Did You Know?

[Tree09]

Yup. You run the lines for awhile to flush them, but then you are good

 

[MasterBlaster]

I once found out that (in a pinch) water will work as brake fluid.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Not once it gets hot enough from the brakes to boil.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It got us about 5 miles back to the shop before it leaked out.

 

[Buddy]

Did you know, locking your keys in the pickup really sucks and it's even worse when you do it twice in one week.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[stig]

I hardly ever lock my truck.
Got a great safety system to keep people out of it.
3 large dogs.

 

[kevin bingham]

wait, why are you putting antifreeze in your tires? I don't have a tractor, I have a mini skid steer, but should i be putting antifreeze in the tires? how do you get it in there?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Isn't it for ballast?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Had to do it!

It's saved me more than once.

 

[BlackSmith]

wait, why are you putting antifreeze in your tires? I don't have a tractor, I have a mini skid steer, but should i be putting antifreeze in the tires? how do you get it in there?

It keeps the air from freezing Kevin. No, for weight. On a skid steer I’d foam fill them, prevents flats.

 

[Benjo75]

It's for weight. With my bush hog off I can't lift very much with the forks without the rear tires lifting on my little tractor. On my big tractor I use on the job I have both rear tires filled and a counter balance on the 3 point made of 4 sticks of railroad iron. At around 3,000 lbs it will still start to lift the rear up.

I fill mine by rolling the valve stem to the top. Block or jack it up. Take the valve core out. I put the antifreeze in a pump up sprayer and spray it in. It takes a little bit but it works. Once I have the right amount of antifreeze in I fill it to the top of the rim with water. Tractor Supply or any other tractor place sells a small nozzle that screws on the water hose and goes on the valve stem. It has a pressure valve that lets air out as water goes in. The one I have is made by Slime, the same company that makes the green slime for tires. Once the water is at the top of the wheel remove the nozzle and install the valve core. Air the tire back up as normal.

 

[Buddy]

You'd be proud of me Butch. I got a spare key for the truck, a spare key for my glove box and a magnetic hide a key. The glove box key was unintentional, I think I'm losing my mind.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'm not sure my glove box even locks... 2003 Silverado?

 

[SeanKroll]

Duct tape or electrical taping a key to the frame is an option.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Those cases don't cost but a couple bucks.

 

[Steve Mack]

I've always kept one stashed under the truck. When I had to move I locked the keys in about three times in a week, only ever did it a couple of time before that.


If you're having trouble looking at the gif thread download the new Firefox browzer, it just came out yesterday and is super fast. Twice as fast as chrome they reckon. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

 

[SkwerI]

But they disable Adobe Flash by default, you have to enable it and acknowledge that you understand it will slow down the browser.

 

[Steve Mack]

Really? It hasn't done that with me.

Maybe I enabled it in the old one and it carried over.

Anyway, don't be so picky you put me onto Firefox years ago. And https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?18388-There-Is-No-Need-To-Quote-The-Previous-Post!

 

[MasterBlaster]

GIFs load fine for me in Chrome.

I cleaned Brian's post.