am in south central near Effingham. I have a couple starter weights and some of the block smaller weights that go on after the starter. Let me know if l can help.
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If you are using front end loader...check for clearances...weight  info is on this website under archival tutorials...Mark
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I early on could not find weights so opted to add a loader. Was really light in front with any three point equipment without something up front.
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