Beet juice

[cuby]

Anyone heard of this or tried it for tire ballast? What are the bennifits over other ballast?

 

[howdy1960]

I may or may not be right but tire guys told me when they put it in my rears it weighs less cal load but doesn't rust rims out and is animal safe

 

[Brendon-KS]

Rim Guard is the commercial name for it. You can google it - they have a lot of info on their website.

 

[Mike Groom]

I believe it's called Rim-Guard,and it does weigh a little less per gallon than calcium but won't rust the rims out,a little more money and may be harder to find a dealer for it since it's relatively new.

 

[Jim in rush co]

The Rim Guard is 11 pounds per gallon, and doesn't need a tube.

 

[Jim in rush co]

Tag says protected but don't if a warranty or not.

 

[Jim in rush co]

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[dpendzic]

I used old antifreeze and got it for free from my local gas station

 

[Jim Naden]

(quoted from post at 15:41:51 07/26/15) Anyone heard of this or tried it for tire ballast? What are the bennifits over other ballast?

The tire service we use at work refuses to service tires filled with beet juice after several bad experiences dealing with the stuff during puncture repairs.

Iron ballast doesn't leak out and go away if you get a puncture.

 

[Brendon-KS]

Just curious, is it something about the beet juice or do they reject working on any fluid-filled
tire? I would think that servicing a tire filled with beet juice would be less of a problem than
dealing with calcium chloride. Our local tire shop advertises Rim Guard at their customer counter
and I've been tempted to have some garden tractor tires loaded with it.

 

[K Effective]

I had the rears filled with rim guard on my JD 5400- Deere wants over $1000 for new iron and I did not find any used weights for sale after 90 days. works well to stabilize the rear when using the loader, and was less than $400 IIRC

 

[JD Farmer]

I have rim-gard in all my garden tractor tires with no tubes.....

Be forewarned....it will eat the rubber part of the valve stem away from the brass part of the china made valve stems...usually won't know you have that problem until you either try to get the cap off or when washing the wheels and accidentally pull on the stem....had it happened at least 3 different times.
So I bought new chrome stems that bolt in....
My son has his CUT rear tires loaded with it and no tubes....left rear won't stop slow leaking around the inner bead....
Temporary fix on the cheap rubber stems is just use a zip tie around it to hold it together....have 2 or 3 like that right now and no problem. Some day I'll get them replaced.

 

[OldBuzzard]

(quoted from post at 22:43:30 07/26/15) I have rim-gard in all my garden tractor tires with no tubes.....

Be forewarned....it will eat the rubber part of the valve stem away from the brass part of the china made valve stems...

That's why the Rim Guard folks tell you to use metal valve stems and not the rubber ones.

I have it in at least three of my Bolens large frames.

It's definitely a more cost effective solution that wheel weights.

 

[jeffcat]

Same here. I put used anti freeze in all of my garden tractors. Makes a very big difference in how they are FAR less tippy when you are mowing.

 

[howdy1960]

Running tires with tubes filled and steel weights on my little tractor

 

[Jim Naden]

(quoted from post at 17:26:55 07/26/15) Just curious, is it something about the beet juice or do they reject working on any fluid-filled
tire? I would think that servicing a tire filled with beet juice would be less of a problem than
dealing with calcium chloride. Our local tire shop advertises Rim Guard at their customer counter
and I've been tempted to have some garden tractor tires loaded with it.

Just the beet juice. Calcium they handle.

 

[Leroy]

Just planning on getting a price today for my Wheel Horse.

 

[L.Fure]

I put it in anything that I want to add weight to. Far cheaper than steel weights and easier on the back. I've never had trouble with it leaking out. But I do insist on having tubes put in though. I just don't trust a tubeless tire on a tractor.

 

[Pair-a-dice farm]

(quoted from post at 09:33:02 07/27/15)
I put it in anything that I want to add weight to. Far cheaper than steel weights and easier on the back. I've never had trouble with it leaking out. But I do insist on having tubes put in though. I just don't trust a tubeless tire on a tractor.

Just curious, why do you not trust tubeless tires on tractors? I've got them on all but 1 tractor, I like them.

 

[L.Fure]

(quoted from post at 15:09:47 07/27/15)

(quoted from post at 09:33:02 07/27/15)
I put it in anything that I want to add weight to. Far cheaper than steel weights and easier on the back. I've never had trouble with it leaking out. But I do insist on having tubes put in though. I just don't trust a tubeless tire on a tractor.

Just curious, why do you not trust tubeless tires on tractors? I've got them on all but 1 tractor, I like them.

Don't know, I just don't trust them.