Ballast Water Ballast in Tyres

[Neat 1500]

If that tire is old, brittle, and now has torn cords,
You might want to get a ROPS next.

Yeh the tyres are old and brittle.still the original Farm Service Lugs(Rice Paddles) and i do already have a ROPS-not allowed to run it in Australia without one.

 

[Neat 1500]

Huge Improvement on sideslope,traction and also it does not buck around anywhere as much as it did without water ballast. only thing i noticed it requires more throttle now and the clutch has to work a bit harder. apart from that i am happy.

 

[phatgemi]

Yeh the tyres are old and brittle.still the original Farm Service Lugs(Rice Paddles) and i do already have a ROPS-not allowed to run it in Australia without one.

Just something about the angle in the picture makes me pucker........

 

[YanmarFever]

Here in Oregon it does get cold in the winter, so we use antifreeze & water for the tires.
We save our old antifreeze that we drain from the tractors, and we also buy it from a radiator shop nearby.
We put about 3 gallons of antifreeze per tire on a 1610 =8.3-22 size.

We found that calsium will destroy the rim if the inner tube develops a hole inside, not to mention the damage to the valve stem.

Ernie