Tire foam cost, Alberta

[ultrarunner]

I believe they kept rotating the tire to get the foam to fill in around the tire consistently otherwise it would be heavy on one side.
There are other wiser guys on here that might be able to tell you more about the process or try to talk you into fluid of some flavor to fill the tires...

I watched as I had my rear Kubota Tires Foamed filled.

The tech drilled a small hole opposite the air stem and pump the hot foam into my tire while it as laying on it's side until it came out the vent hole on the other side.

They also branded the tire with a hot iron that said Foamed Filled.

Since the tires were done while I waited, they carefully used a forklift to load my tires flat in my truck on top of a piece of plywood I had.

The only caution was to wait 24 hours before mounting to make sure the foam had sufficient time to cure "Round"

 

[Treemonkey1000]

OH cool that's how they do it. I wondered because the store had my tires sent down to Oregon for filling. When I got them back they were well cured by then. They were probably just over 200 lbs total weight each when I remounted them on the front of my tractor.

I watched as I had my rear Kubota Tires Foamed filled.

The tech drilled a small hole opposite the air stem and pump the hot foam into my tire while it as laying on it's side until it came out the vent hole on the other side.

They also branded the tire with a hot iron that said Foamed Filled.

Since the tires were done while I waited, they carefully used a forklift to load my tires flat in my truck on top of a piece of plywood I had.

The only caution was to wait 24 hours before mounting to make sure the foam had sufficient time to cure "Round"

 

[Solo]

I was quoted $40 for a 4.8-8.00 tire.

Solo

 

[Cat_Driver]

...Looks like very good stuff but it doesn't add weight which is another reason for foaming the tire.

Al

How about using external Wheel weights and still fill with sealant, would that still be cheaper than the foam?

 

[Gil Case]

I had the fronts on my Kioti 20 HST foam filled at $1.60 per lb here in CT. Because the front was light going up hills with the backhoe on Total was about $200. Each little bitty front tire weighs more than 100 lbs. So filling rears would be dangerous, you would have to winch them upright I suspect.

 

[xkbal]

How about using external Wheel weights and still fill with sealant, would that still be cheaper than the foam?

To buy them from JD dealer here would be $880 for 330 pounds/side. Lighter than the foam and still very expensive.

I think after looking at all the choices I'll be filling my own with washer fluid.

 

[mikeymik'd]

I'm in Alberta as well, but I am concerned with putting windshield washer fluid in my tires with the number of animals I have around. Does anyone know where to get inexpensive Propylene Glycol?