Pump for Calcium Chloride

[super99]

One of the rear tires on my 1850(18.4x38) is leaking fluid around the valve stem. I replaced the valve stem a week ago and thought if was fixed but now it's wet again. I'd like to have time to clean the rim up good before mounting the tire back on. I doubt the tire man would want to wait while I did that and really don't want to pay for 2 service calls. Am I right in thinking that any pump will pump the fluid out and back in? I need to find a neighbor with one of those plastic totes to pump it into. I have the tools for the rest of the job, just need to get the fluid out and back in again. Yes, I know most of you all hate cal/ chlor in tires and it will eat the rims up and the world will end because of it. It's my tractor and my choice, I like having the weight in the tire and since I'm retired on a fixed income, I can't see spending the $$ for beet juice or windshield washer fluid when I already have the nasty stuff. I'm just looking for a pump that will pump it out and back in cheap. Chris

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

I filled one using one of those 1/8 hp submersible sump pumps and a short piece of garden hose to the adapter. Pump is all plastic, just rinsed it good after. It was slow with a lot of stops to bleed the air but got it done. Each time I stopped the pump to bleed, fluid would run back down the hose.

 

[glennster]

cheapest route is one of those 10 dollar chuck it in the drill pumps. put a couple squirts of oil in the pump, the hook it up to the valve with the liquid adapter. i made a little deal with some water pipe fittings that works good to drain. hook it up, open the petcock on the tire side, blow air in thru the schrader valve to get some pressure in the tire, then open the other valve. inwill post a couple pictures so you get the idea.

 

[old]

A drill pump work well but one has to be careful of getting the drill wet because if you do it will shock you. Me I tape the switch so to shut it off I unplug it.

 

[rustred]

it is a special diaphram pump that will suck or pump with the change of a lever. i had to replace the rear tires on my tractor this spring so called out the kaltire. had the same problem was leaking inside. the young guy got the tires off and one rim was kind rusty. he says i will have to charge you an extra hr. to clean that rim. i said BS you will, i said i will clean the dam thing myself. he says ok i have other stuff i can do. so i cleaned it all up in about 40 minutes while he was just screwing around and eating his lunch. just a lazy idiot. and another thing... my brother goes into the same kaltire to but the 2 valve stems for rear tubes and this same guy charged him 8.00 each. then a while later i go in to buy a couple of the same stems. this guy is behind the counter , says can i help you? i said i want to see kevin , he is the manager, then kevin come in and i say i want 2 valve stems he hands me 2 and i say how much and he says put them in your pocket . i said thank you very much kaltire man and he laughed. then when i saw my brother i told him kevin didnt charge me anything for my stems. he just shook his head and said that idiot. but yes nothing like calcium for traction. and there is no problem if you keep up with the valve stems.i would say all depends on your tire man if he will wait on you to clean them. i know myself i like to take the time to clean them and prime them. but this guy then slopped that murphy soap all over the inside of rim .

 

[Northvale PA]

Nothing like some good electro shock therapy to brighten the mood.

 

[dpendzic]

are you putting calcium ballast in a tubeless tire?

 

[cjunrau]

I bought a cheap pump from princess auto. 12.volt.
Has a rubber impeller in it like an outboard motor.
Much the same as the drill type but has a motor
Works great and I use air to empty and pump to fill.
Start with valve up and jack up tractor. Take off 1/2 the valve or screw out the core. Depending on type of valve. and clamp hose on valve.
I then rotate tire to put valve down.
Fluid sprays out till level with valve.
Remove jack as soon as valve is down.
I use air nlower on our compressor and keep adding air to tire through the hose.
When tire is flat on ground there is only a couple gallons left at the bottom but no problem to take tire off with that little in it.
When I pump back in I always have valve up and let air out after pumping 15 gallons or so so the pump doesn’t work so hard.

 

[504]

Any cheap pump that you can hook up and will pump water will work fine. Wash it good with water and it might work the next time you need it. Back in the days of may middle school all we used was a cheap brass water pump hooked to a 1/4 hp electric motor. And we changed a lot of tractor tires.The last twp weeks of school in the 7th grade I fixed tractors and didn't go to school(boss was in the hospital,his wife could change them and farmers needed tractors). Probably got better grades those weeks than when I was in school!