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@oldtimeengineer265 жыл бұрын
Look for a tire shop that does tractor tires and they should also do the tire fluid. My local tire shop did mine
@georgefeener8682 Жыл бұрын
Go for it great business plan thanks for the video
@Jukebox19688 ай бұрын
I used a regulator I built like that And my weed sprayer. 92 gallons in about an hour and a half!! 👍
@robbieeades19563 жыл бұрын
Good video man. You should start a mobile service doing this. Good luck.
@pl7473 жыл бұрын
We added antifreeze to the water on our large tractors. I made a tool for doing it out of an air tank off of a semi truck. I made a stand out of an old car wheel and welded three angle irons straight up on it so the tank would slide down in and secured it with a couple of big hose clamps. On the bottom end of the tank I cut a hole and welded in a 1/2" merchant pipe coupler and put an elbow and shut off valve. On the top of the tank I cut a hole and welded in a short 2" pipe nipple. It had a cap with a piece of round stock welded across it so it could be taken off by hand. I also cut another hole and welded in a 1/4" merchant pipe coupler and added an air schrader valve to add air pressure. Close the valve at the bottom, take off the big cap at the top, pour in the antifreeze, put the big cap back on, pressure up the tank some, open the valve at the bottom and blow the antifreeze into the tire. Worked great and made a time consuming chore real quick and super easy. No pumps.. On the out side of the valve at the bottom i adapted it to garden hose thread. I cut down a good quality garden hose to about 10 ft long so it would be easier to handle. The tire valve stem has to be in the up position on the tire. It would blow in 4 gallons at a time. We only had to put about 50 pounds of air on the tank to blow it in and that was more than enough.
@pl7473 жыл бұрын
We ran 5 gallons of antifreeze in 18.4X34 tires filled with water and never had any freeze all the way down to -6 degrees.
@dannyginter6650Ай бұрын
I pump around 140 gallon in 18.4 x 34, no way 5 gallon would keep that from freezing
@danielbornak7432 жыл бұрын
Were is the manifold diagram
@dannyginter6650Ай бұрын
Why didn't you go buy methanol in a 55 gallon drum? Same thing. A lot cheaper
@FastEddy5 Жыл бұрын
Could have used rv antifreeze $2.49/gal non toxic non corrosive non everything. Washer fluid is mildly toxic if leaked. Been doing it to all tractors I've owned for years with a $10 drill pump and a bucket. Your setup is unnecessarily complicated. Rv antifreeze is the second best option aside from beet juice.
@donyuke9459 Жыл бұрын
I agree where can you buy the beet juice and how much is it /gal. I think a lot of road crews are using beet juice instead of salt now.
@donyuke9459 Жыл бұрын
Also on your simple set up does the displaced air have a way to escape or do you start with a flat tire?
@FastEddy5 Жыл бұрын
@Don Yuke I've found that only tractor sales and service companies do it. They buy it in bulk, in a large tank. They want you to take the tractor to them, drop it off. Give them a day or so. Then come load it up and take it back home. I don't live close, and Gas ain't cheap. For my smallest Allis-Chalmers 5020 4wd, they quoted me $300 for the two rear tires. They are tiny little 11-24's. By comparison that's considerably more expensive. Each tire requires 23 gallon. I think it cost me about $58 in rv antifreeze per tire.
@FastEddy5 Жыл бұрын
@@donyuke9459 Milton S-466 Tire Valve Adapter Kit removes air as it fills
@donyuke9459 Жыл бұрын
@@FastEddy5 Thanks Larry my Kubota with 12.4 x 24's ought to hold about 25 gallons then or about 200 lbs. I think you basically want to load them about half way and you can tell by listening as your filling what level your at by spinning the valve stem down every now and then as filling.
@thefirewooddoctor5 жыл бұрын
This has to be your most ingenious project that I've ever seen!
@daveknowshow5 жыл бұрын
thanks for the shout out! much appreciated! also your time of 20 minutes per tire would likely be right for that size tire so long as you turn the pump on and add fluid in the barrel while the pump just runs. only stopping when the pressure gauge reaches 20 psi or so. if you had better access to your valve stem you likely could have stopped that annoying drip. I suggest machining an extension or buying a truck tire valve extension tube to extend the valve connection point out where you can get some channel lock pliers on it. you see those extensions on tractor trailer tires. may be worth having if you start the business. heck I may run an add on CL to see if I get any hits myself. what would be a decent fee to charge? $45 service fee plus $3.50 per gallon which would include the fluid needed. that sounds like a reasonable price to me. what are your thoughts?
@UPGardenr5 жыл бұрын
Good info Thanks for posting
@bucksgarage15 жыл бұрын
You should spin those back wheels out. That will give you alot more stability too.
@boywithlottatoys70395 жыл бұрын
Seems quite an easy process . Good to know .
@metaspencer5 жыл бұрын
Cool method. Mine are weighted, but I never knew how they got the fluid in there
@jackman62564 жыл бұрын
you can buy the fluid pump from tire dealers its done with aircompressers ive done it many times in the 1970s takes 40 to 50 gals per tire to give more pulling power but it wont keep tractor from flipping thats why they put weight on front of tractor ask a tire shop
@thefirewooddoctor5 жыл бұрын
You going to fill the front tires next?
@jackman62564 жыл бұрын
tractor tires on rear usually only take about 9 to 15 pounds of air
@johndowe70035 жыл бұрын
also couldnt you use distilled water ?
@daviddaniken72485 жыл бұрын
Water will freeze. Windshield washer fluid he uses here is good down to -20* F.