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I have never used beet juice, but I have had a couple of tractors
with the tires filled with calcium chloride. It will eventually
rust your rims into junk, and for that reason I can't recommend it.
I don't know about beet juice. Another problem with filling tractor
tires is that depending on what you fill them with, it can freeze,
and driving a tractor with frozen filled tires is no fun at all. <br>
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As for your question about punctures in filled tires, yes you have
to pump the fluid out of the tube to fix it. I have had to deal
with this a couple of times and each time I took the entire wheel
into a commercial tire place and let them take care of it. Getting
a fluid filled tractor off the tractor and into an truck bed is not
a lot of fun. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/15/2018 11:11 AM, Pat Horne wrote:<br>
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Here in Texas we use water with a bit of antifreeze. My tubes have
large stems so if you need to empty them you can drain them,
though it takes a while. Add the adapter & you have regular
valves. I fill my tires about 80% & it works fine.
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<div>Haven’t had to plug/patch the tire but it shouldn’t be bad. </div>
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On Mar 15, 2018, at 10:21 AM, <a
href="mailto:eric@megageek.com" moz-do-not-send="true">eric@megageek.com</a>
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<div><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Ok, I got some emails
about using </font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#2f2f2f">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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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Does anyone have any
pros/cons about
either?</font>
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<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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<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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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks.</font>
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<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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Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>
Tech Viper<br>
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights
as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your
territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson </font></div>
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