Ballast Filling tyres with inner tubes

[Mith]

G'Day

John, just to let you know Jim posted a safety guide for you over in the safety forum! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Here Youll have to get you blue crayon out to correct the coulour scheme /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Anyway, them funny looking cows? Dont you mean wooly goats? Get it right /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Bone, doesnt everything taste like chicken, except anchovies, which really doesnt taste like chicken atall.

SO have we established that tadpoles in filled tyres might not be a good idea due to the bodily expansion when they turn into frogs. Fish might not be such a good idea either cos the chips would go soggy from the water. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

On a more important note, do you guys drink tea? Seems like most people here live on coffee, honestly, dont they know tea has more caffeine?

 

[Egon]

Rumors abound that personel spare tyres are filled with a fermented product usually refered to as Beer and perhaps a little Brie. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[KentT]

Mith,

Back to the question you originally asked....

Personally, I wouldn't recommend filling an inner tube for one reason only. The fluid-filled tube tends to form condensation between the tube and the wheel, keeping the wheel wet with just water (no anti-corrisives) and will eventually rust...

I've seen it done, but I've also seen rusted wheels... though not as severe as some I've seen that had been filled with calcium. Personally, I prefer filling tires tubeless with liquids that are anti-corrosive such as windshield washer fluid, automotive antifreeze, marine/RV antifreeze (a totally different product), etc.

 

[SnowRidge]

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If you mean ethylene glycol, that stuff is pretty bad for the environment, including any animal that drinks it (supposedly it is sweet and attracts them). I wouldn't think it would be a good candidate.

 

[KentT]

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If you mean ethylene glycol, that stuff is pretty bad for the environment, including any animal that drinks it (supposedly it is sweet and attracts them). I wouldn't think it would be a good candidate.
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I personally don't use it because of that -- all I'm saying is that it won't rust out the wheels...

 

[Mith]

Egon, whaddya spill the beans for, I had everyone convinced it was my dog up my shirt /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Kent, thanks for the answer, any ideas how I would go about filling my tyres. I dont want them tubeless because I cant fix that in the middle of a field in the poring rain knee high in mud my only tool being a tow hitch /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. Actually I couldnt fix a inner tube in that situation but you get my idea. How about finding some way of preventing condensation? The rims are painted under the tyre, well they were last time I checked, would it be a problem. Any idea how long the tyres would last before they rusted through?

On a heart stoppingly more important note, how do you spell wooly (woolie, woolly, wolly? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif) as in to have wool? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Thanks

 

[SnowRidge]

Condensation forms when something cold comes in contact with warm, moist air. Since there is no such thing as hot or warm air in the UK, excluding Parliament, I don't see a problem. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[KentT]

You spelly it "wooly"... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

As long as the inside of the wheels are well painted, you can likely get SEVERAL years of use before rusting cause a problem. However, I don't think the tubes will provide that much added protection against flat tires, if that's your concern.

 

[Mith]

Snowridge, brings a tear to my eye, pure brilliance, the truth hurts /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

No the thing is that if I get a puncture with an inner tube I can fix it, if its just tyre I can'ne fix it (see what I did there, just for you John /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif)
Looks like 'tis a go then, jus' plain water or some additive (type?) too. Can I put slime in between the tyre and tube, then juice in the tube? or just juice in the tube?

 

[johnday]

Bone; Beer? Bear? They're both excellent, together or alone. Unfortunately, or maybe not, beer is a lot more accessable! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif