[Shop-talk] Wheel Weights vs fluid filling

[Dave C]

I have never used beet juice, but I have had a couple of tractors with 
the tires filled with calcium chloride.  It will eventually rust your 
rims into junk, and for that reason I can't recommend it. I don't know 
about beet juice.  Another problem with filling tractor tires is that 
depending on what you fill them with, it can freeze, and driving a 
tractor with frozen filled tires is no fun at all.

As for your question about punctures in filled tires,  yes you have to 
pump the fluid out of the tube to fix it.  I have had to deal with this 
a couple of times and each time I took the entire wheel into a 
commercial tire place and let them take care of it.  Getting a fluid 
filled tractor off the tractor and into an truck bed is not a lot of fun.

On 3/15/2018 11:11 AM, Pat Horne wrote:
> Here in Texas we use water with a bit of antifreeze. My tubes have 
> large stems so if you need to empty them you can drain them, though it 
> takes a while. Add the adapter & you have regular valves. I fill my 
> tires about 80% & it works fine.
>
> Haven’t had to plug/patch the tire but it shouldn’t be bad.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
> Pat Horne
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> On Mar 15, 2018, at 10:21 AM, eric at megageek.com 
> <mailto:eric at megageek.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, I got some emails about using beet juice (Rim Guard) to fill the 
> tires instead of wheel weights.
>
> Does anyone have any pros/cons about either?
>
> Paul P gave me some reasons for the filling of tires, but here is what 
> I was thinking...
>
> If I get a punctured tire, I can't easily fix it without dealing with 
> the fluld  (I never worked with filled tires before, can you 'drain 
> them' and refill them if you need to remove a tire/rim?  Can you use a 
> plug on a tire with it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> This list has been quiet lately, it feels good to have a discussion on 
> it.  Maybe I'll ask about the best impact wrench to really get the 
> juices flowing (as I really am looking for a new one.)
>
>
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