Why NOT to put Calcium Chloride in your tires
 

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This is why you should never, ever, ever, EVER put Calcium Chloride in a tubeless tire.
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I personally wouldn't be putting it in a tubed tire, either...

Dawn dish soap! Won't freeze. Won't rust.

I know ALL of you will argue with me, I'm a nutter. Do as you will.

8oz to one wheel/tire with water.

Scott

For some reason I can't see the pic, but I've seen a lot of calcium chloride results. I use RimGard in all my tractors. It's beet juice....basically. It's heavy too - adds 502# to one 14.9 x 24 R1. I can also tell you it doesn't taste too good, especially after being in a tractor tire for a few years.....

I can't see the pic either. But I have a silly question: how might I add soap and water or any other liquid to my tires. Take out the valve stem and pump something in?

Go to TS and in the tire section you'll find a hose to stem adapter to about $12 IIRR, works great. And the Dawn, just lay wheel/tire on it's back and open the spout on the Dawn and let it run in the stem, once streaming it'll go right in.

Scott

PS. as Matt warns about breakage, soap is harmless.

Further- soap changes the ph level of water, I'm not a chemist so don't ask me how but it inhibits rust. Also I tested this last winter and we have several days in a row of 9 degree cold and tires did not freeze.

That's a lot of soap! A picture flashed thru my brain just now - it was a flat in a rain storm! THAT's a lot of suds! :biggrin2.gif:

papaglide.
Here is the setup i use. Works pretty well.

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I fill the bucket with windshield washer fluid (or what ever you are going to use) Then my pickup hose to the pump. From the pump to the tire, going through the adapter.

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Bought this drill powered fluid pump at the hardware store. Wasnt sure how long it would last, but it has filled 8 23x10.5-12 tires so far. It was less than $20.00

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This is the adapter i use. It hooks to the end of the garden hose from the pump and hooks to the valve stem of the tire. You have to stop the pump every so often and let the pressure out . There is a little button valve on the side of the adapter.

Great write up and pics Diz! Thanks for sharing. :beerchug:

I use "Rimguard" also. The stuff weighs 11lbs per gallon. It's toally biodegradable and even aproved as animal feed. I haven't really checked around to compare prices, but I paid $3.85 per gallon the last time I had tires filled. Here's the link: http://www.rimguard.biz/

AJ