Rim Guard Cost

Sockwell · Sep 15, 2009

Just ball park, what can I expect to pay for Rim Guard? I'm going to need about 75 gallons.

flusher · Sep 15, 2009

Sockwell said:
Just ball park, what can I expect to pay for Rim Guard? I'm going to need about 75 gallons.

I checked this out a few months ago.
About $0.30 per lb, about 11 lb/gal, so about $3.30/gal.
What I don't know is whether this is the cost of the material only or if it includes a fee for filling your tires.
Call the lady at RimGuard. She's very helpful.

Ken45101 · Sep 17, 2009

Shop around, I found about $100 difference between Rimguard dealers for filling the tires in my 50 hp tractor.

Ken

WH401 · Sep 17, 2009

I think it was about $170 for the tires on my 3320.

crk133 · Sep 17, 2009

ever think of getting wheel weights as opposed to rim guard? the cost wont be that much more and it will be lots easier to repair should you ever get a flat/leak. also changing the tire pressure to you liking would be an option with wheel weights

sunnyside360 · Sep 17, 2009

crk133 said:
ever think of getting wheel weights as opposed to rim guard? the cost wont be that much more and it will be lots easier to repair should you ever get a flat/leak.......

Price of Rimguard is going to vary, but I paid $3.00/gal a little over a year ago. It pays to shop around when buying Rimguard.
You do not need inner tubes with Rimguard like you do with calcium chloride, so a tire may possibly be repaired (plugged) without removing the wheel from the tractor -- same as if you have mounted wheel weights and tires w/o inner tubes.

Ken45101 · Sep 17, 2009

crk133 said:
ever think of getting wheel weights as opposed to rim guard? the cost wont be that much more and it will be lots easier to repair should you ever get a flat/leak. also changing the tire pressure to you liking would be an option with wheel weights

Wheel weights generally don't add as much weight as Rimguard (I have 800# per tire on my M9540) and usually cost a lot more for the same weight. I'm not sure serious wheel weights are easy to remove/replace.

I don't see where Rimguard stops you from varying the tire pressure. If used without tubes, leaks can be plugged without removing the tire.

Ken

WH401 · Sep 17, 2009

Filled tires also add a greater amount of stability than a wheel weight can.

Sockwell · Sep 17, 2009

Thanks for the help guys, but I'm gonna have to look for Plan B. I just got off the phone with Rim Guard and their nearest dealer is in North Carolina, about 5 or 6 hours away. The guy was very friendly. He said folks this far south aren't worried about freezing. I was looking at it more from an environmental point. Guess I'll look for an environmentally friendly anti-freeze.

flusher · Sep 17, 2009

Sockwell said:
Thanks for the help guys, but I'm gonna have to look for Plan B. I just got off the phone with Rim Guard and their nearest dealer is in North Carolina, about 5 or 6 hours away. The guy was very friendly. He said folks this far south aren't worried about freezing. I was looking at it more from an environmental point. Guess I'll look for an environmentally friendly anti-freeze.

You'll want to look into RV anti-freeze--propylene glycol--that's used in potable water systems on RVs. You can drink PG. The usual antifreeze is ethylene glycol--poisonous.

The density of water-antifreeze mix is not much different from that of straight water (8.33 lb/gal).