CaCl is costing me some $$$

Washer fluid is not as heavy and usually costs more. Main reason to not use it.

A 9.5-16 tire will hold about 10 gals.

10 gals of washer fluid..~75lbs
10 gals of water/calcium mix (6lbs to a gal) ~125 lbs

So about 100lb difference difference. On a ~1500lb tractor that's a good bit of weight.

OP, Are you actually able to just replace the rim? It looks like a 1 piece wheel to me.

 

I can dig it but in his situation I don't think it will matter. He has another one that doesn't have liquid in the tires and it performs the same. He installs sprinkler systems so I don't think it's that taxing on the machine.

 

[quote="haveissues, post: 106083, member: 1 filled mine up with windshield washer fluid. Bought it online at advanceas o with a 40% off coupon and a few minutes after I placed the order the girl from the store called and said "did you really just order 60 gallons of windshield washer fluid" It is a little lighter than CaCl but won't rot your rims and won't freeze.[/quote]


I did the exact same thing. Used a 40% off coupon online and bought 20+ gallons. Put a few gallons of water with it as im in SC and we dont get as cold. But the stuff was good to -20 or so i did calculations and the water wont get me in freeze trouble. The thing with methonol is its not as good at ethyl glycohl as far as mixi g water and keeping it from freezing. Its not as potent. The ww fkyid was only like $1.25 gallon.

 

But I also have an older Yanmar that only holds like 10+- gallons a tire. It has 9.??x24 tires I think. I have a ym2000 the similar to some old jd series that Yanmar built for them. Those 850,855,790 etc

 

Yea I was generalizing. There all similar even the 3 cyl there all almost identical to their Yanmar sister.

 

I love the clack of the yammer hammer. The sound of those diesel twins and the fuel economy that they give. Deffinitly an ear muff tractor.

 

Nate your numbers look correct. The rim is a wheel, so new wheel is $120 plus mounting and whatever. They are 1 piece to my knowledge.

 

The cancer on the bead looks pretty bad - a good bump and it may just let the side wall go

 

Yikes. You could almost get them foamed for that.

 

I'm fully expecting this to happen... but if I can save it the time is now. If I can't then a new set is inevitable and should last me for quite a while. I'll probably take it down the road and see what the pros say, this would be my first real bead to break, and an expensive one.

 

I want my fronts foamed...just can't find a place to do it. I get a small leak every other time I Bush hog and right now there both totally flat when I go to use the tractor. Getting tired of it!! Even paying the guy/buddy up the road a reasonable $5 to patch the tubes I spend a good bit on that let alone the tubes I bought to get some extras!!

 

Have you thought about multi seal? I tried some at the recommendation of my tire guy. Haven't had a flat on one of those tires since.

http://multi-seal.com/Heavy-Duty-Tire-Sealant.htm

 

I knew a guy that did foam filled and hated doing just a couple tires. He would wait til he had a bunch before he would mess up his machine.

 

Just looked up sale on ebay. Others have told me it works and to use it. I trust those here before others...anyway on ebay it looked like it was for tubeless tires? My fronts run tubes, can I put slime into tubes? Will it function the same?

 

Ok just Google Slime. Their site does not recommend d slime in a tube because the fibers used to seal punctures are large and intended for multi ply tires and will not function well in thin wall tubes.

Anyone tried this in regular tubes? not talking about buying the "slime tubes".

 

Never have tried it. Can you go tubeless?

 

No not with these old sloppy tires that are so old and have so many pin holes from briars as well as I believe the rims are designed to be tube rims?

 

If I could put in valve stems and bought 2 new tires$$$$ I guess I could dump slime Into the tires but I would have $100 a piece in them at that point. Foam should be cheaper at that point.