Low-Cost Way To Pump Fluid Into Tires

Low-Cost Way To Pump Fluid Into Tires TIRES/WHEELS Handling 22-3-13 "It has saved us a lot of big tire repair bills," says Lyle Honess, Evansville, Ontario, who pumps calcium in and out of the rear tires on his tractors using an 80-gal. galvanized water pressure tank, a milk line vacuum pump, and a standard air compressor. "I came up with this idea after I had to pay $100 to $150 to have someone pump calcium into my tractor's rear tires," says Honess. "All I've got invested is about $40 worth of fittings, hoses, valves, and a tire valve adapter. I already had everything else. Most of the time I can leave the tire right on the tractor." The vacuum pump he uses remains on his milk pipeline. He runs a hose from the pump, through the milk house, and to the pressure tank which he positions outside the milk house. He mounted a quick coupler valve on top of the tank and two valves on the side - one at the top and one at the bottom. Either the vacuum line or the pressure line hook up to the top valve, depending on whether he's emptying a tire or filling it. A clear hose runs from each of the side-mount valves to an adapter that he screwed onto the tire's valve stem. To suck calcium out of a tire, he hooks up the vacuum hose and the clear hose that connects the top valve. He shuts off the bottom side valve and opens the top one. To fill a tire with calcium, he connects the compressor hose and hooks up the clear hose to the bottom valve. Then he shuts off the top valve and opens the bottom one. "I use clear hoses so I can see the calcium flowing through them. When filling the tire I put about 40 to 50 lbs. of pressure on the tank," notes Honess. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lyle Honess, RR 1, Evansville, Ontario, Canada P0P 1E0 (ph 705 282-2501).

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