The rear tires on my 2250 have had salt water in them since new, 30 years. One wheel is corroding around the valve stem.Can the salt water be dumped and replaced with another substance, say polypropylene glycol? May need a replacement wheel, best place to start looking? Thanks
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Here is a link for your rim:
http://www.farmlandtractor.com/Kubota_Models_s/1270.htm?searching=Y&sort=13&cat=1270&show=10&page=1
I've never used these guys and there may be a better source but they do list your rim.
My rears are filled with H2O as we rarely see freezing temperatures at 17 degrees N of the Equator! I'd be cautious using antifreeze in my tires as it is poisonous as all get out and its sweetness attracts animals, should it spill.
I hear that Beet Juice is used but I'll leave that to your friends in the frozen North to recommend, or not. ($$)
Pretty good getting 30 years with sodium chloride as ballast. Perhaps with new $132 rims, if you get another 30 years that might be a reasonable option. I personally am not concerned with problems that might arise 30 years down the road, at my age.
I guess the question is whether or not the rest of your tractor will make another 30, given the economy of using salt?
http://www.farmlandtractor.com/Kubota_Models_s/1270.htm?searching=Y&sort=13&cat=1270&show=10&page=1
I've never used these guys and there may be a better source but they do list your rim.
My rears are filled with H2O as we rarely see freezing temperatures at 17 degrees N of the Equator! I'd be cautious using antifreeze in my tires as it is poisonous as all get out and its sweetness attracts animals, should it spill.
I hear that Beet Juice is used but I'll leave that to your friends in the frozen North to recommend, or not. ($$)
Pretty good getting 30 years with sodium chloride as ballast. Perhaps with new $132 rims, if you get another 30 years that might be a reasonable option. I personally am not concerned with problems that might arise 30 years down the road, at my age.
I guess the question is whether or not the rest of your tractor will make another 30, given the economy of using salt?
Couple of things, before loading the tire you may want to clean up the rim, cut out and reweld around the valve stem, or, put in an inner tube. Liquid balast can be put in a tubeless tire, or inner tube. I took mine (BX) to a local commercial tire shop, they used "agrillium" (spelling?) , it doesn't corrode the rim and is very dense.
6x14 6 hole is a common wheel.........look around.........probably $50.
Here also shows 7x-12x24 two piece wheel as the other poster showed you...........2 piece may run you $150
http://www.nebraskatire.com/ag_tires/wheels/wheels.htm
Here also shows 7x-12x24 two piece wheel as the other poster showed you...........2 piece may run you $150
http://www.nebraskatire.com/ag_tires/wheels/wheels.htm
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Great idea, just use an inner tube and save hundred$ without a new rim, and protect from future corosion at the same time regardless of what you fill it with.
Just remember that the wheel didn't just rust in one spot. The entire wheel has been weakened from corrosion and in the right situation can break and cause you to lay over on the side.
Long story, but it sux when it happens.
Long story, but it sux when it happens.