Tire Filling Questions

"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 Link

I likely could come up with a steel drum, not a plastic one. I am also looking for a supplier for bulk windshield washer fluid. The folks at Walmart are gonna look at me kinda funny when I walk out with 110 1 gallon jugs.

Anyone know how much pressure a 55 gallon drum will take before it explodes?

TIA

Aaron

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My guess is that the calcium will weigh about eighty pounds more, because a full bag of salt will dissolve into the wheel's water without increasing its volume.

I could be wrong on this, though.

You don't need more than 10 pounds of pressure, maybe less, but you do need the adapter from Gemplers I've used both, and the only reason I use the NAPA style is because the Gempler one won't work on Garden tractor tires.

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Grub

An advantage with having the pump is you can get most of the fluid back OUT of the tire in short order if you get a puncture.

I use CA CL. I just put new rubber on one tractor that I've owned for 36 years. Calcl used the entire time. No rust. I've used windshield washer fluid on occasion. No problems with it. Not a fan of the idea of using antifreeze unless it's the environmentally safe stuff.

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