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Dec 04, 2017I have rubber valves on the inner wheels on my 18' DRW. If you have the factory plastic valve extenders try removing them and filling up the tires. It can be difficult to fill up the tire using those plastic extenders. The end of the plastic extenders are narrower than a standard schrader valve so you have to be perfectly aligned to get an air into them. It's much easier to just put the chuck right on the valve. Also get a longer air chuck. I had a shorter 5 in long air chuck and struggled to get it aligned properly. It's much easier to align with the 9 inch chuck that I use now and can fill the inner tires with ease.
You're right that you won't get an alert for your pressures since the truck came with a TPIS (Information System) instead of TPMS (Monitor System). However, it's not necessary to have the the pressure screen up all the time. Just scroll to it every once in a while to view the pressures.