Beet juice explosion, valve stem fail

[GeoHorn]

you must not work your tractor hard enough, beet juice, wheel weights, and rear ballast here. sometimes I still find myself on 3 or 2 wheels!!

I’d say you’re trying to overwork yours.

I’d never try to move a house with a wheelbarrow. If your tractor is too small for the job...get a bigger tractor. You’d be a lot less likely to hurt yourself or your equipment if you don’t overload it.

 

[Jomedm]

The very same thing happened to me. Put valve stem at 12:00 and tried to take off cap and the entire stem pulled out. This issue is reported on John Deere forums also. Apparently the beet juice (or something in it) is not compatible with rubber stem components. My tractor is a BX 2680 and is only two year old. From what I have read dealers are supposed to use metal valve stems when using beet juice. Very frustrating.

 

[lugbolt]

i've had rubber stems fall apart like that many times in the past. And most of them didn't have no beat juice or anything else but air in them.

junk valve stems, IMO. Understandable, knowing what I know of how manufacturing works.