A Rear Tire Puzzler For You

[Threepoint]

I'm out at the barn the other morning getting ready to muck the stalls. Not only are my hands starting to freeze because it's suddenly gotten cold as the dickens, I look over to the aisle where my little Kubota B2150 is parked and I see this:


Great, a puddle under the left rear tire, just my luck. I've had calcium chloride in the rear tires with no problems for 20 years. Is it finally time to pay the piper and order new rims? How do I go about checking this with frozen fingers? What's the first thing I should do?

If you think you know the answer, write it on a twenty-dollar bill and mail it to..., no, wait. That's Click and Clack's line. Heck, just post it here.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

To me, it looks like its just condensation on the tire? I don't even so much as see a flake of paint on your rims. Keep an eye on your tire pressure and tire bulge and see if it changes much.

 

[dave1949]

How tall is your dog? :laughing:

+1 It could be condensation if the temp dropped quickly and there is some humidity in the air.

 

[Bird]

I sure got a scare one morning when I went in my shop and saw all the water under my B2710 and on the tires. You don't have any water all compared to what I had that morning. But it all evaporated eventually and no leaks anywhere. I don't believe I have ever seen as much condensation anywhere as I had that day.

 

[aginn]

You can feel the moisture and tell if it is water or something else. If it is water you have no issue. Calcium chloride has a weird feel to it. It will be easy to tell the difference.

 

[whis]

warm your hands

 

[Leejohn]

Looks like tires are short on fluid.

 

[boggen]

first reaction... you were running your tires at a "low psi" and things finally got cold enough that bead broke causing some fluid to leak,
--then was going to say someone had your tractor out in the snow a little bit without you knowing.
--but condensation sounds more like it. the fluid in tires = takes longer to change temps vs everything else.

 

[SandburRanch]

An IR temperature gun will quickly tell the story when used in conjunction with the calculator in the link. The wet area is at DP temp. or below while that above liquid line is above DP temp.

Dew Point Calculator

 

[dave1949]

It's hard to picture how a leak would leave that pattern on a stationary tire, stuff would have to run sides and up to do that.