Cost of beet juice for tire filling?

   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #11  
Nope my roller dows not have an oil pan or filter. The oil pan is on the bottom of the tractor engine.
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #12  
slowrev,

I was joking. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I was referring to your entire roller as one big oil pan. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #13  
<font color="blue"> Should cost you between $2.50 and $3.50 per gallon depending on the quantity you buy. </font>

If it costs that much, a cost effective alternative would be windshield washer fluid. Good down to -20 F or a bit lower. I just bought some at Wallmart for 94 cents per gallon to fill the rear tires on my smaller tractor.

WW fluid is not as heavy, but it is still about 8 lbs per gallon, I think, so it is useful for weight addition. And costs a lot less than beat juice... sometimes you can get lucky and find it on sale even cheaper. you do get some odd looks though when you check out with a couple shopping carts heaping full with gallon jugs of the stuff... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Considering the cost of water though, myself I would probably fill a roller in the spring with water and drain it in the fall... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #14  
The next question is, "Where do beets that don't freeze come from"? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #15  
<font color="blue"> The next question is, "Where do beets that don't freeze come from"? </font>

Beets me...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Don
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #16  
Where do beets that don't freeze come from"?

From Michigan, of course /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Lots of sugar beets to choose from.
Check out www.rimguard.biz for all the info.

The earlier price of $2.50/$3.50 per gallon sounds high. I paid $200 juice and labor to load both rears on my 4310.
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #17  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">(
The earlier price of $2.50/$3.50 per gallon sounds high. I paid $200 juice and labor to load both rears on my 4310. )</font>

I paid $175 to fill the R4's on my B2710. Price will vary dealer to dealer and just the juice by itself will be more expensive since the dealer has to make some profit. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Last year one of our members, Rowski, paid $2.50 per gallon for a little over 100 gallons. You can read about his saga here.

Rowski's Rim Guard adventure
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling?
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#18  
I was asking about the beet juice price mostly because I know that I will probably forget to drain the water out of the thing before the weather gets cold and will be stuck with a froze up roller. I also did a little research and was thinking that either beet juice or concrete is going to add a little more weight to the roller than the water will - plus it won't freeze so I am killing two birds with one stone. I hadn't thought about the sand though - that might be the best option of all - it won't freeze, it's heavier than water, plus I can drain it out if I have to and it is non-toxic. I can't imagine where I am going to get 80 odd gallons of used motor oil never mind where I would get rid of it if I ever drained the roller. The non-toxic thing is why I am not considering antifreeze and the lighter than water issue is why I am not considering windshield washer fluid.
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #19  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( From Michigan, of course /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Lots of sugar beets to choose from. )</font>

Yep. And it is getting that time of year when the roads will be inundated with beet trucks. The ones that really bug me are the really old trucks that don't run to well and can't seem to get over 30mph. Last year a big beet truck spilled his whole load just inside town on his way to the sugar beet plant. Talk about a mess. Beets were all over the place. They were using a telescopic forklift with bucket on the front to clean up. Lucky for the beet truck driver he spilled his beets right in front of the CaseIH dealer. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
   / Cost of beet juice for tire filling? #20  
Forgive my ignorance, but I'm serious, is this stuff really beet juice? I've never heard of this before? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 

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