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Tim in New York

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All of a sudden I am having tire leakage issues with my 2 old IH tractors. One is dribbling fluid after replacing the valve core twice. And today, my good tractor had a totally flat tire, but no sign of the calcium, so it must be inside the rim. I have the tire guys already coming next week for the valve core issue, thankfully. Thinking about having them dump the ccl and replace it with Rim Guard. 500lbs, 47 gallons. On-line it said cost is around $.30 lb - is that accurate? And looks like the weight is almost identical.

Any info is appreciated!

Thanks,
Tim
 
Properly replacing CaCl with something else after any leakage involves thoroughly cleaning tire, rim, etc.

Tire guy will need to dismount tires to do so, and time to properly clean things will not be free.

Installed Rim Guard will cost much more than $.30/Lb.
 
Recently loaded two 12.4 x28 tires with 80 gallons of an alcohol based fluid. That ran $2.50 a gal. Discussed using Rim Guard with the tire guy, which he had in stock. He doesnt like working with it in cold weather as it sets up like molasses. He also told me of a call to fix a flat tire that had been filled with Rim Guard. When he got there the entire tractor was covered with bees. My tires are on new rims and inner tubes and tires he filled for me some time ago are showing no signs of rust around the valve stem. Decided to go that route again.
 
I'll check prices, I guess. Considering I put on these tires and tubes probably 25 years ago, I guess I can't complain much. May just put the calcium back in - I won't need to worry about it 25 yrs from now, most likely.

Tim
 
Please post prices if you get them. I checked into Rimguard a few years back and found it very expensive - like triple or more the cost of calcium. I ended up going with windshield washer fluid that I installed myself.
 
My tire guy will only do CaCl2. He claims the other stuff would require him to have another pump, another tank... and maybe sell less rims :)
 

To get the right pricing I think you will be best off to find the dealer nearest you and ask that dealer. The bit of checking I did a couple years ago pointed to limited dealers as (at least at the time I checked) they have to receive, and store it as a liquid, it's not something they can mix themselves, Rim Guard delivers it to them as a bulk liquid. If you are near a dealer who moves a lot of it, the price may be better. If you want to go that way, check the real price where you will get it. JMHO
 
The little extra weight of Rim Guard isn t worth the cost and pain of dealing with it if you ever have a puncture. The crap is 10x worse than calcium in that regard. I ve had major leaks with both, the calcium spill area grew back in a couple months. Where the Rim Guard spilled took 2 years before even weeds would grow. Not to mention the stink and sticky mess it made. These days I just use windshield washer fluid.
 
You can buy Dow flake and mix with water then let cool before putting in tire. It will heat up as you mix the water with the chloride. then after mixed it will cool down. I have mixed my own in the past like 40 years ago. I for get the mix ratio of water to chloride. It works out to about 12LBS to the gallon. I am looking at a couple leaks on a couple tractors. All with old tires and probably similar old aged tubes. I am going to look for the leaks then evaluate what I do then. I may just fix the leak and reuse the tubes. What can I clean the rims with that will not just rust again right away. I wheeled a rim on a different tractor and primed it then assembled it and a couple years later it was all rusted again from I would guess the residue chloride even though I washed it with soap and water with a brush then wheeled with a wire wheel.
 
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