Tire Loading Kit

[AceDeuce]

Does anyone know if some sort of kit exists for loading your own tires? I seem to remember something along those lines from a while back but I can't find the thread. I'm looking at loading the rears in my BX. I don't like having to use 4WD all the time with the loader on just to get enough traction to make it up a hill.

 

[jdjdjd]

I got mine at a local Tractor Supply. Here is a link...
Adapter Air Water - 1170832 | Tractor Supply Company

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Does anyone know if some sort of kit exists for loading your own tires? I seem to remember something along those lines from a while back but I can't find the thread. I'm looking at loading the rears in my BX. I don't like having to use 4WD all the time with the loader on just to get enough traction to make it up a hill.

Are you going to put it in 4wd when you come back down the hill? Why don't you like putting it in 4wd?

 

[radioman]

I added my own without a kit on my BX. I started a thread on this.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/131919-can-i-add-rimguard-myself.html .
Since I had a Backhoe, I used the outriggers to hold tractor up and align the bolt holes back on to the axels after filling them. It's too heavy to lift for one person, but not heavy to rolling it and moving it around. If you use the gemplers kit, you can use gravity to fill the tires if you don't feel like taking tires off.
I thought about bringing the tires to the rimgaurd dealer since it not too bad to lift a BX tire with 2 people after its filled but I am rather a do it yourself person . Would I do it again the way I did it ? yup- in a heartbeat. would I do it with a B series or larger. uhhh -- I might go with the gemplers kit via gravity feed first or just trailer the tractor over to the rimguard dealer.

 

[johnk]

I had mine filled with Rimguard 3 months ago by a Tire Dealer. I have 14.9X24's and they took 50 gallons in each tire. Shop around for prices because a tractor dealer quoted me 740 dollars and I got them done at the tire place for $300 total. Left the tractor right on the trailer. Used a couple hydraulic jacks to get the tires in the air to spin the valve stems to 12 oclock and i was out of there in less than a ahalf an hour. The only regret I have is i should have had it done 3 years ago. Totally different machine with loasded tires...

 

[HCJtractor]

Gemplers also sells these. Item # AQF1 for $13.95 or 7K for $8.25. These work great. You will need a large tub (like a plastic trash can) to mix your solution. Around here we use water and antifreeze mixed. Then a pump of some kind to draw from the tub and to transfer liquid through a garden hose. I use a small Honda gas pump. It's really pretty easy. Support you tractor with a jack stand, remove the valve stem, attach the hose and start the pump. Follow the instructions to release the displaced air. Be careful not to pop your bead. Fill to the top of the rim and then pressure back up. Buy a air guage made for liquid filled tires, sold at Tractor Supply.

 

[AceDeuce]

Great info, thanks. My tires will only take 10-15 gallons each so I'll probably go with antifreeze or window washer fluid ($2/gal) rather than bother with Rim Guard.

I use 4WD when it's needed (on hills, in mud/snow, etc.) not 100% of the time. It tears up the grass, limits my turning radius, and wears out the front tires. But with the loader on, the rears will spin quite easily, even going up shallow inclines. I've tinkered with adding weights here and there to find the right balance, but weighted tires are the ideal ballast. COG doesn't get any lower.

 

[Tul01]

I used the kit from gemplers. I used windshield fluid and just dumped 2 gal at a time into a pail and pumped out of that so I could balance the 2 sides with even amounts.

Brent

 

[BotaBX24er]

I had mine filled with Rimguard 3 months ago by a Tire Dealer. I have 14.9X24's and they took 50 gallons in each tire. Shop around for prices because a tractor dealer quoted me 740 dollars and I got them done at the tire place for $300 total. Left the tractor right on the trailer. Used a couple hydraulic jacks to get the tires in the air to spin the valve stems to 12 oclock and i was out of there in less than a ahalf an hour. The only regret I have is i should have had it done 3 years ago. Totally different machine with loasded tires...

I had my BX24 rears filled water/antifreeze mix by a tractor dealer for around $34 (which I thought wasn't bad at all since I didn't have to mess with it). Recently found out that my local tire shop where I normally get my car and truck tires do it for half that price and that they will do foam filling too. I also found out they deal with any tire for almost anything and for a fraction of the price of the tractor dealers too. I know where my future replacements will come from (hopefully not too soon though )

I'm a do it your selfer too, but when time is limited, you start picking and choosing your battles (still the best $34 I spent).