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  • Suitable for all Types of trucks including Tip Trucks, Dump Trucks, 4x4, All Terrain Buses, Coaches, Livestock Transport, Mining Trucks, Concrete Trucks, Crane Trucks and Fertilizer Spreaders.  Any Truck that works off Highway, travels empty some of the time, or works hard, needs CTI.  Adjusting Tyre Pressure to suite the conditions improves all aspects of transport, while reducing costs and improving safety.  It doesn't matter what truck you have!!
  • Central Tyre Inflation puts you, the driver, in control of the most important parts of your vehicle, the all important tyre contact patch.

  • Tyres are simply a very flexible rubber donut with a tread on the outside. Air pressure provides the shape, the rigidity, and supports the load on the contact patch. The correct highway tyre patch size for a Michelin XTE 11R22.5 is 427 sq cm or 68.3 sq inches. This contact patch, about the same size as a big human foot, provides the best highway traction, the best tyre life, and the best casing life, along with the best compromise between ride quality and tyre stability.

  • On Highway, any change of this footprint will reduce the tyre's ability to work, for instance, increasing braking distance.  With this single tyre, 427 sq cm will support 2500kg (5500 lbs) at 7.5 bar, or 110 psi.  If you only need to support 1250kgs (2750 lbs) per tyre, then only 3.4 bar, or 50 psi is required, still making the same 427 sq cm. (Michelin) Any other pressure adversely affects braking distance, tyre life, handling ability, and safety will be worse.

  • Pirelli states, "A 20% over inflated tyre will wear 10% quicker." Hendrickson states "20 psi over pressure can reduce tyre life by 17%."  What sort of contact patch would an XTE have with 110 psi, and only carrying 1.2 tons? About half or only 200 sq cm. Do you really want to be on the same road as an empty truck with only half the rubber on the road?

  • Off road (at slower speeds), less pressure and a bigger footprint is more advantageous. Michelin, for instance, recommends that with a 1700 kilo load (3740 lbs), only 3.1 bars (46 psi) should be used on trucks at the lower speed.  On sand or mud use, at 20 kmh max, only 1.7 (25 psi) bar is required. As you can imagine, the foot print gets much bigger, AND softer. More area equals more traction, and the softer, more flexible footprint conforms and envelopes gravel, rocks (in fact the terrain), further aiding traction, and minimizing damage to both the tyre and the terrain.

 

  • Because the footprint is longer the pressure on the road is reduced, reducing the thickness of road aggregate required to carry the load, reducing the cost of roads and tracks.

  • Remember, at the beginning, one job of the air pressure is to provide tyre rigidity, which at speed is needed for directional stability.  This is substantially less important at lower speeds.  Less tyre pressure can provide numerous benefits.  This is all win win, on slower rough roads. More traction, better handling, better braking, easier to drive etc. More flexibility means the tyre envelopes stones, instead of standing on them, resulting in a 300% reduction of cuts, stone bruises, punctures and other tyre damage .  And rocks don’t get caught between duals, as a rule. 

  • This added flexibility means tyres also flex torsionally.  This added torsional flexing reduces Drive Train loads by at least 30%. The almost total elimination of pig rooting, and axle tramp, along with 30% lower drive train loads, mean your entire drive train lasts much longer. Much less fatigue loads, minimises breakage, cracks, repairs, and the lost earning time of expensive maintenance.

  • Let the air out of your basketball, and it won't bounce! Same thing with tyres. In fact the impact to your suspension and truck from hard tyres has been measured at up to 10 times higher than with lower pressure tyres. No wonder high pressure tyres require more suspension and brake maintenance, and axle and component cracks, are considered normal in off road transport.

  • Lower pressure tyres absorb all of the minor "static" from gravel roads, and minimizes other bumps, significantly reducing the vibration levels that the driver must endure. Constant vibration is a proven health hazard. A smoother ride, with better handling, and better predictability, minimizes driver fatigue, providing a safer and more alert driver.

  • Hard tyres damage our roads and tracks, Track friendly tyres, at lower pressure, significantly reduce road maintenance, road damage, corrosions, dust and silt runoff, all improving our environment. Longer lasting tyres and cases mean less oil used in the first place, and less useless tyres to get rid of.

  • The traction and floatation enhancement can save money and make money in other ways. The USA fire service tested a 4x4 F450 with conventional pressure against a 4x2 with low pressure tyres. The 4x2 equalled and bettered the 4x4 in some conditions.
  • A 6x4 prime mover (tractor) with CTI will outperform a 6x6 without.

  • For many jobs, lighter and cheaper trucks will do the job, whilst carrying more paying payloads, at lower costs. WIN WIN WIN

  • Expensive floatation tyres, and/or duals simply aren't needed, as AIR CTI can provide the same advantages at a much lower cost.
  • Logging Trucks are simply throwing the tyres, truck, and safety out the window.  Major traction improvements make 6x4 better than 6x6, reducing tyre costs by 30% to 80% while reducing truck wear and tear, and track damage.
  • Tip Trucks, Tankers, Stock Trucks, all travel empty half the time, on severely over inflated tyres, wearing out tyres by 20% to 30%, and hammering the truck and driver to death.
  • Four Wheel Drives naturally go off Highway, but, most people simply don't understand how important tyre pressure is.  Most 4WD's have far too much tyre pressure.  With AIR CTI, tyre pressures can be adjusted, to suit the load, to suit the weather, to suit the road or track.  On this Suzuki, Highway tyre pressures of 20psi is plenty.  Loaded up for the weekend we may use 25psi.  For gravel roads, 12psi is ideal.  Traction, ride, braking, and handling are vastly improved.  On more difficult tracks, mud, or sand, we regularily go down to 5psi.  The traction is AWESOME!!
  • Passenger Coaches that operate off Highway are hammering their customers and their expensive buses needlessly.  Tyre problems, suspension problems, cabin fatigue, are all minimized when tyres are used correctly.  And the ride improvement makes for happy customers.
  • Over inflated tyres simply don't handle, and don't stop as well.  Jack-knifes and blowouts are virtually elimated.  High vibration levels damage human internal organs, and shake your valuable investment to death.  Correctly inflated tyres handle better, stop better, are less stressful to driver and are safer.