What is this for

[Dwol]

I thought this was a wheel weight, but after cutting it off the wheel, it is pretty light. Question is, what is it? What was it used for?
Kind regards,
Dave

 

[Vetech63]

I cant tell you what is was used for, but its definitely home made.

 

[Hobbytime]

looks like it was or could be used to lift the wheel to move it around, what did it come off of?

 

[Dwol]

It came off of a 70ish 580ck. Take a look at the rear wheel in this picture:

 

[Dwol]

(It was only on the one side)

 

[Delmer]

Tie down point. Sorta kidding? Or a random piece of scrap that somebody decided was a wheel weight.

 

[Equipmentguy224]

Maybe it was used as a kind of connector to hold something to the wheel?

 

[apetad]

for pulling tape or cable through pipe, lift wheel with stabilizer and put in gear and winds it up like a makeshift winch?

 

[redneckracin]

mount for clamp on duals? Beats me!

 

[Billrog]

Maybe for adding weight ( tying it on )when the hoe was removed for loader work ?

 

[Rob Gunn]

Its a homemade mount for clamp for duels.

 

[Hobbytime]

none of all those..foot step so you can sit on tire and eat lunch....

 

[Boisebiker]

Home made rigging for putting chains on the tire? Was there anything like it on the inside of the rim?

 

[Bill Smith]

I believe it would be to wind long strands of cable together like a rope. Then what ever they twisted up could be pulled through a conduit in one pull . So they would lay the cables out about a hundred feet . and the tire off the ground spinning would twist it like a hair braid .

 

[Bls repair]

Being a rwd tractor could be for hooking a chain to pull your self out half a revolution at a time?

 

[Grady]

Being a rwd tractor could be for hooking a chain to pull your self out half a revolution at a time?

- or as many revolutions as it takes or as many as this device may hold - depends on chain size

 

[gruntscoreboard]

Can't really tell what it is :/