Adding Liquid Ballast to Rear Tires

NOTE: See Tire Inflation Pressures. (Section 3-3.)

Weights given are for tires 75 percent full of liquid.

  Water Only Water/CaCl2 Solution *
Tire Size Water Volume Water Weight Water Volume Water Weight Weight of Solution Per Tire
16.9 x 24 8PR R4 231 L (61 gal) 231 kg (510 lb) 197 L (52 gal) 82 kg (181 lb) 279 kg (615 lb)
           
*Approximately 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) CaCl2 per gallon of water will stay slush free to -24°C (-12°F) and will freeze solid at -47°C (-52°F).

 

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