Alternatives to calicium?

chas036 · Apr 5, 2018

What are some alternatives I can use instead of calcium in my rear tires. I am looking for something non toxic if it gets on the ground, and non corrosive. I live in the north east, so plain water is not an option.

I know some people around where I live go to salvage yards and get used antifreeze or buy windshield washer fluid to use because it is not corrosive, but I don't want to go that route because of the toxicity.

Also is loading the tires something I can do myself and what tools are needed?

marloweg · Apr 5, 2018

Beet juice

steve706 · Apr 5, 2018

Beet juice is gaining popularity as a nontoxic liquid ballast, no issues to the environment, animals, and people.

SVcummins · Apr 5, 2018

I made a thing to put water in my tires the only
thing was I had to make a way for the air to escape
while the water went In .

onefarmer · Apr 5, 2018

.
How I put fluid in a tire.

JDEM · Apr 5, 2018

"Rimguard" has been a non-toxic and non-corrosive alternative for 20 years. Real popular here in Michigan since we have so many beets.

https://www.rimguardsolutions.com/

Traditional Farmer · Apr 6, 2018

Most of the tire places I know of use methanol/water mix

DR. EVIL · Apr 6, 2018

CAST IRON WEIGHTS. Yes, I was yelling.

Mike M · Apr 6, 2018

ODOT pours it all over the roads ! so if it is good enough for them to dump it all over why can't we ?

Depending on what you are doing cast iron wheel weights may be your best bet ?

buickanddeere · Apr 6, 2018

Cast iron weights. Allows Leak repair in tubeless tires with just a plugging tool. And the weights never loose value .

showcrop · Apr 6, 2018

(quoted from post at 04:17:43 04/06/18) CAST IRON WEIGHTS. Yes, I was yelling.

If the OP wanted cast iron his question would probably have been "where can I find cast iron wheel weights?"

BarnyardEngineering · Apr 6, 2018

Yeah, that calcium chloride stuff is awful. The rims only last 50 years with the stuff.

That's sarcasm if you're having a hard time figuring it out.

The reality is that weight vs. cost, nothing beats calcuim chloride. Beet juice, "Rimguard" costs $3-something a gallon, or more, as I recall. Not cheap.

Start with good smooth rims, put good tubes in your tires, and install the tires correctly, and the fluid will stay in the tubes where it belongs. If for some odd reason you get a leak, FIX IT. Don't let it linger. That's why your rims are rotten now. Someone let a leak go for 20 years...

showcrop · Apr 6, 2018

(quoted from post at 05:21:47 04/06/18) Yeah, that calcium chloride stuff is awful. The rims only last 50 years with the stuff.

That's sarcasm if you're having a hard time figuring it out.

The reality is that weight vs. cost, nothing beats calcuim chloride. Beet juice, "Rimguard" costs $3-something a gallon, or more, as I recall. Not cheap.

Start with good smooth rims, put good tubes in your tires, and install the tires correctly, and the fluid will stay in the tubes where it belongs. If for some odd reason you get a leak, FIX IT. Don't let it linger. That's why your rims are rotten now. Someone let a leak go for 20 years...

The really big thing with calcium is that it cannot corrode the steel without some oxygen. In order to ruin the rims you have to go at it with determination and add more air every few days.

Blackhole49 · Apr 6, 2018

You can load the tires your self with nothing more than a 5 gallon pail and a small siphon hose. I put 55 gallons of washer fluid mixed with about 20 gallons of water in these tires in about an hour and a half (in SE MI, they have never froze). Laid them on an angle on a couple of 6x6s with the bucket on a stool. A little heavy standing back up, but doable. Not sure why your worried about washer fluid, it doesn't even kill my grass when I spill some filling the cars. If you tires and wheels are in good shape, if probably will never leak anyway.

WNYBill · Apr 6, 2018

One of the reasons for beet juice and calcium is because it is heavier than water or
antifreeze or windshield washer fluid. Our tractor repair guys are still using
calcium, they tell me to change valve stem cores every year or 2 and leaking will not
be a problem.

Bill

the tractor vet · Apr 6, 2018

ONLY IN the last few years have people become plum STUPID over tractor weights , not that long ago i was buying I H ft weights for 6-9 dollars a weight sometimes less , rear weights for full 150's by the set 10-15 dollars half weights nobody wanted them , now we are in the i gotta have it NOW society and i don't care what it cost i got to have it NOW . So say you want to ditch the C A L. on a tractor but you need the weight for a loader or tillage , to equal the weight of one LOADED C A L filled tire you will have wheel weights sticking out way past the tire and by the time you BUY that much iron at today's prices you could BUY another tractor . Myself i will stick with CAL and add only four donuts to each side for max traction , other wise i would have Donuts sticking out two feet on each side to even come close.

dpendzic · Apr 6, 2018

TSC sells an adapter for the valve stem for $10--screw it onto the valve stem at 12 oclock position and you can hook up a hose to get the fluid in and it has a button air release on it-i used a 5 gallon bucket and a little sump pump with a hose to fill the tires

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