Got my first Rim Guard FLAT

[Builder]

Man, what a mess. Picked up a piece of barbed wire fence. Was able to get cutting done and parked tractor. Tire guy came and pulled all Rim Guard out, replaced tube, fixed puncture in tire, refilled with Rim Guard, blah/blah/blah..... I lost 15 gallons. Smells Horrible. Got some on customer's driveway. Seems to rinse off pretty easy with garden hose.

Total damage $300.

Guess it coulda been worse. Could have been Calcium, then it would have been a superfund cleanup.

 

[Johndeere3720]

Sad to hear of your rim guard accident. I have Calcium in my tires and have to be very careful when operating in areas that i havent before.

 

[blueriver]

Man, what a mess. Picked up a piece of barbed wire fence. Was able to get cutting done and parked tractor. Tire guy came and pulled all Rim Guard out, replaced tube, fixed puncture in tire, refilled with Rim Guard, blah/blah/blah..... I lost 15 gallons. Smells Horrible. Got some on customer's driveway. Seems to rinse off pretty easy with garden hose.

Total damage $300.

Guess it coulda been worse. Could have been Calcium, then it would have been a superfund cleanup.

MAN ... mine today was $95 ... I've posted on another thread. Service call, valve stem and the fluid ... $95

 

[Builder]

My service call was $125. Tube was $90. patch was like $40, 15G rim guard was about another $50.

Radial tractor tires are worth the extra expense. :ashamed:

 

[Builder]

Sad to hear of your rim guard accident. I have Calcium in my tires and have to be very careful when operating in areas that i havent before.

yep, and I cut a lot of areas like that. That's why I went with Rim guard, to protect my customer's property.

I had a tractor with CC and never felt totally at ease driving off road.

 

[magicheater]

Sad to hear of your rim guard accident. I have Calcium in my tires and have to be very careful when operating in areas that i havent before.

How do you explain this then? I have calcium in my tires and other than the corrosive nature to steel was not aware of any other "bio hazards"

 

[picker77]

As far as I know snowplow crews all over the Northeast are throwing a zillion tons of calcium chloride down all winter in some areas... so I don't think it's a biohazard, although it probably wouldn't do your customer's fields or grass any good.

 

[Builder]

As far as I know snowplow crews all over the Northeast are throwing a zillion tons of calcium chloride down all winter in some areas... so I don't think it's a biohazard, although it probably wouldn't do your customer's fields or grass any good.

That's what I mean. If you spill a large quantity of calcium chloride on a lawn, planting area, etc. it will damage growth in that area.

 

[Carykong]

Our state snow removal crew dumped a partial load of calcium choride on the shoulder of our county road last winter. Killed all the trees and vegetation in a 20 foot circle. The road crew finally removed all the visible salt this summer but the soil is clearly contaminated for a long time. The deer now congregate over the area at night. It has turned into a mighty salt lick.

 

[300UGUY]

MDOT here in Brighton, Michigan stored road salt outside, uncovered, for 20 years. The result was a couple local lakes with higher salinity than seawater, and a whole bunch of wells destroyed. The state had to build a water system for the residents of the area, at no cost to those residents. I was at one lake. It was so salty that algea wouldn't grow in it. You could see the bottom, 20 ft down. No fish tho!!!!