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tire ballast

1- 43 gallons of water, weight 359 lbs. 5 lb/gal calcium chloride mix, 35 gallons water, 175 lbs chloride, total ballast 467 lbs.


2- from my ballast chart


3- according to firestone website, they do not recommend alcohol based ballast.
 
I have put RV antifreeze in 2 tractors and it works fine. I put 6 Gals in and fill the rest with water.(38" wheels) The tires sweat after the freeze. Like a glass of ice tea on a hot humid day.
we went down to 8 degrees one morning and I don't think they froze solid.
I have a WD with only 4 gals of regular antifreeze then filled with h2O. I have chains on it to push snow.
 
There are ballast charts online. I use ballaststar DOT com.

Washer fluid is expensive and LIGHTER than water. Calcium solution is cheap and HEAVIER than water.

I would say don't use regular antifreeze because if the tire leaks your dog will lick it up and die, but I'm beginning to think that whole "animals love antifreeze" thing is an old wives' tale...

I have a woodchuck living under my little shed. I've tried everything to get rid of him short of lead poisoning, which I can't do because of nosy neighbors blowing me into the cops, especially now. Left him a dish of antifreeze figuring he'd drink it and die... Nope, he just left it there to evaporate.
 
I was going to stay away from calcium because of corrosion. Also I was going to try and fill the tires myself.
 
i run calcium in my working tractors for extra ballast. i brush paint 2 coats of por 15 rust conversion primer on the inside of the rims, let it dry, install new tubes and fill the tires myself. a 10 dollar drill mounted pump and the fill valve from napa will get it done. there is a beet juice liquid ballast, but it a little on the spendy side compared to calcium. some guys use rv antifreeze, or washer fluid, or regular antifreeze. other guys prefer cast weights only. guess its a matter of personal choice and how thick yer wallet is. i have a few tractors running liquid and cast weights.
 
Where can you get calcium mix and what is the cost?

That is all I have ever used myself, I never filled myself though.
 
i get my calcium chloride from f-s (farm service) it comes in 50 lb bags of flakes. when you mix it with water it gets pretty hot. let it cool for a while before you pump it in the tires. i have a 100 gallon poly tank that i mix in. stir the mix a couple times to get it all to dissolve.
 
my father use to use sulfur for ground hogs. he used hot embers from a fire placed in a short container and placed in the entrance of the den. sprinkle sulfur over the hot coals and cover entrance with burlap sack or ??. do not remove it for several days. if ground hog is dead, sack will not be moved. good luck.

there are .22 caliber pellet guns. no noise
 
I use RV antifreeze too. Non-toxic and super-cheap if you go to the store in April or so and offer to take a few cases off their hands. Diluted 2:1 doesn't seem to freeze even at 0F.
 
If you are looking for the cheapest most effective Calcium is your
best bet. I just did this and I filled them myself. I bought the CaCl
already mixed and it was a strong mix. It's good to -10. I set my
tank in the bed of a truck and jacked up the tractors rear end and
filled both tires at the same time. I used a siphon flow. It took
about 12-14 hours to fill the tires but I didn't have to pay a dime
for gravity. Heres a pic.
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I have heard there is something new to replace calcium ,but do not recall the name. It"s suppose to not be corrosive. Do a Google search for tire ballast. Calcium has ruined more rims and tire tube valve stems then anyone can count.
 
(quoted from post at 21:04:41 03/27/13) I have heard there is something new to replace calcium ,but do not recall the name. It"s suppose to not be corrosive. Do a Google search for tire ballast. Calcium has ruined more rims and tire tube valve stems then anyone can count.
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I found It. It is called rim guard. Called my loacl dealer, $120 to fill a 13.6x28. It is just a hair lighter than calcium without corrosion.
 
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