Tires fluid filled tires?

ebeacham · Nov 4, 2002

I have not used salt in my tires. I just finished putting 27 gallons of windshield washer fluid and 28 gallons of water in each of my 17.5 x 24 tires. Wound up costing me roughly 30 bucks a tire. Was fairly simple to do and netted about 900 lbs to my tractor. 200 bucks sounds steep to me unless I'm getting a heck of a lot more weight for it.

Soundguy · Nov 4, 2002

Too bad you didn't catch that sale at kmart that everyone is clammoring about.. something like 2 gallons for a buck.... not bad...

Soundguy

sheetsg · Nov 4, 2002

With that mixture, what do you think is the freeze point? Where do you live (State)?

I looked up my state's temps and found -15 F to be the coldest with 15 F being the average low.

ebeacham · Nov 4, 2002

Well, the ww fluid by itself provides protection to -20 F so @ 1 to 1 ratio I conservatively estimate 0 F to -5 F protection which should be just fine here at the southeastern tip of NC.

ebeacham · Nov 4, 2002

Yeah, I was too lazy to go 30 miles so I paid 88 cents a gallon.

nh1520 · Nov 5, 2002

Sunday morning wifey and I got into K-Mart for the "two gallon for a buck" windshield washer fluid special and hauled 56 gallons home. I don't know how many gallon you can get in a typical shopping cart - but I know you can get at least 28 in there. Note here that so loaded - stopping distances with a shopping cart are greatly increased.

I spent the next 4 hours babying approximately 28 gallon in each of my 11.4 x 24 rear tires on my New Holland 1520 ag tires. I don't have a pump so I made this simple device along with a tire water valve to relieve the displaced air. It did take some time this way but I wasn't doing much of anything that morning anyway.

At any rate I figured I added approximately 440# of weight for $28. Made a big difference too! Hey worked for me.

Anonymous Poster · Nov 5, 2002

Re: ww fluid mixed with anti-freeze???

Since my tractor is subject to outdoor temps all winter long, I'd like to get a little better protection than what is offered by straight WW fluid. Does anyone know if it is ok to mix WW fluid with an environmentally friendly anti-freeze? I'd like to get protection down to -30*. It seems like a couple of gallons of anti-freeze in each tire might be a cheap way to get extra protection. Any idea what the mix would be to achieve this? Thanks!

Steve

ebeacham · Nov 5, 2002

Re: ww fluid mixed with anti-freeze???

Do you really need protection below -20 F?
Jeez, How cold does it get in indiana?
By the way, Does anyone know what kind of tire pressure to run with tires filled to 75%?

northcreek2624 · Nov 5, 2002

Re: ww fluid mixed with anti-freeze???

Steve,if WW fluid works for us in Buffalo I wouldn't think you would have a problem in Indiana.....Mike

Anonymous Poster · Nov 5, 2002

Re: ww fluid mixed with anti-freeze???

Yeah, it probably is overkill, but it does occasionally get down to around -20 or so. Seems like it was just a year or two ago when it last got that cold. I'll probably stick with the straight ww fluid, but I am still curious about mixing with anti-freeze...

Steve