Got my first Rim Guard FLAT

[GeneD14]

About 8 years ago I was bush hogging for a neighbor and a piece of barbed wire got stuck in my rear tire. I lost most of the rim guard out of the 13.6 x 24 rear tire and it sure ruined my day.
Just yesterday I had the M95 out clearing some brush and when I stopped to walk around: I saw a piece of barbed wire sticking out of the rear tire. I pulled it out and luckily it didn't go all of the way though the tire. These tires are filled with washer fluid so it would have been a little cheaper but I would have had to curse.

 

[Soundguy]

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Total damage $300.

Guess it coulda been worse. Could have been Calcium, then it would have been a superfund cleanup.

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would have been cheaper with cacl.. just have to wash the rim.. get a new tube and mount / dismount the tire. ballast had to be pumped out and in either way.

soundguy

 

[Builder]

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would have been cheaper with cacl.. just have to wash the rim.. get a new tube and mount / dismount the tire. ballast had to be pumped out and in either way.

soundguy

That's all they had to do with rim guard, too. If it was calcium, I'd be at Customers replacing lawn that was damaged. Not cheaper in my world. :laughing:

 

[catskinner]

MDOT here in Brighton, Michigan stored road salt outside, uncovered, for 20 years. The result was a couple local lakes with higher salinity than seawater, and a whole bunch of wells destroyed. The state had to build a water system for the residents of the area, at no cost to those residents. I was at one lake. It was so salty that algea wouldn't grow in it. You could see the bottom, 20 ft down. No fish tho!!!!

I live just south of Ann Arbor, which lakes were affected?

 

[knightrider955]

Anyone ever tried RV antifreez? Or is washer fluid cheaper? If washer fluid is cheaper than Calcium then why do people use calcium?

 

[yooper1]

I believe it is heavier than washer fluid.

Water weighs about 8.345404 pounds per gallon

Taken from Rim Guards info page

Rim Guard - Liquid Tire Ballast Product Information

Calcium Chloride is heavy about 11.5 lbs./gallon. Rim Guard weighs 10.7-11 lbs. per gallon about the same. Calcium Chloride is freeze resistant to -30F or -40F depending upon how it is mixed. Rim Guard is freeze resistant to -35F and will not solidify until -50F.

Windshield Washer Solvent is no heavier than water. Rim Guard is 30% heavier than water. Windshield Washer Solvent is freeze resistant only to -20F. Rim Guard is freeze-rated to -35F.

 

[k0ua]

Anyone ever tried RV antifreez? Or is washer fluid cheaper? If washer fluid is cheaper than Calcium then why do people use calcium?

Mine have RV anti-freeze.. non toxic to animals, and not hazardous to plants, Only down side I know of is the price. I was worried about the possibility of aerosolized Windshield washer fluid which contains methanol possibly catching fire in the presence of a spark. probably not a valid worry. But don't know for sure. In answer to your WW fluid vs Calcium question is Calcium solution weighs more than WW fluid or RV anti-freeze or water.
James K0UA

 

[Travelover]

............ No fish tho!!!!

What? Not even sharks?

 

[Soundguy]

Anyone ever tried RV antifreez? Or is washer fluid cheaper? If washer fluid is cheaper than Calcium then why do people use calcium?

calcium is as cheap as you get.. but it's corosive.. if is leaks.. you MUST clean it up.. and keeping rim insides painted is good insurance.

I use rv antifreeze in mine.. works fine. lil heavier than water.. not much though.. non corosive, won't freeze.

soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

That's all they had to do with rim guard, too. If it was calcium, I'd be at Customers replacing lawn that was damaged. Not cheaper in my world. :laughing:

rim guard in direct concentration can kill some plants too.. especially 15g of it. both salt and sugar can reach levels to kill most plants pretty easilly.

rim guard has the benefit of being generally non toxic to animals, and non corosive, and freeze proof.

soundguy