Johnkn
Platinum Member
The rear tires on my Kubota LX are dealer filled with alcohol mix. I’m going to install the BH and just leave it on moving forward and I understand it's not advisable to run filled tires with the BH. I'd like to drain most of the fluid from the tires but with the valve stems in the 6 o'clock position, I'm not worried about the fluid below the stems.
Is there a link for a tool on Amazon etc. that I can use to drain the fluid. I'm aware of the Haltec 310 Liquid Fill Gun at ~$120, but hoping to find something less expensive for my semi-one time needs...
I suspect the tool would simply be an adapter that screws onto the valve stem and connects to a hose where I would turn the tire so the valve is at 12, remove the stem, install the adapter and rotate to 6 to drain most of the fluid. They are tubeless tires...
OR, is it really necessary in my application, my tires are 15x19.5 and it appears they hold ~29 gallons each to get to 75%. Methanol is about 7lb/gallon so there's ~200lbs of weight in each tire or ~400 lbs total. If I drain just to the stem, I'm probably only removing 2/3rds from each, or 133 each or 266 total. The BH is around 1000 lbs with the bucket. Does that 266 lb fluid reduction even matter?
thank you
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Is there a link for a tool on Amazon etc. that I can use to drain the fluid. I'm aware of the Haltec 310 Liquid Fill Gun at ~$120, but hoping to find something less expensive for my semi-one time needs...
I suspect the tool would simply be an adapter that screws onto the valve stem and connects to a hose where I would turn the tire so the valve is at 12, remove the stem, install the adapter and rotate to 6 to drain most of the fluid. They are tubeless tires...
OR, is it really necessary in my application, my tires are 15x19.5 and it appears they hold ~29 gallons each to get to 75%. Methanol is about 7lb/gallon so there's ~200lbs of weight in each tire or ~400 lbs total. If I drain just to the stem, I'm probably only removing 2/3rds from each, or 133 each or 266 total. The BH is around 1000 lbs with the bucket. Does that 266 lb fluid reduction even matter?
thank you
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