Weight of filled tires

[woodchipper]

Both of my tractors have their rear tires filled, and the UTB has the front ones filled also. They are both filled with calcium. With the proper water/calcium ratio, you will never see your tires freeze over in the coldest temperatures, ever. The down side is the corrosive effect it has on metal...if you start to get a leak somewhere. It is imperative that you use an inner tube. Never direct contact with the rims. You may get a good shock at the price of inner tubes. They will jack the price by about 50%. Tire ballast greatly improves your traction, and stability. The tractor feels way more "solid". Follow the charts recommendations as per needed gallons. It should fill your tires about 2/3rds.
Rim Guard is pricyer, but you have the corrosive issue eliminated, and you may get away from using an inner tube.
Some drawbacks about filling tires: the moment of inertia will be more vs unfilled ones. Meaning more HP needed to get going, and greater breaking distance/resistance as well. Your max road speed could also drop. But I will qualify those as minor, as a tractor is a working machine not a show toy.

 

[JKR]

I have all 4 of my tires filled with Rim Guard. Pricey but I though it was worth it.

 

[Brown Dog]

FYI : amounts & weights

Ballast Volume and Weight

 

[bertsmobile]

All the tractors here are old school with tubes os it is just plain old water in there.
Another reason why I have come to like using old tractors.