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8n13325

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Craziest thing I've learned in 60 years.
Everyone considering tire ballast wants to maximize performance and minimize cost. A wide variety of ballasts can be used, including water, windshield washer fluid, beet juice, calcium chloride, antifreeze and polyurethane foam.
Just anti-freeze here in Washington. Maybe 20 degrees in Feb for a day or typically to 90 degrees in Aug.
Local tire shop didn't know what I was talking about when I asked for the valves that you use to put in and removing the water.

KEEP THE RUBBER DOWN
 
(quoted from post at 17:11:32 07/16/20) Craziest thing I've learned in 60 years.
Everyone considering tire ballast wants to maximize performance and minimize cost. A wide variety of ballasts can be used, including water, windshield washer fluid, beet juice, calcium chloride, antifreeze and polyurethane foam.
Just anti-freeze here in Washington. Maybe 20 degrees in Feb for a day or typically to 90 degrees in Aug.
Local tire shop didn't know what I was talking about when I asked for the valves that you use to put in and removing the water.

KEEP THE RUBBER DOWN
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I take it that you do not have a Tractor Supply Co. in your town. But you can go online to TSC and order the valve.
 
Lest you forget, there's cast iron
ballast of several types too.


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I got kind of lucky when I purchased my 8N. The tires were loaded and it had those cast iron weights too.
 
I've had those weights in the photo for a
long time now. Tried to plow a garden and
just spun the tires so I bought those.
Had them on 3 or 4 tractors now. What's
nice about them us they'll fit any Ford
or Fergie with 28" rims.
Here's a set of weights I made and used
for a while. Ha ha. Goofy looking but
they worked good. They were elevator
weights @ 50 lbs per. I sold them on that
tractor.


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Does putting the weight on the axles rather than on or in the tires put more stress on the wheel bearings?
 
The same about of weight distributed around the wheel would mean that a less amount has direct down pressure on the wheel bearings while
still providing the traction.
 
RG,
Yes.
But they will carry quite a bit.
Those 12 weights in the photo weighed
around 600 lbs - about the same as the
average 5' brush mower and a guy wouldn't
hessitate to carry one of those.
They do have limitations though.
In the 2/3/4/5000 owners manual there is
a ballast chart that shows weighting
limitations. I'd bet there's OEM
literature out there somewhere that shows
similar info for the Ns, NAAs and
Hundreds.


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