calcium fluid replacement

carvel minne farmer

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good morning all I was out to bills farm near devon yesterday an avid allis chalmers collector and during our tour of his collection I showed him the rotted rim in the back of my truck, bill explained to me they had switched to -40 windshield washer fluid years ago not quite as much weight per gallon but very close and no worrys about rotted rims and corrosion! Monday morning I will be calling my tire man and setting up the switch out!! john
 
What are you going to try to pull? On a good day M5 only 60 hp. Don't bother with fluid if
you are just using as a play tractor. 12 ft cultivator or 4 bottom is a struggle for them!
 
got a 10 ft. disc, 10 ft. cultivator, and 2 bottom mm Moline af plow and a jd 336 baler, so the m5 should have no problem with them. talking to alan and john it's possible to add a 3rd. bottom to the af, so the m5 still should be just loafing along. I'm not looking to be a big time puller or pull the big equipment, I'm thinking the extra weight of the fluid will help in the winter with snow removal and pulling the odd city indy 500 driver that flies off the road into the ditch on the corner in front of our place!! (cash only tows of course)
 
took your advice this morning gb and took the tire back to the tire shop and had the calcium pumped out going with just air as the running m5 has wheel weights on it so should be no problem handling the smaller implements I've got! I will have the other 4 tires done up the same way new tubes and just aired up, going to get a spare set up so I don't have to rob a tire off peter for paul!
 
I have had the calcium chloride fluid in the rear tires of a couple of my tractors. I have a 2 cylinder John Deere that necessitated replacement of the rims. I also have another 2 cylinder tractor which is in need of a single rim due to calcium chloride rusting/rotting out the rim. I don't use any of these tractors for a lot of things other than putting around on a few minor tasks, as well as some haying and working them from time to time just to put a load on them and keep them limbered up. I had the calcium chloride solution in a farm tractor I use very regularly. When I first purchased it, we used it for some fall tillage, but it is on a bit lighter duty now. When I replaced the rear tires, we got rid of the fluid and put some cast iron weights on the rear instead. With the fluid, it rode horribly down the road while hauling grain. I think there was just too little cushion in the tires where the air was. We only have one tractor with fluid, and it is a yard tractor with a front end loader. It is my dad's tractor. When the time comes, I will probably steer him towards getting rid of the fluid when the tires need replacing. If you find it essential to use fluid, I would certainly use something less prone to causing rusting/rotting than calcium chloride.
 
Little OT, where abouts are you located Carvel?
No chance around edmonton?
Back on topic, used windshield washer fluid today in the rear tires on my fergy for a bit more weight. Greg Distributors carries a concentrated product that you then dilute as needed to get the freezing point you want. I went with -25C. Added about 320 pounds.
 
(quoted from post at 21:43:56 08/21/17) Little OT, where abouts are you located Carvel?
No chance around edmonton?
Back on topic, used windshield washer fluid today in the rear tires on my fergy for a bit more weight. Greg Distributors carries a concentrated product that you then dilute as needed to get the freezing point you want. I went with -25C. Added about 320 pounds.
good morning Thomas, yes we are located close to Edmonton we're about 12 k west of stony plain and south of highway 16 and 43 junction about 4 k. where abouts are you located? john
 

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