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03/12/12, 06:13 PM
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How do I load my garden tractors tires with water?
I want to 3/4ths thereabouts fill the tires with water.. How can I do it??
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03/12/12, 09:18 PM
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Here most parts stores have a hose to valve fitting not very high . 
I would deflate the tire hook up hose feel the tire it won't take much till you need to shut off the water and press the bleeder valve to let the air out ,then start filling again .
Me i would pore some antifreeze in the hose first .
Example http://www.amazon.com/Milton-MILS466.../dp/B000J1SQXI
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03/12/12, 09:19 PM
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This is what I found on the web:
The adopter I have screws on to the valve stem and to a garden hose, let all the air out, turn on the water, when the tire starts to swell a little, turn off the water and depress the bleeder on the side of the adopter to bleed out the air. You have to do that several times and I lay the tire down at about a 45 degree angle with the valve stem at the highest point. You have to leave some air in the tire so it still has some give to it.
One site said you could get the adaptor at tractor supply.
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03/12/12, 09:24 PM
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You need a special fitting:
http://www.gemplers.com/tech/tire-liquid.htm
I doubt they will hold enough to make it worth the effort though
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03/12/12, 09:32 PM
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I like the Milton best I try to get all my air fittings and gauges by Milton they will last a lot of years . Could fill those tires with powdered lead 
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03/12/12, 09:56 PM
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Rather than water you might consider loading the tires with windshield washer solution like larger tractors are loaded. It reduces corrosion issues.
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03/12/12, 10:26 PM
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tractor tires use calcium chloride solution.
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03/12/12, 10:34 PM
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tractor tires use calcium chloride solution.
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They used to. My 1952 8n is loaded with Calcium Chloride but new ones today are mostly loaded with windshield washer fluid. My new Kubota 50 HP is loaded this way and most of the dealers I spoke with when I was looking at the other brands do the same thing. Not sure when they started switching but it makes sense to me. I've seen what a corroded out rim looks like on a tractor.
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03/12/12, 10:35 PM
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tractor tires use calcium chloride solution.
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Some use beet juice .The salt water is heaver but over time if you get a slow leak it will eat your rim up . We use to put a 100 lbs of calcium chloride in a 13.6x28 tire so on that size tractor you would gain 200 lbs total.
FarmBoyBill could just put a brick of gold in each rear pocket and be more weight than water
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03/13/12, 05:03 AM
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I have used a light mix of water / antifreeze for many years on the tires of my Ferguson TO 20. Works great even at 30 below zero and you won't get that oblong bumpy ride if it gets cold.
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03/13/12, 06:39 AM
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Driz, This is a walking Wards Simplicity garden tractor so I wont be rideing it, and it dosent freeze down here anymore, AND I wouldnt use it if it were froze.
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03/13/12, 09:35 AM
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With that small a tire I would look to see where you could bolt down some steel plate or lead. I just did it to a larger tractor tire with out the fitting.
Let out all the air adapt your air fill to attach to the water. fill slowly with the weight off of the tire and disconnect the fitting when you see the tire take shape and let the air out. As others has said you only want it 3/4 full.
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03/13/12, 09:51 AM
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Well, Im not takeing off the tire off the tube, or the wheel off the tractor, So Ill just have to feel for firmness and adjust that with the weight im feeling in it.
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There won't be enough liquid in those small tires to make any real difference.
You'll be better off to get some lead or steel plates to add the weight
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There won't be enough liquid in those small tires to make any real difference.
You'll be better off to get some lead or steel plates to add the weight
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The only problem with using lead is that some of us are hoarding lead.. You know , just in case we get stuck in a snow drift or something... 
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03/13/12, 04:29 PM
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The only problem with using lead is that some of us are hoarding lead.. You know , just in case we get stuck in a snow drift or something...
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It will still be there if you need it for other uses
A few good sized ingots will weigh a lot more than the volume of water that will fit in those tires
I'd just cast some "donuts" that could be hung on a bolt
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I havnt seen lead in much volum in 50yrs when they used it to fill cracks in concrete where I worked once.
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03/13/12, 06:36 PM
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Eat more, lean back and start to bounce a little if you start to spin!
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03/14/12, 08:12 AM
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It will still be there if you need it for other uses
A few good sized ingots will weigh a lot more than the volume of water that will fit in those tires
I'd just cast some "donuts" that could be hung on a bolt
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Wait! or is it weight!
You are assuming I would give up my lead to be used for weight on a tractor...
That stock pile is for other uses that I will only give up by the grain...ie 180 grain or a 240 grain portion 
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03/14/12, 08:16 AM
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I havnt seen lead in much volum in 50yrs when they used it to fill cracks in concrete where I worked once.
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or the plumbing, or small pressure tanks.. A lot of the lead I have is old plumbing pipes and tanks etc.. I also have wheel weights and weights from pianos plus a good 100 lbs in ingots... But you have to understand I work scrap metal, so anytime I come across lead it is set aside my use later if needed... The rest gets hauled to the scrap yard..
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