We are all free to do whatever we feel works out the best for our tractors. One size does not fit all for sure. I had calcium put in the rears of my 1086 when it was new and had bias ply tires. The fluid gave good traction there was no doubt about it. This lasted for maybe 5000 hours. Then the right rim split on the inside of the rim and it shot fluid over everything under the cab. I washed under the cab the best I could but in a couple of months the transmission was locking into two gears at the same time. The shifting linkage on top of the transmission was freezing up with rust. I ended up taking the floor out of the cab and completely disassembling the shift linkage and shining and greasing every pin and pivot under there. Got that done, then the hydraulic linkage stiffened up so it was back under the cab to take that stuff apart. When the rim was replaced I did not have fluid put back in the tire and I drained the fluid out of the other tire. It was about time for new tires so I replaced the bias plys with radials. The radials gave me more traction but it still needed weight so I bought ten wheel weights on a farm sale and put five weights on each side. Two weights went on the inside of the wheel and three on the outside. now I was back to having comparable traction to the bias tires without fluid and I didn't have to mess with the nasty stuff anymore. I have a loader on that tractor now and I do need more weight in the winter. Fluid would help me out a lot with that but instead of fluid I hang a 1300 pound weight on the three point in the winter, it works on the quick hitch so it is easy on and easy off. So there are ways around using fluid if we don't want to mess with the stuff but in my opinion fluid still gives the best traction and is easier than manhandling weights, it's the corrosive properties of fluid I don't like.
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