Posted by Hugh MacKay on June 29, 2008 at 08:23:53 from (209.226.106.50):
In Reply to: fluid for rear tires posted by Mike L on June 28, 2008 at 07:03:03:
Mike: Most tractor tire shops will fill tires with calcium chloride. You can buy it at most hardware stores for little more than cost of salt, however the equipment to put it in the tubes is the big cost. Last one I had done 30 years ago 16.9x38 and the tire shop filled it in half hour. You can run it in by graviety but it takes all day. Never put chloride in a used tube.
Calcium chloride worked best for guys wearing out a set of tires every 6-7 years. You drained it and no question, it was new tires and new tubes for the next fill up. The chloride from a quick flat from a tire puncture never hurt a rim. You washed the rim up, put it back together. The chloride that damaged rims was caused by slow leaks that lasted for years, adding enough air to keep going. Most of those leaks were caused by old valve stems. If you find tires lasting longer than 6-7 years, move stem to top, jack the tractor and change the stem, then replace the air.
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