Steel beam weight for harrow questions

Willc

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I have a drag behind harrow that I weigh down with whatever on my gravel drive. It is great for summer weeds, some leveling, and today to finally break up the 2 Inches of solid ice. As you can imagine, the weights fall off. I am looking for the weight per ft for some 3' long beams that I can weld on the front and chain to the middle or back. I am looking for eighty pounds per beam. My driveway is 1/10 of a mile, and yes, it tears up the yard when I turn around, but weeds grow back. I use my jeep in 4 low to pull.

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How wide is it? Beams can be just about any weight you want. Let's say its 4' wide, you'd need a beam thats 20 lb/ft. Could use a C12x20.7 channel which is easy to find. Or an S8x18 I beam or a W6x20 Wide Flange Beam.
 
depending on The direction you pull from there are 2 time angles, make sure you’re at the more aggressive angle, I’ve seen these on yt videos go through well seasoned gravel drives with just a mounted tire bungled to the top
 
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Go full send, put 3 chunks of W10X100 on there and it'll chew up anything you put under it!
 
I would use fencing staple/nails and attach a pallet on top .... the strap blocks, bricks, kids neighbors, small cars etc. to the pallet.
 
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