Fluid in tires

[foggy1111]

.although we have sent most of the contaminated produce to folks down in Florida

Hey why ya knocking Florida? Those guy's don't use antifreeze in their tires:laughing::laughing:

NO....your right, those boys in FL dont need much antifreeze....but some seem to know allot about it.

And.....I just felt like taking one to task on it. :laughing:

 

[johnk]

There are a lot more toxic things in the world to worry about than some fluid in a few tires. Go after the big industrial polluters and leave the tires alone. Miniscule, as compared to what big brother does, and gets away with. A few gallons here and there is nit picking. Concentrate your energy on the BP oil spill. Ain't no loader bucket gonna clean that so you should focus on the big stuff. Leave Soundguy alone.

 

[NOTV8]

And this is what I did... :thumbsup: -20 WW with 33 or 34 gals. per tire using the pump of my pool cover.

 

[johnk]

How long did it take to fill both tires? I like fluid in tires for stability. Let us know rhe difference in feel when operating...

 

[foggy1111]

There are a lot more toxic things in the world to worry about than some fluid in a few tires. Go after the big industrial polluters and leave the tires alone. Miniscule, as compared to what big brother does, and gets away with. A few gallons here and there is nit picking. Concentrate your energy on the BP oil spill. Ain't no loader bucket gonna clean that so you should focus on the big stuff. Leave Soundguy alone.

Sure their is bigger stuff to worry about. But that is not what this thread was about. Tell me what big brother has to do with ballast and your tires? That's faulty logic.

I don't care if all of TBN puts glycol in their tires and claims its OK. It's not.

Geesh :confused2:

 

[mcd176]

Foggy1111,

I thought you rested your case on the subject of spilled antifreeze at 1108 am this morning? I think everyone gets the point that you disagree with using antifreeze!

 

[Soundguy]

Hmmm.....If your not too worried about it....let's pour you an 8oz glass of 50/50 EG/Water......and bottoms up? Same for CC/Water. I'll write up a report on your health in a few days. Deal?

In another life.....looong ago, I worked for a testing laboratory (soils, water, bacteria, etc.) . Back then, some farmers accidentally contaminated their wells as they were not familiar with some of the "new" chemicals being promoted. We still suffer from some misuse of a few of those chemicals......although we have sent most of the contaminated produce to folks down in Florida. :laughing:

People have done all kinds of bad practices in time gone by. I'm not an environmental freak.....it's simply BAD ADVISE to promote EG for ballast....IMO.

this kind of post does not even warrant a response. it started as a red herring .

(click) (click) (click) ahhhh.. much better...

soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

There are a lot more toxic things in the world to worry about than some fluid in a few tires. Go after the big industrial polluters and leave the tires alone. Miniscule, as compared to what big brother does, and gets away with. A few gallons here and there is nit picking. Concentrate your energy on the BP oil spill. Ain't no loader bucket gonna clean that so you should focus on the big stuff. Leave Soundguy alone.

don't worry. it's not worth arguing about.

If he thinks he took me to task .. that's fine.

while any poloution is bad.. it's not the dripping faucet we need to look at but the gushing pipe as you point out. one company can do it 1 day what thousands or hundreds of thousands of individual incedental user esposures can muster in a lifetime. How many gallons per hour was that bp well gusing? how many indians did DOW bury? as for soil contamination of eg.. once you get it under 1300ppm it's not toxic.. and micro flora treatment is quite effective in short order... it's what the military has used for even LARGE spills in the 4000+ gallon range...

why someone thinks that has anything to do with pouring a straight glass and drinking it.. makes me wonder about the structure of their logic...

any case.. I'll no longer argue with him about it.. I said my piece. anyone is free to research how you clean up eg contaminated soil. aside from the use of sludge or flora, I guess you could furnace treatment, then deal with the nasty gasses... lots of stuff is cooked and handled that way.. but then what do I know.. I'm just a water systems engineer right?

soundguy

 

[RoyJackson]

You mention beet juice, are you assuming we all are going to think beet juice is Rim Guard?

Heck yeah...we all know Rim Guard is beet juice! Been around for years...

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. just like facial tissue is kleenex!

soundguy