Patent ID: 8662460

Claim:
A ballast assembly comprising: a drawbar support frame adapted to be non-movably fixed to a vehicle frame, the drawbar support frame having a cylinder coupling member adapted to be removably coupled to a hydraulic cylinder, the coupling member having a slot for removably receiving an end of the cylinder; an adapter bracket comprising a lug extending from a flange, the lug being removably receivable by said slot in the coupling member, and the flange being adapted to engage and support a weight, a lip projecting from the flange, the lip being adapted to be received by a groove formed in the weight, a coupling bore extending through the lug; bracket bores extending through the coupling member; a coupling pin is insertable through the coupling bore and the bracket bores and to releasably hold the bracket in the coupling member; a pin bore extends vertically through the bracket; and a further coupling pin is removably insertable through the pin bore, the further coupling pin being adapted to engage a weight which is mounted on the bracket.