Dually tire valve extenders that make it easy
I'm beating my head against the wall trying to set up my f-350 so I can easily reach the tire valves for inflate/deflate. I have old knees and can't be crawling around trying to get at the tire va...
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The caveat to having long metal valve stems repurposed from tractor tires (such as what Tire Man sells) on the inside dual is when you go to rotate tires, or when you need another spare tire in a pinch.
I've had two blow outs on my dually, and one time, I needed to mount the inside dual from the rear onto the steer axle on the front until I could get to a place to get another tire for a spare.
If I had 6" long valve stems on the inside dual rear, then I wouldn't have been able to mount the tire on the front axle, and I wouldn't be able to air it up very well if mounted on the outside rear axle, which is the proper position if singling out a dually pair in an emergency (when not fully loaded to the point of needed all of the available tire capacity).
Granted, it is a rare instance when you need two spares, or when you are without a spare, but it can happen, and one would be less prepared for that situation with a permanently mounted long valve stem on the inside duals.
I'm not saying that the Tire Man option is a bad idea, I'm just pointing out that there can be reasons why it is not ideal or optimal in all situations. I like all my tires and wheels to be interchangeable. As it is, I now have four perfectly matched drive tires in two dually pairs that I would not want to break up as they are evenly worn across all four. In fact, I don't rotate them. I do have several steer axle tires I rotate through. But in a pinch, the normal hard mounted metal valve stems make all the tires deployable in any position when far afield and self reliant.
I've had two blow outs on my dually, and one time, I needed to mount the inside dual from the rear onto the steer axle on the front until I could get to a place to get another tire for a spare.
If I had 6" long valve stems on the inside dual rear, then I wouldn't have been able to mount the tire on the front axle, and I wouldn't be able to air it up very well if mounted on the outside rear axle, which is the proper position if singling out a dually pair in an emergency (when not fully loaded to the point of needed all of the available tire capacity).
Granted, it is a rare instance when you need two spares, or when you are without a spare, but it can happen, and one would be less prepared for that situation with a permanently mounted long valve stem on the inside duals.
I'm not saying that the Tire Man option is a bad idea, I'm just pointing out that there can be reasons why it is not ideal or optimal in all situations. I like all my tires and wheels to be interchangeable. As it is, I now have four perfectly matched drive tires in two dually pairs that I would not want to break up as they are evenly worn across all four. In fact, I don't rotate them. I do have several steer axle tires I rotate through. But in a pinch, the normal hard mounted metal valve stems make all the tires deployable in any position when far afield and self reliant.
