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Howard Junkin · Dec 30, 2009

has anyone used windsheald washer for weight in the rear tractor tires? i"ve been told this works ok.

thanks howard

old · Dec 30, 2009

Yep have one filled with it right now and it has been there about 10 years now. You can not add any water to it of it will freeze but if used as it comes out of the jug it works well and if you can find it on sale you can buy if for about a $1 a gal. Oh by the way it is spelled Ballast LOL

Howard Junkin · Dec 30, 2009

sounds good. i hane to cgange tires on my farmall 450. need about 600lbs per tire. i" going to check with a friend that works for napa to see i can get it cheeper in larger contaners.
thanks howard

Howard Junkin · Dec 30, 2009

sounds good. i hane to cgange tires on my farmall 450. need about 600lbs per tire. i" going to check with a friend that works for napa to see i can get it cheeper in larger contaners.
thanks howard

Mathias NY · Dec 30, 2009

Make sure he sells you the winter grade washer fluid. If you get the summer stuff, it's not much different than water.

rrlund · Dec 30, 2009

They're using beet juice around here. Kinda pricey,but non corrosive.

Ecnerwal · Dec 30, 2009

Washer fluid is mostly methanol (wood alcohol) and water, so you can probably mix up the equivalent mix cheaper by buying wood alcohol and mixing with water to get the anti-freeze level you need in your area. It's somewhat corrosive and lighter than water. That means you get quite a bit less loading for the same fill .vs. CaCl2 or beet juice.

Calcium chloride is heavier than water and quite corrosive.

(corrosion matters when you get a leak or spill, and it corrodes the rims, which gets expensive).

Beet Juice (or any other sugar solution, I suppose - presumably beet juice is the cheapest form of sugar, at least where sugar beets are farmed) is heavier than water and non-corrosive. It's more expensive than the other two, at least until you lose a rim from corrosion. How expensive is corn syrup if you go right to the plant? That might be another option.

buickanddeere · Dec 30, 2009

Diluted windshield washer fluid works fine.Even mixed 1 to 4 with water is only gets slushy at 0F.
For all the weight difference people talk about between salt water and dilute fluid. There is more weight difference between a large and small operator. Or having the fuel tank 1/2 or full.
Cast iron and dry tires is best. However for a 2WD loader tractor it's tough to get enough weight with liquid and cast combined.

504-1 · Dec 30, 2009

The D-17 manual shows mixing 107# CC to 47 gal water,for a total of 470# in a 13X28 tire 14PSI

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