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Posted by Ron on June 22, 2004 at 03:51:22 from (69.179.17.243):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Water in rear tires ? posted by buickanddeere on June 21, 2004 at 22:52:31:
I think he has you pegged, you are a "book learner". I'll bet you don't even own a tractor! Even a 12 year old farm boy knows that liquid ballast does not "slosh around" and become "less stable". Because it is a liquid and limited to about 75% of the tires capacity, it stays in the lower 75% of the tire AT ALL TIMES. This is precisely why liquid ballast is used; it greatly lowers the center of gravity making the tractor far more stable. In fact you can calculate it... 2/3 of the ballast is always below the axle. You also have the "few hundred pounds" all wrong. EACH of my rears has 1325 lb. of H20/CaCl in them, giving me a total of 2,650 of additional traction and by placing 1,768 lb of that below the axle, far greater safety. While you are certainly welcome to express your opinion, the rest of us know that liquid ballast is standard operating procedure for farm tractors and has been since the tire tube was invented. Every single farm equipment dealer and tire dealer in northern farm country offers "calcium service". Down south, used antifreeze and even beet juice are used. To run without ballast of some type is dangerous and foolhardy... an operator's life is worth far more than some kid building some "model". Some day when you buy a tractor and actually use one, you might understand. I certainly hope you don't get killed trying to prove your theory.
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