I have the meritor tire inflation system for trailers. What do you use for trucks?
The trailers are a $1000 dollar option from factory and pay for themselves in roughly a year I have found.
How much for the truck and which system is best? What has been your experience?
Thanks.
Tire inflation System for Truck
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Midwest Trucker, Sep 21, 2018.
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Loves tire pass is $10 for the truck and trailer. So once a week for 50 weeks is $500 bucks. Auto systems are difficult to check pressure, and find out which one is leaking if you have a constant loss.
Also max pressure with auto system is what 100psi??
I liked 110 when I ran my own truck and company trailer.Midwest Trucker Thanks this. -
What?
You can't check your tire pressure? -
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You can have the system pressure set for what you want as long as your below your governor cutout.roshea, Midwest Trucker and 062 Thank this. -
To the op I’ve seen them on some super singles. Don’t recall seeing any on duals. The ones on supers have some kind of bracket they mount to. Wonder how hard it would be to adapt a trailer system off a wrecked one to a tractor?Midwest Trucker and Oldironfan Thank this. -
The ones I’ve seen on trucks could be damaged easily because they stuck out so far .. however they use them in the bush so maybe they are tougher than they look
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The drivers are supposed to and many do, however everyone has their strong and weak areas and tire psi isn’t everyone’s strong spot!
I have it on 12 of 13 trailers and has been extremely successful and less stressful. Worth every penny.
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Another option is get a tpms system for the truck.
For a 10 tire system, it looks to be $500. I don't know the quality of them though. Something you can look into.
https://www.amazon.com/EEZTire-EEZ-RV-TPMS10-Pressure-Monitoring-System/dp/B009BF9S4E -
I once had a car tell me (Rental) that the tire pressure in one wheel was 24 pounds and falling. That was interesting. And nice to have actually. Information in real time fast enough to actually do something about before we really have a problem.
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