Loading Tires???????????

JimR · Apr 9, 2004

Has anyone ever loaded their own tires? What did you put in them Calcium, antifreeze, etc?????. Where did you get a pump to fill them or did you make one?

mrcaptainbob · Apr 10, 2004

Low temp WW fluid. The item to use comes from NAPA and screws on the valve stem. It let's you burp the air. About 7 bucks. There was a great thread on this a while back.

JimR · Apr 10, 2004

Thanks for the info. I'll be heading there today. I guess it will take many many gallons to fill the tires up.

Poppa · Apr 10, 2004

well, lets see if I can figure out how to give you this link I got from someone else here.

tires

Yeah, I think that worked

Mike

NY_Yankees_Fan · Apr 10, 2004

This link should give you some help.

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Rowski · Apr 10, 2004

Yes you can.

I did mine last year.

I used rim guard.

Picture of set-up

have_blue · Apr 11, 2004

I have a real problem with using windshield washer fluid. That stuff costs nearly a buck a gallon!

Why not fill with plain water and add a gallon of alcohol per tire?

Lazy · Apr 11, 2004

Hi
I am thinking about using used hydraulic and used motor oil to load my tires, what do you folks think? wont have to worry about rust

Charlie

JerryG · Apr 11, 2004

I don't know that I would do that. Some oils have additives that destroys certain rubbers.

Poppa · Apr 11, 2004

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Oil is lighter than water.

Mike

mrcaptainbob · Apr 12, 2004

Not to mention the environmental issue if there's a leak. Yeah, the ww fluid is a buck a G., but the difference is cost isn't that way off. I had an incident with a chloride tire once. Don't want to go through that again. Anti-freeze is not very environmental either. Including the low-tox stuff. I preferred something that would give a fair amount of weight and be as 'friendly' as possible should a leak occur. I've heard a lot about the foam filled tires. I was thinking of doing an experiment with the low expanding canned foam on a junk tier to see how that works. I'm stressin' already from the frequent flats. Always finding the hidden barbed wire in the 'lawn'......