tractor salvage yards usually have the spare plates that they put on the front of various tractors for down on the money... i bought 4 100# plates for $50, then painted them with colored epoxy and with their built in handles, they have been great... if you're real resourceful, you can usually find tire shops that are willing to give you their used buckets of lead weights used for balancing, then you can melt into blocks in foil pans and you can create any size, shape, weight you want. however, metal clips from the lead pieces can be tricky to remove before or after melting... not fun having blocks with shrapnel protruding...
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