To adjust the amount of ballast properly you have to measure wheel slip with a load.
Rubber tracks certainly have advantages, but they are quite expensive and don't work well in hilly ground. My neighbor has a Posi-Track skid steer. One track cost him over $2000.
I put fix-a-flat in tires with a plastic hand pump. You got to pull the hose off and let the air out after about 10 ounces. Don't know why you couldn't pump the beet juice in with one of those.
I wouldn't worry too much about the ballast causing tires not to give. The only tire I remember damaging that was loaded was a slice by a rock that was standing up in the plow furrow. I was a kid and had no idea there was calcium in the tires. Dad asked me if I parked it with the cut up to...
You can siphon it in, but you need a vent to let the air out. A straw that comes with carb cleaner, pb etc. works. Just stick it through the siphon hose at an angle, going in through the valve stem on the tire. My son came up with that idea.
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