RE: Full of air...and not

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Very cool tire pressure system, but those hoses going into the hubs look like they would get snagged on plenty of things, especially if you're frequently going off road a lot. For me, personally, it would probably be a year working around this thing before I quit snagging my tool belt on those lines on the front wheels! :D



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Yeah, I thought the same, but all of their trucks have it, hundreds of them and a lot of military vehicles also. Seems to be a tried and tested system used around the world. We don't see any back and have a constant stream of trucks rolling in for them to be fitted. I'd never have one on my own 4x4 of course. One more thing to go wrong. I'm simple and am happy to stick with simple systems.

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LOL, yes I'm a fan of simplicity myself. I look at that truck and think 'That's cool... but the guys at my work would rip that off in an hour!'

In my experience, every automation that saves time in the field just costs more time in the shop! 😂

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There's maintenance required for sure, but it must work out in the companies favour or they wouldn't use it I suppose. It's something that I might follow up on actually as you've now made me curious about the ongoing general maintenance.

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I was curious because the rollers we have at work have a similarly placed hydraulic hose on the outside of the drums to activate the vibrators, and those suckers get caught on everything.

Also, here in America all sorts of things like this can get mandated just because some manufacturer has the right political connections. If they can make a case that it improves safety or the environment, it doesn't have to work or be cost effective.

Hopefully the political situation is at least a little better in Aussie land. 😁

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Haha, don't even get me started about the political situation here. Farcical, doesn't even cover it. Different issues than you folks, sort of, same nutbaggery.

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