Don87
Elite Member
I thought about posting that link earlier today, but it doesn't answer the question.
School me on liquid filled tires
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I thought about posting that link earlier today, but it doesn't answer the question.
Markcuda
Veteran Member
Rim Guard is freeze resistant to -35°F and will not solidify until -50°F.
Ductape
Elite Member
I guess it's some sort of scientific mystery............... 
MikeD74T
Veteran Member
Acidity & surgar content both depress freezing temp. Search for "freezing temperature of acid/syrup" fo scientific explanations. In fact almost everything soluable in water depresses freezing temperature. MikeD74t
Spindifferent
Gold Member
For the 3520 owners in the thread, here's the online manual:
OMLVU17926_J7
Scroll to the Ballasting Machine section and then to the Using Liquid Weight in Tires subsection.
I don't see any exclusion for the front tires, but something may have changed since the manual was published.
Spindifferent
OMLVU17926_J7
Scroll to the Ballasting Machine section and then to the Using Liquid Weight in Tires subsection.
I don't see any exclusion for the front tires, but something may have changed since the manual was published.
Spindifferent
JDgreen227
Super Member
When my tractor was new the saleman offered to load the rear tires for free because I had purchased a loader with my JD, I declined because 90% of my operating hours was mowing and I didn't want to lug around all that excess weight when it was only going to benefit me 5% of the time, if that much. I have turfs and I never have had an instance where I felt loaded tires would actually improve traction that much. Stability with using the FEL, yes, traction, almost never.
Can anyone inform me, exactly what happens when you have a flat tire with liquid weight in the tires? I have had to plug about six or seven nail punctures in my front tires, have never had a rear tire puncture but if you do, what is the procedure one must follow to repair one that has liquid weight? Thanks.
Can anyone inform me, exactly what happens when you have a flat tire with liquid weight in the tires? I have had to plug about six or seven nail punctures in my front tires, have never had a rear tire puncture but if you do, what is the procedure one must follow to repair one that has liquid weight? Thanks.
Johnbro
Gold Member
If you poke a hole in a loaded tire the goop leaks out. DAMHIKT.
JDgreen227
Super Member
I was thinking if you turned the tire so the puncture was facing up that would stop the "goop" from leaking out, but wondered if those cement-and-plug type tire repairs would seal well with the liquid weight residue on the tire inside.
Also, on my older Deere 318, the owners manual cautions that using liquid weight in the tires requires an inner tube. I cannot imagine having to repair a leak on a rear tire filled with liquid weight inside a tube, the wheel/tire assembly would weigh a ton, you would end up draining all the liquid out of the tire so you could demount it from the rim and patch the tube, then reassemble everything and refill the tire...no thanks.
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Zebrafive
Super Member
I hit a broken off T post and it punctured the rear tire and there was a small geyser of CC spraying out. I was about 50 yards from the barn, so I stopped, puncture at 12 o'clock and put a jack under the axle.
I was not there when the repair was made, so I do not know why all fluid was lost/not saved. They booted the tire and installed a new tube, but no fluid. Maybe the service truck was not equipped for fluid removal/installation.
I was not there when the repair was made, so I do not know why all fluid was lost/not saved. They booted the tire and installed a new tube, but no fluid. Maybe the service truck was not equipped for fluid removal/installation.
