Adding Liquid Ballast to Front 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
11L-15 8PR F3 (S.N. -888003) 53 L (14 gal) 53 kg (117 lb) 45 L (12 gal) 19 kg (42 lb) 64 kg (142 lb)
12-16.5 8PR NHS 57 L (15 gal) 57 kg (126 lb) 49 L (13 gal) 21 kg (46 lb) 70 kg (155 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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