A question about tire weight or tire loading

[wushaw]

That would be the cheapest solution. Good move /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Wall]

I have an L 4330 HST / 853 FEL - R4 tires and a Gannon box scraper that weighs 1100 lbs. I am using "Rim Guard " plus four 50lb wheel weights two per rear tire. A general rule is you want 120lbs per engine HP with 40/60 weight split. A lot depends on the application. For mine I need both.

 

[jgh]

20051003

Jerry, can you tell me more about the Walmart wts you show in the pictures? I'd like to add wheel wts to my TN90F New Holland with 16.9x28 rear tires. It has 3 holes already in each hub that I could tie into. And I'm not sure NH even sells rear weights for this one (not in my parts book, anyway), though I did write to Neil Messick in case his parts folks have access to something.

My machine has a bracket in front for suitcase wts but my FEL (Alo/Quicke 920) gives me a pretty good front wt, though it's physical size visually overwhelms my very compact but 80 HP tractor.

I've overturned once already so I am nervous on the slopes of our beautifully rolling 253 acres. Hay ain't worth a repeat, so I will dish out my wheels a bit from their current 72 inches and add the weight.

BTW I noted someone commented that weights could not add as much wt as fluid inside the tires. According to the chart on Goodyear's website, I can add about 550# per tire using antifreeze and water. I'll bet it's possible to add close to that much using external wts, don't you think?

And one other consideration--RimGuard for my tires for use with fluid filling would cost me about $450-500! If I keep 'em dry, there are many cheaper alternatives to puncture protection. Just something to consider.

Thanks for any other suggestions about adding wheel weights, homebuilt or otherwise,

Jim

 

[John_Mc]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Around here, dealers sell methanol for about $4 per gallon for loading tires. ... Supposed to keep them from freezing and is probably more enviormentally friendly than ethylene glycol and much cheaper than windshield washer fluid))</font>

Methanol/Water mix is certainly less expensive than Calcium Chloride or Rim Guard. Methanol is not what I would consider a "non-hazardous" substance, however.

The disadvantages of methanol/water are
1) It weighs less than Rim Guard or Calcium Chloride (methanol/water is about 8 lbs per gallon if I recall correctly. CaCl and Rim Guard run around 11 lbs/gallon... almost 40% more weight per gallon)
2) Some shops will not work on tires which they know to contain Methanol (not sure what the reason is... one shop said something about their insurance company not wanting them dealing with tires containing it)

If your local tires guys don't have a problem (or if you can handle tire problems yourself), and you don't need the extra weight, methanol/water can be a good alternative.

John Mc

 

[454shooter]

I called a local tire shop regarding methanol and they replied that they would not put it in tires as it is explosive. Regardless of that, can anyone tell me the methanol to water ratio that would be required for say 20 below?
Also, anyone have a line on the cheapest location to obtain methanol? I am told it is used to stop natural gas wells from freezing also.

Thanks Shooter