[AT] Rim Guard Beet Juice

[SZakaluk at aol.com]

I've had good luck with Rim Guard brand beet juice in my Ferguson  TO-20 
rears.  Had them filled about 10 years ago, no leaks yet.  Just  need to 
remember to check the tire pressure with the valve stem up.  As  Greg said, it is 
sticky.  I think it does damage digital tire pressure  gauges, doesn't seem 
to hurt the old style gauges (non-electronic.)  Link  to more info: 
http://www.rimguard.biz/
 
Steve Zakaluk
Falcon, CO
 
 
>Date: Fri, 21 Oct  2016 13:15:21 -0400
>>Subject: Re: [AT] rear rim repair
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>I have never fixed a rim but  have some rust on most of my tractors due 
>to leakage. The loader tractor  I bought last spring had nothing in the 
>tires and as a result I could do  nothing; I think the previous owner had 
>weight on the three point. I  checked things out at my local tire shop 
>and decided to load the tires  with what we call beet juice. It is a 
>byproduct of sugar beet production  and am told it's weight is close to 
>chloride but it is non-corrosive. It  is however very sticky  as last 
>year my brother went to put air in  not knowing the main stem was loose. 
>The stem came out and before he  could do anything, the tire was down on 
>the rim. He didn't have to worry  about corrosion but it took him 5 hours 
>to clean up the shop floor plus  a trip by the tire shop to fix the valve 
>and put in more beet juice.  Despite this I am thinking beet juice is the 
>way to go. When I got my JD  4255 one tire was leaking. Because it was 
>front wheel assist and had 500  pound weights inside each rim I decided I 
>didn't need weight in the  tires so I had the chloride removed and 
>everything washed off and new  clean tubes installed. I have not had a 
>problem since.
>   Greg  Hass