meritor tire inflation system

its fairly inexpensive, i can see it paying for itself in lost down time and less road side service calls. let alone longer tire life. i think the cost benefit is more with super singles than with duals because with super singles you cant limp it anywhere with duals you can drag your air hose out drive a little ways stop air up again and drive till you get somewhere you can get it fixed not very practical with super singles as there is not another tire to carry the weight when the other tire is low. i cant see not running it for the price in my situation. especially because i am puncture prone.

just think of the down time you have had in the last year (lost revenue) waiting for tire repairs, if you can get your tires fixed at your convenience vrs when it happens figure how much more up time you would have in your operation. let alone if you get stuck on the side of the road somewhere and have to wait for a service truck, then you have service call cost as well as down time. i think for me it would pay for itself within a few months. if my experience with this system goes as good as some friends of mine has ill retrofit every trailer i buy with this system.

here is my truck and the trailer im getting this system retrofitted on

 

well just a update the system is done being installed, everything seems to be working how it should. the shop did a nice clean installation on everything. they also fixed a light replaced my trailer light plug as it was in bad shape and repaired some questionable wiring that was on my to do list, replaced a quick release valve on one of my dump cylinders that was leaking and the total damage came out to $1422

 

there is a place at each wheel to verify air pressure. also one at the control box.

there is a difference in the kit if you have tapered or straight hubs (large or small outer caps you can tell)

the center plugs get removed and replaced with ones from the kit. they come out by drilling a hole in them and using a slide hammer. new ends get pressed in.

the guy that installed my system supplied me with all the literature including installation instructions. it really looks pretty straight forward to install. two holes are drilled and tapped in the center of the axle and vent lines are installed here encase of a air line failure inside of the axle then two holes are drilled closer to the ends of the axle tubes axle air supply lines are run in threw these. end plugs are removed and replaced with the ones from the kit outer axle hub seals are replaced air line attaches from the replacement outer hub to the tire, air lines from the Axel to the control box. air line from your air tank to the control box. constant power wire to the control box and warning light installed.