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Whangler
Explorer II
Oct 05, 2017

Compressor for topping trailer and truck tires to 80 psi

I have a little 2 gallon hot dog compressor that supposedly makes 120 psi but it took at least 5 minutes per tire to top off my old truck and trailer tires to just 50 psi. There's no way the little 2...
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ThomBoles
Explorer
Oct 06, 2017
Whangler wrote:

How much pressure do your tires take? AND, how long does it take to top off each tire?

I run them at about 86-90 PSI cold. I had a slow leak on one of the valve extensions and one of the tires was going down to 40 over a couple days parked. I could get it back to operating pressure in a few minutes.

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