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We always ballasted loader tractor tyres back in the day, salt is a lot cheaper than antifreeze.
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Ok it measures 26.5 inches×27 inches×55 inches so any idea what that would weigh?A kelly block is usually 1m x 1m x 1m which is 2.2 ton.................................................................................
I reckon 1.43 tonnesOk it measures 26.5 inches×27 inches×55 inches so any idea what that would weigh?
1 litre of water is just over a kiloWhat weight in water do yo think youd get I there
Ok so near half a ton1 litre of water is just over a kilo
We put about 200 litres in the 13.6 36 wheels on ours
Starmaxx tyres have a chart on their website that gives sizes/litres and weight
That's what I used
Should be plentyI reckon 1.43 tonnes
We always ballasted loader tractor tyres back in the day, salt is a lot cheaper than antifreeze.
Local outfit put ordinary antifreeze in ours at 20% dilution rateThe tyre boys use calcium chloride iirc.
It would take a sharp frost to freeze 200+ litres of water, and in any case a tyre is obviously flexible enough to cope with a lot of expansionA very long time ago we had a IH 475 with a loader on and silage bales came along we filled the rear tyres with water never got around to put any anti freeze or something similar in never had any problems we used to have decent winters back then too .
Didn’t fill them right up eitherIt would take a sharp frost to freeze 200+ litres of water, and in any case a tyre is obviously flexible enough to cope with a lot of expansion
I wouldn't like driving about with shards of ice trying to get out thoughIt would take a sharp frost to freeze 200+ litres of water, and in any case a tyre is obviously flexible enough to cope with a lot of expansion
We used to use salt at Shukers (red rock salt, and mix it into the water with the pressure washer on hot in a drum, then pump into the tyre with a pto vane pump I think).We always ballasted loader tractor tyres back in the day, salt is a lot cheaper than antifreeze.
It's not so much the shards of ice, used to drive a JD4040 with a pair of Trelleborgs on the back which used to freeze up when we had proper winters in the 80's. Used to skip when on the road fairish then when you stopped the blocks would still be spinning round inside so a real ar5e to keep it still at a junction!I wouldn't like driving about with shards of ice trying to get out though