Quick easy ballast fill

[Btown]

Don't you have to put some air in the tire after adding your fluid. If you do that you are adding oxygen.

 

[ovrszd]

Don't you have to put some air in the tire after adding your fluid. If you do that you are adding oxygen.

Now why ya gotta be logical like that????

 

[Tonyinohio]

My understanding is that you want to keep all metal (rims) submerged in liquid at all times so you fill the tires with liquid to above the rim line. Filling with air is needed so there is some cushion in the tires.

 

[Btown]

My understanding is that you want to keep all metal (rims) submerged in liquid at all times so you fill the tires with liquid to above the rim line. Filling with air is needed so there is some cushion in the tires.

you have to add air to put pressure in the tire. It would be hard to completely fill the tire and pressurize it with fluid and removing all air. I thought you want to put fluid in a tube, not in the tire itself. But hey that's just me.

 

[jack707]

Last week I had my back tires fill with rimgaurd beet juice and let me tell you its like having a 4x4! 450lbs in each tire I don't get stuck anymore and when I have a load in the loader no more tippy feeling best money spent!

 

[carmedic310]

I loaded mine with antifreeze from the junk yard good for -35.Went to TSC got the fitting for 6.00 bought pond pump on e-bay for 23.00 and a well footvalve to go on hose in the barrell 8.00 a few pieces of garden hose and ready to go added 1100lbs to the rear.would kill some grass if i got a leak but I keep a tubeless tire repair kit in the tractor. About 40 bucks total in it as the antifreeze was free and no worries about rusted wheels did this 4 years ago now other than plugging one hole a couple years ago no problems

 

[PILOON]

I guess the modern day solution would be to use nitrogen rather than air to inflate.
I gather that nitrogen is the current rage for hi ticket cars, presumably most major tire shops would offer that service.

 

[prs]

I "think" the most plausible benefit of nitrogen from the bottle tanks is that it has been dehydrated. Otherwise, good ole Earth air is by vast majority nitrogen. To add dehydrated atmosphere to a tire/wheel assembly filled with mostly water solution would be folly, IF my "thinking" has merit.

In 4WD tractors, filling the fronts is also of benefit for stability and lowering the center of gravity.

prs

 

[buickanddeere]

I thought i would share my calcium ballast fill on my new tractor. I have a 55 gallon pto powered spray tank. Filled it with water and 200 pounds of calcium ice melt. I had to take my time adding the calcium due to the heat and keeping the lines from plugging. I replaced the wand with a blow off nozzle with the aluminum top drilled out to ~1/8". Worked well and was inexpensive. View attachment 461457View attachment 461458

Welcome to the world of corrosion.

 

[Oldpath05]

I have tube's in my tire's and the calcium is in the tubes, why wont that work?