Wheel weights run on a cushion of air so they do help but not as much as fluid In the tires since the fluid puts the weight right to the ground
 
Be really hard to stack enough weights on to equal the counter weight I get with fluid in the 4020 tires. 18.4-34 IIRC they hold a lot of fluid !
 
Not a fan of liquid ballast. Calcium rusts out your rims and eats valve stems. Beet juice is probably better for corrosion but still have to buy it and pay someone to pump it in and pay someone to pump it out. If you get a flat it can leak out and be gone and thus have to buy it again. Fluid in tires also makes it harder to get stopped, so more dangerous on the road and harder on brakes, etc. I can add and remove wheel weights faster and cheaper than waiting on a tire guy. Whenever they pump out a tire around here, you pretty much are donating the fluid back in exchange for the cost to pump it. Weights seem to hold their value. If we take one off, it's worth what we gave for it or more. Just not worth the hassle in my book.
 
With just a little over 160 lbs. of rim guard in each rear tire and me in the seat, my JD G weighs right at 6500 lbs,, then I can add my set of 330 lb. Fresno weights and a set of F and H 150 lb. weights to get near 7500 lbs. if I want to pull in the heavier class or have plenty of ballast for plowing.....and the weights don't stick,out further than the axle ends with the wheels spaced right for pulling a 3-16 set of plows.
 
Fluid may put a bit more traction to the ground,,but a "lot" more issues come with it,,I vote no on fluid,,and a 18.4X34 will hold about a barrel and a half of fluid..say 80 gallon X 8lb. adds up to 640lb,,ad 3 bags of calcium around 150 lbs. equals about 1600lbs ballast,1-500 lb weight on the inside of each wheel, and a pair of 150 lb on the outside of each wheel and you have got around 1600lbs. and you don't really see it...no rust, no hassle when you have a flat..we run 1500 lb. weights on the inside of our 8330's and 9400's.
 
I run CaCl2 in all my tractors. Never had a problem with rust, etc. If a tube gets punctured, I remove, wash out the rim/tire and replace. No rust. And it's cheap.

Down here in central NC, I've contemplated just using straight water since it doesn't get cold for long periods....just haven't gone there yet. Plus with CaCl2, it adds some additional weight (like 3 or 4 #s per gallon).
 
If you have steep ground like we do here in southwestern Pa, liquid balast is a must. No debate about it.
 
Fluid is a power robber.Jack a tractor up with fluid in tires and try turning by hand turns hard .With fluid out it turns easier.Had a IH with 20.8 38 with fluid going up my hills in road gear took more power to go up.I took the fluid out I could really feel the difference.
 
Had fluid in a lot of tractors on the family farm. The cost per pound of weight gained is relatively inexpensive up front, compared to cast iron weights. I put the calcium chloride solution in my 4640 a year after I purchased it (used), because there was not enough weight to put the horsepower to the ground. I think each tire held around 1100 pounds each. When I did not have to depend upon that tractor for heavy pulling anymore and replaced the rear tires, the fluid came out and we added a 450 pound wheel weight to each side. I also have the cast iron center duals. When the tractor had the fluid, it rode harsher and rougher on the road, as this tractor does haul a lot of grain down the road. Since pulling the fluid, I feel the ride is more "forgiving" going over bumps. The yard tractor/loader tractor is the only one left with fluid in the rear tires. There seems to be a frequent leak on one tire on that tractor. Since there is no longer livestock on the farm, with no manure to load, when the tires need to be replaced on that tractor, the fluid is coming out. I am pretty sure I will have rims in need of replacement then, too. I realize cast iron is much more expensive, but I detest the calcium chloride solution and what it does to paint and steel. I do not care to see that product again.
 
(quoted from post at 12:58:14 10/25/17) Loaded tires verses wheel weights. Please give me your opinion. Thanks.

Steel does not leak out-------Calcium doesn't hurt as much when it falls on your foot

One of the tractors I have has hub mount weights, calcium in the tires and I still chain it up at times.
Every area, climate and machine have different needs.

120 volt or 240 volt

Chains or straps

Gas or Diesel

There are no one size fits all answers to some questions.
 
Back in the 70's we put fluid in the duels of a 4630 that we were pulling a disc too big for it,,it really killed it on the road..I told my Brother we needed ether a smaller disc or a bigger tractor...we bought a 8630..solved the problem.
 

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