chiefcook
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Is it safe if water freezes in tires if tractor is not moved until it thaws?
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theg
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I am in Texas and tires have water with mix of slime in them, not intentional. I致e yet to have tires freez. Wish I could answer with experience.
mddorange
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The dealer said that my tires were filled with a solution that would not freeze down to -30 degrees. It never gets that cold here.
radios1
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water will rust out your rims!. as far as water freezing, it depends on how much water is in the tires, if there is enough room for expansion, then nothing will be damaged, except for the rusting out rims..
CobyRupert
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I would guess it's safe.
The usual danger of freezing water is that it expands and this expansion can exert a tremendous force. When in a closed pipe, this expansion force is enough to split the pipe or whatever weak spot is in the system. (Why you should let a faucet drip if its in danger of freezing. Well, that and the water is moving )
I would think that in a tire, that has enough air above the liquid/ice (assume <3/4 of the tire is filled), that just before freezing the water gets more dense and the tire pressure goes down, then when it turns to ice it expands (up to 9%) and the tire pressure goes up.
Because the pressure decreases before it goes back up I don't know if the pressure would be any higher than (say) an 80 degree day. Others may know.
The usual danger of freezing water is that it expands and this expansion can exert a tremendous force. When in a closed pipe, this expansion force is enough to split the pipe or whatever weak spot is in the system. (Why you should let a faucet drip if its in danger of freezing. Well, that and the water is moving )
I would think that in a tire, that has enough air above the liquid/ice (assume <3/4 of the tire is filled), that just before freezing the water gets more dense and the tire pressure goes down, then when it turns to ice it expands (up to 9%) and the tire pressure goes up.
Because the pressure decreases before it goes back up I don't know if the pressure would be any higher than (say) an 80 degree day. Others may know.
oosik
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Just a passing thought........ If there was not the possibility of the "water in tires" causing damage - - then why do all of us in the northern climes use some type of anti-freeze if we fill our tires.
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I'd expect freezing water to stress a tire 'locally' and damage the carcass, but not by imagined 'overpressure'.
That said, we in the North may prefer 'Rim Guard', but at a cost only of some density/weight no one had ever made a good case against windshield washer fluid as insurance in climates where freezing conditions are rare.
That said, we in the North may prefer 'Rim Guard', but at a cost only of some density/weight no one had ever made a good case against windshield washer fluid as insurance in climates where freezing conditions are rare.
radios1
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2 reasons, it's not water, which rusts your rims, and you can use your tractor in freezing cold weather without cracking your tires..
radios1
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just don't use oil, it can soften and dissolve rubber and plastic..
