Posted by mkirsch on January 03, 2011 at 05:34:02 from (64.80.108.56):
In Reply to: ice in tires posted by sqwert on January 02, 2011 at 15:12:58:
What do you plan on doing with the tractor in the immediate future?
If you're going to work on it in a heated shop for the rest of the winter, the problem will take care of itself. Let it melt, drain it out, and replace it with something that doesn't freeze.
If you're going to use it immediately, you need to get that water out of there somehow. Whatever it takes to melt the ice, then drain the water.
The way to dump the water is by using the tractor's weight and air pressure.
Put it up on a jack, somewhere you don't care if the water flows.
Pump the tire up to about 25PSI.
Rotate the valve stem to the bottom and remove the valve core. Let'er fly!
When the flow starts to get lackluster, rotate the tire so the valve stem is back on top. Pump 'er back up, and roll the valve stem back to the bottom.
As the water level gets low, you need to squash the tire by letting the tractor's weight down on it. You can get about 95% of the liquid out.
From there you either need to pull the tube and suck it dry, or add a few gallons of antifreeze and leave a little bit of water in there.
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