Has anybody ever seen an iron wheel weight with a welded clip?

creskol · Jun 3, 2020

This is a first for me. Found this on an old road bed while walking my dog this morning.
I tried scratching it with a knife, but this thing is hard as the dickens.
Not that it's worth anything, but I have never seen one before.

A2coins · Jun 3, 2020

Usually they are lead could be a weight for something else is there a weight number on it

creskol · Jun 3, 2020

A2coins said:
Usually they are lead could be a weight for something else is there a weight number on it

No numbers that I can see. I wonder what else would use a clip on weight.

It's an oddity to me!

smallfoot · Jun 3, 2020

Found this on a search:

Steel
Steel wheel weights remain a popular option in the North American market, but aren’t as common globally. This is in part because steel has a fairly low raw material cost in America, but steel weights are often more expensive to manufacture compared to lead and zinc.

Steel in more expensive due to the timely processes it takes to turn raw steel into a usable product – conditioning the steel, cutting the steel, bending the steel, coating the steel, etc. Lead and zinc are simply melted down and molded.

Perfect Equipment’s Parker notes that steel adhesive wheel weights are becoming more attractive due to their increase in availability, quality and pricing levels. He adds that steel clip-on weights are also an option, though more elementary.

Plombco also offers a steel wheel weight covered in plastic called Plasteel. According to the company, the plastic coating keeps the clip-on wheel weight from scratching and damaging the wheels and is more malleable.

Charlie P. (NY) · Jun 3, 2020

Interesting. It's pretty large as well. I wonder if it is a dynamic balance weight for a flywheel rather than a tire rim. Back when steam rollers used steam. The ground wheels move slow but the flywheel(s) zooms right along and needed to be balanced.