Soggy Bottom Outdoors
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Not long ago we discussed liquid ballast in rear tires but I can't find it. I have 16.9 x 30s. How much of the new ballast, not calcium, will in hold and how much will it weigh?
Not to be argumentative, but your chart shows methanol at 6.5lbs. per gallon.Calcium chloride and beet juice will be around 11 +\- pounds a gallon. About everything else will be around 8.5 +\- pounds per gallon. I was looking online a few days ago and ran across a chart for tire size that showed how many gallons at 75% full of fluid.
Liquid Tire Ballast Chart
I try to steer people away from methanol when I can. At almost 2lbs. less per gallon, that can add up to a lot of weight loss on a larger tire. Although any ballast is better than none, and they claim methanol is cheap compared to Rimguard.Don, you are right about methanol and the chart. I overlooked it. But the chart gives the weight based on gallons of water.
:laughing: :laughing: I like how you stated that.Don, I don't particularly like the idea of riding around on an alcohol bomb. That's of course a bit of an exaggeration. We have calcium chloride in the tires on all four of our tractors. They are filled to 75%.