The Process of Adding Fluid to Tires

If you're around a tractor dealership and you hear the term "fluiding" or talk about putting fluid in the tires, you may wonder what that means. Farmers have used various liquids over the years, pumped in the back tires of the tractor, to add weight, or ballast, to the back end. It's really important to do to get the maximum lift capacity out of the front end loader, also to add stability on slopes. In this video we'll show you what the process looks like.

If you've recently purchased a tractor and it didn't come from the dealer with fluid in the tires, and you're now realizing you need it, that's not a problem. That is, provided you're in an area where there's an agricultural tire dealer who does mobile service. Most of those guys are also set up to come out to your place, pump the fluid in the tires with them still mounted on the tractor, and actually charge you less than if the dealer you bought it from would have done it. That's because many dealers call the same guy to fluid the tires in tractors they sell before delivery, then mark up what you pay so they make a little extra money. So, you not only save a little money by having someone come out and do the process, but you're also establishing a relationship with someone who does mobile tire repair that you might need on down the line.

Adding fluid can put 400 lbs per tire or better to the back end of your tractor. Remember that if you have any thoughts of changing the width of the tires (as seen in this video: https://youtu.be/y2Ytz9-PGOA), make sure you do that before putting fluid in them. Finally, if you get a hole in the tire, park the tractor with it at the top and call your tire dealer to come fix it immediately, before the fluid runs out.

I wouldn't own a tractor without fluid in the tires, it drastically changes lift capacity and safety on hills.

I want to thank Wells Tire of Springfield, Missouri for allowing me to film the process.

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