I'm not a expert wheeler by any definition, but I read an article or two by some who are. They all were talking 10-12 psi with no beadlocks and single digits with beadlocks. They stated that those lower pressures have a huge difference in traction. Me? I have a lot of truck time on trails, but not much with Jeeps and none of it aired down.
Didn't you see Jaws when they shot the scuba tank? Shark guts everywhere.
Is this the guy here? I'm trying to decide on a portable compressor & the bad reviews on a few kinda turned me away. I may settlle on this.
Yes, that's the one. I can't help about the bad reviews. All these foreign made compressors have some negative mortality rate. No telling if you or I will be the next stuckee of a bad one.
I can tell you from experience, tire pressure means all the difference in your vehicle walking up an obstacle, or having to ram the skinny pedal to the floor trying to throttle over it, or having to back down and look for a bypass. A couple of times I've wheeled with people in Moab who chose to run their tires at higher PSI (18-20psi) where I was running about 13psi. Lines that I would walk right up and make it look easy, they struggled or it required more throttle input.
I've been contemplating doing something similar to what you did on my junk in that same location. My only concern would be the tub supporting that much leveraged weight (figure most are around 10-12lbs) without any vertical support underneath the bracket to the wheel well hump.Made up a little bracket for my 450H. Had the pump mounted under the hood of my JK and worked very well. It’s only 1.8 cfm but at 100% duty cycle. I made a 4 tire inflation hose and will inflate my 35’s from 10 to 34 in about 12-13 minutes
I was concerned with that too, but so far so good. The tub definitely seems stronger than the JK along the rail, and there is also a anchor point for the carpet underneath the pump I could tie into if need be
Good Choice, one that I have also. The "Portability" aspect most appeals to me - tired of getting "ripped" off at the most unexpected times, if you know what i mean !? Mom always used to say, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." ! Wish I'd taken her advice way long ago. I also recommend getting their Deflator Gauge - I don't know if they have a Digital one yet . I've had mine for about 3 years and at the time they only had the analog . It's not the quickest, but it's gotten the air-up / air-down thing "more enjoyable". I'm still in my 2016 G.C. but I intend to keep it when I "move up" to a 2020 JLU or perhaps Gladiator ! ?
