Question from my friend about the Massey Ferguson 230

larry@stinescorners · Sep 5, 2012

My friend picked up the Massey Ferguson 230 today, If you remember my post about it ,it had one leaking valve stem on the back tire.He just called me ,he took the tractor home and while using it picked up a rusty nail in the other tire, He is an easy going guy,didnt get upset,probably didnt even swear! The question he has is does he have to put the calcium back in the rear tires when he buys new tubes? He is going to use the tractor to brushog,plow his small sweetcorn patch and run a rear roto tiller,pretty much on level ground.,,,, Thanks in advance ,,, Larry

rrlund · Sep 5, 2012

Personally,I wouldn't for light work like that.

sd pete · Sep 5, 2012

He should get along just fine without the fluid. Sounds like it will be used as a garden tractor.

larry@stinescorners · Sep 5, 2012

Thanks ,I dont know if you remember the tractor Iposted a while ago,it runs great,the one rim is rusted some from the stem leaking ,but I think the rim can be cleaned up ,

larry@stinescorners · Sep 5, 2012

Its a 5 ft brush hog and 5 ft roto tiller,and a 2 bt. plow

larry@stinescorners · Sep 5, 2012

Its a 5 ft brush hog and 5 ft roto tiller,and a 2 bt. plow

sd pete · Sep 5, 2012

If it was mine i would just air it up after repairs and go to work with it.

rrlund · Sep 5, 2012

Yep I remember. I was wishing I could find a deal on one like that to put a loader on.

Dean · Sep 5, 2012

If he has a small plow, decent tires and decent ground he should be able to plow his garden without loaded tires.

Dean

Anonymous-0 · Sep 5, 2012

He could run it first with the implements and if required put the fluid in at a later time. Don"t think he will need it though.. I garden with a TEA20, if it won"t pull, just lift the instrument a tad. could always go over it a second time.

DoubleR · Sep 5, 2012

I would not load the tires. I have a 231 Massey and mine are not loaded. I pull a 2-16 with no problems. I do have an 8 ft I-H transport disk that I have a little problem with in fresh plowed ground. I also pull a 8 ft packer behind the disk though most of the time. But I get by just fine. I feel for my use it would cause more compaction on my ground then it would be worth. Not to mention I have had two rear flats and was able to repair them myself without messing with fluid.

Tony in Mass. · Sep 5, 2012

There is a new game around here. If a shop is doing your tire repairs, they insist on putting all the calcium back in. So, ever since that started I do all my own tire work. Calcium is what caused the first tube problem, and people have a point that it usually takes decades to cause a mess, but it is just stuff I don't want around here. It will kill grass, leave a greasey spot, but it is not toxic waste, just dump it someplace, and see if the punctured one can be patched... but cc tubes almost repell patches, got to be preped like a human operation. Now the one with a bad stem... hey if it is the screw in stem... TSC sells those in packages of 2 in the tire section. If the stem base is shot... again, cutting it out and putting in a new stem depends on if the calcium lets you pull it off. I didn't use to mess with old tubes... but now that they are pushing a C note....
As far as extra weight needed.... I know some cleaver removable easy projects if a guy knows how to work with concrete..............

JDseller · Sep 5, 2012

Larry like the others have posted he should be fine with out any fluid. If his tires have calcium chloride/salt water then I would remove it. Then he can clean up his rim and paint it. The old fluid is harmful to animals if they drink it. I usually use any old calcium chloride on my gravel drive way. I usually dilute it with more plain water and spread in on the drive. It will help keep the grass/weeds from growing there. Deluded it will not leach into the surrounding area.

FBH44 · Sep 6, 2012

Tony in Mass is wrong, sorry. Do not dump it, it will perc on down forever and get into the ground water. It"ll be there forever. It cannot be removed, and somebody, maybe you and your kids or grandkids, will be drinking it.

jwmfarms · Sep 6, 2012

Calcium Chloride is what is commonly used as road salt. Never heard of it polluting groundwater. Hiway Dept.'s used to spread it on gravel roads in the summer to keep down dust.

showcrop · Sep 6, 2012

(quoted from post at 03:28:38 09/06/12) Tony in Mass is wrong, sorry. Do not dump it, it will perc on down forever and get into the ground water. It"ll be there forever. It cannot be removed, and somebody, maybe you and your kids or grandkids, will be drinking it.

Yes CaCl is salt. It comes out of the ground, it dilutes, it is soon gone without a trace. Even what the tech spilled in the field while repairing a tire was gone without a trace in a year.

Royse · Sep 6, 2012

Larry, I saw it posted once, but wanted to repeat it. Thoroughly clean the rims, and re-paint them. Otherwise they'll just keep on rusting.
I would also try 'em without the fluid, and add it later if needed.
You can add windshield wiper fluid, antifreeze, RimGuard etc as alternatives to Calc.

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