Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

@Gordy that's a steal of a deal!


@thebuildist maybe an RV is on the way too! You'll remember this one forever! customer service?

Final update: I went outside this morning and there on my front porch is a single gallon of RV Antifreeze: my missing bottle has now been replaced.

Nicely done, Walmart! That brings the final total to 29 gallons!

Nice colour too! Are you going to weight the tire before and after? How do you plan to get it inside the tire?

I will go ahead and weigh before and after. I'll follow David Barkey's method: Break the bead near the valve core, and fill it up from there. Without using an inner tube or making some fancy fill adapter complete with an "air escape" tube, I don't think you could get them any fuller than that method.

I'll report back with my results.

Bob

thebuildist wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:56 pm I will go ahead and weigh before and after. I'll follow David Barkey's method: Break the bead near the valve core, and fill it up from there. Without using an inner tube or making some fancy fill adapter complete with an "air escape" tube, I don't think you could get them any fuller than that method.

I'll report back with my results.

Bob

Ok, here's the results, pleasantly surprising:

The empty tire/wheel weighs 58 lbs on my scale: I used David Barkey's method, broke the bead and poured in the RV antifreeze. I have 28 bottles in total, so I stopped after 14 of them. I could have put at least part of a 15th in there, but it was getting very near full.
It was a little hassle to get the bead to re-seat, but I managed it. Filled it up to 12PSI and weighed it again:
Almost 176 lbs, 118lbs heavier than it was. Not too shabby.


While I had the wheel off, I ran up to Ace hardware and bought some 1 1/2-20 bolts to do the bolts-to-studs conversion.
I already had the lug nuts from Amazon. I already had 1/2" lock washers. I already had Loctite 680.

The bolts that Ace had were only Grade 5, not 8. Less than perfect, but acceptable. the factory lug bolts are only grade 5.

I threaded them through, put on some Loctite 680 to make them permanent, and snugged them up. Now wheel removal/replacement will be much easier.

Nicely done Bob!!! now I'm inspired to fill my tires too

Studs make all the difference in the world when try to install weighted wheels . IMO after 30 years in auto motive and 9 years messing around with these tractors , who ever came up with the idea of bolting on wheel should be shot and pissed on . And the jackasses that continue to do this need to drawn and quartered . IMO.

Dave

Studs do, in fact, make a big difference. I'm a big stud, And just look at the difference I've made!

You also seem very stud-ious!