plain water in tires.

[Raul-02]

When burying a propane tank ya gotta attach a magnesium or zinc anode to it to prevent it from rusting.
Steel hulled boats get anodes bolted to 'em to prevent rust.

Now I've never inspected a buried tank or the steel hull of a boat, so I'm spitballing here.

But what about attaching an anode to the lug bolts of the tractor tire? Skip the Beet juice or other expensive stuff and use plain water?

 

[/pine]

Just add antifreeze...!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

When burying a propane tank ya gotta attach a magnesium or zinc anode to it to prevent it from rusting.
Steel hulled boats get anodes bolted to 'em to prevent rust.

Now I've never inspected a buried tank or the steel hull of a boat, so I'm spitballing here.

But what about attaching an anode to the lug bolts of the tractor tire? Skip the Beet juice or other expensive stuff and use plain water?

We have been using plain water down here in Florida for years, I never really gave it a lot of thought other than our lack of prolonged freezing temperatures, and I have never seen a rusted out tractor rim around here, not saying it hasn't happened , just saying I have never heard of it around here.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

We always used plain water down in Phoenix, AZ.

Zero problems with rust, ever.

 

[ljjhouser]

I also think water would work fine with some antifreeze if needed. But that also depends on how much weight you need on the drive tires. Rimguard can be a real mess if you work on the tire yourself. But if you need the weight, Rimguard is weighs about 2.4 pounds per gallon that water. On a tire fill of 50 gallons, the difference would be 120 per tire or 240 for both drive tires with tires locked together. I guess it depends on what is needed. I have been told the beet juice is thick and messy. But have not done anything with it on my own.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I've been using plain water in my tires for years. Never had a problem. Freeze is not a concern down here.

 

[/pine]

FWIW...antifreeze also has anti rust / corrosion properties
...many use windshield washer fluid (less expensive than antifreeze)...

 

[Raul-02]

Just add antifreeze...!

Ya could but if your tires burst you could have an EPA problem.

But more to the point of anodes. Why were we not putting them on our steel vehicles?
If it is a stupid simple technology that works then why didn't we use it?

I ain't the first person to ask this magnesium and zinc anode to stop cars from rusting at DuckDuckGo

 

[Raul-02]

 

[/pine]

Ya could but if your tires burst you could have an EPA problem.

But more to the point of anodes. Why were we not putting them on our steel vehicles?
If it is a stupid simple technology that works then why didn't we use it?

LoL...you mean like when cars leak coolant all over the road at so many wrecks...??

Without doing any research...I'm pretty sure anodes (galvanization) works in the presence electricity...(electrolysis)...

 

[Raul-02]

Without doing any research...I'm pretty sure anodes (galvanization) works in the presence electricity...(electrolysis)...

Yes the anode turns the whole thing into a battery where one side is positive and the other negative. The anode is losing electrons not the steel.

 

[Raul-02]

when cars leak coolant all over the road at so many wrecks...?

Yah but wouldn't tractor tires need contain a lot of the stuff to make the water non rusting? .

 

[/pine]

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[MossRoad]

Plain water won’t rust out your rims. If you fill your tires 3/4 full of water, there’s only 1/4 exposed to air. And that’s only as long as it’s sitting. Then, figure in there’s only so much oxygen dissolved in that water. Once it’s used up, it’s gone, so no further rusting.

No anode needed.

 

[4570Man]

Water is probably fine if you live in a warm climate. But adding antifreeze even at a 30 percent mix could get costly.

 

[Mrsig]

Been running just H2O in my rear tires & slime in the front.

 

[oosik]

I have no choice if I wanted to add fluid to my tires. It had to be something with anti-freeze properties. I choose Rimguard. At the time - it probably added about $400 to the price of my brand new M6040.

I have 775# of Rimguard in each rear tire.

Weather it's Rimguard, RV antifreeze or some other product - each rear tire weighs over 1000 pounds. This puts any futzing with a rear tire beyond a DIY project for me.

 

[Raul-02]

So it might work because there is an electrolyte in the tires The problem with all those Dry Air anode efforts (Like on vehicle bodies and frames) is the absence of an electrolyte.

 

[MossRoad]

So it might work because there is an electrolyte in the tires The problem with all those Dry Air anode efforts (Like on vehicle bodies and frames) is the absence of an electrolyte.

Right. Boat sits in water. Car sits in air.

 

[Raul-02]

Right. Boat sits in water. Car sits in air.

Damn water~!!!