Dbltime

I have been looking for tire & nitrogen bottle racks for the inside of my tailer. Came across these little goodies that look pretty good.

<a href="http://www.pitpal.com/tirerack.html" target="_blank">www.pitpal.com/tirerack.html</a>

<a href="http://www.pitpal.com/racks.html" target="_blank">www.pitpal.com/racks.html</a>

kary993

Bill, pretty cool site for many odd items. Thanks for posting it.

clubrcr

Bill before ou buy the tire racks, see me at Roebling, I went through a search to find a good tire rack at a reasonable price and found a custom made one from Haulmark Trailers. I bought two and only need one. They are made out of aluminum and 6" long and mount easily in the trailer.

Jim Newman
# 4 964 Carrera Cup

Ruf-Racer

I went with a custom tire rack to host three sets of race tires & two spare trailer tires.The easy part was mounting a nitrogen tank! I use a small tank about the same size as a "single 72" scuba tank. I have enough gas to service tires and use air driven tools for about 8-10 events. Mounts easily in any corner and is easily lifted and carried about as required. Refill cost is twelve bucks. Skip the air wrench part and you have enough nitrogen for many moons! BTW, I too have a trailer/car door conflict so the electric winch works really well.

Cheers,

R <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Kerry

Why tanks of nitrogen? Is it because they take up less room and are cheaper than an air compressor?

eugene

Nitrogen is used for the tires as nitrogen is not affected
by changes in temperature as much as "regular " air.

Eugene.

E. J. - 993 Alumni

A quote from a chemical engineer I once had discussed this very topic with via email:

[quote]First, I don't know exactly what "regular" air is. Is that a lower octane version of "Premium" air? LOL

Nitrogen and air have almost identical qualities - makes sense since air is ~80% Nitrogen. In fact, when it comes to pressure/temperature behavior, all gasses are the same - DRY gas that is. When you buy bottled N2, it is dry. I am not even sure you can buy bottled air at the gas places (I know you can get if from a dive shop, but I don't know if they assure it to be dry.

It is better than using a compressor for a few reasons:
It is dry.
The air from your compressor may not be.
The bottle is easier to haul in a trailer than a compressor.
You don't have to find an electrical outlet or start your generator to use your N2 bottle then wait for the pressure to build up.
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