Re: cheapest way to add weight?

Posted by Gerald J. on November 03, 2006 at 17:55:13 from (67.0.102.64):

In Reply to: cheapest way to add weight? posted by PJBrown on November 03, 2006 at 17:10:43:

Until you get the side effects, liquid, generally calcium chloride is the cheapest weight. When a tire leaks, the resulting pile of rust costs a whole lot more to recover than you saved. There is no if, just when and when there is a leak, there is instant rust, through the paint.

There are alternatives to CaCl that weigh a bit less, such as windshield spray, or one out of Michigan based on beet juice but that beet juice is expensive and I've not found many places carrying it.

I used to have CaCl in my MF-135, then a tire side wall cracked and pinched the tube. The tractor rusted instantly because it was an inside sidewall and I was running down the road. The new tires having tread pulled better without liquid than the old ones did with and I'm never putting CaCl in a tractor of mine again.

Gerald J.

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