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    Tractor tyre ballasting involves filling tubeless tractor tyres or inner tubes with water to provide extra weight and stability. Adding water lowers the tractor's center of gravity, making it more stable on uneven ground. The tyre is deflated to around 7psi and filled with water through the air/water valve, adding antifreeze to prevent freezing. The tyre should only be filled to 75% of its volume to allow air to escape, and is then inflated with air and adjusted to the proper pressure. As the tyre is now only 25% air, the pressure should be checked monthly.

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    Tractor tyre ballasting involves filling tubeless tractor tyres or inner tubes with water to provide extra weight and stability. Adding water lowers the tractor's center of gravity, making it more stable on uneven ground. The tyre is deflated to around 7psi and filled with water through the air/water valve, adding antifreeze to prevent freezing. The tyre should only be filled to 75% of its volume to allow air to escape, and is then inflated with air and adjusted to the proper pressure. As the tyre is now only 25% air, the pressure should be checked monthly.

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    Tractor tyre ballasting involves filling tubeless tractor tyres or inner tubes with water to provide extra weight and stability. Adding water lowers the tractor's center of gravity, making it more stable on uneven ground. The tyre is deflated to around 7psi and filled with water through the air/water valve, adding antifreeze to prevent freezing. The tyre should only be filled to 75% of its volume to allow air to escape, and is then inflated with air and adjusted to the proper pressure. As the tyre is now only 25% air, the pressure should be checked monthly.

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    Tractor tyre ballasting involves filling tubeless tractor tyres or inner tubes with water to provide extra weight and stability. Adding water lowers the tractor's center of gravity, making it more stable on uneven ground. The tyre is deflated to around 7psi and filled with water through the air/water valve, adding antifreeze to prevent freezing. The tyre should only be filled to 75% of its volume to allow air to escape, and is then inflated with air and adjusted to the proper pressure. As the tyre is now only 25% air, the pressure should be checked monthly.

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    10/17/22, 9:21 AM Tractor Tyre Ballasting

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    TRACTOR TYRE BALLASTING


    Tyre ballasting is where the tubeless tractor tyre or inner tube is filled with water in order to provide extra weight to stabilise a
    tractor. It can also be used to lower the centre of gravity of the machine which, in turn, makes it more stable in situations where the
    ground is uneven.

    Agricultural tyre valves are usually of the ‘air and water type’. Once the tyre has been fitted on the tractor or machine, the tyre is
    deflated to a low level of pressure, around 7psi or 0.5 bars. You need to position the tractor tyre with the air/water valve at the top of
    the tyre, and then fill the tyre or inner tube with water.

    This is done by using the correct air/water adapter on the end of the water hosepipe and airline. It’s a good idea to add anti-freeze to
    the water in case temperature drop below freezing, and then only ballast the tyre up to a maximum of 75% of the tyre volume, which
    is usually to the level of the tyre valve and thus which allows the air to escape. Finally, finish inflating the tyre with air and adjust the
    pressure as required.

    As only 25% of the tractor tyre or inner tube is filled with air, you should regularly check the air pressure in the tyre, we suggest once
    per month.

    Disclaimer - Procedures mentioned are purely suggestive and recommended practices. Big Tyres Ltd holds no responsibility of any
    consequences thereof. Data can be amended at any point without prior notice and at sole discretion of Big Tyres Ltd.

    Posted in: Tyre Knowledge (https://www.bigtyres.co.uk/blog/category/tyre-knowledge.html)

     By Big Tyres Team 


    21 August 2013

    (https://www.bigtyres.co.uk/newsletter-signup)

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