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Re: Filling Tractor Tires To Make Them Heavier
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Posted by Gerald on December 28, 1998 at 07:35:17:
In Reply to: Filling Tractor Tires To Make Them Heavier posted by Skyhorse Farms on December 27, 1998 at 21:07:20:
You don't use engine antifreeze, you use Calcium Chloride. Its fairly corrosive so you want a tube. When the tire cracks and the tube leaks it causes instant rust everywhere it touches, painted or not. I've had that happen. Won't use it again. Its easiest to have a farm tire dealer put the stuff in. Costs about $40 a tire service call in central Iowa and there's a charge for the solution. Even if you supply the solution taking it out of a tire to be repaired. With the right tools its easy to accomplish. Without them it could be a pain but I see Gemplers has the adapters to work with the hose and CaCl by the sack. If I remember right, the 14.9-24 tires on my MF-135 held over 650 pounds of CaCl solution (which is significantly heavier than plain water) each. Which makes for significant problems when shuffling them for different widths. Its possible if you don't have to lean the tire much, but 800 pounds laying across my chest I kept thinking wouldn't feel good, or be healthy. After that tire split and I put on new tires, I found the better lugs on the new tires gripped the ground adequately for plowing with more traction than the old weighted tires. True, the loader lifted the rear a lot easier. I've fixed that. Moved the loader to a heavier tractor. Gerald
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