Air Down & Up

[StillwaterRaptor]

Just wanted to share how I’m solving airing up and down my truck

first I couldn’t recommend Morrflate enough. Simple 4 wheel deflate and inflate. And as an added bonus all wheels are sure to be the same pressures.
I will say their chucks on the valve stems are hard to release with the bead lock ish wheels.

Before I put onboard air on my bronco, I got a Milwaukee M18 inflator and it’s great for 1 tire at a time. But with the Morrflate adapter you can do all 4 at once. Honestly spending another 900 for onboard air again for the Ranger is gonna be tough to justify. This works decent!

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[telenerd]

Hey that’s my Bronco. I have Moreflate too for my Bronco. Works great. I use their compressor because of how fast it pumps up all 4 tires. My old compressor would take 45 minutes for all 4! Now I can do it in no time at all. Just waiting on my Raptor to come in and then we can be twins. Well almost my Raptor is shelter green.

 

[StillwaterRaptor]

Excellent. Just finished a 2800 mile road trip and adventure in Montana. Next time I’ll take the Ranger.
Yeah the bronco has the onboard ARB, but the portables are nice too!

 

[John E Davies]

Add 3/4” or 1” schrader valve extenders to your beadlockish wheels, problem solved. I actually took off my rings completely and put them on a garage shelf, they are about five pounds EACH. not counting the weight of the hardware.

John Davies
Spokane WA USA

 

[StillwaterRaptor]

Are you worried about the treaded holes left in the wheel with the rings removed?

I will say in the bronco. Those rings act as sacrificial rings for rock scrapes. They’re beat up but the wheels are fine!

 

[John E Davies]

Are you worried about the treaded holes left in the wheel with the rings removed?

I will say in the bronco. Those rings act as sacrificial rings for rock scrapes. They’re beat up but the wheels are fine!

If you nail a trim ring hard on a rock it will could shear off the entire ring, damaging the wheel hole threads. The rings stick so far out, damage is unavoidable. With them removed, the wheel rim itself is set further back, protecting it from most impacts. IMHO beadlocks are idiotic in many ways. I am fine with the look with the trim rings off, and I don’t care what others think about my truck.

I bought a set of five pristine 17” Bronco six spoke wheels (takeoffs, 70 miles) with sensors and center caps for $650, and I might use those for my summer wheels, and mount snow tires on my stupid beadlocks, I have until November to make that decision…

John Davies

 

[markal49]

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Just wanted to share how I’m solving airing up and down my truck

first I couldn’t recommend Morrflate enough. Simple 4 wheel deflate and inflate. And as an added bonus all wheels are sure to be the same pressures.
I will say their chucks on the valve stems are hard to release with the bead lock ish wheels.

Before I put onboard air on my bronco, I got a Milwaukee M18 inflator and it’s great for 1 tire at a time. But with the Morrflate adapter you can do all 4 at once. Honestly spending another 900 for onboard air again for the Ranger is gonna be tough to justify. This works decent!

Cool. What’s the inflation time and pressures? I ask because I use a Dewalt 20v battery inflator and wonder how well it would work with the Moreflate four way tool.

 

[StillwaterRaptor]

Going from 30-40 took about 5 minutes. By no means as fast as the arb, but gets you back on the road for sure.

 

[UpInTheAir]

Cool. What’s the inflation time and pressures? I ask because I use a Dewalt 20v battery inflator and wonder how well it would work with the Moreflate four way tool.

I wouldn't recommend a battery inflator if you're doing any wheeling in CO or at elevation. It is going to take FOREVER, and I would be surprised if they have enough juice to get all of your tires aired back up from low PSI. Go wheeling with some groups and see what people like. The compressor flavor of the month seems to be ever changing. Used to be Powertank vs Viair, then everyone had to get ARB twins, now there are a million shops branding the AliExpress twin cylinder portable compressor as their own.

I have run a Puma 12v compressor with a small tank as onboard air for a number of years. The FZJ80 guys on ih8mud swore by them, and it never let me down. Airs up nearly as fast as an ARB twin and was a fraction of the cost. I never timed it or paid attention, but it probably took about 30 mins to air up all four tires from 12-15psi to 40psi on 295s at elevation. It was always within 1-2 mins of ARB twins. I mostly just use my portable Napa twin compressor now which is quicker and smaller, and I managed to snag it for under $100 a few years ago so can't complain too much.

Next debate will be air down solutions . I have both Coyote 4x4 (similar to Stans) and Currie (before/same as ARB) deflators. The Coyote/Stans are easier but slightly slower, and they take some time to initially calibrate to your desired fixed PSI. The Currie is a little quicker and lets you air down to different PSIs, but I am lazy so rarely break it out these days.

 

[markal49]

I wouldn't recommend a battery inflator if you're doing any wheeling in CO or at elevation. It is going to take FOREVER, and I would be surprised if they have enough juice to get all of your tires aired back up from low PSI. Go wheeling with some groups and see what people like. The compressor flavor of the month seems to be ever changing. Used to be Powertank vs Viair, then everyone had to get ARB twins, now there are a million shops branding the AliExpress twin cylinder portable compressor as their own.

I have run a Puma 12v compressor with a small tank as onboard air for a number of years. The FZJ80 guys on ih8mud swore by them, and it never let me down. Airs up nearly as fast as an ARB twin and was a fraction of the cost. I never timed it or paid attention, but it probably took about 30 mins to air up all four tires from 12-15psi to 40psi on 295s at elevation. It was always within 1-2 mins of ARB twins. I mostly just use my portable Napa twin compressor now which is quicker and smaller, and I managed to snag it for under $100 a few years ago so can't complain too much.

Next debate will be air down solutions . I have both Coyote 4x4 (similar to Stans) and Currie (before/same as ARB) deflators. The Coyote/Stans are easier but slightly slower, and they take some time to initially calibrate to your desired fixed PSI. The Currie is a little quicker and lets you air down to different PSIs, but I am lazy so rarely break it out these days.

I use it now and it’s fine. It’s slower than a real compressor but ok by me, takes maybe 15-20 minutes to get all four tires from 20 to 30 psi. I’m just curious how it will work with the four way devices and if that will speed it up.
I use simple brass deflators and they’re fine. Let’s just say I’m pretty happy with simple gear that doesn’t cost a lot

 

[Driven]

Are you worried about the treaded holes left in the wheel with the rings removed?

I will say in the bronco. Those rings act as sacrificial rings for rock scrapes. They’re beat up but the wheels are fine!

The beauty rings on my ranger raptor definitely have taken a beating. Especially the passenger side, lessons learned, but the wheels were essentially saved by the rings.

 

[Highspeedplay]

I love the Milwaukee M18 air pump works great and I have used it for over a yr with my Jeep on 37s , 1 battery would do all 4 tires from 10lbs to 30lb in 3-4 min each, and then some. Altitude makes very little difference , its creating air pressure not density so not a problem. I have a buddy he takes a NOS tank with him its definitely faster and alot more air but mine never runs out. and I usually do alot of other peoples tires as well.

 

[UpInTheAir]

I am going to go out on a limb and assume you've never tried to air back up at high elevation. There is definitely a big difference. https://www.thecompressedairblog.co...ors-at-high-altitude-challenges-and-solutions

 

[Mystic]

I use the Ironman 4x4 Air Champ Pro; pop the hood, connect leads, and it does all 4 tires in about 7-8 minutes. It's pretty quick and painless - I don't have the urge to buy something like a 4x simultaneous deflator.

The instrument cluster is accurate enough to where I monitor progress just standing next to the truck, outside.

Staun rapid deflators set to 18psi handle the airing down part rapidly.

I would echo the advice of UpInTheAir to avoid battery powered stuff for serious offroading.

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