Re: Fluid in tires: CaCl..vs..antifreeze/windshiel

Posted by Dan-IA on June 21, 2006 at 20:22:37 from (207.177.13.221):

In Reply to: Fluid in tires: CaCl..vs..antifreeze/windshield wa posted by DigDugNC on June 21, 2006 at 16:05:06:

Why my method is the best method?

Dad's a farmer. He used to be an IH mechanic.
Said everytime he had to do transmission work and the gears were all chewed up, he walked up to the tires and tapped 'em. Yup, you can hear the fluid in the tires.

So, he swears at fluid in tires. Walks away from tractors on auction if there's fluid in 'em.

Want more traction? Duals. More weight? Wheel weights, or weights on the front. Still more weight? Use a bigger tractor. Don't have one big enough? You're trying too hard, that implement doesn't need to go that fast or that deep.

I can't speak for using antifreeze or windshield wiper fluid, but I have several rims on older tractors (grandpa's) that are so rusted I wouldn't trust 'em any further than to pull it out of the shed to change 'em. Stuck my finger right through where it should have been a solid rim. Granted, two of my old Cockshutts hadn't run in 20 years and the tires were flat, but I haven't seen anything so rusted out as a rim that had CaCl in it.

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