Fluid amount in tires.

[Conservation]

I have 44X18 20's on the rear of my jd 1050. I am considering filling them. That is a pretty wide tire, and it will hold a lot of fluid. Any idea how much fluid I would need and what it would weigh? I have heard that washer fluid is the way to go. What is the cheapest way to go without regreting it?

 

[wedge40]

I have 44X18 20's on the rear of my jd 1050. I am considering filling them. That is a pretty wide tire, and it will hold a lot of fluid. Any idea how much fluid I would need and what it would weigh? I have heard that washer fluid is the way to go. What is the cheapest way to go without regreting it?

This link will help.. I looks like your tire will hold 56 gallons. I'm guessing washer fluid is about 8lbs per gallon. That would be 448lbs. Rim Guard weighs about 11 lb/gal I think or 616lbs.

http://www.rimguard.biz/Documentation/HydroFlationTable_AGTires.pdf

Wedge

 

[thatguy]

IF you didnt fill the tire up to the normal acceptable level would you run the chance of the fluid sloshing back and forth which could cause you to be pushed forward??

Brian

 

[Reg]

IF you didnt fill the tire up to the normal acceptable level would you run the chance of the fluid sloshing back and forth which could cause you to be pushed forward??

Brian

I suspect that it would be slight; slight push forwards, slight(er) pull backwards, oscillations diminishing to negligible.
In theory you should be able to feel the 75% fill slopping around, all I feel is a more solid tractor.

 

[Reg]

I have 44X18 20's on the rear of my jd 1050. I am considering filling them. That is a pretty wide tire, and it will hold a lot of fluid. Any idea how much fluid I would need and what it would weigh? I have heard that washer fluid is the way to go. What is the cheapest way to go without regreting it?

I have a similar set, but have them empty and I filled a pair of 17.5Lx24 R4s with RimGuard, they only take about a gallon less than your turfs IIRC.
Hefty lugs under filled tires for field work, unloaded turf tires for summer mowing.

Yes, it makes a BIG difference having that much weight ON THE GROUND.

 

[Conservation]

I would certainly think that adding over 800 lbs to the rear of the tractor should make a noticable difference. If I can get to the tractor this next week, that may be my project. It is out at the land where I am working on building my workshop. Inside work of course.

 

[Mickey_Fx]

Our local chain tire shop can fill tires a lot quicker and cheaper than I can. They have a published chart that lists all the most common tire sizes and it tells you how much liquid should be placed in the tire. You might want to check with a local tire shop to see if they have something like this. Chart showed different values depending upon what kind of liquid ballast being used.

 

[radioman]

I don't find my bx23 tippy and bouncy.

Its probably since you have 3 tractors and you spend 16 hrs a day smoothing everything you own and then some. no offense !

 

[neucam]

Everyone is right, fill up so the rim is submerged with liquid, it does not hurt the ride much, but it gives a lot of stability on slopes. With the way the valve stem is located, it would be hard to overfill from a gravity fed device. Anything less would be slopping around and not accomplish much as far as traction/stability.