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Read articles →This is an owner's hands-on ballasting session on his own Mahindra 8560, part of a longer build series. He mixes antifreeze at a 10% ratio, jacks the tractor, walks through filling tires with a hose adapter, bleeding air, checking pressure, and explains his reasoning on ratios, PSI targets (12 rear, 32 front), and tools like a fluid-fill pressure gauge. Useful for owners planning to ballast their own tires.
Posted by Life With Chase, an individual owner documenting his own Mahindra 8560 project step by step.
He uses a 10% antifreeze to water ratio, mainly for corrosion protection to keep the rims from rusting, not for freeze protection.
He put about 12 pounds in the rear tires for traction and 32 pounds in the front, which is the sidewall recommendation for max load capacity.
Based on his calculation using roughly 89 gallons per tire and water at about 8.3 pounds per gallon, it adds roughly 1,450 pounds to the tractor.
He uses a pump and hose to add antifreeze, then a hose adapter that screws onto the valve stem to add water, plus a spring-loaded fluid pressure gauge.
