How much water will a 13.6-28 tire hold ?

AG48 · Jul 24, 2012

I have 13.6-28 tires on my Int'l. 424. Right now they are dry, but I want to know how much water (gallons or pounds-either will be OK) they will hold.

Anybody know ?

John_PA · Jul 24, 2012

wouldn't it be easier to buy a swimming pool?

John_PA · Jul 24, 2012

Sorry, I couldn't resist... It was too easy.

Anyhow, here is a chart you can use.

http://www.tractorsmart.com/Farm_Tractor_Liquid_Tire_Ballast.htm

AG48 · Jul 24, 2012

Sorry John but a 424 won't float.

old · Jul 24, 2012

With out pulling out one of my manual if I remember right it is around 32 gals

Texasmark1 · Jul 25, 2012

I had the local ag tire store fill mine when I bought my tractor. They had 2ea 55 gallon drums in the truck and mixed the AF and water then pumped the solution into the tires.

After filling, one winter/spring day I saw the shadow of the solution via condensation on the tire and I was at about 60% of the height of the tire off the ground.

So, if completely full, I'd say about 85-90 gallons. One could calculate the area and get an idea: Area of the tire cross section x average circumference...measured in the center of the air section of the tire. Take the volume you get from that and divide it by the volume of a gallon of liquid (0.1337 cu ft, or 231 cu in.)

Area of the cross section is: pi (22/7) x [radius (half the diameter of the air section)]squared. If your answer is somewhere around 11.5 cu ft. or 19,500 cu in, you have an 85 gallon full capacity .

So on mine at 50 gallons per tire and water at approx 7#/gallon I picked up 350# per tire.

Mark

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