Last minute option added to our trailer, tire inflation

Leave out of Laredo were it's 110 in the shade with perfectly inflated tires. Drive through rain storm and when you get to Waco it's 60 degrees outside - what is the pressure of the tires?

Same question, but this time leave Denver heading to Grand Junction - will the tires stay at the same pressure or will the pressure vary?

My company has a lot fewer summer blowouts now because the tire stays properly inflated. If a driver runs one tire at 105 psi and its neighbor at 90 psi in 100 degree weather, chances of a blowout increase exponentially. The inflation system will keep the tire at 100 psi regardless of weather or elevation.

I have my air hose, and it paid for itself a dozen times over in the l first 5 years. As more of the trailers got inflation systems, I used it less and less. Last time I used it was 2019.

 

So anyway, back on the subject of auto inflation systems... I have mixed feelings.

If it was my own trailer or assigned to me, I can definitely see the value. But with fleet trailers, in my experience, it tends to enable the lazy drivers who can't be bothered to check the tires or get leaks repaired.

 

I saw a Mid West Truck Ron Pratt towing video on youtube a few years ago were he was picking up what i think was a FedEx pup trailer that had been left parked on side road somewhere. When he got there it had an inside tire that was flat and both beads had come loose. He called FedEx about it and they told him just hook up the air and pull it. That it will refill and reseat while rolling down the road. It did. That was pretty impressive when 95% of the time when mounting new tires you need a Cheetah bead blaster and at least 90 Psi of air to blast them beads to seal.

 

I've had the trailers air up tires off the bead a couple times, it's pretty impressive

 

The Halo Tire Inflation System is actually a very good system for the tractor. I have been running them for 8 plus years and I run the Tire Max Pro System on my trailer. In conjunction with a Tire Pressure Monitoring system to see an issue that occurs while driving and in between my morning pre trip tire inspection/post trip tire inspection.

 

Tried them but a couple of winters across 80 and they were so corroded inside they quit working.

 

I run the Midwest and don’t leave the house if it’s snowing but haven’t seen that issue in 650,000 miles of use. They salt the roads around here if they are calling for a flurry, but my rig gets a bath nearly every week. Mine have paid for themselves several times over. I had one not working properly after a couple years and they replaced it at no cost.

 

WI to CA and back. Got a couple of sets free to try them, by the second year they quit working. Quite a while ago so they may have improved/fixed that.
Trailer PSI systems are pretty easy and very few problems. Had hem on most of the trailers since 2004.

 

The first system from Halo was a real chore to get reattached when having tires put on if the tire guy couldn’t follow directions. The latest system is very easy with only one bolt to tighten. There is enough free play in the hoses if the tire guy doesn’t mount the valve stems across from each other they can still mount without repositioning the wheels. I wouldn’t do without the trailer system and feel it is a no brainer when ordering a trailer. It nearly eliminates road calls.