mrsmackpaul Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago On 4/29/2025 at 7:02 AM, 70mackMB said: l remember seeing him at New England Dragway in Epping NH a long time ago. When we pulled garden tractors we always loaded up the beak to keep the nose on the ground. That way you maintained the 12" hitch height to pull down on the drive tires. The trick was as to how much weight you hung out out there to get it to float the front axle just off the ground. Chamberlain farm tractors, a Australian brand of tractor Anyway, the owners manual used to say that exact thing Fill the tyres with water, both steer and rear tyres Hitch the implement high enough that the front tyres are touching just enough to allow steering Those old Chamberlains would pull like a 16 year old, really bog down and pull A couple of photos for reference of Chamberlain tractors Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75464-suspension-issues/page/2/#findComment-574981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Cummings Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 21 minutes ago, mrsmackpaul said: Fill the tyres with water, both steer and rear tyres We used to use calcium chloride here. It was good for ballast, but corrosive as hell. If you use it in tubeless tires it destroys the rims Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75464-suspension-issues/page/2/#findComment-574983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Actually the calcium chloride was to keep the water from freezing.. before perminamate antifreeze.. Most of Australia does not have that problem.. 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75464-suspension-issues/page/2/#findComment-574985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago I always hear it was Methanol that was used, and that was the reason for 160 deg 'stats, to try to keep from boiling the alcohol out of the mix. Calcium Chloride would eat the block, I would think, esp when heat is added to the mix. Calcium and or magnesium chloride are used a ballast in tires, but can be hard on the rims. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75464-suspension-issues/page/2/#findComment-574996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago Geoff, I did NOT make myself clear!!! I was talking about tires,, Not cooling systems. 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75464-suspension-issues/page/2/#findComment-574999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago Just now, Brocky said: Geoff, I did NOT make myself clear!!! I was talking about tires,, Not cooling systems. The fault may be mine also. I thought we were talking engines, and I see tires was the topic. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75464-suspension-issues/page/2/#findComment-575000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Cummings Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 2 hours ago, Brocky said: Actually the calcium chloride was to keep the water from freezing.. before perminamate antifreeze.. Most of Australia does not have that problem.. It's also about 35% heavier than water and relatively cheap Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75464-suspension-issues/page/2/#findComment-575004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Beet Juice. Says it's about 11 lbs a gallon. https://www.rimguardsolutions.com/ .....Hippy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75464-suspension-issues/page/2/#findComment-575025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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