Filling Tractor Tires with fluid FAST with no special tools or pumps 

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People get caught up with using tools to do simple jobs. It's nice that there are still some folks that have the common sense to break down a job into its simplest parts and use an efficient method to finish the work. Thanks! I enjoyed watching.

Out of all the videos I've watched your video helped me the most. Today I added 62 gallons of windshield washer fluid to the rear tires on my Kubota L2501. I used a 1/2" air hose with a 1 gpm transfer pump. It went great. The hose fit perfectly onto valve stem of my tires and onto both sides of the pump. I did have to use hose clamps to stop the drips but it went really well. I stopped the pump every so often to remove the hose from the valve stem to let out the built up air pressure from the tire. Thank you for your video.

I've seen a few different ways of putting fluid in tires but you have the most simple and easiest way so far. Thank for sharing.

there was no reason for me to watch this video, but some how it came up on my watch list and it is actually very good! thanks for the video!

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Neat how that works. Never saw anyone do that with gravity! Smart guy!

To load my tractor tires I used a sprayer pump and a small brass tube that would go through the valve stem and still allow air to escape around it. I was able to add about 35 gallons per tire in 20 minutes or so per tire.

I found an old tractor book, in this book they show how to load your tractors tires. The picture shows a 55 gal drum elevated on a stand with a hose running to the tire stem. All done by gravity, the same way you did yours. The book is dated in the late 1950s they used sodium chloride, which rotted out the steel wheels as many farms know.

Well done. I am setting up a designated you know snow blower lawn tractor with aggressive tires. The local dealers wanted $145 to fill my little tires with you know RimGuard. I was thinking of a gravity fed way to do this and this video was you know right on target. I can now do it for you know $30 so $115 saved! Kidding aside, good job.

Thanks for the video. Very helpful. Loaded the tire on my MF GC1705, the tempreture was mid 30' and the sidewalls were pretty stiff and with no back hoe for weight they didnt want to collapse and push the air out. I used a ratchet strap to help force the air out. Found that sped the process up quite a bit.

Fantastic bruh! I just called local youngster w new tire business for this process.. he said $80 an hour shop rate, plus 50$ for 16 gal rim guard. 😲haha I said thanks and knew there were diy ways. This is great instruction for easy application of fluid to tractor tires . THANKS

Below a person asked the question of whether the alcohol and water base windshield wash would compromise the rim/rubber tire. It will have an effect on both your rim and tire. If you are simply trying to save a few bucks on this project, think of what a replacement rim/tire cost, and how much you had to fork out for this tractor to start with. Also, research how full these tires should be, I agree with the other comment about not overfilling them because of the increased chance of a blowout. I really appreciate the method used, very helpful.

Finally someone doing it the right way, I used this system since back in the seventies, so many do it the hard way, here it let the tire suck it in.

Very good advise. Used this technique over the weekend and it worked perfectly. 1/4” tubing and a sweater bucket with vise grips to cut off and resume the wiper fluid flow is all it took.

Used your method for adding weight to my lawn tractor and it worked like a charm. thanks for a great instructional video.

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This was awesome. Thanks a ton. I'm putting more aggressive tires on my zero turn to help hold traction on hills a little better and I'm definitely going to be doing this too.

We used to fill the tires of our tractors with liquid calcium solution years ago. It is not only good for traction but also lowers your center of gravity and makes a turf tractor hug the hills very well..

Thanks Tyler, I have been wanting to do this for 5 years now and after seeing your demo I finally did the job. Thanks for a great video!

"You know" count: 105. This is good stuff... I need weight on my rear tires and this is probably the cheapest way to get it done. Thanks. I am subscribing.

That's cool. I used an old pump chemical sprayer drilled a hole and threaded an air adapter for an air tool into it, then cut the sprayer off as the hose fit the valve steam perfect, took out the valve core and filled up the sprayer with washer fluid and all I had to do was attach my air hose to it and the air compressor did the work. Made for quick easy fill

Looks good, hadn't thought of doing it that way. I filled my BX2200 rears by taking one off and laying it down, I then took the bucket and broke the bead loose from the wheel and just poured the fluid around the rim into the tire. Aired it back up and reinstalled it, although it was heavy getting the bolt holes lined back up. I like your way, no wrestling an almost 100 Lb tire and wheel around.

Thank you for taking the time to do this video. I’ve never done this before and have to do it today!

Awesome video! Thanks Tyler!!! I was about to pay a shop over $125/hr to do this...SOOO glad I didn't!

Just basic physics! I know I wouldn't have thought to do it this way, great job and thanks for sharing. That Kubota is a great tractor!! I bet it will last as long as my Farmall Cub. Greetings from New Mexico

Nice lesson learned and you did a fine job explaining the process. Thanks for sharing and ride safe.

I tried this process today on my John Deere 1025R. I was looking for a process that used minimal tools, and this is by far the least. 1/4" plastic hose, tool to remove the valve stem, and a jack are all that's needed. Having said that, it is a slow process. I had to raise/lower the tractor probably 10-20 times for each tire, and it probably took ~30-60 minutes/tire. My tires are only 1 year old and didn't flex as much as Tyler's tires did when he pushed on them, so that may be the difference. Regardless, I didn't have to buy additional stuff that I'd never use again, so it was worth it to me.

356 "You know" s lol :)

So I used this method on my ole lady's Tahoe...man it is a little squirrelly at highway speeds but she is starting to get used to it.

Great video! Just be mindful when using a tire gauge because I ruined one even with the valve stem at the top. It may be wise to make it so that the fluid level is just below the valve stem and purge with air before checking tire pressures. That's just me overthinking though. Forgive me if I missed this being explained in the video. Once again, great video and technique! It helps save a little money for us DIY'ers!

Really helpful video, Tyler. Great seeing the options and the reasons for each step. Good work.

Thank you, an awesome walk thru. I gained confidence to do this needed task alone. Great video!

I found a drip system hose fits into my valve. Then used a garden hose to drip adapter to fill with water. That goes pretty fast. Added antifreeze later. If you put the valve at about the 10 o'clock position, it will overflow at the 2/3rds point so you know when you have enough liquid.

I used a simple plunger pump to fill the rears on my Gibson then once I had 8 gallons in each rear I washed the pump out with warm water and let it dry. Once the pump was dry I installed it on my gear lube gallon bottle. You got lucky with yours and did not pop the tire off the bead. Also that is a valve stem core removal tool not a valve stem removal tool. REMEMBER each gallon add 8 pounds so doing this off your machine could be problematic.

I watched other videos on this, but yours was by far the best. Great job and thanks.

Excellent idea. I’ve never seen anyone do it this way. Makes a lot of sense.

Agreed. I just got a BX23S and I was considering doing this. You explained it very well, and made it look very easy. Thanks!

Thanks for the tips on filling the tires. I used my pump garden sprayer with an attachment to the valve stem I bought at tractor supply. Worked great!

Great video. I just kept expecting the bucket to fall off on the floor.

There is a product called Rim Guard ( it's Beet Juice) for this job. The advantage is that it will not kill your dog should the tire leak. Antifreeze products will kill your animals. Other than that detail, This is a really good informative video. Thank you.

Nice tractor for mowing the lawn! Thanks for sharing this.

You save me a lot of money! Spent about 50 on washer fluid and would have been over 100 to have dealer do this. I followed your video and everything went perfectly! Thank you!!! So having this much weight in each tire won’t hurt the machine at all? I have a new bx2380

Nice video and you covered it well with different ways to accomplish the water filling of the tire. Watch it yourself and count the number of "you know"'s. The filler words are not needed. You have a good knowledge of the process and many people will need to do this to their tractor, big or small. Keep up the good work.

Another way to do this is with a jack, garden sprayer(sprayer nozzle replaced with 1/4inch id tubing), liquid ballast material, valve core remover, and a ratchet strap. First remove valve core, next jack it up, then wrap ratchet strap around tire to squeeze as much air out as possible. Install sprayer tube end onto valve stem (valve stem at 12 o'clock position) fill sprayer with liquid ballast, remove ratchet strap, pump up sprayer. Repeat till desired fill level. Reinstall valve core and inflate to desired pressure.

Excellent! Simple yet effective. I always avoided it because of the crazy setup I always see others use. I believe I will be putting it in my JD garden tractors. My diesel is not to bad but my gas is not heavy enough at all and I will have to figure out how to add front weight to turn going uphill where I have a hard slope the first 30 feet of the property

Thanks. Simple enough. Had a valentine's steam go bad, (only one the dealership replaced recently) all other origonals were great. Got the tractor back with a torn ball joint cover rip as well.... I guess it could happen at anytime, but dosent seem like the best service since multiple things went bad. Anyways thank you for the quick tutorial since I think I will be doing more of my own service.... might be more relighable and atleast I know who to blame.

I'm about to pull the trigger and get a sub compact tractor and came across this video. Very well done! Thanks...

We've had tractors for decades and I have never heard about water in tires... in fact, when I work on flats or replace tires, I normally make sure that the inside of the rim is pretty dry to avoid rust. I'll have to do some homework on this and see if that would benefit my compact tractor. Thank you for sharing.

A piece of big pvc pipe with short air hose on tire side and a screw on cap with valve stem installed on the other, i did 4' piece of 3"". Fill pipe with fluid and force it out with air pressure. Just another idea .

FYI, rimguard is about 4 bucks a gallon, non toxic, and weighs in at 10.7 lbs per gallon! Local tractor dealers carry it.

Getting ready to do this myself to my BX2660. I just subscribed, and I did a 100% watch. Take care, Jason

Great job - this will be taking place in my BX2380 R4 tires. Thanks for the video

Our dealer had our tires filled with beet juice and I wondered how the devil they did it. This was fascinating to watch!

Impressive! But if you don’t have inner tubes in your wheels will rust through. This is a little more expensive but the tire sealant “Slime” weighs 9.8 lbs. per gallon and is non toxic non corrosive and it’s freeze point is -35

Thanks Tyler , great video. I've got a flat off my antique IH 2400 that I'm going to use this method to refill it. Thanks again!

Pink RV antifreeze -50° F, good stuff!!!

Usually the reason for the ballast is to counter the weight of what you are lifting with the bucket. I am sure it can't hurt the traction. Ag Tires will tear up your yard. I have a JD 1070 with turf tires and dealer wants $300.00 per tire. Alcohol is probably not the best idea. Wheel weights are an option too.

Beet juice weighs closer to 11lbs per gallon and doesn't require tubes. If you are going with WW fluid it's a good idea to use inner tubes.

When the Germans were ask why the Americans won WW2, There answer was ,they improvised so well. Example, was welding railroad tracks to the front of tanks to get thru the hedgerows. here you are watching an example . GRIZ

Here is a fun drinking game, take a shot everytime he says "you know" see who can make it to the end of the video.

Good video Tyler, well done. We can just put water in our tyres here in Australia, No freezing problems.

I like the idea. However, I have R4 tires with stiff side walls. Trying the vacuum didn't work as I lost the bead seal. Siphon and gravity did work, but I would ultimately lose the seal and the fluid would leak out faster than I could replace it. I then put a comealong around the tire to maintain the seal , this worked. I ultimately bought a $10 fountain pump at tractor supply to speed up the process. I was glad I was using cheap wiper fluid rather than messy. hard to find and expensive beet juice. We'll see if it rusts.

Great video. You did a great job explaining the process.

good stuff I been wanting to add ballast to my tractor but I'm on the fence whether or not to do it. the owners manual says not to if you have a backhoe installed. I may do it anyway since lately the backhoe is off quite a bit more than its on. not sure if you are already a member but there is a group on facebook called kubota tractor and equipment that may interest you. if you have not already check it out. keep paying it forward brother peace love and respect!

The first step is to measure from the ground to the top of the rim BEFORE you let the air out. Once the tire is filled, the valve stem is below the level of the fluid and will get into any gauge that you care to use. The measurement will give the correct tire pressure.

Low tech genius.

I went with -50 RV Antifreeze. It was the same price as window washing fluid at Walmart, weighs more per gallon, and is non-toxic. WWF cannot be made non-toxic, no thank you. I would have used Rim Guard, but it is not available in my area, and shipping 98 gallons would cost a fortune

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Cheap $20 12v fuel pump off amazon works just as good and less then half the time as this! Just stop bout every gallon of liquid ( i used rv/marine antifreeze rated -50 ) to vent air. My 23x10.50x12 took 6 gallons each and I'm running 4psi each back tire , back tires are not stock and have been swapped out for maxxis bighorn 2.0. Very little trouble with traction now compared to original tires.

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Great Video thanks for sharing the simple way to load the tires it worked great

Good job. I used to do that commercially.

fluid should only be to top of rim 3/4 full ... should put ur bucket under valve and let it out until it stops then put ur air in . not much room for compression

Thanks for the detailed instruction. Your explanation is very helpful.

Very good idea, BUT do not over fill the tyre above the top of the rim. the tyre needs a certain amount of air space to allow for compression as the machine moves along over uneven surface. If you take a look at big tractor wheels you will see that they have two ports in the wheel, one is for filling and the other one in the fluid level.

I advise my customers that liquid fill their ag tires to run less than 'normal' pressure. Fluids don't compress. On larger diameter tires than yours, the air space at the top can get pretty small. Running over a rock or log can easily over pressure the tire and blow a sidewall.

Nice video - thanks for putting this together. I will be doing this when it gets a bit warmer out. Cheers!

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Or, to transfer weight to the rear wheels fast or remove weight fast is by kicking lower backhoe arm out or bring it in as needed. A little movement can add/remove a lot of weight as needed. If more weight is needed, pick up gravel or dirt with backhoe and you might not need to kick it out at all.

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Great video, Thank you. A bit of W-40 on your jack, please. Cheers!

Just put the hose in the gallon jug, if need be cut a length of mech wire or wire hanger feed it up the tube with a hook on the end and pinch on the end tube, it will keep the tube straight to suck from the bottom of the 1 gallon jug

what size are these tires? looks like 26 x 12.00 x 12??? I have a 445 John Deere. Made in the 90s. Wondering what size engine yours is? What I do not understand is that I didn't see if you jacked up the axel, so the rim doesn't cut through your tire!!!! YIKES!! I am also wondering; how do you know how much air pressure to blow your tires up to now? Does the fluid displace the inside and create the same volume of pressure; therefore you would use the same amount of pressure as usual? I guess I am writing this before you show some of the questions I am asking! lol!

Seems like you recommend not a total 100% fill, but to leave an air space at top which provides a bit of cushion if you hit a stump or rock , to prevent over pressure. Good video.

Pure genius! I'll be using your great idea next weekend!

Thanks for the video! I will fill my JD tires this weekend.

NIce, comprehensive video Tyler.

Thanks for taking the time to explain this.

The stabilizers might make the lifting and lowering easier, one thing to check your manual for is if your good putting that much weight on your rear axle with the backhoe on . Kubota has mentioned not wanting us to use ballast weight when a backhoe is installed.

Use a TEE at the valve stem and raise the "air relief" line above your bucket (up on the roll bar)

Clever, clean, and simple. Thanks.

What I got from this video is "doncha know?" P.s. washer fluid is water so you will have the same issues with corrosion as you would with tap water.

Good video - ignore the RU-vid arm chair quarterbacks. Everyone looks for something to criticize about these days. Daddy always said to keep my mouth shut unless I was saying something nice.....

Great video if I do this at my tractor do I need so many "U know" x 7613? anyway thanks.

Easiest way is to take an old air tank off a truck, mount it vertical. Cut a hole and weld in a piece of 2" pipe in the top and a 3/4" outlet on the bottom. Put a ball valve on the bottom and adapt it to garden hose to run to your tire with the water fill adapter. Make a cap for the top with a air schader valve to pressurize it. Pour in antifreeze and put the cap on top and pressurize, open the ball valve on the bottom slowly and "bam" it is in the tire. We used an old car wheel with three pieces of angle iron welded on vertically to hold the tank. The tank slid down in between the angle irons and had big hose clamps around the tank and angle irons. Works like a champ! We would put 4 gallons of antifreeze in a 18.4x38 tire. And we acutally put a "Y" adapter at the bottom of the tank (with valves) so we didn't even have to undo anything to finish filling the tire with water. Put the valve stem at the top and remember to hold the air purge valve open while filling. We just wrapped tape around it with the end dangling to remove it quickly when full.

You should keep it jacked up or else you may loose the bead seal on your tire. Also you get it filled up.

How about a video on how to remove the fluid? I have water in my Kubota rear tires. Would like to add a winterized fluid.