<div dir="ltr">I have never tried to fluid fill a tire on a compact tractor. I am not sure you will get enough weight to do any good. Lets say you get 5 gallons in a tire, and the fluid weighs 8 pounds per gallon, that only works out to 40 pounds per tire. Whit steel wheel weights we usually use 100 pounds minimum per wheel for a tractor of this size. On a machine like this, a few hundred pounds is not a significant increase in load. Not sure if it is true, but I was told the concern about hanging weight off the axle was not valid. The reason I was told is that while the weights do add to the overall axle load, they actually reduce the
load on the bearings a little bit. This is because they are normally mounted on
the outboard face of the rim, they pull down on the end of the axle.
With the wheel being the fulcrum, this pulls UP on the axle at the
bearing surface. But the effect is trivial, as they are so close the
the fulcrum they don't have much leverage.
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:21 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric@megageek.com" target="_blank">eric@megageek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Ok, I got some emails about using </font><font size="2" color="#2f2f2f" face="Arial">beet
juice (Rim Guard)</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> to
fill the tires instead of wheel weights.</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Does anyone have any pros/cons about
either?</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Paul P gave me some reasons for the
filling of tires, but here is what I was thinking...</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">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?</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks.</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">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.)</font>
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