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Hi all. Due to the extreme cold, the tires on my truck keep losing air. There’s a gas station with free air about 4 miles away, but all the other gas stations in the area with compressors charge obscenely for it. Miss the good ol’ days growing up. I’ve got a compressor, and an air chuck, and a tire pressure gauge. But what I’m looking for is an air chuck, preferably one that locks onto the tire stem, and has an in-line pressure gauge, so I don’t have to keep going back and forth between the air chuck and pressure gauge. I don’t know any quality brands, but I’m sure the SIGForum brain trust does, so I’d like to get some recommendations. Thanks in advance! This is what I currently use. It locks onto the tire stem, but I have to unhook it to check pressure.  “I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” | ||
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I just bought a Rhino from Amazon inflator I've only used it 1 time so far, but I like the way it works. I also have a tire gauge from them with the same brand of gauge & it reads exactly the same as the inflator, within 1psi of another gauge & the TPMS on the truck. As a quality engineer, I deem that to be good enough. | |||
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I went with this one from Milton. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002SRL20/ I have used this type for years when I was in the repair shop business. | |||
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^^^That's what I was looking for last week, but couldn't find it on Amazon! I ended up getting one at Tractor Supply on sale for $4.99 that looks like a Rhino knock-off. We'll see how long it lasts. ------------------------------------------------ "It's hard to imagine a more stupid or dangerous way of making decisions, than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." Thomas Sowell | |||
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I've had the Milton model for about 30 years and bought another one last year. I was concerned the quality may has slipped a bit but it seems to be the same. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Thanks. I had seen the Milton and Rhino names in my search, but had no idea of their quality. Didn't want to buy something only to have it break after a single usage. “I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” | |||
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Another vote for the Milton | |||
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Works well in my experience too. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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I had one similar to the milton but as i get older, it got harder to line up the angled chuck and read the tiny little display. So I got a cheap clamp on one with a dial guage. Not Milton quality by any means, but very easy to use. It reads 2 psi low, so I just account for that. Have had for 2 yrs and still working https://www.menards.com/main/t.../p-1444451513164.htm | |||
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Milton or nothing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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Milton (S-506) Original Dual Head Chuck Tire Inflator Gauge - 15" Hose "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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If your truck isn't dual rear wheel and/or doesn't run 80 psi in the rear (this one only goes to 65), I have used this one from Astro Pneumatic daily and hard for several years. https://www.amazon.com/Astro-3...=astro+tire+inflator There is another one that goes higher if you need it, but this is easier to read and get more exact pressures. | |||
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Thank you all for your input. Got one ordered up, and should have it in hand early next week. “I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” | |||
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