calcium chloride in tractor tires

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Calcium chloride solution is used to fill tractor tires to make them heavier. Yesterday's Tractors discusses the practice.

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[bhudson.livejournal.com]

I suppose that doubling the cost of the salt (from about $5 to about $10, if you go to Lowe's and buy a 50lb sack of it, which seems to be about the amount they're talking of) isn't actually a big deal, whereas losing a tire to screwing up just once in your career would set you back more than you'd ever save in salt.