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how much does calcium weigh in the rears?

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travz500

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i got 18.4 38 and i am curious how much weight it adds having both the rears full of fluid? i am having it removed and replacing the tubes and i am just curious how much it will make a difference they are almost completly full
 

Calcium Chloride is about 11.5 lbs./gallon.
40% Fill 75% Fill
3.5 lb./gal. (kg)5.0 lb./gal. (kg) 3.5 lb./gal. (kg) 5.0 lb./gal. (kg)
710/70R38 1092 (495) 1159 (526) 2048 (929) 2174 (986)
 
So 110 US gallons if filled to the max height of the valve stem. Some people try to fill higher but it just makes the tire harder riding and increases chances of a blowout.
8.34 lbs per US gallon with a density of 1.0
So 917lb or more depending on the strength of the salt solution.
Depending on the use and application........Liquid ballast may or may not be required.
The tractor will burn less fuel dragging 2000+lbs less weight around and have less rolling resistance.
No messes either if a tire gets holed running dry or with diluted washer fluid.
 
It would simply be the weight of the water plus the weight of the calcium used..If your filling the tires this would be a known amount,,but if your trying to figure what is already in the tires you would need to know the density and how much fluid was in the tire, no true way of knowing that, unless you pulled it out...we us to add 2 80lb bags of calcium to 50 gallons of water around here in central Ohio probably a little stronger farther up north,, once in a while one shows up from the south with water only in them...
 
You will want to fill up to the valve stems....lower amount can make for a risk driving at high speed. Personally I prefer windshield washer -20 but probably be a little pricy for that size tire.
 
thanks i was just really curious how much more it really weighed its comin out of both tires on wednesday morning and getting wheels cleaned up and new tubes thanks
 
It can add 1000# to each wheel.We take it out of anything that has it in.Its cheap weight but not used much anymore.It can be hard on rims plus if you have problem the tire shops hate it and charge accordingly.I have seen them with duals loaded too. Imagine moving them around.I backed a tractor off a semi flat bed that didnt have ramps and didnt think it had fluid and did I get a surprise luckily nothing or no one got hurt as it started to pick up the back of truck.I block them now.
 
We feel the same way about fluid Larry, it's a pain to deal with..flat tires are much easier to deal with with out it cast weights are the way to go. Back in the 70's we loaded our 4630 duals, we were trying to pull too big of a disc, it killed the power dramatically,and made swapping duals a dangerous job, at the time we were dropping the right dual to mole board a couple of times a week.
 
An old tractor puller friend told me that you weren't supposed to put fluid in radial tires as it changes the way they flex and grab the ground defeating the advantage of radial tires and to use iron weights.
Any one else heard this?
 
The Firestone Engineers testing tractors and tires with
calibrated instruments instead of the seat of their pants. They
have found dry tires perform better. If liquid ballast is used no
more than 33% max fill.
 
The Firestone Engineers testing tractors and tires with
calibrated instruments instead of the seat of their pants. They
have found dry tires perform better. If liquid ballast is used no
more than 33% max fill.
 
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