Tires Rear ballast

[ovrszd]

I don't use a special gauge. Instead, I put the valve stem at 12 o'clock and burp the valve to clear any fluid before checking pressure, and have never had problems or ruined any pressure gauges. Even an unfilled tire will have some moisture in it.

Ditto.

 

[wmonroe]

Well I finally got a chance to add the ww fluid. So far I've put 36 gallons in each tire for about 612 pounds total. I chose 36 gallons mostly because that's what I had time for but the fluid level is about 2-3" above the centerline of the axle. The charts say I should be able to get another 12 gallons in each tire so I'll be doing it probably once it warms up, I already have the fluid so might as well put it in. The set up using the sprayer worked great and moved the fluid in pretty fast. From start to cleaned up and back in the house was about 90 minutes. Instead of using the "burp" button on the fill valve which is a little messy I figured out I could turn the pump of and open the "recirculate" valve on the pump which would let the air out of the tire and any liquid mess would just dump back in the tank. I burped it three times but the pump had plenty of power that probably only needed to burp it twice. It was raining/freezing rain so I didn't get it out and drive around to see how it felt, maybe tomorrow. Here is a picture of my pump set up, not the best pic but it gives you the idea.

 

[Texasmark]

I bought the ww fluid last night and got enough to put the full 48 gallons in each tire. Now just trying to decide if I'm going to put it all in or give a partial fill a try. I looked at my tires and they appear to be tubed.
For fun here is a picture of the ww fluid. View attachment 493214

Can anyone confirm that these are tube tires? Partial first and fill as desired is easier than filling all 48 gallons and having to take it out.

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That's a tube stem.

On filling, once you fill to the valve stem in the 12 o'clock position (which is approx 75%), how do you expect to fill more? Using a fill adapter for a water hose, when you stop filling and let the compressed air out, you need to have air at the stem. Otherwise you just blow out the fluid you just inserted.

On fil level and shock, the larger the volume of air in the tire and lower the pressure, the smaller is the bounce. PV is a constant so you can move one up or down and the other moves equally in the reverse direction. If you only have a small volume of air a small change in pressure makes for a big bounce......take that function to infinity as was mentioned above....100% fill (if you could get it.....show me how) would be zero air and you are sitting on a rock essentially.....water doesn't compress, air does.

 

[ovrszd]

Well I finally got a chance to add the ww fluid. So far I've put 36 gallons in each tire for about 612 pounds total. I chose 36 gallons mostly because that's what I had time for but the fluid level is about 2-3" above the centerline of the axle. The charts say I should be able to get another 12 gallons in each tire so I'll be doing it probably once it warms up, I already have the fluid so might as well put it in. The set up using the sprayer worked great and moved the fluid in pretty fast. From start to cleaned up and back in the house was about 90 minutes. Instead of using the "burp" button on the fill valve which is a little messy I figured out I could turn the pump of and open the "recirculate" valve on the pump which would let the air out of the tire and any liquid mess would just dump back in the tank. I burped it three times but the pump had plenty of power that probably only needed to burp it twice. It was raining/freezing rain so I didn't get it out and drive around to see how it felt, maybe tomorrow. Here is a picture of my pump set up, not the best pic but it gives you the idea.

Very good setup!!!! Sounds like it worked great!!!! Post your thoughts after you've used the tractor a bit. Hopefully this accomplishes what you wanted it to. Good job on rigging up the sprayer pump.

 

[wmonroe]

Thanks, it did work as well or better than I expected. I did get the tractor out for a little bit to move firewood into the garage but didn't give it much of a test. It did seem to go better on the wet ground in 2WD. I'll post my impressions once I get some hours in.

 

[Shaneard]

Very good setup!!!! Sounds like it worked great!!!! Post your thoughts after you've used the tractor a bit. Hopefully this accomplishes what you wanted it to. Good job on rigging up the sprayer pump.

+1 on this!

 

[GManBart]

It will rust....for the same reasons that fish hooks, nails, etc. that sit in a lake will rust.

There's plenty of oxygen in water to allow rust to happen. Windshield washer fluid...not so much.