Tacoma Dude

Now THAT is funny

Inspectorgadgets

You guys want a blast of air?

Try my mod, works great, have had it for a year now and I can fill my 33's from 14psi to 40psi in five minutes or less.

I have not had any problems with this setup, in-fact everyone I have talked to thinks Co2 is the way to go on the trail. I don't mind helping others, that's why I carry a 20#r, I can run my air tools, impact gun etc, etc. But most of all, the Co2 lasts a long time, unless I fill up all the trucks. I can get 12 trucks filled up on one tank; the tank only cost 12 bucks to refill so no problem.

Those of you who have these tanks know what I am talking about when it comes to filling up tires; your regulator freezes up after three tires and the air flow slows down, then your tanks gets too cold to produce more air from the Co2 liquid.

What my setup does, is put the air into the 5 gallon tank to 175 -200 psi, the regulator shuts off and the Co2 tank warms up. Buy the time you fill up two tires from the 5 gallon air tank the Co2 regulator kicks in and supplies the 5 gallon tank pressure back to 175 -200 psi and shuts off. I have timed my fill up on each tire and so far I can do one tire in 45 seconds flat!

Go to my web site http://www.inspectorgadgets.com for more details, if you want more info email me at :
inspectorgadgets.mike@verizon.net

Nitrogen is used for coilovers, the question about Nitrogen vs Co2 in tires is determined on the application. I have heard that some racing bikes or cars put nitrogen in the tires to keep from loosing air pressure in the tires while they are hot, but I do not think this is a good idea in truck tires; some of you have answered this in your posts and you are right on.
-Mike

Corey

iTrader: (1)

That's a pretty cool idea you used there Inspector.
At our run yesterday, a lot of us aired down.
I aired down to 20 psi, and it only took a few mintutes tops to air all mine back upto 35 psi.

Jim & Trudie who were also there "borrowed" my hose and filled their tires up too.
Jim was quite impressed with the speed of the C02.

Yes, the hose at the reg got pretty cold and frosty, but still worked great.

Flygtenstein

I am interested in the whole frosting thing.

When I ran my regulator wide open in 113 degree heat in Arizona, it showed no signs of frost.

When I did the same in Colorado at 9k feet with an air temp around 65 or so, it got all frosty.

Seems to be no rhyme or reason to it.

Inspectorgadgets

The outside temp to the tank is the key to keeping a high pressure. During the summer my tank runs around 1000 - 1500 psi, during the winter it runs 800 - 1000. Its all about outside temp; and what is worse, is when you use the tank in winter. I have to make sure my slide window is open to the Shell so warm air can get into the Cap, a few degrees makes a whole lot of difference.
Once I used the tank to re-bead a tire in the winter, after that the air was gone and I had zero pressure (I have a backup A/C 120psi Air Compressor that is linked to the 5 gallon tank). So when I got home 3 hours later, I checked my tank it had 600 psi in it.
Now my tank is a 20 pounder, most of the guys use a 10 pounder, so 600 psi would be good for another road trip for me.
-Mike

crawler#976

humidity and dew point has alot to do with it.

In AZ, 113 deg @ 10% humidity and a dew point of -3 or lower, the regulator has to get down to -3 Degs before the moisture will condensate and freeze on the regulator.

In Colorado, 65 deg @ 60 to 70% humidity and a dew point of 48 or so, the regulator chills to the dew point very quickly, and to below freezing after just one or two tires, and the moisure condensates and freezes on it.

later