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My lil D 15 Needs Ballast

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John T

02-05-2006 10:10:09




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Due to all this warm wet Indiana weather lately, my lil D 15 is a bit light when wrestling big bales in the mud, anyone know how much weight can be added by filling the 14.9 x 26 tires with fluid????? Any suggested alternatives besides corrosive Calcium Chloride???

It will easily lift a bale up front with the loader (I usually ONLY use the rear carrier), but with no bale on back its hard to move let alone try n back up. If it stays so wet n sloppy I may regret selling my JD 620 lol

John T

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Texas Denny

02-06-2006 08:35:00




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 Re: My lil D 15 Needs Ballast in reply to John T, 02-05-2006 10:10:09  
Well, I expect some flack on this. I recommend the CaCl solution. Granted, it is corrosive but water is corrosive as well. But the advantage of CaCl is weight. The specific gravity of saturated CaCl is nearly 3. Of course, water is 1.0 and water with antifreeze is about the same. A 14.9x26 should hold about 150# of water or 300# for both. If it is CaCl, that becomes 450# and 900#. Not everyone can get the saturation to 3.0 but even 2.0 doubles the weight. The corrosivity is an issue if the wheels are not maintained and allowed to leak over a long period of time - long period being several years. If the valve stems and tubes are good, the solution is not a problem. If you use water with antifreeze, the corrive nature of water is reduced but not eliminated.

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John T (Update)

02-06-2006 09:05:36




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 Re: My lil D 15 Needs Ballast in reply to Texas Denny, 02-06-2006 08:35:00  
Thanks everyone, I just called a local shop who says to avoid corrosion they use Methanol and Water and it adds about 400 lb per tire and that sounds darn good cuz of the good weight PLUS no corrosion like CaCl.

Any Methanol horror stories, am I gonna explode or die from using it?????

John T



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BCnT

02-05-2006 11:33:35




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 Re: My lil D 15 Needs Ballast in reply to John T, 02-05-2006 10:10:09  
i use plain water down here in Tejas but neighbor uses antifreeze in his...should be able to get 12-15 gallons in there...no real need for 50-50 mix since theres no wind chill like in a radiator...couple gallons per rear should be fine...ya mite think about visiting local junkyard and pick up a junk 454 or 460 engine...i keep one around for quick weight if i need it...gets pretty soupy here and cant use weight all the time.

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Jim Rose (NC)

02-05-2006 11:18:31




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 Re: My lil D 15 Needs Ballast in reply to John T, 02-05-2006 10:10:09  
I use antifreeze in the front and rear tires of my D15. I put 5 gallons in each rear and top off with water. 1 gallon in each front tire and top off with water. We don't get as cold for as long in eastern NC as you do in Indiana so you may want to increase the porportion some. Additionally you may want to use the environmentally friendly stuff if you have farm pets just to be on the safe side incase you have a leak. There is a Good Year or Firestone site that list the additional weight when ballasting tires, I forget which. Jim

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02-05-2006 10:45:04




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 Re: My lil D 15 Needs Ballast in reply to John T, 02-05-2006 10:10:09  
John, I use wind sheild wiper fluid to fill my tires. Its not as heavy as the CACL but it also doesn't rust the rims. I even know an easy way to fill the tires if you need that also.



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