A versatile front ballast system that also makes tractors more visible to other road users forms the Agribumper product range – now being distributed in the UK and Ireland by Lynx Engineering through a network of machinery dealers.

High-visibility daytime running lights, turn indicators, red and white chevron-pattern reflector plates and adjustable markers are included as safety features to highlight the size and width of the outfit.

Lynx says Dutch manufacturer Agribumper’s products complement the company’s already comprehensive front ballast and toolbox range.

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Among front-linkage-mounted versions providing easily removed ballast and a toolbox, the latest addition is the Fronthitch Line, which incorporates a 65-litre steel container, priced from £2,355.

Ballast weights from 400kg to 1,000kg in 200kg increments take the same approach as Lynx with its own front blocks: materials of different density are used to achieve particular weights, in this case to suit tractors from 100hp to 500hp.

Agribumper’s Toolbox Line has a 145-litre container for hand tools, towing chains and consumables such as oil and grease among a frame and add-on weights totalling 400-1,800kg.

There are also designs to mount direct to the tractor, so that the front linkage and pto can still be used.

Front hitch and pto can still be used with Weightline versions © Agribumper

Baseline versions for 100-240hp tractors provide 350-1,000kg of ballast, with prices from £3,110 to £5,565, while Weightline models cover 160-500hp machines with 400-2,000kg and prices from £3,175 to £8,450.

This approach ensures the safety marking elements remain on the tractor, but allows, for example, a bit more weight to be added to the front of a tractor handling a heavy triple mower or a front hopper to be mounted to partner a seed drill or fertiliser spreader.