How do you add air to trailer tires without air inlet ports?

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  1. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    For determining exact pressure, of course it's useless. But for comparitive purposes it works just fine. Provided your ears still work.
     
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  3. Kyle G.

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    Just think of how easily his doors would close if it was!
     
  4. gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    And you understand how to swing a hammer . . .
     
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    Ive had the unfortinate experience of being the guy that got to inflate all the new tires on our pickup pulled fertilizer spreaders one year when they all got replaced... I aired one up to pressure and checked using a guage. The rest I simply aired up until the thump rang the same as the one I used a guage on. I spot checked a few with a guage after I had all of them inflated, of the ones I checked, none were off by more than 2 or 3 psi.

    So, all that said... Given the tires are all the same, I will check one and compare the thump for the rest... Rotating the one I check with a guage everyday.
     
  6. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    Work smarter, not harder; in action! :biggrin_25514:
     
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  7. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    :D then it wouldn't be a parallelogram anymore
     
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  8. Val_Caldera

    Val_Caldera Road Train Member

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    Thank You Hammer166 for Your Reply!
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    Yes, me ears still work although some sounds, like voices, still reflect away or so I've been told by me Mother as well other Ladies as well the Wife.

    Thumping Tires, I never received the sound in the correct pitch or toon, so I just used a Long Straight Tip Air Gauge which I replaced every few months from gravity draws.
    I received more exercise by stooping, reaching, standing and walking, despite cold or heat.
    Inclement Weather I did Air Gauge Checks as allowed by Mother Nature and Father Time.

    CHEERS!!
     
  9. Bean Jr.

    Bean Jr. Road Train Member

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    I've found that when I kick and I don't like the feel, and I gauge check all of them, I'm right. The ones that I thought were good were, and the one that sounded a little low was.
     
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  10. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    I don't know how anyone can feel with a kick.

    I use a 3 pound hammer in the middle of the tread. Those superwides are very hard to tell. I have to look for bulging under load. The hammer struggles till they're 60 psi low.
     
  11. IH Truck Guy

    IH Truck Guy Road Train Member

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    If you've been doing this long enough and wear steel toe boots,it worked for me.
    And if unsure,I'll kick it from the side with my sole.
    But having said that, I use a hammer these days.
    I found kicking tires all these years,it now hurts my knees. Lol
     
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