Fill Them With What?!
An increasing number of incessantly individuals are asking if we run nitrogen in our RV tires. I need to admit, each single time somebody would ask me it took me a second to course of the query in my head earlier than I might reply. The reply was all the time ‘No’, however then I received to pondering, ‘Ought to I be?”. Let’s dive into it.
The combination of the conventional air we breathe, and subsequently run by an air compressor and into our RV tires is round 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, and 1% different gasses. So no, It gained’t trigger any hurt, however increasingly more individuals are paying an upcharge to have pure nitrogen put of their RV Tires.
Why Would You Put Nitrogen In RV Tires?
This development received its begin on the earth of Motorsports like NASCAR, Indy, Formulation and so forth. The rationale behind it was constant tire pressures all through the race, since nitrogen doesn’t escape by the rubber in the identical manner that common air will when the tires are underneath extreme temperatures, in addition to a extra constant stress change by the warmth ranges.
So, for instance in case your tires are sitting within the Pit on an 80 diploma day, they usually get thrown on the quickest automotive on the tremendous speedway, the pit crew is aware of precisely what the stress in them goes to be once they get warmed up. Tremendous vital math at 200 miles an hour within the Florida solar in August. Not a lot in your half-ton towable RV.
How Do You Refill It When It’s Low?
There are going to be instances when for completely no cause in any respect, or since you clipped a curb with the facet wall, that your tire will likely be low on stress. Some, not all tire outlets will be capable to refill the nitrogen in your tire for you, however how far-off is it? I’ve been to all the 48 Continental United States and can’t for the lifetime of me bear in mind seeing one signal on the interstate that stated the subsequent gasoline station had a Nitrogen Filling Station.
You’ll be able to’t drive it there on a ‘flat’ tire anyway, you’ll destroy it. If you happen to pump that may of repair a flat into it, properly, that may be a mixture of compressed air and inexperienced goopy stuff. Undoubtedly not the pure nitrogen we’re discussing right here as we speak.
What Do I Do?
In my sincere opinion, and I’m however a easy man, and I simply run that good ole free air out of no matter air compressor I can discover. No however severely, this may increasingly sound like a ‘my daddy and his daddy earlier than him did it this manner’ sorts of logic, and perhaps it’s, however that is a type of instances that these outdated timers had been proper.
The perfect factor you are able to do is verify your tire stress repeatedly. If checking your tire stress is one thing that you just simply merely aren’t going to do, you possibly can all the time get a Tire Stress Monitoring System that may warn you when certainly one of them is low on stress.
I really purchased one myself over a 12 months in the past once we began dwelling within the RV full time. It nonetheless hasn’t been put in. I simply added Examine Tire Pressures to my ‘Leaving Day Guidelines’ and whereas I’m ingesting my espresso within the morning, stroll across the RV and pop the tire gauge onto the tires. The additional benefit of this, you really take a look at your tires so if there’s a bizarre put on sample on the tread, or a gash within the sidewall, you’re going to find out about it earlier than attempting to beat the tempo automotive up the doorway ramp onto the freeway.
What’s The Verdict?
I’d truthfully say the reply is a strong No.
You don’t NEED to be operating nitrogen in your RV Tires. If the tire store goes to throw it in free of charge with the 6 new 10 ply tires you simply purchased, then certain, why not. It isn’t going to harm something to have it in there. But when you’re going to must pay 10 or 20 bucks a tire to have it put in, I personally would save that cash for the gas invoice on the gasoline pump. Or, use it to choose up a very good high quality tire stress gauge.