Calcium Chloride

I am not scared to use Calcium cloride in the tires. Yes you do have to pay a little attention to them. it takes YEARS for the fluid to rust the rim. as far as Gerald's condition I would double check what you have inside your tires? the stuff does not rust instantly it takes some time.

There were tests done back in the day that prove you get better traction with fluid in the tires VS cast iron weights of equal weight. It also requires more power to lug around the weights on the rim, plus the weight of the fluid is put directly on the foot print of the tire and not in the center of the rim like weights.

Where I lived, well water had more iron than lime. I don't know what was in the tires, but it penetrated the silver paint on my MF-135 and rusted it it minutes. I had it pumped out and I didn't put it back.

Gerald J.

Been Using chloride in our farm tires for years, no rotten rims. Alot of rims have been lost to chloride, not to the fault of chloride, but to the fault of the farmer for not cleaning the rim when there was a leak. Chloride will not harm rubber(tire or tube), so if there is a rotten rim it means you have a hole in the tube, clean it up and you wont have a problem. Cleaning it up doesnt mean spraying it off with a hose, it means removing the tire completely, scrubbing the rim with warm soapy water and a brush, the reinstalling the tire with the proper tube......when I say proper tube I mean a 4-6 heavy duty tube, not a cheap 20 dollar 2 ply.

Matt and Don, What I read, back in 2000 was that lb per lb the solid weights gave you better traction because it allows the rubber to flex better and squat out giving you a larger foot print with less compaction per lb, Thus giving you better traction, OR conversly allowing you to add more weight with equal comaction.