toyohome Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Has anyone used the Crossfire (CF65STABT) dual tire inflation system? I've seen good reviews on it and was wondering if any Toyohomers have first hand experience with the system. It eliminates the difficulty of checking and filling the inner rear tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanman Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Before getting the RV I've never had any experience with dual tires, so asked the people I work with and it turns out many of them have RV's and or large trailer boats and had mucho dualies experience.The collective opinion was they had tried all the assorted hose, filler, crossover systems and eventually had problems with them all. What they do is just adapt to using the necessary kinds of air chucks and pressure gauges needed to use the OEM supplied wheel stems so I have done likewise.The crossover like the one you mentioned I see as having a serious problem, ie, if you get a nail in one tire both go flat !!!I got a small screw in my outer rt side rear a while ago and caught it before it went really down. As I don't have a TPMS system on the RV I watch the tires like a hawk, visually checking 'em before I start and every time I stop thereafter.I was going to point you to the "Engines - Transmissions - Drive Train - Suspension - Chassis - Steering - Exhaust - Tires - Etc." page as I thought there was a pinned section for tires there, but I see there is not.But you can search that page for tire related posts, there are many, also I'm sure you will get many other responses to your post.john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefdave Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Hi toyohome i have fitted a long extension valve to my inner rears. got them from a tyre specialist. think they need to be 4" long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob C Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 It is not difficult to use truck style air chucks and tire gauges. There are times when gas stations will not have a chuck that will fit duallies. I carry a small 12 volt compressor that I modified with a truck chuck. It takes a while to top off the tires but it does get the job done. I think I spent $25 on the compressor and chuck. It is very light weight and small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee & Joan Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I also went with the tire shop inner dual extended stems, they get the stem end out where you can easily reach it. They should be secured so they do not flop around, zip ties work fine or make a bracket to hold the outer end of the extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyohome Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 I heard that with the Crossfire system that the second tire would NOT go flat if the other loses air. There is supposed to be a check valve that prevents the loss of air in the other (good) tire. Does anyone have 'first hand' experience with the Crossfire system??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanman Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Sez " Properly mounted, air freely flows from one tire to the other, maintaining equal tire pressure and load distribution." I did not see anything that would contradict that anywhere, how else could they make the claim to maintain the same pressure in each tire? I think it would work great as long as you don't have anything go wrong. john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I think it would work great as long as you don't have anything go wrong. And, of course, if nothing's going wrong you don't need it at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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