Removing water from tires

I have a furgerson TO 20 I am going to sell. The previous owner had water in the tires. He was pulling a disc. I pulled the cors, and removed the water to the valve stems. Is it necessary to ramove all the water? I am left with probably a couple gal in the tire. Stan

No it is not necessary it will flow around. If you want more out just let it down till the rim is just about on the ground.

I have some heavy white electrical shrink wrap tubing that just fits through the valve stem with the extension removed. Set the tractor with the valve stem down with weight on the tire. After you have removed all you can this way, pump the tire back up and insert the shrink tubing in as far as you can. let the water out till it won't flow any more. Won't leave more than a quart in the tire.

Gene

You can probably siphon it out with a very small hose. That is how I put fluid into a tire I was fixing.
Zach

37Cheif, is that strait water? Would never find that around here, way to cold in winter. Most have calcium mixture. Rocky.

I have a 12 volt sprayer pump, one of the smaller ones at rated at 1 or 2 gallons per minute. They are available at Tractor Supply and many other places. The inlet and outlet fittings on my pump accept 1/2" ID plastic tubing just push it on - most hardware stores have a selection. 1/4" copper tubing will fit inside the valve core once the valve/fitting is removed. You will need to adapt the 1/4 copper tubing to the 1/2 plastic tubing - I am sure you can figure it out.

The procedure is to jack one side of the tractor up until you can rotate the tire placing the valve stem to the bottom. Remove the valve and insert the copper tubing through the valve core and into the tire. The pump is not damaged by running dry so you can feel around until all the water is out.

To pump out a tire filled with calcium chloride solution simply start with the valve stem at the top and as the solution is pumped out rotate the tire until the valve stem is at the bottom. If you are careful there is very little corrosive calcium chloride solution spilled to clean up.

I like to rinse out the calcium chloride solution by pumping in (simply reverse the inlet and outlet lines at the pump) several gallons of pure water. Then rotate the tire to rinse it around and pump it back out.

My pump has moved over a 100 gallons of calcium chloride solution this fall and is still going strong.

There are various methods - this is but one.

Just plain old water. Does the freeze couse the tire exand enough to split the tire. I would think the tires will give enough, not to cause a problem.Stan

I am not sure if it splits the tire but I would think it could since it does expand when it freezes. I have heard that it was very bad for the tire to drive on it when it was frozen, and also it threw the weight off since the empty spot would not be always on top as it is with a liquid in the tire.
Zach

Do NOT jack the tire up. Just get the tire with the stem at 6 0clock and let it settle and drain.

Just curious what your theory is on not jacking the tire up?

We used to always jack it up to rotate the stem to the bottom. Then used air pressure to get most out and then siphon (now little electric pump) the rest out.

Sell? You're going to sell it? I don't think the fergie gang would have helped you fix it if they knew you weren't going to keep it... you better put the sign on something else insted....

I was always told the freezing by itself does not damage the tire. However, driving the tractor with a plug of ice will cause pressure points and cutting of the tube and or damage to the tire.

In addition as previously posted the ice slug will cause an unpleasant ride due to unbalance and a bump once every revolution.