Tire gage for liquid filled tires ????

Seneca · Aug 17, 2015

Is there a tire gauge especially for liquid filled tractor tires ?

souNdguy · Aug 17, 2015

there is.. however even liquid filled tired need an air bubble, thus you can use an air only gauge on a liquid tire with a little care.

turn the valve to 12'oclock.

shoot some air into the tire with your air chuck. this clears any residual water droplet in the stem, and if it was devoid of air, adds some air.. which then, total pressure is measured by the gauge.

remember, pressure is pressure.. but air compresses...

NoNewParts · Aug 17, 2015

like SG said,
and the fluid safe tire gauge is usually a low pressure one which you need for rears.
Nothing however is immune to calcium
rinse everything with a spritz of oil or penetrant after every use.
Don't forget your chuck.
unhook it, a squirt of oil into it, reconnect and use your thumbnail to spray the oil thru it

504 · Aug 17, 2015

Yes, the gauge is spring loaded to push the CC out. Rinse the daylights out of it and it will last a while. Check with Milton.

Nebraska Cowman · Aug 17, 2015

I'd buy a cheapie and throw it away when it quits because the special ones won't last anyway. Now if your were using one all the time it would be different. But for once a year it won't work next time anyway.

Alan K · Aug 17, 2015

If I remember correctly Milton has one for air / water filled tires, "s928" I believe. I believe the best thing to do is have your valve stem at the top, then let a slight bit of air out to clear the core and then check with this style gauge, clean and oil afterwards. It will save an air / water gauge for a while but as stated they don't last long even when they are made for it.

jeffcat · Aug 17, 2015

Yes sound guy I would say so. Put the valve at 12 and chuck a little air in. Then check with gauge. NOW I would go to wallyworld or autozone etc and buy a couple of cheep dial gauges. Test them against a good Milton and see where they are. When you get all done with every tire on the place you can just throw out one going to be dead gauge. Keep the others you bought for next year ETC. On my little garden tractors I filled all of the rear tires and if you measure this way the gauge worked again about two months later but they are filled with antifreeze. Checked a regular air filled tire next with the valve at 6 o'clock and cleaned out the antifreeze that got in the gauge. Good luck!

souNdguy · Aug 18, 2015

In the end, a gauge is for someone who can't read a tire.

a dry tire or wet tire.. once you do it enough, you can look at the tire profile and be darn close.

I use tire gauges on tires that run down the road.. not on ones that run down grass/dirt/pasture. etc.

Seneca · Aug 21, 2015

Thanks to all for your responses

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