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This is my opinion, there are a number of different ones, to each their own. :) If you want fluid in a tire (3 of my 7 tractors are loaded, I just had one loaded last week) CC is the best way to go. If this is a working tractor, rust really isn't an issue. My bigger tractor gets rusty rims from hauling gravity boxes in the highway salt on the road in winter, and my loader tractor gets rusty rims from the manure it has to work in. Don't have any CC rusting issues from the few leaks I've gotten. Some of these tractors have been loaded with CC since the 50s. If it's a show tractor that sits around, you wouldn't need them loaded anyhow. This is where rust from the CC becomes a problem. It gets a weeping leak, no one notices, and the salt sits there & eats away for 6 months in the shed, or years in the tree line. During normal use, a leak is noticed, or just using it wipes the brine away.... My tire changing coop would be upset if I contaminated their CC with something toxic like antifreeze. Antifreeze is too light. It is too expensive. It is too toxic. Yes, even the low-toxic new stuff is still far more toxic than CC. Antifreeze comes in at 6 lbs per gallon, water is a bit over 8, and CC can be 11+ lbs per gallon. If you want weight, do it right and get the weight. Perhaps you are talking about Rimguard or the beet pulp stuff? I hear it's good, it's heavy, works well. Only knock is it's more expensive & it is a bit harder to find. Other people feel differently, and to each their own. This is how I feel about it. --->Paul
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