Cats Eye or Crossfire?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Old Man, Oct 1, 2010.

  1. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    Opinion or experience appreciated, will be installing one or the other with new tires this fall.
     
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  3. Gears

    Gears Trucker Forum STAFF - Gone, But Not Forgotten.

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    Good question. I plan on doing the same, will watch for what guys suggest here. They look pretty similar.
     
  4. papanuge

    papanuge Light Load Member

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    I am running crossfires on drive axles and trailer axles. The tires have worn evenly. Better than I expected. Drawback is if you have a leaking tire it is harder to detect.
    They performed perfectly when I cut a tire on the interstate at 70 and experienced a blowout. One tie totally down while one only lost about 5 lbs of pressure. Sure makes it easy to check the pressure, just take a peek as you walk around.
     
  5. Gears

    Gears Trucker Forum STAFF - Gone, But Not Forgotten.

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    How about installation papa....
    Difficult? Do it yourself type of deal or what?
     
  6. walleye

    walleye Road Train Member

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    Definitely a do it yourself deal from what I have seen,......
     
  7. SLCTrucker

    SLCTrucker Medium Load Member

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    Yeah I have crossfires installed on all drives.
    They do work out great, my only complaint is that the braided air tubes were so long I had to offset me wheels by 1 hole so the tubes did not rub on the wheel rim.

    I also installed centrematics at the same time, about 235,000 on drives at moment, starting to show slight signs of wear but still got at least 10/24 left on all tires

    Also am running the XDA Energy tires.

    Yes you can instally yourself, I was just to lazy.
     
    Gears Thanks this.
  8. Wildcat74

    Wildcat74 Medium Load Member

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    Do the crossfires allow you to inflate both tires simultaneously?
     
  9. SLCTrucker

    SLCTrucker Medium Load Member

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    Sure Do, Thats 1 reason I like them...
     
  10. Wildcat74

    Wildcat74 Medium Load Member

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    Gonna buy a few sets myself now, that's a huge selling point. Not sure why they don't advertise that as one of the features.
     
  11. paul 1052

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    Somewhere online I saw some valve caps with LEDs in them that would "remember" the psi that they were installed at and if it dropped by either 5 lb or 5% a light would either come on or flash. Sounded pretty slick.
     
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