Gladhand Air Hose

There ya go, I don't use alot of air tools so I wasn't sure. Maybe someday when I can afford a compressor that doesn't have to run constantly to keep up....hehe

 

i keep my compressor wet at 150 for my air tools.

you'll run out of air pretty quick on a truck anyways.

you can fill your tires up. but your going to have a hard time hitting that 100 pound mark at idle. unless you don't mind waiting all day.

i raise the idle up cuz you know. i'm on a clock that can't be stopped. i AIN'T GOT TIME TO KILL.

you gotta realize, your tank is small. then add your air line which probably holds to close as much as your tank. then add your tire which holds probably 3 times more then your tank. that's a lot of air to be pumping and pushing.

everything seems to stop pumping at around 85.

 

I fill tires almost daily. The trailer I just picked up all 8 tires were at 70-75 and I filled them all to 100 in about 20 minutes. I can't imagine not having my air hose. I'm picky about tire pressures being correct.

 

it doesn't take long to fill tires with a glad hand air hose just bump your idle up to 1k and it wont take but maybe a min longer than filling them with shop air.

 

Actually, to someone who's universe of mechanical skills may have been learned during a three week CDL school and maybe some mega-fleet ride-along training, it wouldn't surprise me. Not knocking the OP for that. It is what it is. We all have to have the basics shown to us at some point. I'll stop there before I go on a rant about how vocational education in our public schools has vanished.

The fact that the OP cares enough about running proper tire pressure to ask out how to use a gladhand air hose is great! OP will now be gazed upon in awe by all the neighboring drivers that are wondering what that air hose is for and why he would be putting air in tires that are obviously not flat.

PS: another tip - if you're inflating to a pressure close to, or at, your air system's operation it will be slow going. Especially on steers that are usually filled to max pressure. For example, if your truck regulator maintains the pressure between 110 and 125 like mine does, you could be there a while adjusting a steer tire to 110 if the compressor hasn't quite kicked on. I can save a few minutes by checking my air gauges in the cab before airing steer tires. If it's on the low end closer to 110, fan the brakes once or twice to get the regulator to kick on the compressor then get out and start airing when it's climbed back up to at least 120.

 

don't forget to put plumbers tape on the threads first.

http://www.lowes.com/Pipe-Fittings/Pipe-Insulation/Plumbers-Tape/_/N-1z0ynvo/pl#!