Tires loading tires

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BLUEBONNET2

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harrison county, tx (NE TEXAS)
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nortrac 25 xt JD zeroturn 54", briggs mtr.
does anyone know how to load tires at home? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif is there an adapter,special tools, etc. that i need. how do i measure how much is in the tires?
all info is appreciated...thanking you in advance.... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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gary
 
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First there is a adapter that helps loading tires. The one I have I got at Tractor Supply and screws onto the valve stem, has a bleeder valve, and attaches to a garden hose.

What I did to load my JD 790 tires is to jack up one side of the tractor, rotate the valve stem to the top, let out the air, remove the valve stem core, and attached the adapter, a hose to the adapter, that hose to a small drill driven pump and another hose to the pump that was placed into a 5 gallon bucket. To keep track of how much antifreeze mix I put in the tire, I filled the 5 gallon bucket and pumped from there. I kept filling until fluid came out when I stopped to bleed air. That ment that the fluid was at least up to the bottom of the valve stem. Be sure to have the valve stem core and necessary tools ready when you remove the adapter or you will loose fluid. Be sure to check tire pressure before lowering the jack.

One warning, when you jack up the tractor, don't do it from the center of the rear end, if you do, the tractor will tilt onto the raised tire as you fill it.
 
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HI...

Do not fill the tire more than 75% full with the fluid...

There needs to be air space for the fluid to move when the tire goes over an obstacle and compresses...


Dave...
 
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About a year ago I posted several pictures in a thread on how I loaded my tires with ww fluid...

Sorry I can not reference the link as I was one of those erased a while back in the great erasure event... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif It is now a thread started by poster...

You might be able to find that thread and others with a search...

loading tires yourself is an easy thing to do...
 
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Hope this helps

To fill the tires do the following:
1. By a pump that connects to a drill, about $6.00 at HomeDepot
2. Go to the autostore or tractor store and get a valve for the filling tire with liquid. It screws onto the valve stem, and has a garden hose connection on it, about $6. Remove the valve stem from the tire and remove the air from the tire.
3. Connect the gareden hose to the pump, and from the pump into a 5 gallon bucket.
4. Pour the windshield washer fluid or what ever your choice of fluid is into the 5 gallon bucket.
5. Turn on the pump via the drill and fill the tire.
6. Keep the valve steam at the 12 o clock postion when filling.
7. Stop after the first 5 gallon and let the air out of the tire, the pump put in.
8. Repeat until the tire is filled about 75%, remove the valve steam keeping the tire at 12 o’clock. When you do not get fluid out, the tire has enough.
9. Put in about 10-15 psi of air into the tire.

I filled about 10 gallons into a tire in about 15 minutes using this method, also you need to remove the valve assembly, and then repalce when done and put air in the tire. You may also want to jack the tractor up to take the weight off the tire if you do not remove the tire from the tractor.

Here is another way too
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I had my tires loaded on my current tractor before it was delivered, so I have no comparison. I have a sneaky feeling that loading tires rob horsepower and is hard on the clutch and driveline in frequent stop-start jobs, such as FEL work. Comments?
 
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Probably is to some extent. But.....Plowing is also very hard on a driveline, what with the engine straining, the clutch holding, the transmission "torqueing" and the wheels trying to grab dirt for traction. Our old 1950 8N Ford only lasted 50 or so years with loaded tires doing such things (LOL). So....I wouldn't worry about those things. Use it, abuse it, but maintain it and it will last for at least a few generations. Have a great Easter! BobG in VA
 

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