school me on tire deflators

Yeah, I was wondering if screwing in the staun type on all 4 and walking away to do other stuff was faster or more convenient than staying at the arb at each corner, even though it’s pretty quick. My kid likes the arb so I better keep that one. Lol
 
77GreenMachine said:
I have a set of SmittyBilt deflators somewhere. The type that once set, you screw them on and the deflate to the set pressure. After I did that and walked away only to return to 2 tires flat in the ground I just never used them again. Mostly because shortly after my Jeep became a trailer queen and I never worried about air pressure anymore. I’ll gladly give them to someone if they want them. For $10 I’ll ship them. I think the ones that let all the air out just came unscrewed from their setting.
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I wouldn’t mind trying them one day if you have them at a ride or something. Just curious.
 
Southern_Transplant said:
Another vote for these. Cheap and fast. You just go around the Jeep and put them on then come back to the first tire and check the pressure. Once it's at the pressure you want, go around in the same direction and disconnect them all. Done and rolling...
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Cool. Haven’t seen those. Thanks
 
77GreenMachine said:
Yeah I never bothered to spend the money on a fancy tool I gotta jeep up with to let the air out of my tires. I have a few gages always on hand and valve stem tool, and I yank that sucker out and let ‘er whistle for a bit till I see the tire squat and fine tune with the gauge from there. I’ve done it so many times I can usually get within 2-3lbs.

when the tires starts to lower and widen, you just hit the side wall and it should giggle like a nice booty. Put the valve stem in and go wheelin. Usually someone is on tire #2 with the fancy gadget by the time I’m done.
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shawn said:
Valve core tool ftw
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Ditto above

Valve stem tools are usually free if you have a good tire place, along with all the loose valve stems you could ever want...... just sayn...



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I also have stauns. Screw them on, get rest of stuff ready and remove them. ( once the are set of course) for us who drive to the trail of course...
 
Southern_Transplant said:
Another vote for these. Cheap and fast. You just go around the Jeep and put them on then come back to the first tire and check the pressure. Once it's at the pressure you want, go around in the same direction and disconnect them all. Done and rolling...
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I have one of these too. Won it somewhere along the way. As someone else said, go around and screw on all 4, then check the first until it gets close then remove all the rest. Then adjust accordingly.

The first ones that were posted, I have a set of tuff stuff branded ones but they look exactly the same. I set them to 16psi and they'll vary from 12-18. Last time I used them one tire went very low and I had to reinflate. Haven't used them since and haven't checked the "calibration".
 
NCJeeplover said:
I like this valve core tool, hold on to the core and stores extras....

Tire Core Tool
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thats Brennan Metcalf, fellow wheeler and entrepreneur, very prevelant on pirate and instagram. overall good dude to spend your dough with.
 
A lot of the guys I see posting here trailer their rig to and from the trail. I do the same, but I never “air up” my tires beyond trail pressure. I mean NEVER! Why are you trailering guys messing with air pressure this much to justify buying a tool to air back down?
 
BigSouth said:
A lot of the guys I see posting here trailer their rig to and from the trail. I do the same, but I never “air up” my tires beyond trail pressure. I mean NEVER! Why are you trailering guys messing with air pressure this much to justify buying a tool to air back down?
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I always air my rigs up once back home, to reduce flat spotting the tire carcass. Don't know if it helps or not , but just makes sense.
 
BigSouth said:
Why are you trailering guys messing with air pressure this much to justify buying a tool to air back down?
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Mine is dual purpose, but gets trailered to the trails. If I was just trailering I would air back up just enough to take the bulge out of the side wall. It may not do anything but to me it seems like less stress on the sidewall.
 
mcutler said:
I always air my rigs up once back home, to reduce flat spotting the tire carcass. Don't know if it helps or not , but just makes sense.
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Guess I never thought about it that way. Sounds like a legit reason to me. I just always took my rig for a lap around the farm once a week to get all the fluids up to temperature and shift through all the gears.
 
Clip on tire Chuck works too. Get 4.

Time time to air down.

Walk around putting on. Remove in order installed at time for first and you're done.

Added bonus, make a 4 way T to one line, with a tire inflator with gauge on it. Use to reinflate all 4 at one time. Or do 2 to one line and do two at a time.
 
mcutler said:
thats Brennan Metcalf, fellow wheeler and entrepreneur, very prevelant on pirate and instagram. overall good dude to spend your dough with.
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I've followed him for years on pirate. I also picked up one of his soft shackles. Very good quality and priced competitively. I would love to pick up one of his tool bags.
 
a_kelley said:
I can't claim originality on that idea. I saw it somewhere, but can't remember. Might've been arb or something.
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I'm looking up parts to make one. Not sure what kind of hose I'd use. Coiled or rubber?
 
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