Posted by paul on September 14, 2018 at 10:07:46 from (76.77.197.114):
In Reply to: Water ballast as weight posted by valiant farmer on September 14, 2018 at 04:04:05:
This company has quite a few adaptors and ways to get the job done. The $105 Y shaped valve is the common way to add liquid, burp out air, etc if you do it more than once..... but there sure are cheaper ways too.
My link goes to a bit of an explanation, their links go to the the products they sell to deal with water/air filling.
The real CC salt solution or the beet juice is heavier than water and will be a better ballast for you. Plain water can work if you don’t go below freezing, but is lighter. The common suggestion here to add antifreeze is troubling, as antifreeze is toxic to plants, critters, and aquifers, as well as being much lighter than water and so you don’t get as much ballast as you might need.
You need to keep a 25% air cushion in the tires so ‘full’ is really only 75% liquid.
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