Anyone regret filling your tires?

[Groo]

any difference R1 vs R4 when it comes to filling, save for R4 probably has more volume?

The new tractor is coming in with R4 tires.

 

[Texasmark]

I bought a 24 hp new tractor with new rigid sidewall R4s and nice shiny new slick rims. I run low air pressure to assist in a soft ride. Solution in tires does not like low pressures with tubeless tires. Unlike having air only, the weight of the water distorts the tire-wheel seal and the tire comes off. I put weights on the wheels and the problem went away.

 

[oosik]

Huh - I don't know Atsah, I've never felt the 1550 pounds of Rimguard "rolling" in my tubeless rear tires with only 16 pounds of air pressure in them. And I've NEVER in 36+ years had the weight of the fluid in my tubeless tires distort the tire-wheels seal and have the rear tire come off.

I HAVE rolled the tire off the rim on a front tire with a massive pine log in my grapple. I was running only 20 psi at the time. Ran them up to 30 psi and no further problems.


I DO FIND that the added weight of Rim guard in the rear tires substantially adds to the overall stability and traction of my tractor. The laws of physics apply - even here in Ea WA state.

 

[leonz]

any difference R1 vs R4 when it comes to filling, save for R4 probably has more volume?

The new tractor is coming in with R4 tires.

I bought a 24 hp new tractor with new rigid sidewall R4s and nice shiny new slick rims. I run low air pressure to assist in a soft ride. Solution in tires does not like low pressures with tubeless tires. Unlike having air only, the weight of the water distorts the tire-wheel seal and the tire comes off. I put weights on the wheels and the problem went away.

Huh - I don't know Atsah, I've never felt the 1550 pounds of Rimguard "rolling" in my tubeless rear tires with only 16 pounds of air pressure in them. And I've NEVER in 36+ years had the weight of the fluid in my tubeless tires distort the tire-wheels seal and have the rear tire come off.

I HAVE rolled the tire off the rim on a front tire with a massive pine log in my grapple. I was running only 20 psi at the time. Ran them up to 30 psi and no further problems.


I DO FIND that the added weight of Rim guard in the rear tires substantially adds to the overall stability and traction of my tractor. The laws of physics apply - even here in Ea WA state.

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Ditto on filling the tires. Even though I have a JDLA115 it was worthless even with the 2 42-pound suitcase weights on the back especially when trying to clear snow with the junk RAD snow blower.

Once I filled the tires with windshield washer fluid it made all the difference with snow clearing and mowing on my drainage ditch slope by the road.

 

[Norm W]

I have two 38" rims and two 16" rims destroyed with calcium chloride. I've rebuilt one 38" and am working on a 16" now. Wheel weights would have saved the rims, and been cheaper in the long run. These rims are about 70 years old and are made out of unobtainium. It will get done, but it didn't need to happen.

 

[BoylermanCT]

We typically have a wet spring in CT, so I can't use my tractor on the lawn or in the field until close to Memorial Day. Otherwise I create ruts like crazy. Then I wish I had unloaded turf tires instead of loaded R4's.

 

[Texasmark]

Yes and no. Running decent pressure and no thorns, ok. Running low air pressures for a soft ride and/or thorns, no.

 

[BukitCase]

"Wheel weights would have saved the rims, and been cheaper in the long run. These rims are about 70 years old and are made out of unobtainium. It will get done, but it didn't need to happen."

Norm, I'm in sorta the same boat; both my smaller (40 horse, 5k#) are older, both were filled with Calcium when I bought 'em used, and the Long is now holding air in one rear because the valve CAP seals OK - dang calcium ate the valve core and insides of the stem and leaked all over the rim - rim now looks like a 100 year corrosion test in Salt Lake City...

Talk about "unobtainium", none of the books I have on that tractor mention the size rims that're actually ON it, nor can I find one that size. When the valve STEM in its tube finally gives up I'll be pickin' yer brain (probly on SFT) as to what you did... Steve

 

[Texasmark]

Huh - I don't know Atsah, I've never felt the 1550 pounds of Rimguard "rolling" in my tubeless rear tires with only 16 pounds of air pressure in them. And I've NEVER in 36+ years had the weight of the fluid in my tubeless tires distort the tire-wheels seal and have the rear tire come off.

I HAVE rolled the tire off the rim on a front tire with a massive pine log in my grapple. I was running only 20 psi at the time. Ran them up to 30 psi and no further problems.


I DO FIND that the added weight of Rim guard in the rear tires substantially adds to the overall stability and traction of my tractor. The laws of physics apply - even here in Ea WA state.

16 psig is 6# more than needed to make the seal. Data is pounds per square inch, not just pounds dead weight.

 

[FTG-05]

There's not hardly a day I regret filling my tires (all four) with RV AF and water.

Rimguard won't sell 55 gallon barrels of the stuff down here in "water is cheap, won't hardly freeze" territory.