Windshield Washer Fluid as Ballast

[Monster5601]

My dealer starting using beet juice this year. It is more expensive but non-corrosive.

 

[crazyal]

There's rimguard and then there's Rim Guard. Rimguard contains Calcium Chloride, it's corrosive. Rim Guard is beet juice and it's not. Both are much heavier than WW fluid and offer a lower freeze point. WW will work and lots of tractors have it. Ag tires tend to be narrower and hold less fluid so I would ask how much weight you are getting for your money. You may find that you want a little more weight.

 

[Ford tractor]

Rimgaurd is a little heaver but not by much, if you do a search they have it on their web site, I think.

The cold weather WWF for -20F is about 7.5 pounds per gallon where the beet juice stuff is 11 pounds per gallon. (Which is the same as CaCl2 fluid) So the beet juice is 50% heavier but it costs 2-3x as much.

 

[sweetjeep]

The cold weather WWF for -20F is about 7.5 pounds per gallon where the beet juice stuff is 11 pounds per gallon. (Which is the same as CaCl2 fluid) So the beet juice is 50% heavier but it costs 2-3x as much.

But if all goes well you only have to buy it once.

Personally.. I'd go with the heft.

 

[ModMech]

We put RV antifreeze in our R1s and left the R3s unfilled for mowing, even at about 12g/tire it made a significant difference in traction at the same inflation pressure.

 

[Deere Dude]

I put Winshield Washer fluid in my diesel garden tractor and it works. When I bought a bigger tractor, a JD 3720, I decided to check RimGuard. WW cost me $1.50 approx, but after checking around later I bought RimGuard for $2.00 at a bulk supplier. It was a big farming operation that sells it out of a huge tank. Maybe they have something like that in other areas. I wish I would have checked Rim Guard out more seriously before I put WW in. For weight, it is better deal, at least in this case.

 

[jb tuggers]

Anyone know of a rimguard dealer in western nj thanks

 

[buickanddeere]

I used half and half -45F washer fluid and water.
Hit a broken off steel post and punctured the face of the tire. Sprayed down the entire tractor and myself. No outbreak of rust as if calcium chloride had been used.

 

[RG1]

Anyone know of a rimguard dealer in western nj thanks

Give them a call. They will tell you where the dealers are around your area-

Rim Guard
1575 Gezon Pkwy SW, Wyoming, MI 49509
(616) 608-7745

 

[puckgrinder85]

We buy it in bulk by the 55gal drum and mix our own. We "tune" the mix to what the weather conditions are. 50/50 for winter and thinner on the concentrate for the summer. I don't think I'd be too worried about the corrosion. One thing for sure W/W fluid is a lot less messy, beet juice is sticky and kind of stinks.