New measurement method for liquid ballast tire fill percentage

[WinterDeere]

I just slap the sidewall with the flat of my hand. It is easy to hear the difference between air and liquid.

Yes, agreed, but with far less accuracy. This is what made me bring the thermal camera home from work, in the first place. My ear was telling me it was low, and it turns out the tire I was checking by ear was the low one.

 

[RickB]

I can tell the fill level within a couple of inches. I have never cared enough to be more accurate than that. Life is too short.

 

[ovrszd]

I just slap the sidewall with the flat of my hand. It is easy to hear the difference between air and liquid.

Cheater...

 

[ovrszd]

I can tell the fill level within a couple of inches. I have never cared enough to be more accurate than that. Life is too short.

Cheater....

 

[WinterDeere]

I can tell the fill level within a couple of inches. I have never cared enough to be more accurate than that. Life is too short.

I guess, if it's the sort of thing that bothers you. I'm just the opposite, any chance to play with a techie toy like the FLIR camera beats an evening doing other chores.

 

[4570Man]

I guess, if it's the sort of thing that bothers you. I'm just the opposite, any chance to play with a techie toy like the FLIR camera beats an evening doing other chores.

A thermal imager is a really cool tool but tractor tire fluid level really isn’t that important.

 

[RickB]

Cheater....

Every time I get the chance. I can gauge the fill level and be on to something else while the other guy is taking the imager out of its nice carrying case. For my purposes it is simply a waste of time. Are the tires on that tractor loaded properly? Yes or no and move on.
But to each his own.

 

[s219]

Sometimes in humid weather the tires will condensate at the level and below even when it痴 above freezing.

Yep, if we have cold weather then it gets warm/humid, I can see that line quite clearly.

 

[Threepoint]

WinterDeere, that's a clever idea. :thumbsup: For those of us without a thermal imager, an inexpensive infrared laser thermometer should work for this also. :scratchchin: I may try it the next time I have a chance, although just watching the condensation line works well too.

 

[WinterDeere]

Every time I get the chance. I can gauge the fill level and be on to something else while the other guy is taking the imager out of its nice carrying case. For my purposes it is simply a waste of time.

Maybe, if you’re technology challenged. But I’ll bet you wasted more time on that last post, than I spent snapping those two photos with this small handheld thermal camera.