ovrszd
Epic Contributor
- Joined
- May 27, 2006
- Messages
- 33,499
- Location
- Missouri
- Tractor
- Kubota M9540, Ford 3910FWD, Ford 555A, JD2210
The issue of rust and corrosion is a concern to me. The local tire folks here use a mix of water and methanol. They did not mention any rust inhibitor. It seems to be a trade-off between fluid which is cheaper and more weight added easily, but the potential for wheel corrosion and iron which is more expensive and it is difficult to add as much iron weigth as I can get with fluid, but no corrosion issue. Any addition thoughts on corrosion/rust prevention would be helpful.
In the case of my Kubota, I couldn't stack enough weights to get the effect I needed. So I added fluid. Then added one cast weight on each side because they were free.
If you use fluid, definitely choose something non-corrosive. There are plenty of choices in today's market that meet that expectation.
And don't put much value in being able to remove cast iron weights. You will not. I've never found a poster on this site that removes and reinstalls 100+lb cast iron weights. If there is such a person I'm open to correction, with pictures of course.