The best way to fill a tractor tire with fluid....

Let me tell you how I did it on a MF 35 this spring.
First you go to www.Gemplers.com and order Item no.
AQF1 Quick fill tractor tire Attachment.$13.95.
Next you get two plastic 55 gallon Barrels with the
caps you can screw a pipe fitting in. In one cap
you put a fitting with a valve in it that you can
screw a garden hose to. In the other,you put a
valve stem like the type found in water tanks for
pressureizing the tank. Then you take your barrels
and go to the local car dealer and ask if he has any
used antifreeze you can haul away for him. He has
to pay to have it hauled away if you don't take it
Usually they wind up with oil floating on top of
the antifreeze. so if he has a pump to pump it
into your barrels, you can stop before you get any
oil. It takes about two barrels for 12.4x28 tires
Then you take it home, and leave it right on the
truck. Jack up one wheel of the tractor let the
air out and remove the tractor tire core housing.
with the valve stem at the top, attach the adapter
you got from Gemplers, and hook a hose to it. I
use a washing machine hose. Install the barrel
plugs in the barrel with the fittings on them.
Then lay the barrel down on its side with the plug
with the valve on the bottom. Barrel still on the
truck.hook the hose to the barrel, and open the
valve. If you put pressure to the barrel,no more
than MAXIMUM OF 10 POUNDS did I say MAX 10 pounds.
It took about 20 minutes to transfer the anti-
freeze into the tire. When it starts to squirt out
the adapter, its full, shut off the valve,
remove the hose and adapter and reinstall the
tractor tire core housing still leaking isn't it
you should have put the valve core back in the
housing while you were waiting for the tire to
fill. Don't ask how I know.Next step is to inflate
the tire to 12 lbs. Then do the other one.
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will tell you how much your tire holds. Good Luck
Oh, Don't get that $8.25 Adapter from Napa. Its
to slow Link
will>Link tell you how much your tire takes

You can get the adapters at Gemplers.com. You need to pump the solution into the tires - a variety of stuff available. Standby is calcium cholride but this stuff will rust about anything it comes in contact with. Newer antifreeze solutions are available - check with your local tractor supply house. To pump it in get a small pump that is driven by a 3/8 hand drill and a couple of wash machine hoses. Hook it all up - put the valve stem at the top and pump away. Instructions come with the valve stem adapters as to how to vent the air.

If you are doing small lawn tractor tires, you can use windshield washer fluid.

Finally, before you go to all this -- get a price from your local implement dealer -- around here it is about as cheap to have it done than to do it yourself - if you have a way of handling the loaded tires -- they are heavy.

FWIW

JU

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