I bought a new tractor and wanted some rear tire ballast. Easiest way to get it was to load the tires with fluid. I called my full service tire dealer and he sent his service truck out with 2ea 55 gallon drums.
He poured in 6 gallons of AF per drum and filled with water. One drum per tire. Tires are 16.9x34 and it filled them about half way. So I got about 7# x50 or 350# per tire and that worked out just fine.
He said not to worry about it. The inside of the tire is slick and the tire is flexible and any slush in there wouldn't hurt anything.
Since you are up there you surely would want a higher ratio than I need down here. But I doubt you would need to go as far as the ratio you put in your vehicles.
On comments about sloshing, the only way I know they are fluid filled is if I slam on the brakes. In doing so there is a slight rocking of the tractor, not enough to make it roll on soil for a minute or two but you know you have fluid filled tires. Otherwise you don't know it's in there.
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