VERY expensive beet juice!

   / VERY expensive beet juice! #331  
I filled mine with used antifreeze. We have to pay to get rid of it so I did a few tests tests (ph/ freeze point etc.) and strained it out, all was fine so I pumped it in our tires. Shops im sure will give you their full drums as like I said, we have to pay to get rid of it. It was a little more work at the front side but I kept busy by transferring and checking the freeze point constantly while mixing with as much water as possible. The used antifreeze is already diluted a bit so you may have to add some new antifreeze to bring it down to the freeze point you want.
 
   / VERY expensive beet juice! #332  
at sugar prices.. is that cheaper than a mix of rv h/t antifreeze?
 
   / VERY expensive beet juice! #333  
I think I'll fill mine with maple syrup!:laughing:
 
   / VERY expensive beet juice! #334  
Cast iron is the way to go. Sugar beet pulp is tree hugger friendly, but highly corrosive to metals. They use it up here on our roads.
No need to drive a tractor sround fully ballasted all the time.
 
   / VERY expensive beet juice! #336  
Cast iron is the way to go. Sugar beet pulp is tree hugger friendly, but highly corrosive to metals. They use it up here on our roads.
No need to drive a tractor sround fully ballasted all the time.

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Sugar beet juice, aka Rim Guard, is corrosive?? Wow. Better write the company to change their name.

I guess I'd agree that you don't need it ballasted *all* the time. You must be way better at scheduling your chores than I am though. I have no regrets about using washer fluid and leaving it. My dad had no regrets about his loaded tires except for when it rusted out, but Rim Guard didn't exist back then.
 
   / VERY expensive beet juice! #337  
Cast iron is the way to go. Sugar beet pulp is tree hugger friendly, but highly corrosive to metals. They use it up here on our roads.
No need to drive a tractor sround fully ballasted all the time.


The beet juice, sold as Rimguard, is not corrosive. I use my tractor for loader work quite a bit, so the ballast is pretty usefull
 
   / VERY expensive beet juice! #338  
I had a old Farmall H that developed a small rim leak. It went from a small leak to a rusted out rime very quickly.
 
   / VERY expensive beet juice! #339  
I don't think beet juice is corrosive. Here in PA during the winter they use some sort of brine liquid to prevent icy roads. That stuff is highly corrosive. I think they are testing some sort of beet juice mixture which is environmentally friendly and non-corrosive to replace the brine. Once that brine dries on your car it is hard to clean off. Gotta love the NE in winter!
 
   / VERY expensive beet juice! #340  
Brine is the devil. Awful stuff. Worse than salt alone. And its being tried here too. As if our cars dont suffer enough :thumbdown:
 

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