Kubota Kid
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Does anyone have any information on Bell Star tire ballast, I think it is also called BioBallast.
Tractor Tire Ballast
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GrandpaSmurf825
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It's comparable to beet juice also called Rim Guard I think. I would get whichever is cheapest. I think beet juice may weigh heavier. About 11 lbs. per gallon.
RayIN
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Quote:
"Citrastar tire ballast uses a chloride-based liquid with corrosion inhibitors to make future tire maintenance easy and hassle-free."
source: Tire Ballast - Peckham Industries, Inc.
Sounds like Calcium Chloride with a corrosion-inhibitor added. Calcium Chloride solution is the heaviest liquid ballast available
Personally, I use WW fluid @ -30°F freeze point. I provides enough weight for my needs.(see linked chart)
"Citrastar tire ballast uses a chloride-based liquid with corrosion inhibitors to make future tire maintenance easy and hassle-free."
source: Tire Ballast - Peckham Industries, Inc.
Sounds like Calcium Chloride with a corrosion-inhibitor added. Calcium Chloride solution is the heaviest liquid ballast available
Personally, I use WW fluid @ -30°F freeze point. I provides enough weight for my needs.(see linked chart)
Bootlegger750
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All the dealers anywhere close to me use this. I’ve had it in my last 3 tractors. Works great and doesn’t eat the rim.
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I’m in NEPA, we get below zero for sometimes a week or more. The reason I’m asking about this ballast is I bought new rims to change my R4 tires to R 1 at a local tire shop, they loaded them for half the price of the dealer. This dealer does a lot of industrial and farm tires, an assured me it’s
Corrosion free.
Corrosion free.
Fallon
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Bioballast has been fine in my past 2 tractors for over a decade. I'm in Colorado, so it's not uncommon to get down to 0f. I've seen negative teens, but don't recall tractoring that low. It usually doesn't dump snow when it's that cold.
I'm likely to get wheel weights instead of liquid ballast on my next machine. I punctured a rear tire on my previous machine. Minor leak & I plugged it on the tire. Held fine until I sold it a year or 2 later. I still got liquid ballast on my current tractor as it was that much cheaper than steel weights.
I'm likely to get wheel weights instead of liquid ballast on my next machine. I punctured a rear tire on my previous machine. Minor leak & I plugged it on the tire. Held fine until I sold it a year or 2 later. I still got liquid ballast on my current tractor as it was that much cheaper than steel weights.
