Beet juice

   / Beet juice
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#31  
Come to find out today no wheel weights avail for the Kubota L2501 R4 tire/rim combo. Un available from Kubota.

Only avail for the ag split type rim/tire combo

Sucks
 
   / Beet juice #32  
My CUTs have only had wheel weights due to problems if you have a puncture. Nephew’s M105 came with beet juice, first flat spraying the tractor with syrup convinced him to drain the other rear too. I had nothing in my previous M135GX and would have had a mess when I ran a rake tine in a tire as it really sprays unless you notice it quickly and get the puncture down to dump it on the ground. I need the weight on my M7 and it’s got beet juice. Our Farmall M has had CaCl sine new in 46 and is running original rims no problem. It has had several tire changes - pump fluid out, change tire and tube, and pump fluid back in. It has high density but beet juice is the modern product even if flats.
 
   / Beet juice #33  
My CUTs have only had wheel weights due to problems if you have a puncture. Nephew’s M105 came with beet juice, first flat spraying the tractor with syrup convinced him to drain the other rear too. I had nothing in my previous M135GX and would have had a mess when I ran a rake tine in a tire as it really sprays unless you notice it quickly and get the puncture down to dump it on the ground. I need the weight on my M7 and it’s got beet juice. Our Farmall M has had CaCl sine new in 46 and is running original rims no problem. It has had several tire changes - pump fluid out, change tire and tube, and pump fluid back in. It has high density but beet juice is the modern product even if flats.

Why wouldn't you just roll your puncture to the top, as tires are only fill 3/4 full with fluid.
 
   / Beet juice #34  
Why wouldn't you just roll your puncture to the top, as tires are only fill 3/4 full with fluid.

Or if they were 100% full that would still limit the loss of fluid.
 
   / Beet juice #35  
Squirting.
 
   / Beet juice #36  
Why wouldn't you just roll your puncture to the top, as tires are only fill 3/4 full with fluid.

Because rake tine was on bottom of tire when I stopped for night. Didn’t know it was in tire until next morning when I was walking to tractor and saw it leaning.
 
   / Beet juice #37  
Because rake tine was on bottom of tire when I stopped for night. Didn’t know it was in tire until next morning when I was walking to tractor and saw it leaning.

Everyone who's watched a cartoon knows you never put a rake on the ground with the tines facing up!
 
   / Beet juice #38  
My rears are filled with beet juice.
Last winter I had one rear leak and go semi deflated so I aired it up with highish pressure to get by for a while.

Winter tire service is a costly affair so I put it off while I considered options.

Well I stalled figuring I'd DIY come summer but that was last summer and I have plowed/blown some 25 snow events this winter without touching that leaker.

My only take is that it must have been a valve related 'leak' and that I must have re seated the valve in the process of adding air.
That or one of my binders possibly made contact with the valve and sort of flicked it at every contact and the wheel turned.
Really a mystery to me but a welcomed one to say the least.

Or, does beet juice have 'self sealing characteristics'? or is it the higher air pressure that 'plugs' the leak?

My ultimate 'cure' is to have them foamed, not due to leak but they are badly weather checked (perfect treads) and my size is simply not available anymore.
(and I have done extensive searches)
More frustrating yet is to locate a foaming source as either they never return calls or emails.
Foaming in this neck of the woods simply is not common, web searches always lead me 1/2 way across the country and dozens of phone calls never bring results.

Were I to ship my mounted tires to the few foamers that I did locate I might as well just buy a newer tractor as that cost would be considerable.
 

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