Does anybody use a portable tire inflator?

Plumed the air chuck into the primary air tank.
Plug in your hose.
Bump up the idle and go to work..

 

Pulling out a pump be alot nicer and easier then unraveling a hose and wrapping it back up. Plus the hookup.

 

We have a Milwaukee in the service truck, haven’t tried it on big truck tires yet but will do 80 no problem on the small trucks.

does take a little while with the glad hand hose but you can do 100-110 psi with it, but I’ve got my governor turned up a smidge

 

The problem with a hose is that your compressor won't kick in until 90psi and cuts out at 120psi. So when your tire hits the 90's your compressor won't kick on unless your bleed the air. So it takes a while to get to that 110psi or better range.

 

The hose pumps what's in the truck. When the compressor kicks on. It kicks on. Raise the idle. It pumps faster. Just because 90 is the kickon. Doesn't mean anything. The tire pumps up and that's all that matters.

Trailers have tire inflators. It's no different then using a hose other then you don't have to use a hose.

Bleed the air isn't required.

 

You already have one (the air compressor on the truck).

 

When I put a central tire inflation on one of my trailers it had 120psi tires. I had to adjust my compressor governor to cutout at 130psi for the CTI to work properly.

 

mine cuts off at 130. I'm lucky to get 105 in the tires.

 

My truck compressor will fill the tires to 120psi with the governor set at 130.