Ballast can antifreeze be used as ballast with or without tube?

[Samuellm]

Cats love it for what ever reason.


In town here a guy left a tray of it out side his shop and it killed a load of the neighborhood cats.

 

[k0ua]

For those of you that would like to learn more about antifreeze poisoning of pets, you can read about it below.

Antifreeze Poisoning In Dogs And Cats - Ethylene Glycol Poisoning

 

[Raspy]

Using ethylene glycol (car antifreeze) is bad news. No way do I want any of that spilled here, as we are on a well. Plus, we have a dog and a cat.

My neighbor was working on his car and spilled some. He didn't think much of it until his cat lapped some up and died.

It's especially ridiculous when Propylene glycol can be had in food grade. It's actually added to some foods we eat.

 

[arrow]

Using ethylene glycol (car antifreeze) is bad news. No way do I want any of that spilled here, as we are on a well. Plus, we have a dog and a cat.

My neighbor was working on his car and spilled some. He didn't think much of it until his cat lapped some up and died.

It's especially ridiculous when Propylene glycol can be had in food grade. It's actually added to some foods we eat.

PG is also as a human laxative in larger amounts prior to a colonoscopy (Miralax). When mixed with hair dye however, some people have a toxicity to it.

 

[Ultradog MN]

It says in the study you linked to that it is not known how many pets are killed by EG.
So it's mostly speculative.
There is a retired vet that hangs around on the YT forums that uses used antifreeze in his tractor tires because it's cheap, effective and in all his years he never saw a pet killed by it.
It's topics like this that perpetuate myths.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Calcium chloride gets a worse rap than it deserves IMO. It is about the heaviest fluid you can use.
Yes it rusts rims pretty bad and some guys complain they only got Seventy years out of a set of rims because of it.

Yes some of the criticism is over blown. But Calcium chloride is a salt and in the concentrations used in tires will kill a large patch of ground if you get a leak that will take a couple of wet years to dilute away. Rimguard is just as heavy and being a sugar based product is not poison or a rust promoter and worth the price in my view.

 

[flusher]

You want the mixture with the highest specific gravity so you. SG of water is 1.00; SG of methanol is 0.79. 50/50 antifreeze-to-water gives protection down to -34F. Even in MI you probably don't need this level of protection. You fill the tires to 60-75% full so you have space in the tire for the water to expand if it freezes. So in this case, I'd go with the mixture that gives you protection down to 0F (1 part antifreeze to 2 parts water).

Antifreeze (methanol) is rated A for continuous use with tire rubber. So no problem filling tube or tubeless tires with that stuff.

BTW: some tractor owners use windshield wiper antifreeze rather than radiator antifreeze if you need freezing protection above 0F.

Good luck.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

My 33" tubeless turfs each hold 22 gallon.... I used 5 gallon anti freeze and 17 gallon washer fluid each...

This combo gives me the best far north winter protection, cost, available materials, and ease of self install...
I'm happy with it...

Good luck...

 

[ModMech]

We used RV antifreeze in our Ag tires, the ratio was 1:2 water because it rarely gets near zero here. It was actually really easy to do, I just put the tires down so the rim was supported on one "side", broke the bead and inserted a hose connected to a funnel and filled until it ran out They are DAMNED heavy now!

We don't have to worry if we get a leak, the fluid will not kill the chickens or other farm animals, should they ingest a little and since I bought in the fall, it was cheap.

 

[FTG-05]

We used RV antifreeze in our Ag tires, the ratio was 1:2 water because it rarely gets near zero here. It was actually really easy to do, I just put the tires down so the rim was supported on one "side", broke the bead and inserted a hose connected to a funnel and filled until it ran out They are DAMNED heavy now!

We don't have to worry if we get a leak, the fluid will not kill the chickens or other farm animals, should they ingest a little and since I bought in the fall, it was cheap.

That's probably the hardest way to do it. Have to take the tire off the vehicle. Break the tire bead. Then lift the filled tire to reinstall it. No thanks.