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No problem filling the tires with liquid.
If in a cold climate there are charts for the amount of
calcium chloride to use per gallons of water for lowering the freezing point. Instead of buying expensive equipment to pump it in buy/rent a small submersible pump.
Next you will need a small wet vac. Mix Cal/Chlo in a plastic barrel large enough to fill one tire. Old USN way of mixing brine was when a potato floats it's good for around minus 5 to zero. Next you need some plastic TYGON
or rubber hose to fit over the valve stem and a way to
connect it to the pump and a set of visegrip pliers.
Remove valve core from stem. Push rubber or tygon hose over stem. Connect other end to wetvac hose via reducers.
Pull a good vacuum on tire/tube. Clamp tube close to
vac hose to prevent air from entering. Connect hose removed from vac to submersible pump and plug it in.
NOTE: BE DAMNED SURE PUMP IS PLUGGED INTO A GFI !!!
Fill TO 75% full for some cushion effect. If need be, have stem the highest point in case the vac is needed again. How to tell when about 3/4 full? Tap tire with a
hammer handle, figure out amount of gallons or just feel
the temperature of the tire as the water will more than likely be colder than the tire. Worked many times for me.

Uncle Fred

Filling tractor tires
Parts and Repair
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