Re: Tire fluid

Posted by Billy NY on November 18, 2015 at 09:37:06 from (104.228.35.235):

In Reply to: Tire fluid posted by jf on November 18, 2015 at 09:17:25:

It can be used in place of CACL, just lighter in weight per gallon. It won't react with your rims if you have a leak.

The discussion of this usually entails the comparison to the alternatives, like you are thinking about, and as I see it, CACL, is certainly corrosive or alkaline, which ever, and if you have a leak, it will corrode steel. However you have time, don't let it go for too long, wash everything down but good, make necessary repairs etc. CACL is fine, being contained in the tube, but it can be a maintenance item, its suggested to change valve cores after so long, and if you get a leak, worse a puncture. Knowing that, one has to decide. Many will question the logic of CACL useage, based on the negative side of it, but I've used it long enough to know, its fine within the parameters of its use, which includes timely repair. Even the bags of CACL flake is getting more expensive, it was the cheap tire ballast that provides significant weight, won't freeze if mixed per the loading chart for the specific tire. We have 4 tractors with loaded tires, 3 with CACL, one with RimGuard. None have been much trouble in many years, my old 850 ford with CACL loaded tires, look the same as when they were loaded, both done by me.

Now in stark contrast, the one repair I inherited with the tractor I recently bought, was rear tires, loaded with CACL, and leaky valves. The previous owner did NOT make any repairs and let it go for quite some time, the tractor was unused at least a year, stored in a building. Expensive rims with some flaking of rust, valve holes appear ok and I've had to roll the dice by letting it go a little further, I will be breaking these tires down, assessing the rims, hopefully repairable, new tubes, and as much as I like the performance of CACL loaded tires, given it has fwd, and the implements/loads are heavy enough, I may elect to omit the CACL, or use one of the alternatives, as the weight reduction more than likely will not be any issue.

CACL can be a matter of preference, need or what have you. I don't mind it all that much because I can do tire work whenever its needed, so if there is a problem, its not going to be ignored, like the tractor mentioned above, that is just stupidity, given tires of this size, 14.9x28, are still within my ability to work on, and would be for most others if they were to learn the simple tasks involved with their repair, more so if they cannot afford the tire repair hired out.

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