Tire fluid IV. - Page 2

cmatthew · #11 12-29-2010, 04:27 PM

hey, your work bench looks just like mine. no room left on it whatsoever!

squatch · #12 12-30-2010, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by cmatthew

hey, your work bench looks just like mine. no room left on it whatsoever!

Ha Ha you are correct! It seems the more bench I have the more mess I make of it. I do try to keep the shop clean but I'm playing catch up on to many projects that keep overlapping. Makes it hard to stop and put things away. I have taken a little time since those pics were taken to get organized agaain. Till next time!

Mountain Heritage · #13 01-02-2011, 04:38 PM

So how are your tires working out Squatch? Any action shots after filling them with fluid? How are the True Powers working in the snow/ice - you only loaded them right, you haven't put chains on them yet?

squatch · #14 01-03-2011, 12:32 AM

Haven't had any snow to move so far. Just a couple of dustings. We dodged the bullet last week when the NE got hammered. It just kinda went around us. They worked fine in the muddy back yard this weekend hauling firewood. The ride is very firm with the fluid in them. Side hilling with the cab feels a lot safer. If and when we get some real snow I'll try to get some pics.

While I was splitting wood this weekend I broke down my rear turfs. Log splitter makes a great bead breaker. I have an extra set of rear wheels with turfs on them for using chains. One already had a tube in it but the valve was crooked. I wanted to straighten that out. I have a spare 26x12 tube so I'll put that in the other then I'll fill them. These are old tires so I feel the tubes are a good idea in case one of the tires is a leaker. Plus it didn't cost anything just my time. I'll fill them as well as soon as I get a chance. The new AGs don't have tubes.

Mountain Heritage · #15 01-03-2011, 07:33 AM

Nice....glad to hear they are working out. If you were doing it again, would you put tubes in the ags if you were filling them? Only thinking of in the future, be on the safer side? Or do you think you will get so many years out of the tires anyway, by the time they start to rot, they will be finished anyway? Just thinking out loud for when I do it to mine (hopefully sometime this year if the funds are there and the wife doesn't have another list of things!)
Working in the mud with them.....that would be interesting to see how they would work out hauling wood in the bush in the wet spring weather. Be fun to use the Cub instead of the atv some days just to change things up - and get some seat time!

squatch · #16 01-03-2011, 10:34 PM

As for the tubes I'm not even concerned. Wheels were freshly painted before installing the tires. Unless I was using something corrosive like calcium chloride (wouldn't use that stuff with tubes) I don't think it's needed for that. If your worried about punctures in new tires go for a 6 ply instead of 4. I'm using them in the Turfs because I have them and the tires are probably the originals on an '86. Don't want them leaking fluid.And those will now be used just for chains which can be hard on tires if they get loose. Particularly old ones. Over all I really like the new tire set up. They work much better than the old ones so far and they just plain look right to me.

AGs were made for mud! Low speed self cleaning.

edit to add: One of the problems with tubes is the valves can get cocked at an angle during mounting and during use and then they are at risk for cutting the valve. That's probably a bigger risk than not having tubes.

jeff k. · #17 01-04-2011, 01:53 PM

That thing looks cool. Good job being creative. Just a dumb question has anyone ever tried using just salt water or would that freeze ?

JOHN SCHUTTE · #18 01-04-2011, 02:10 PM

Wouldn't salt speed up the rusting off the steel wheels?

cmatthew · #19 01-04-2011, 04:33 PM

and odd enough...salt water can still freeze at sub zero temps. unless you use all salt and little water and they will rust the heck out of your rims. besides, washer fluid is only about a dollar a gallon.

squatch · #20 01-04-2011, 05:02 PM

That's pretty much what calcium chloride is. Salt. That's the old standard but it does rust out rims. The best for ultimate weight is "rimguard" which is a brand name for beet juice. Doesn't freeze or corrode or cause problems if it leaks. Most weight per gallon and very reasonable price wise unless the dealer is overcharging. I found prices do vary dealer to dealer. They have to put it in and just wasn't convienent at the time for me. WWF is cheap and fairly safe if you spring a leak. You can do it at home.