Water In My Tractor Tires

For a 40 percent fill move the tire stem to 4 o clock or 8 o clock.

Water in my tractor tires. To fill tractor tires with water the water has to be put in tire tube with the help of a pump or by gravity. Create a gravity feed by raising the bucket. Contact bobby ford tractor equipment today. Agreeing with nodust there is no real con to putting water in your back tires for most people.

To start turn the tire on its side with the valve core facing up. A maximum liquid fill of 40 percent is recommended in rear tires for better tractor performance instead of the previous recommendation of 75 percent fill. Another important condition that has to be met when you are about to fill tractor tires with water is that the water inside the tube should fill only 75 of the space and the rest of the space should be filled with air. In a deere service recommendation sheet for tire loading they suggest a preferred 40 volume fill for liquid ballast but the long standing tradition of tire loading is 75 fill which is the maximum john deere suggests.

Connect the barrel to the tire using a hose and a tractor tire fluid fill kit. For a 75 percent fill move the tire stem to 12 o clock. Position a barrel of ballast fluid in the tractor bucket. Methonal alchol is a more common fill and weights 6 5lbs per gallon.

Water is not a typical tire fill. Filling your tractor tires with water is a great way to maintain their pressure and increase traction. Other fills like calcium beat juice etc can be varying weights. A heavy tractor that sticks to the ground is a safe hard pulling tractor.

Fill tube type or tubeless tires up to valve level 40 percent full with valve a shown above in the 4 o clock position. Some use alchohol some like myself use a mixture of the non toxic or toxic antifreeze and water.