Tractor Tire Ballast
Here’s a good video made by www.orangetractortalks.com. It explains about how to ballast your tires and what types of ballast to use.
I’d like to add a few comments.
- We only use calcium chloride and fill the tires to around 70% capacity, which seems to be the industry standard.
- We prefer to use tubes when filling a tubeless tire with calcium chloride. This helps prevent wheel corrosion/rust at the valve stem area.
- You may want to consider foam fill flat-proofing as an option. This will add more ballast weight because the entire cavity of the tire is filled with foam rubber (same weight as water). Plus you get the additional benefit of the tire being 100% flat proof forever! No flats equals zero down time expense.
Have a great week
Brian
Ken Jones Tires
