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Howdy crabjoe. I bought the drill pump at lowes. I used a 5 gallon bucket to pour the wwf in cut a cheap hose in the lengths I wanted got a couple hose ends one male one female. Used a standard 3/8 drill. Parked my tractor so the valve stem was at the 12 oclock position. Then jacked up the back of the tractor and supported it with jack stands so the rears were off the ground. Removed the valve stem and let the air out hooked up the adapter hook up the hose and started pumping the fluid in the tire after 5 gallons of wwf I would turn off the drill and disconnet the hose, the adapter had a bleed valve but wouldn't bleed the air fast enough and it shoved all the fluid out of the hose and pump back into the bucket, to bleed the air out of the hose. After 10 gallon I would pump a couple gallons then I would bleed it again till wwf started coming back out of the tire. When that happened I would let it drain then put in valve stem and inflated to recommended tire pressure. Worked like a charm after I figured out the bleed didn't work fast enough.
 
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Lunbrjck,

I gotta head over to Home Depot tonight to pick up some lumber. I'll see if they carry the pump. Checking Lowes and HD's site, HD doesn't list one. :(

If all goes well, I'll have my tires filled by tomorrow afternoon.

Right now, I'm wondering if I should completely fill the tires with WW or use a 50/50 mix with water. The way I see it, it's very rare we get into the teens here in MD and filling with straight -20F fluid seems like a waste. Not to mention water is ever so slightly heavier then WWF. I'm figureing a 50/50 mix will be good to around 5F and I don't ever remember it getting that cold around here for 24hr period.

Single digit temps are very rare here but when it happens, it's usually only at night.
 
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lunbrjck said:
I am going to load the tires on the back of my tractor with windshield washer fluid and was wondering if anyone knows how many gallon I will need to do this. The tires are 12 x16.5 industrial
Thanks
Heres a chart that gives various tire sizes and volume of liquid they hold. Hope this helps..

Liquid Tire Ballast
 
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I used the Tractor Supply adapter, but just mounted a brass garden hose adapter into the cap of a WWF bottle . I cut a hole in the bottom of the first WWF jug so I could pour each successive bottle into that jug and gravity feed it into the tire through a short length of garden hose (like an IV drip system). Slower than the drill motor trick, but worked fine. Every once in a while it belches air out the tube and the jug bubbles like crazy, then it goes on dribbling into the tire. The upside down jug was hung by a rope from the rafter so I didn't have to stand there and hold it while it drained..
 
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Good idea DetroitTom, how long did it take doing it that way? It took me about 40 minutes a tire using the pump.
 
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lunbrjck said:
Good idea DetroitTom, how long did it take doing it that way? It took me about 40 minutes a tire using the pump.


It took about 8 hours for 28 gallons total in two tires. I'm retired, so I just dumped in another gallon whenever I thought of it. No doubt the drill pump is faster, but I didn't have one and setting one up seemed like more trouble and expense than it was worth to me.
 
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I found a drill pump @ Home Depot; it was next to the sump pumps.

If you choose this method of filling, and plan on using a garden hose, make sure you get the drill pump with the threaded ends. HD had ones where you needed a clamp, in the tool section, and the threaded ones by the sump pumps.

BTW, I said get the threaded ones because the fluid adapter is setup for a hose end. All I did was to take an old hose I had, cut to length and install new male and female ends for it to work. Now I just need to get the time to fill the tires.
 
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Be careful letting all of the air out of the tire and gravity feeding wwf or other liquid into the tire.
The weight of the fluid can cause the tire dismount and drop into the center section of the rim.
This really stinks if they dismount when you are almost done.
Been there done that...got the water-cooled feet.

BTI
 
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BTI said:
Be careful letting all of the air out of the tire and gravity feeding wwf or other liquid into the tire.
The weight of the fluid can cause the tire dismount and drop into the center section of the rim.
This really stinks if they dismount when you are almost done.
Been there done that...got the water-cooled feet.

BTI

I don't know if this helped, but I laid the tire flat on the ground when I filled mine.
 
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What am I missing here? Won't the water / WWF combo cause rust in the tire? I know rimguard isn't supposed to do this, but I thought you needed tubes for the WWF method.

-Steve
 

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