I've had this happen before, I'm at Loves trying to air up my tires and there's a ton of moisture coming out with the air. Jiggle it around a little and the water shoots out like a hose! Why does that do that? How do you avoid that?

 

This is caused by poor (no) maintenance of their air system. They probably don't have a dryer inline and never bleed the tanks. This is also the reason you go to Love's and other places so often and find their compressors out of service, lack of maintenance. How do yo avoid it? Air your tires only at a truckstop that has either/or a mechanical bay or tire shop onsite. These usually have the same air supply as the fuel islands and since they use the air for impacts and other tools are maintained better. Otherwise, use your onboard air system of your truck. It is filtered and goes water proof (at least supposed to be if maintained)

 

Hey, thanks. I hate that! It's like these places that have angled air nozzles that don't allow you to reach the inside tires! Clueless!

The TA often has no air. I've got a hose that I can hook to my brakeline but it's erratic over 100psi. Sometimes, the tire pressure will actually fall if I'm pumping over 100 psi. I like to run 105 but to get that after driving a bit, I might have to pump 110 or 112 psi

 

You could buy a hose that connects to your glad hand and air your tires up from your truck air compressor. I believe that they cost about $25 for a 50 ft hose.

 

Dumb question...but will a little water hurt anything?

 

I'll let someone else answer that, but if you get that nozzle just right, the water can just stream in there like a hose. It gets ridiculous

 

When it comes to airing up your tires, the less moisture in the air, the better.

Most reputable tire shops have moisture traps on the air lines they use to inflate tires.

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Water inside a steel wheel, scratch, starts to rust. Aluminum starts corrosion. Cold weather and sitting and you have a big lump of ice throwing things out of balance. The ice can also start to beat up things - inside of the tire, valve stem. Other than that???

 

Makes sense...just curious, that's all .

 

I blew a tire earlier this year that had some water in it when the guy changed it. I can't help but wonder if the heat build up in summer could have caused additional pressure with the water, much like boiling water. The steam built up pressure and blew the tire apart. It is just a theory.