Tires Antifreeze/Water solution to fill Tires?

[Boondox]

Actually one of them helps carry it in and the other three help by chewing the bark off!

Pete

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Most RV type antifreeze is a mixture of water and propylene glycol (PG). PG is non-toxic and in fact is used a a food additive. As others have stated, ethylene glycol (EG), the principal ingredient in automotive antifreeze, is both poisonous and tasty to animals. Windshield washer fluid contains methanol, and is also very poisonous.

I'm not aware of any written information from tire manufacturers regarding the suitability of these chemicals for long term contact with tire materials. Furthemore, most manufacturers of gasoline engines warn against using gasoline containing methanol because it can damage some rubber materials.

 

[GSS]

I went to Gempler's to check out the adapter that the other thread references and saw the one called Quick Fill Tractor Tire Attachment. It allows the air to escape WHILE you are filling. It's like $5 more though. Any reason that one wouldn't work?

Thanks.

 

[edt]

Question for all of you do you fill both front and rear tires or just rear I'm planning on some hill work moving dirt should I just fill rear will have landscaperake or blade on back of tractor

 

[chim]

The Owner's Manual for my B7500 has a caution note advising against liquid ballast for the front tires. It says to use weights. The loader subframe seems to provide enough weight on the front of mine. So I loaded the rears only. I did use antifreeze because of the corrosion resistance. As I mentioned here before, we have several vehicles around the place, all have their cooling systems filled with the same stuff I have in the Kubota rear tires. I think Fido stands a better chance of being struck by lightning than poisoned from my 2 tires....................chim

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I have a B2410 that will be delivered soon with R1s (ag tires). Does anyone know the number of gallons
that will fit into these tires. The specs say that the rear tires are 11.2-16. Thanks for any help.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

This may be a stupid question or I missed something in reading. I looked at the addaptor and it looks like it is a garden hose connector type on one end? If so how do you get the antifreeze mix in? Do you use a pump with a garden hose or a funnel in the end of the hose? Dan

 

[Bird]

Yep, Glen, it's called an air/water adapter; garden hose on one end and the valve stem on the other, put a little water in, turn off the water, release the air pressure, add more water, etc. Putting the antifreeze in is a separate operation. Of course, if you have the right kind of pump, I guess you could mix the water and antifreeze, then put it in, but I put the antifreeze in first, then the water. I think if you do a search on the topic, you'll find various and sundry ways to do. I have a homemade gadget that I put the antifreeze in with myself, but a small pump, sqeeze bottle, etc. with some tubing that fits on the valve stem can work. Naturally you take the valve core out to start with.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Thanks Bird, I will have to try that,, My tires are 22" rims. How do I figure out how many gallons per tire? Dan

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>How do I figure out how many gallons per tire?</font color=blue>

I don't know, Dan. Someone tell us the formula for figuring volume of a doughnut./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif In my case, we have very little freezing weather, the tractor was stored indoors, and I wasn't at all likely to ever use it in freezing weather, so I just put 2 gallons of antifreeze in each rear tire and then filled them to the 75% level (up to the valve stem with it at the 12 o'clock position) with water.

 

[rozett]

Bird, you can approximate the volume of a donut (tire) with the following formula. Basically, the area of the tire circle minus the area of the rim circle times the width.

It is not precise because you would need to know the exact tire profile when inflated. Unlike donuts, tires are not perfectly cylindrical. Sports tires tend to be squatter, while truck tires tend to be more tall. So using the tread width is a good approximation. 3.14159 is obviously pi.

(tread width) * 3.14159 * [(tire radius)squared - (rim radius)squared]

ps: my dad would be proud that all of that aeronautical engineering education actually stuck. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[Bird]

Thanks, Bruce.

 

[ByuBill]

I suppose that you could go<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorsmart.com/Farm_Tractor_Liquid_Tire_Ballast.htm> Here</A>

 

[oombala]

i have a bx 2200 on order, i asked my salesman about using windshield washer fluid vs calcium chloride he said here in central indiana when it gets bitter cold, he has seen windshield solution gel up.... i've seen it happen, must be a diluted brand or something. i like the r.v. antifreeze idea, i'm going that route.

 

[buppy69]

I used to winterize trailers and campers for a living. RV antifreze is not permanent. It looses it's strength over time.

Eugene

 

[oombala]

hmmmmmmmmm i hate going back to square one.....