Anyone who is a farmer or who uses large Equipment is familiar with the practice of putting water in tires to improve traction. Here on our farm we have it in all of our Tractor tires. I am doing a lot of heavy pulling with my 4-wheeler and was just wondering how this would work on a Quad? I have been pulling some heavy trailers this week and the ground is really slick from all of the snow and rain we have had , I,ve been spinning a lot. I know the wieght will be really increased by all the water and I will no doubt have to run in low range all the time.(I'm pulling in low anyway)anybody ever give this any thought or try it for that matter? I have the tools to put the water in with I might see how it works.

 

I think this would be a terrible strain to the belt and drivetrain, and when you weren't pulling it would make your ATV feel awfully slugish.

 

Yea you are probly right , I was mainly just speculating anyway. I bet the steering would be hard to handle to.

 

y WOULD YU GET BET TRACTION WITH WATER IN THE TIRES? IS IT THAT THEY ARE PUTTING MORE FORCE ON THE GROUND FROM THE TIRE ITSELF RAHTER THAN FROM THE WEIGHT FROM THE atv?



cHris

 

Remember it not just H2O. It's H2O conbimed with calcium, to keep it from freezing. One more thing to consider is power hop. When you bring that thing up to speed it might start hopping alot. Also Tractor manfg. don't recommend using it without a tube in the tire b/c it eats at the rim.

Hope this helps
Jeremy

99 SP500

 

i DONT KNOW TOO ,MUCH ABOUT THIS TOPIC BUT I WOULD ONLY DO THIS WITH A TUBED TIRE, HE HAS A POINT WITH THE RIM


CANT YOU JSUT ADD A TUBE, JSUT GET THE RIGHT SIZE AND TAKE THE WHEEL OFF?


chris

 

Putting the water/calcium in the tires would add weight for traction, and would not effect power load hardly at all, because the water simple rolls inside the wheel. However at speeds over 15 mph you will start to track water around the inside the tire, eventually leading to a hop. Doing any hillclimbing or trail riding would also be bad. If you were climbing a hill the water would run to the lowest part of the tire, usually downhill side, and would hinder your beast. I use simple wheel weights that I can put on and take off as needed.

 

Why not just try it in the rears? I have driven tractors that have not had enough liquid in one tire and you could feel it chasing it's self around inside the tire while in road gear. FIll them as full as you can. Another thing to try is narower tires with the liquid balest. It would give you more concentrated ground contact and would bite harder. I have seen this on a garden tractor. The wide tires with chains were not as good as narrow bar lug tires. Let us know if it works. I will try it on my 325 mag 2X4.

Dan D.

 

Why not just try it in the rears? I have driven tractors that have not had enough liquid in one tire and you could feel it chasing it's self around inside the tire while in road gear. FIll them as full as you can. Another thing to try is narower tires with the liquid balest. It would give you more concentrated ground contact and would bite harder. I have seen this on a garden tractor. The wide tires with chains were not as good as narrow bar lug tires. Let us know if it works. I will try it on my 325 mag 2X4.

Dan D.

 

Ever thought of putting duals on it??...little bit more expensive than a gallon of H20 though...