Caravan Tyre Inflator.

Sgtsecman
Sgtsecman Forum Participant Posts: 2
edited June 2017 in Parts & Accessories #1

After years of inflating my Caravan tyres with a foot pump, and trying 2 electric pumps which would not cope with 62 psi. I eventually, after reading reviews bought a Ring RAC900  Heavy Duty Inflator from Amazon which does the job impressively.

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  • ABM
    ABM Forum Participant Posts: 14,578
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    edited June 2017 #2

    I  use a  Halfords  12volt  pump,  which  copes  well  enough  with  the  65psi  rear  tyres  on  my  Fiat  Camper.  Just  needs  a  spell  of  1/4  hour  or  so  to  cool  down  if  I've  been  naughty  and  let  the  four  tyres  go  down  a  bit.  Given  a  rest  it   takes  my  fronts  to  60,  then  does  the  rears  with  no  problems.  The  only  thing  I've  done  is  to  extend  the  leads  so  I  can  reach  the  rears  when  using  the  dash mounted  Cigarette  lighter  !

  • young thomas
    young thomas Club Member Posts: 11,357 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited July 2017 #3

    i actually pumped up my 'emergency spare' for my Fiat 500 with my bike pump!

    ok, its a heavy duty one, bought in France (made in Australia) and light as a feather....smile

  • ocsid
    ocsid Forum Participant Posts: 1,395
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    edited July 2017 #4

    I have at home a RING RAC900 and it has sofar proved a good bit of kit for my 65 psi caravan tyres.

    However, I carry for our bikes a Joe Blow Sport 2 track pump and this also is good and not too demanding to put those extra few psi the tyres might need during a trip. It is sold for 120 odd psi use and as long as you are only pumping the volume needed for a few psi correction at 65 psi in caravan size tyres it was no great strain.

    http://www.tweekscycles.com/Product.do?method=view&n=3318&p=518727&d=124&c=4&l=2&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Floor%20Pumps&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwevLBRCGARIsAKnAJvc6CTsFC90JVycusFPboZhWdFMBiathXSJHtcGL4w6yYneZ78qyC0UaAsq8EALw_wcB

    I only got the RING RAC900 because "management" was concerned that at my age I was using my trusty track pump, more than she liked.

  • Milothedog
    Milothedog Forum Participant Posts: 1,433
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    edited July 2017 #5

    I've had one of these (RCA900) for  a few years now, Not cheap but very good. I read somewhere they were standard kit in AA patrols vans at one point.