BioBallast Price

[MachAF]

Whats going rate for BioBallast?

Just got a quote for $400 for 94 gallons installed. Tire size of 420/70/24.

$450 Another dealer
$540 at Les Schwab.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Just wondering if you're waiting for someone to ask you, "What the heck is 'BioBallast' "...

Or are you planning on telling us later?

Never heard of it.

 

[davrow]

Simply another companies take on RimGuard. Liquid fill for rear tires with lower freeze temp that weighs more than plain water.

Not available here, so no idea on prices.

Link to BioBallast

 

[MachAF]

Just wondering if you're waiting for someone to ask you, "What the heck is 'BioBallast' "...

Or are you planning on telling us later?

Never heard of it.

I Figured most people on a tractor forum would know what is it....

 

[MachAF]

Rimguard website states its $0.28 per pound. Which would be $250 or so. Saw other posts that Bio Ballast was around the same. $250 installed for similar sized tire.

Check with my neighbor and he paid $350 for it in his JD, but it has a lot smaller tires. So I guess $400 it is.

 

[Rebeldad1]

if more weight is critical pay the price. if you just want more weight why not fill them with washer fluid?
Filled my own (really easy) -0 and it made a big difference. Way less money as well

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Well aware of what Rimguard is. Well known up here. Everyone calls it Rimguard. Farmers, ranchers, tractor dealers, they all call it "Rimguard".

I have it in my tires. Highly recommend it.

Never heard anyone ever call it "BioBallast". Not on the TBN forums, or here locally. Never.

Always been called "Rimguard".

So BioBallast is Rimguard.

Check.

Got it.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

My dealer charged me $390 to install Rimguard in my rear tires before he delivered my new tractor to me.

The rears are size 420/70-24's (Industrials).

Filled to the top of the upper rim, you can see here in the frost line:



I don't really think you need to worry about that level of freeze protection in Seattle. Unless you're looking for the most weight density available. I think windshield washer fluid will work there without freezing, as you just don't get that cold along the coast. We use it here because our sustained temperatures can be at -40F for weeks at a time. The pic above was taken at -30F.

 

[fried1765]

Whats going rate for BioBallast?

Just got a quote for $400 for 94 gallons installed. Tire size of 420/70/24.

$450 Another dealer
$540 at Les Schwab.

Hum...mmm 94 gallons of windshield washer fluid would cost about $120, weight= 714 lbs.(7.6 lbs. per gal. - straight water is 8.33)
94 gal. of BioBallast cost $400, weight= 1037 lbs.(9.7 lbs. per gal.)
Weight difference= 323 lbs.
Cost to gain that 323 lb. difference= $280 more than WWF.

And then......you get a parked overnight flat!

 

[fried1765]

My dealer charged me $390 to install Rimguard in my rear tires before he delivered my new tractor to me.

The rears are size 420/70-24's (Industrials).

Filled to the top of the upper rim, you can see here in the frost line:

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I don't really think you need to worry about that level of freeze protection in Seattle. Unless you're looking for the most weight density available. I think windshield washer fluid will work there without freezing, as you just don't get that cold along the coast. We use it here because our sustained temperatures can be at -40F for weeks at a time. The pic above was taken at -30F.

-40F windshield washer fluid is not available in Bismark?

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

-40F windshield washer fluid is not available in Bismark?

No.

It's only available in Florida.


*Or, perhaps I went with Rimguard for the additional weight that was important to me, in my specific application. But, whatever.

 

[BAP]

Well aware of what Rimguard is. Well known up here. Everyone calls it Rimguard. Farmers, ranchers, tractor dealers, they all call it "Rimguard".

I have it in my tires. Highly recommend it.

Never heard anyone ever call it "BioBallast". Not on the TBN forums, or here locally. Never.

Always been called "Rimguard".

So BioBallast is Rimguard.

Check.

Got it.

Bioballast and Rimguard are two different companies with similar products.

 

[fried1765]

No.

It's only available in Florida.


*Or, perhaps I went with Rimguard for the additional weight that was important to me, in my specific application. But, whatever.

Nope, we never need -40F WWF fluid in FL.
It is definitely in Bismark/Mandan

 

[Fallon]

Bioballast and Rimguard are two different companies with similar products.

I have BioBallast in mine, it's what my Kubota dealer sold. When I looked into it their website said it wasn't beat juice but wasn't clear on exactly what it was. Some other similar food processing byproduct I believe. Non-toxic, non-corrosive; cost, weight & freeze point were close enough I stopped investigating. Happy with it do far still.

 

[dodge man]

I thought it weighed more like 11 pounds per gallon.

 

[dodge man]

Hum...mmm 94 gallons of windshield washer fluid would cost about $120, weight= 714 lbs.(7.6 lbs. per gal. - straight water is 8.33)
94 gal. of BioBallast cost $400, weight= 1037 lbs.(9.7 lbs. per gal.)
Weight difference= 323 lbs.
Cost to gain that 323 lb. difference= $280 more than WWF.

And then......you get a parked overnight flat!

Rim guard is 11 lbs per gallon. So if your tires hold 90 plus gallons that痴 another 270 lbs of ballast. Worth the money? Your call.