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A good tool to quickly air down your tires that wont break the bank.
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I've never seen any tool work faster than a random rock or twig, just poke it on the valve and let 'er rip for 10 or 20 seconds, then verify the pressure with a Slime gauge, ha ha. Of course, most tire pressure gauges also have a nub on one end for releasing pressure.
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My air chuck lets air out too. Someone said it takes too long. If you don't have a extra 2 minutes to air up, or air down you're tires, you shouldn't be out there. Those are the posers that whip around you on the trail trying to get to the next insta moment. LMAO
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@North American Sojourner Now now, don't be hating on the guy who has a specialized tool for every thing! Sure, nobody needs it, but you gotta admit that all of this trendy specialized equipment looks pretty cool at the bottom of a shiny, clean tool box that never sees the sunlight!
I’ve gone done the rabbit hole and back on this. The Staun were equal to anything I could do with other tools and the easiest. They also make a quick connect chuck that attaches so you don’t even have to screw them on and off.
Considering how long they will last, the cost isn’t terrible.
Considering how long they will last, the cost isn’t terrible.
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Guilty as charged: I was gifted the ARB air down deflator tool with a subscription to OJ. It took a couple of trips for me to become comfortable using it. The ARB is quick and very accurate. Would I have paid 50 bucks for one? Probably not, I’m a cheapskate and would still be using the Stauns that I gave to my brother in law.
Airing down is fast and easy.
Airing back up is more time consuming and work.
Airing back up is more time consuming and work.
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This.
And the whole thing fits in a door pocket with room for an ice scraper too.
@Renegade Airing up, time consuming? What you using, a bicycle pump?
Kidding! I have two 12-volt portable compressors, both received from acquaintances who no longer needed them; one is a worn-out Slime and the other is a cheap HyperTough (Wal-Mart) but either one will get all four of my 33's back to 35 PSI in the space of about 20-30 minutes. Not sarcastically, how fast is fast enough? (Perhaps we should start a separate thread for this discussion, we might get some interesting suggestions.)
Kidding! I have two 12-volt portable compressors, both received from acquaintances who no longer needed them; one is a worn-out Slime and the other is a cheap HyperTough (Wal-Mart) but either one will get all four of my 33's back to 35 PSI in the space of about 20-30 minutes. Not sarcastically, how fast is fast enough? (Perhaps we should start a separate thread for this discussion, we might get some interesting suggestions.)
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Gettin it here! I’ve a medium priced viar pump, takes about 20- minutes to air up from 20-36lbs. I say about, cause I’ve never timed it. What’s the hurry?
So 30 seconds to air down, 30 minutes to air up, 60:1 ratio - that is my point.
Again my point was not about speed, but the video guy focused on the easy part of the problem, not the hard, more costly, time consuming part.
I use an ARB Twin Compressor with a 4:1 kit. It is about 6:1.
@Renegade Not bad, not bad at all! Hard to beat ARB's compressors.
Point taken, people work hard and spend much time and money to develop a solution to a negligible problem (releasing pressurized air) relative to the amount of effort put into easing and quickening an actually complicated mechanical task (compressing air into a container).
From this thread, looks like ARB has ya covered either way though!
Point taken, people work hard and spend much time and money to develop a solution to a negligible problem (releasing pressurized air) relative to the amount of effort put into easing and quickening an actually complicated mechanical task (compressing air into a container).
From this thread, looks like ARB has ya covered either way though!
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@North American Sojourner Ha ha! To get that next Instagram shot ya mentioned earlier, no doubt!
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Does this guy actually air down his trailer tires? He keeps pointing in that direction. LMAO
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What’s the problem with airing down trailer tires? His situation and experience might support that strategy.
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I do airdown my trailer tires, especially when I am on a washboard, also, in snow or mud it helps.
On washboard, it makes the road easier to travel, especially at any speed. It can be the difference of having a trailer that lasts or rattles apart. In mud and snow airing down increases the foot print to keep the trailer from sinking into the muck. Point in case is this past weekend we were in snow and mud and airing down made the difference between getting out of the area we were in and not it kept both my trailer and Jeep from sinking into a big snow burm.
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Remove valve core, count to whatever number is necessary to reach the desired pressure (make a cheat sheet), re-install valve core.
Removing the core to re-inflate will also speed the process regardless what kind of compressor you are using, (negligibly off a tank)
The first question I now ask myself is "What does it weigh?" and in virtually every instance less is better. A valve core wrench and some extra cores and caps might be 20 grams.
And yes, all of the benefits yielded in airing down the truck exist for airing down the trailer
Removing the core to re-inflate will also speed the process regardless what kind of compressor you are using, (negligibly off a tank)
The first question I now ask myself is "What does it weigh?" and in virtually every instance less is better. A valve core wrench and some extra cores and caps might be 20 grams.
And yes, all of the benefits yielded in airing down the truck exist for airing down the trailer
