VERY expensive beet juice!

[Farmwithjunk]

Ca/CL isn't a sudden death syndrome as it is portrayed. I've had Ca/Cl in the rears on my MF150 since the day after I bought it....In May of 1971. SO FAR....there is NO rust on either rear wheel. And that's after several punctures, tire/tube changes, ect. I've got dads old Ferguson F40 out behind the barn awaiting restoration. Ca/Cl has been in those rears since 1957. Same story.....no rust.

If you're the type that neglects maintenance, and would let a tire sit and leak for months on end, maybe you should find another fill material. If you take even as much as "average care" of your equipment, Ca/Cl isn't nearly as harmful as is imagined by some.

 

[DAY]

Good point 'junk.
Grandpa used it, because that was what everybody used. You've had that Massey for forty years. I wonder how many of our "beet juice" friends here will still have their CUTs after ten. . .

 

[Short Game]

The glass sandblasting beads would be slowly blasting away the inside of the rim.

I had foam in my 27HP Cub Cadet. I loved the feeling of tire immortality. I liked seeing that big fence rail spike that was buried in one of my rears. But, foam filled tires are not as flexible and are known to be harder on the running gear. I repeatedly broke front wheel bearings. The balls would literally bust out of their cages. I had to start taking it easy on my swivel joints in rough going. The tractor had the foam when I got it. It is hugely expensive. I priced it for my new tractor and it is out of the question for my meager income.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Ca/CL isn't a sudden death syndrome as it is portrayed. I've had Ca/Cl in the rears on my MF150 since the day after I bought it....In May of 1971. SO FAR....there is NO rust on either rear wheel. And that's after several punctures, tire/tube changes, ect. I've got dads old Ferguson F40 out behind the barn awaiting restoration. Ca/Cl has been in those rears since 1957. Same story.....no rust.

If you're the type that neglects maintenance, and would let a tire sit and leak for months on end, maybe you should find another fill material. If you take even as much as "average care" of your equipment, Ca/Cl isn't nearly as harmful as is imagined by some.

Same old thing, the story that is told is either not clear or is just that, a story. I have heard too many times of people just as you that have had no or minor problems with CC. I friend of ours was upset a few years ago when he had to change out his warn out tires after about 20 years. There was light rust and he had to wire wheel and repaint the inside of the rims.

Not to change the subject but sort of like filling the fronts and people say" you will wear out the front faster". No doubt, but how much faster? Now your tractor will be warn out in 10,000 hours instead of 12,000 hours? :laughing: I'll take the superior performance that I get and let the tractor wear out "faster".

 

[canoetrpr]

I can not get over the cost of WWF in your area. Everything we have around here is -20 or -30, cant remember, but it runs about $1.50 per gallon and maybe $2.00 per gallon even at the quicky mart. Like I said, my bulk oil guy can get me a 55 gallon drum for under $40.

Chris

Holy cow! 40 bucks!. I'm calling around.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

On foam filled tires.....Yes, foam is heavy. A foam filled 18.4X30 (as is on 2 of my mowing rigs) is HEAVIER than a like 18.4X30 water/ca/cl mixture filled tire (as is on another mowing rig) by roughly 90lbs.

Foam filled tires ride like the proverbial "log wagon". They are NOT flexible. They do NOT like road speeds at all.

Personally, I'd rather change a flat every now and then as opposed to operating a tractor with foam filled tires.

If ALL you're doing is work that puts tires at high risk, I can understand the desire to foam 'em. If you do ANYTHING where a decent ride has a value, leave the foam alone.

After foaming those 2 tractors (as an experiment) I'm NOT foaming any others. Done with that idea.

 

[canoetrpr]

Ca/CL isn't a sudden death syndrome as it is portrayed. I've had Ca/Cl in the rears on my MF150 since the day after I bought it....In May of 1971. SO FAR....there is NO rust on either rear wheel. And that's after several punctures, tire/tube changes, ect. I've got dads old Ferguson F40 out behind the barn awaiting restoration. Ca/Cl has been in those rears since 1957. Same story.....no rust.

If you're the type that neglects maintenance, and would let a tire sit and leak for months on end, maybe you should find another fill material. If you take even as much as "average care" of your equipment, Ca/Cl isn't nearly as harmful as is imagined by some.

Hmm. now you've got me thinking again FWJ. I'm not the kind of guy that is going to let a leaking tire sit around here for ANY amount of time.

 

[DAY]

My Amish neighbor doesn't fill his tires:laughing:

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Holy cow! 40 bucks!. I'm calling around.

I filled a pair of tires for my son-in-law a few years back. He wanted WWF. I picked it up @ a NAPA store. I got 120 one-gallon jugs (on shrink wrapped pallet) for around $.65 a gallon. They ordered it with their regular fall order and it actually got them a better rate by ordering so much. They passed along part of the savings to me. We were ALL happy......Until I had to find a way to get shed of 120 one gallon plastic jugs.....

 

[Farmwithjunk]

My Amish neighbor doesn't fill his tires:laughing:

How come they don't have a team of horses hitched to the tractor to pull it around?