Tire HELP

theboyztravel: I traveled down the same path you're on now and went through the whole plastic/metal valve extender business for about two years. After numerous bouts of leaking/sometimes working extenders, the final straw occurred when we were out of state and I happened to notice one of my duallies didn't look right. Upon checking the pressure I found that I couldn't get a reading at all! Sooo, I pulled out the silly 12v mini compressor provided by the rv manufactuer and attempted to fill the tire with air again. The silly thing ran about 20mins until it stripped a gear and started to freewheel. Fortunately I had just enough air to make it to a service station for a fillup. Since then. I bought a Tire Minder monitoring system and a Viair compressor. Oh early on I bought a Loadmaster spare tire carrier and another rim and spare tire that is mounted at the rear. You don't really need any of this stuff until you're stuck somewhere with a failed or flat tire and then you DO!