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Rim
Guard™ News Release
Compact/Utility Growth Drives Rim Guard™ Ballast Sales
Over the past several years, the compact and utility tractor market
has experienced rapid growth. These tractors often have more horsepower
than their weight can effectively use. Adding ballast significantly
improves stability, pulling power and efficiency by reducing wheel
hop and slippage.
Typically the answer has been to add a calcium chloride solution
to the tires, "suitcase" weights on the tractor’s
nose, or wheel weights. Calcium chloride is extremely corrosive,
toxic and requires a tube. RIM GUARD™ is a new liquid ballast
that has been developed as an environmentally friendly alternative
to calcium chloride and other liquid ballast solutions. Patented
in 2001, Rim Guard™ is non-corrosive, non-flammable, non-toxic,
biodegradable and does not freeze down to -35°F.
Iron weights are expensive ($1-$2 per lb.) and often are located
where they don’t do the most good. Rim Guard™ costs
about $.28 per lb. retail. If the tractor has a front-end loader,
iron weights can be detrimental to the tractor’s balance
and overall weight distribution. The weight is needed in the rear
to counter the weight of the loader and to maximize traction.
Rim Guard is loaded in the rear tires where it is most needed.
It also can be loaded in the front tires of 4WD tractors to further
enhance traction and in 2WD models to reduce nose lift when pulling
heavy loads. Rim Guard will lower the center of gravity, thereby
increasing vehicle stability on hilly or sloping terrain and greatly
enhance operational safety.
Rim Guard™ is made from an agricultural byproduct with other
additives and weighs 10.7–11 lbs per gallon. Besides farm
and compact tractors, Rim Guard is used in backhoes, skid steers,
sky lifts, all-terrain forklifts, rear wheels on combines, and
pay loaders. Even large eight-wheeled tractors will partially
fill their tires with Rim Guard™ to reduce wheel slippage.
Because Rim Guard™ is totally non-corrosive, tubes are not
needed, saving both the cost of the tube and the labor to install
it. With Rim Guard™, you’ll never have to replace a
rim due to corrosion and never have to struggle with a tire that
is fused by rust to the rim along the bead. When equipment needs
ballast, the best choice is Rim Guard™.
Rim Guard, Inc.
Tel: (616) 608-7745
Fax: (616) 608-7749
1575 Gezon Parkway SW, Suite E
Wyoming, Michigan 49509
Dealer Inquiries Welcome
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