Tires Fill Tractor Tires with ?

[Milton Burro]

I bought my tractor used and there is fluid in the rear tires, but I haven't a clue to what it is. Anyway to find out?

 

[shaley]

I got a quote last week for Rimguard at $2 per gal and $70 flat labor for my rear tires.
Rim Guard - Liquid Tire Ballast

 

[wedge40]

I've got rimguard in mine.. I paid $3.00/gal almost 3 years ago. I bought 100 gal, brought it home and put it in my tires myself. I got the adapter at NAPA and bought a litte dc pump from harbor frieght.

Wedge

 

[Reg]

Interesting Tug... I am in Kingston, ON and I just took delivery of a Deere 3520 Cab. I asked to have the tires filled but the dealer completely ignored my request and sent a ballast box instead. Now I'm wondering if I really need the extra weight of filled tires. What was the product you used called and how much did it cost if you don't mind me asking?
Burega

With all due respect .... I think that dealer is WAY out of line changing your order for rear tire ballast to a rear ballast box.

I'm not talking about which is "better" - however measured.
I'm talking about second guessing a customer and changing their written approved and paid for order without discussing it.
I would give them ONE LAST CHANCE to fix it as an "error" (allow them just that much wrigggle room) and then I would be lighting up their phone line demanding that they remove the tractor that I did not order and provide a full refund.
Then I would find a different dealer, however inconvenient.
This isn't even funny, do they substitute post hole diggers for roto tillers too ?

 

[kawman14733]

my neighber just bought a new new holland and they put in beet juice

 

[tessiers]

not easier than water
larry

Might be easier to get in but I bet it don't come out easier, at least here in January. Thats when you get torn tires around here. Nothing but smooth flat ice for three miles and I tear a tire. Luckily I had calcium so it came right out, I just had to weld a patch over the rusted out valve stem hole. At least I can laugh about it today, it wern't funny at the time.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Might be easier to get in but I bet it don't come out easier, at least here in January. Thats when you get torn tires around here. Nothing but smooth flat ice for three miles and I tear a tire. Luckily I had calcium so it came right out, I just had to weld a patch over the rusted out valve stem hole. At least I can laugh about it today, it wern't funny at the time.

Yeah. You have to take it out before it starts freezing too much. Mines still in alltho weve been having some real cold for us this time of year. Several days where it hasnt gotten above freezing. Iv got the tractor parked in an unheated insulated enclosure on a thick slab. I may be able to get it thru the yr by taking it out in the sun on warmer days, well see. The real thing tho is that water is so convenient thruout the regular season - change weight with the garden hose or draining on the ground. Wish it weighed more but cant have everything.
larry

 

[SPYDERLK]

I bought my tractor used and there is fluid in the rear tires, but I haven't a clue to what it is. Anyway to find out?

Taste it. Salty is CaCl. Sweet is anti freeze. Beet juice may be slightly sweet but red color will tell. Windshield washer smells like itself. Methanol water mix almost tasteless - similar to water but very slight sweetness.
larry

 

[D33r3 6r33N]

I just got my 2305 back on Saturday after I had a shop put RimGaurd in. They got ~8.5 gallons in each tire. I was pushing snow Sunday, with my new RimGaurd and my ballast box I drove around and tried to get it stuck, I didn't succeed. :thumbsup:

 

[Milton Burro]

Taste it. Salty is CaCl. Sweet is anti freeze. Beet juice may be slightly sweet but red color will tell. Windshield washer smells like itself. Methanol water mix almost tasteless - similar to water but very slight sweetness.
larry

Thanks. It is clear so that eliminates beet juice. Would it be colored antifreeze?