Tires Puddle on the floor from the tires.

frank_f15 · Dec 28, 2004

seems to me if it was leaking water, it will leak air, and after a few days you should notice if that tire is low or spongy. please let us know what you find.

LBrown59 · Dec 28, 2004

( Thanks Bird. When I think of Texas I see vast areas or warm land and a winter doesnt fit my mind, so its hard for me to imagine it. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

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TEXAS IS A BIG STATE so you have to ask yourself which part of winter is Texas in?

texbaylea · Dec 28, 2004

Bird
The heat capacity of the mass of water and antifreeze in those tires is substantial and will take a long time to warm up. Meantime with the high humidities we get, you will condense a lot of water.

The tire will stay colder than the balance of the tractor for a long time. This all very normal.

Vernon

keeney · Dec 28, 2004

Instead of liquid filling, there are dense foam fillings that can be used in tractor tires. They combine the functionality of addng weight and making the tire flat-proof. My understanding is that its somewhat spendy. Also, some people complain of the tire getting too hard with accompanying rough ride. The foam also leaves you with no ability to air-down and soften the tire for better traction on hard surfaces or lower ground pressure when desired.

If you mostly use the tractor for field mowing and loader work where the harder tires are not a problem, then foam-filling might be a good choice.

A squirt bottle of Windex is great for finding air leaks. With the fluid filling, you will need to rotate the tire so its leaking air instead of fluid to find it.

- Rick

texbaylea · Dec 28, 2004

fjb2c

Its not uncommon for it to be in the teens in Amarillo in the North and mid 70s in Brownsville in the South.

RalphVa · Dec 29, 2004

Hmm. Hadn't thought of condensation.

Think before this was when I had it up top in the sunshine siphoning the tank contents out to find and remove the 2nd of the little cups I dropped in there. It was warm that day, enough for me to be up there very bare.

Been bone dry down there since.

Ralph

djradz · Dec 29, 2004

Ralph, although not necessarily very sanitary, a quick little touch of the liquid to the tongue will tell you if it's calcium-chloride filling from the tires or condensation. Chloride is VERY salty. Also, as others have said, it it's not doing it now, and the tire's back in the same position, it likely was condensation. I've never seen it that significant though and yes, you probably should have seen some evidence of it under the tractor also as there plenty of mass (and liquid in the form of transmission fluid) in the tractor. Let us know what you find.

chucko · Dec 29, 2004

( a quick little touch of the liquid to the tongue )

not so sure I would do that

johnday · Dec 29, 2004

Ralph; Uh, do you have cats. In that case I wouldn't taste it either. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif On the other hand, you know what male cats do. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif