Rim Guard in tires

[ray66v]

Okay, I did the math. I stand corrected.

Looks like you can get the 4 gallons in a GC front tire.

 

[MF RED in MT]

MF RED, do you have the ag tires, or the turf tires?

And, are you leaving the B/H on or taking it off?

Looking at the front tires, I am very skeptical about getting 4 gallons in one. Especially when you consider that Rim Guard calls for them to be filled to 75%.

Hi ray66v,
I have the R4 Industrial Tires, they seem to work good for me, :thumbsup:.
I always remove the BH for the winter and install my 550# ballast box to the 3 point hitch on the rear. I built the ballast box before last winter and I have a thread about it somewhere on TBN, .
I was thinking the same thing about the front tires, 4 gallons? They have a chart for tires and the amount of Rim Guard to install to fill to 75% or 80% full?
The Rim Guard dealer charged me $3.25 per gallon of Rim Guard and also a $5.00 pumping charge per tire. Grand total was $104.50, and they also washed off all the dried mud that I had on the tires, :laughing:.
I just finished plowing another 5 to 6 inches of snowfall tonight and my driveway is looking nice and packed with about 3 to 4 inches of packed snow and ice on top of the gravel, :thumbsup:. The low tonight is forecasted for 7 degrees F, . The small creek at the front of my property is frozen for the season and it will not be long untill every bit of water flowing in it is frozen solid. Maybe one more time plowing with the FEL and I think I am going to switch it out to the MF Dozer Blade.
KC

 

[MF RED in MT]

Okay, I did the math. I stand corrected.

Looks like you can get the 4 gallons in a GC front tire.

Everytime I do the math, I forget which finger to stop counting on, :confused3:. KC

 

[ray66v]

Hi ray66v,
I have the R4 Industrial Tires, they seem to work good for me, :thumbsup:.

In snow, the turfs work the best.

I push a 72" loader mounted plow through big drifts, with turf's, no chains. I leave the B/H on for ballast.

I have about 350' of gravel drive, and sometimes, I don't even remember to put it in 4wd.

But again, it's pretty flat land. There isn't more than 2' of elevation change in my drive.

 

[Scotty Dive]

100$ for the Rimguard? That seems like a pretty good price. Do others find that to be about right? I thought it cost a lot more...I'll do it for $100. :thumbsup:

I did Rim guard this spring in the Ct area. - Prices ranged from $2.75 to $3.00 a gallon. I spoke to Rim Guard who recommended a 75% fill. There is also a pump charge besides the per gallon charge - I saw $15 per tire to $45 per. I did 31 gallons per rear tire for a additional weight gain of 331#'s per tire

 

[MF RED in MT]

In snow, the turfs work the best.

I push a 72" loader mounted plow through big drifts, with turf's, no chains. I leave the B/H on for ballast.

I have about 350' of gravel drive, and sometimes, I don't even remember to put it in 4wd.

But again, it's pretty flat land. There isn't more than 2' of elevation change in my drive.

Do you have a lot of ice? I have so much ice in the driveway, if it were flat the neighbor kids could play ice hockey on it, . The ice is the reason I run chains on all 4 tires, :tractor:. The addition of Rim Guard and the weight box on the rear really helps me when I turn the front wheels and now the tractor actually goes in the direction the wheels are turned, :thumbsup:. We do not even go outside without traction devices attachments to the bottom of our boots and shoes, :licking:. KC

 

[ray66v]

Do you have a lot of ice?

We get ice here, it's Ohio.

Sometimes there is a lot, sometimes there is none. Sometimes it snows and the snow is on the ground for months, and sometimes it comes, melts half way, and then it snows again. When that happens, of course there is some ice under the new snow. And yeah, is not ideal.

I pack down the first 3-4 inches of snow to help keep the gravel down, before I will plow the snow.

If there is ice, I try and go out and pack down the next couple inches of snow on top of the ice, and then I can easily plow the rest.

I have always been able to plow my drive though, even when conditions were so bad, that professional snow plows were getting stuck big time, in my neighbors drives.