Re: ?water? in tires
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Posted by Bill on November 09, 1998 at 15:18:58:
In Reply to: ?water? in tires posted by Frank on November 09, 1998 at 15:00:53:
That water is probably a calcium chloride solution
put in your rear tires for weight/ballast. The calcium
chloride keeps the liquid from freezing. I recently had rear tires replaced on my tractor
and the procedure was to pump the liquid out of
one tire into a drum, remove the old tire and tube,
put on a new tire and tube, and then pump the liquid
back in. For the record, the guy who did the work mentioned
that you have to be careful when putting both liquid
and air in tires because dangerous pressures can
build up. I'm not exactly sure how that happens
and its probably nothing you need worry about when
just adding air, but I mention it anyway. My tractor had 55 gallons per wheel which would
have been about 1/2 to 2/3 of the capacity of
tire. Water weighs about 8# per gallon, I'm
assuming the calcium chloride solution weighs
about 10" per gallon. Doues anybody out there
have a better figure?
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