Hey guys my tractor is a year and half old the dealer said they filled the tires with just water, Ive been reading on the board of different methods of filling tires. When I asked the dealer about it he said they have been filling tires with water for years and that they have never had any issues. Should I have them refill the tires with something else? Thanks for any replies
Accepted practice for filling tires
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Water causes rust and will freeze. Some green antifreeze mixed with the water, no rust, no freeze No problem..
Kub you didn't say where you are and weather the tires are tube or tubeless, these things are to be taken into account. On the tubeless tires water or calcium in MHO is bad Juju, like said is not good for the rims, though in most cases it takes years to rot them out. Pure water on the other hand will rust and freeze and that causes other problems, if you are where its warm the freezing part wont be an issue but again rust in the wheel will be. A lot of guys will use window washer fluid, or RV anti freeze, or like me 50/50 mix of the cheapest anti freeze could find, and then there is the beet juice which is heaver than water I think 30%, and I could be wrong on that weight difference, but is aint cheap. If you are running tube tires than all the above, is really of no matter because the fluid will be in the tube This is just MHO you understand.
yeah Skeets Im in Florida and running tubeless tires, would you have to take the tires off the rim to fill with antifreeze or how would I do that?
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Depends on where YOU are in florida, central to south, I would leave the water in the tires. You guys in the panhandle and north florida, get a freeze but not a hard freeze. I would think that anything around 28F would not cause any problems inside a 30% air filled tire. And it would not freeze much at all at that temp. If it bothers you, turn the valve at 6 oclock, burp some water out and replace what you lost with anitfreeze or washer fluid (turn to 12 oclock), even at 10% ratio, it will never freeze in your part of the world. DO not fill the tire MORE than the top of the rim - so about 70-80% full
Sorry to keep you guys guessing, Im in North Florida. Yes we did have a little freeze this Jan. but Im not really so much worried about the freezing as I am the rusting out of the rim. Will the anti freeze stop the corrosion? Any ideas on how many gallons of water/antifreeze I would need for a 24" rim with r4 tires?
A gallon of antifreeze should do it. Up here -5 celcius is where the problems begin, cracking pressure pumps and stuff.so even a weak will help, and the corrosion inhibitors will certainly help. I dont have filling advice, as i dont have the need to fill tires with fluid
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per your tractor tire:
17.5L-24 rear tires adds 515 lbs of ballast (PER TIRE)
64.4 gals of water (PER TIRE)
GLYCOL
% BY VOLUME (1st number)
°F
°C
12.5 25 -4
17 20 -7
25 10 -12
32.5 0 -18
38.5 -10 -23
44 -20 -29
49 -30 -34
52.5 -40 -40
you would need about 7 gallons per tire of antifreeze to get you 12.5%.....
ouch !!!!!!!!
per your tractor tire:
17.5L-24 rear tires adds 515 lbs of ballast (PER TIRE)
64.4 gals of water (PER TIRE)
GLYCOL
% BY VOLUME (1st number)
°F
°C
12.5 25 -4
17 20 -7
25 10 -12
32.5 0 -18
38.5 -10 -23
44 -20 -29
49 -30 -34
52.5 -40 -40
you would need about 7 gallons per tire of antifreeze to get you 12.5%.....
ouch !!!!!!!!
Thanks Hokie, so what Im picturing here is to locate the valve stem at around 2-3 o'clock pull the schrader and let the water drain out. Put 5-7 gallons back in. What psi should I have after Im done? Should I also do the front tires like this as well?
kub you want your tire stem at 12:00 or if your doing it after work at 24:00, or a marine , ok bad joke
here read this it might explain things a bit better OH and some guys have put in dish washing soap with the water, still haven figured that one out yet
Try this
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/2009/01/how-to-ballast-your-kubotas-tires/
here read this it might explain things a bit better OH and some guys have put in dish washing soap with the water, still haven figured that one out yet
Try this
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/2009/01/how-to-ballast-your-kubotas-tires/
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you can place the tire at 6 oclock and it will spew out!
or you can place it at 3 o'clock(should not be any water at 2o'clock or very little)and catch the water in a bucket so you know how much to place back in. PSI should be the same as before, look in your book or on the tires, now the tires tell you MAX PSI, I would rather be a bit low that a bit high, remember, the AIR that is left in the tire is the ONLY shock absorber you have!dont do the front, adds strain to the steering, if you have a loader that is weight enough.