Tire Ballast

[George2615]

I have rimguard in my rear tires
I paid around $2.00 a gallon for it.

I would have preferred Rimguard but you can't get it here for that price. I called two dealers and the best price I was quoted was $275. for 70 gallons (35 in each rear). That's $3.93 a gallon installed. Some thought $275 was a good price. It may have taken me longer but my cost was $176 including the cost of the fill valve.

 

[GManBart]

I still have my 3 pt. counterweight barrel for another 850 lb..

That should be a good combination

 

[PatMcD]

Does anybody do a "house call" with Rimgaurd, or is it strictly an in-patient job?

 

[lostcreekranch]

Does anybody do a "house call" with Rimgaurd, or is it strictly an in-patient job?

Pat;

Find an independent tire dealer that sells tractor tires. They probably do service calls. Most do here in Texas.

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[the whispering oaks farm]

Here in North East Arkansas we have FSI- Farm Services Inc. and they will come out and do house calls. They may be elsewhere.

 

[oldtoyboyd]

I had a friend pick up my rimguard from a dealer out of state with two 55 gallon barrels.
It took me about 3 hours per tire to fill them at my house.

 

[PatMcD]

I made a few phone calls.
The tire dealers up here want to use calcium. forget it.

My tires are 16.9-24, so 122 gallons between the 2.

One tractor dealer uses Ballaststar (citristar?) and quoted me $5 per gallon plus labor. $642.63
Another quoted $5 per gal for rim guard ,plus labor again, plus he said sometimes they have to use tubes because something about the tire coming off the rim when they get the air out. Anyways, it was almost $700 without figuring tubes.

Last place I checked charges $4.25 per gal for rim guard, which includes labor. That gets me in at just over $500.


They all sound pretty high to me.

 

[finn lander]

Filled my tires today with washer fluid. Bought 2 @ 55 gal drums from the local auto parts store. Came out to 2 bucks a gallon, and I have about 30 gallons left. Worked great pumping it right from drum to tire. We'll use the excess in our business vehicles. On another note: I ordered the LS front mount snowblower that fits my 3037. Can't wait to see that.

 

[95d1]

For what its worth, I drilled a 3/4" hole in the rim and welded a 1" coupler to it and stuck a hose inside the hole to fill with water. I will drain it before winter and add antifreeze then. It cost an extra $8.00 and took 10 minutes to fill the tires with water. It will be easy to just pour antifreeze in or use a pump to put in whatever you like too.

 

[PatMcD]

Kind of a dumb question, but I've never heard it asked before: do tires need to be filled up to the max that all the online charts indicate, or can you use less?

For example: my 16.9x24 tires can take 61 gal each (122 gal total). Two 55-gal drums of WW fluid leaves me 6 gallons shy each tire. 3 drums would get me to the max, but leave me with 43 gallons extra.

I can't imagine it being a problem going less than the max, but who knows?