The rear tire on my 8N just split open from old age. It has fluid in it. I want to find a way to remove the fluid and save it. needs to come out of the valve stem. How?
Then I can just buy a cheap tire and put it on myself.
Karl
The rear tire on my 8N just split open from old age. It has fluid in it. I want to find a way to remove the fluid and save it. needs to come out of the valve stem. How?
Then I can just buy a cheap tire and put it on myself.
Karl
With a pump. Which is most easily obtained by having a the tractor-tire changing ruck which is equipped with a pump, etc. come and do it. CaCl2 is highly corrosive, so the pump won't live long unless it's all plastic, or otherwise resistant. Frugal might actually lean towards having the well-equipped guy do it once every 20 years or so as needed, cheap will require cobbling something up - perhaps a hose (with tire valve fittings on each end) and an empty inner tube on the ground, with the wheel jacked up so it can flow out by gravity...?
Just out of curiosity, why do they put fluid in a tire? Is it an anti- leak additive?
Karl A Simmer paddle pump works fine. Unscrew the valve stem from the tube and use and adapter to go to garden hose.
1- Bucket under tire
2- Drill hole
--Just a thought
I hoard peristaltic pumps because you never know what you might need to pump.
It makes the tractor heavier for more traction.
The question of why tires have fluid put in them was asked and to this I say:
Weight. The cheapest way to get weight on the tractor for traction is water with an antifreeze agent in it. Easy to install, easy to remove and easy to adjust the weight for changing ground conditions.
H.R.
Ballast.
It adds weight to the wheel for better traction.
Jim
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Water some plants with it, then get some new "fluid" from your garden hos, Karl.
LLoyd
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Weight/traction. As Ecnerwal said, sometimes there CaCl2 in there for freeze protection. But that stuff is dirt cheap. It's less trouble to just dump it, and make more. (and it's easier to put the dry crystals in the tire when mounting it, than to try and mix the fluid and pump it in.)
LLoyd
OK, here's how NOT to do it. Remove entire valve core, its big enough to put air blow gun right down barrel with room to spare. Tape up air gun and valve stem so they are tight against a 3/4 sweat Tee. Clamp hose onto other side of Tee and go to a barrel. Apply air. Works great, until tire blows out in your face.
Karl
That is just too freaking practical.
Wes
At least it's not -20. I changed a tire with fluid in it when it was damn cold and it's almost instant frostbite when you get wet with liquid that cold. I'm just getting dug out from the 18" of wet heavy snow we had yesterday. Steve
Cheap and tractor tire do not belong in the same sentence. I just replaced the pair on my TO-20 with new Titan 12.4 X 28 ags. $483.00 plus shipping! Added Beet Juice ballast (I HATE CaCl,).
$500 for a pair is an OK price. I found a guy that will do one with no fluid - $185 tire, $30 tube, $40 labor. Then, of course, the governor will get his cut.
$500 for a pair is an OK price. I need same size. I found a guy that will do one with no fluid - $185 tire, $30 tube, $40 labor. Then, of course, the governor will get his cut.
Kill the plants, and put in fluid that freezes at 32F. Not a good plan.
Remember to pay the garden hos at the end of the day.
The solution is heavier than water.
Not a good practice. Always add the CaCl2 to the water. There is a lot of heat generated. Karl, here is a page that may be useful.
--Andy Asberry--
------Texas-----
I'd think the fluid would flow from gravity down to the level of the outlet. Then a pump is needed.
What kind of fluid ? - was it water or a heavy liquid ?
Martin
Mart> The rear tire on my 8N just split open from old age. It has fluid in it. I
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