Beet Juice

[Ted in NE-OH]

I use winshield washer fluid. Buy when on sale.

 

[old-9]

On my ford Jubilee with loader I have iron weights and get along fine. First I have axle weights, they mount to the axles behind the fenders. They are out of the way and out of sight. 150 pounds each side = 300 pounds. Next I have a set of PIE weights, they mount to the lug bolts with a special bolt adapter. A mounting plate then mounts to the adapters with the original lug nuts, these plates are about 50 pounds each side.12 pie shaped cast iron weights then mount to the plate with bolts , mine weigh about 30 pounds each times 12 plus 50 = 410pounds each side =820pounds plus the axle weights 300 =1120 pounds. I do not have a problem with traction often. Last year I rigged a mount for a boom pole on my loader bucket this puts the weight lifted another 3 to 5 feet in front of my bucket. With this set up I moved an old big block Ford engine (360) with a c-6 transmission attached. Now that did make for slow movement and the rear was light. I have photos to prove it.
So if you can find cast weights , they work well. joe
pie weights

 

[VicS]

Just bring your liquid filled tires to a pulling contest, you will find iron weights out pull liquid weights in tires. Water is harder than air. So air tires conform to the irregularities of the ground. Sorry.

 

[Stan Coryell]

I live in South Jersey, it rarely gets
below 15, normally it's well above 20.

Calcium would be the best for my 202. It
is the heaviest, there's no box hanging of
the back, and it is cheaper than iron. I
ended up putting washer fluid in my tires.
It was $200 for 55 gallons of concentrate.
That gave me about 800#s. That much steel
would be around $700. The only reason I
didn't use calcium: sometimes I don't move
the tractor for a month or more. I didn't
want to chance of a vlave stem leaking and
having the hassle of draining and taking
the tire off and all that. Beet juice from
what I read is more expensive and the tire
man has to put it in. More hassle.

When I want another 450#s, I put the box
blade on. Calcium would be the best, just
not in my case.

 

[hd6gtom]

Does it get below freezing there. If it does use something
else. You can't pump it when it gets below freezing. 30+
years ago when it first was introduced, we took a serious look
at it. Since we have 5 months of cold weather here we decided
to stick with calcium.

 

[Leroy]

Problem is I have never found cast weights to fit any N series or 3 digit number series Fords. Get up to 1965 and later Fords no problem. And I have been around then for a long time as Dad bought the first ford in 44 and now 79 years old.

 

[old-9]

Leroy, Those pie weights that I linked to will fit an 8-N. The axle weights fit many of the Fords from my 39 to the hundred series. Just have to look for them and be lucky, took me several years to find all I have. The axle weights are a finger smasher. I found a way to install safely. later Joe

 

[Blackhole49]

It depends on what their selling. My son filled his truck with washer fluid in WY this summer. It froze at 10. My mine is about 50/50 and as stated, has froze in over 10 years in MI.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

(quoted from post at 21:47:36 01/01/23) Need some rear weight on my Ford 3000 with loader. My neighbor says beet juice is the best choice. No corrosion and will do the job. Any info on this solution? Is this something I'll need my tire guy to come out install How much weight will a 28" tire hold?
Pros/cons welcome, including cost compared to a ballast box.

Why don't you call your local tire installer and see what they have to say? They will be able to tell you what they use, how much it will take to fill your tractor tires, and most importantly, how much it will cost.

If you don't like their answers you are under no obligation to do business with them.

Unless you are in an area where beets are grown and processed, you will not be able to get just "beet juice."

 

[hoosier43fan]

(quoted from post at 06:48:47 01/04/23)

(quoted from post at 21:47:36 01/01/23) Need some rear weight on my Ford 3000 with loader. My neighbor says beet juice is the best choice. No corrosion and will do the job. Any info on this solution? Is this something I'll need my tire guy to come out install How much weight will a 28" tire hold?
Pros/cons welcome, including cost compared to a ballast box.

Why don't you call your local tire installer and see what they have to say? They will be able to tell you what they use, how much it will take to fill your tractor tires, and most importantly, how much it will cost.
Sounds good ty!
If you don't like their answers you are under no obligation to do business with them.

Unless you are in an area where beets are grown and processed, you will not be able to get just "beet juice."

 

[Leroy]

Just rember that weight box you cannot leave on and go out and hooked to the
plow or disk and go to work on where you need the weight the most for traction
or even to hook to the trailer to go out to get a load of firewood. Hitch is
usuless with a wright box. And for me the hitch was important and very little
3 point equipment. Only the plow on some of the tractor an most just the hitch
was used as not all the tractor even had a 3 point hitch. Never had a tractor
that could be tied up for use with a weighty box. And the John Deere, Farmall
or Moline were ever designed to put a 3 point hitch on. On the bigger Fords it
was just mostly in the way.