greg_g
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I thought so too, especially after I realized how expensive the John Deere wheel weights were.
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fill tires or not?
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vtsnowedin
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Another thing about wheel weights brought to my attention by a neighbor with a Kubota. Wheel weights are great at holding dirt and moisture close to the rim out of sight. Add in a little road salt from your road crew and they can rot out your rims from the outside faster then calcium chloride will from the inside.
BOC
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"Another thing about wheel weights brought to my attention by a neighbor with a Kubota. Wheel weights are great at holding dirt and moisture close to the rim out of sight. Add in a little road salt from your road crew and they can rot out your rims from the outside faster then calcium chloride will from the inside."
Can anyone speak to whether or not this is true????
Can anyone speak to whether or not this is true????
meburdick
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The way I interpret vtsnowedin's comment is that his neighbor *showed* him the condition of his rims as a result of using weights, and I would expect that would be the sort of commentary you're asking for.
sunnyside360
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Though I haven't experienced it, I can certainly see how that could happen. I have seen that sort of thing happen with CaCl on snow plows. It's awful.
MissouriSprayer
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My brand new 4720 has ballast info in owners manual....Imm adding 55 gal per tire this week. Calcium Chloride is the issue...and anyone with a brain will have tubes in those tires so the fluid will not contact thee rims anyway
meburdick
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55 gallons of... ? And, how much additional weight will that add for you? Why 55 gallons? And, does that bring it above the rim on top (leaving some space for air above?
Just trying to follow how you got to that amount...
One of the things I remember about loading tires when I was deciding whether to or not (and what to use) is that you need to fill to a point where the fluid is above the rim. This ensures that the rims are [almost] never exposed to the air inside the tires and should drastically reduce any sort of corrosion that might occur.
+1 on the idea of filling with CaCl only if your tires have tubes. *However*... Add in the cost of removing the rim from the tractor, possible transport to a tire shop / dealer, unmounting the tire, purchasing the tube, installing the tube, and remounting the tire to the total cost. Once you've added all of that in, it will probably have a much higher actual cost than having someone drive out to you and fill with Rimguard (or something else).
vtsnowedin
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Actually the neighbor was explaining why he had not bought any wheel weights for his current tractor based on his prior experience. Seeing how sand and salt gets into every crevice of state snow removal equipment and the amount of rust it causes I have to think he has a valid point. Taking the weights off each spring and cleaning and perhaps never seize the contact surfaces should remove any doubt.
MissouriSprayer
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Water/Methanol mix..
55 gal is what the chart says I need.
Im fortunate I guess that my tire guy is very reasonable on price. I would love rim guard but the closest dealer is to far for me to bother with it
In this area we all use tubes in tractors used in the timber and around our many thorn bushes and trees
meburdick
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Ah... No visual, but was experience-based.
Personally, I don't like the idea of weights because it places additional weight directly on the rims / axle, and they protrude beyond the sides of the tires (increasing total width). Loading the tires puts the weight directly where it's needed - on top of the contact patch of the tire.
