Nitrogen

[Joe Cannarozzi]

The next time we will be through Scottsborro Al., and thats usually a few times a year, we will have our tires filled with nitrogen.

Debs brother Harry is with us this weekend passing through with a load to Iowa. He mentioned that the tire shop back home, Meteor Express Scottsborro, now is filling all the company tractors with it and offers the service to others for 8 bucks a wheel.

I think we are going to see a very rapid increase, in a very short period of time, of more tire shops offering this.

[jello_jeep]

Joe,

whats the advantage? Inquiring minds want to know!

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Just out of curiosity.....Do they pull a vacuum to evacuate all the nasty air before filling with pure nitrogen?

Do you carry a spare bottle of nitrogen to adjust the pressure when you go from warm temperatures to cold temperatures?

I'm certain that to extract money from your pocket and insert it in theirs a whole list of reasons are provided. Please share them.

[Joe Cannarozzi]

I do not know how they install it but there will be no change in tire pressure due to change in ambient temp. the primary reason for doing it in the first place.

I'll find out more but you know as well as I that you can't vaccume out the tire without breaking the bead so I don't know how they deal with that issue.

Correctly done there will be no more fluctuations in tire pressures for any reason.

For that price it is worth a try, I've got the moniters so I'll know right off if it works.

[rmboies]

This was just recently on our local news. Here is the video link, showing how it is done.

http://www.wyff4.com/video/11245948/detail.html

There is another article on the same website that states the tire pressure will remain the same, regardless of temperature change. Using more nitrogen (evidently there is already quite a bit of nitrogen in our regular tires) is supposed to lighten the tires by 3-4 pounds, improve the longevity of the tire, increase your gas mileage and the cost per car tire is $5.00 a tire and takes 5-10 minutes.

Of course in the south they are playing the NASCAR card, claiming that if NASCAR uses it then it must be golden

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

Just out of curiosity.....Do they pull a vacuum to evacuate all the nasty air before filling with pure nitrogen?

Do you carry a spare bottle of nitrogen to adjust the pressure when you go from warm temperatures to cold temperatures?

I'm certain that to extract money from your pocket and insert it in theirs a whole list of reasons are provided. Please share them.

I am tending to side with Jon on this topic. I feel if the Nitrogen is available to you at little to no cost then it does have some benefits. If you are conscientious in tire maintenance, which is paramount to safety, then you don't need it. Examine your tires and check pressure frequently, take pains and do not let water into tires when mounting and use the driest air available when inflating.

To fill a tire with Nitrogen deflate it to about 50% and bring it up to pressure with the nitrogen. Repeat this process and you will have for practical purposes a tire filled with Nitrogen.

Some Nitrogen facts: Air is composed of about 80% Nitrogen anyway. Nitrogen molecules are larger than oxygen molecules.

QUESTION FOR THOUGHT:
It is claimed that tire pressure from Nitrogen is more stable, because it excludes moisture and the nitrogen molecules do not permeate through the rubber as does the Oxygen. If so then if the Oxygen leaks out and the Nitrogen remains then how long before you have a tire filled with pure Nitrogen just from repeated filling.

JIM

[dalej]

This is like science class......I thought air was CO2 (carbon 1 part oxygen 2 parts)

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

This is like science class......I thought air was CO2 (carbon 1 part oxygen 2 parts)

There's more to it than that:
http://mistupid.com/chemistry/aircomp.htm



JIM

PS : Dale, you start plowing yet?

[utahcamera]

Hello all,

This is my first post so pardon any errors.

If “AIR” was CO2 then we would not exist as pure Carbon Dioxide is a deadly gas to humans.

The composition of air is:

Component Symbol Volume
Nitrogen N2 78.084% 99.998%
OxygenO2 20.947%
Argon Ar 0.934%
Carbon Dioxide CO2 0.033%
Neon Ne 18.2 parts per million
Helium He 5.2 parts per million
Krypton Kr 1.1 parts per million
Sulfur dioxide SO2 1.0 parts per million
Methane CH4 2.0 parts per million
Hydrogen H2 0.5 parts per million
Nitrous OxideN2O 0.5 parts per million
Xenon Xe 0.09 parts per million
Ozone O3 0.07 parts per million
Nitrogen dioxide NO2 0.02 parts per million
Iodine I2 0.01 parts per million
Carbon monoxide CO trace
Ammonia NH3 trace

I found this site http://www.getnitrogen.org/ to be of interest. I feel that nitrogen is well worth the 5-8 dollars per tire.

My thoughts, worth just what you paid for them.

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

I am tending to side with Jon on this topic. I feel if the Nitrogen is available to you at little to no cost then it does have some benefits. If you are conscientious in tire maintenance, which is paramount to safety, then you don't need it. Examine your tires and check pressure frequently, take pains and do not let water into tires when mounting and use the driest air available when inflating.

To fill a tire with Nitrogen deflate it to about 50% and bring it up to pressure with the nitrogen. Repeat this process and you will have for practical purposes a tire filled with Nitrogen.

Some Nitrogen facts: Air is composed of about 80% Nitrogen anyway. Nitrogen molecules are larger than oxygen molecules.

QUESTION FOR THOUGHT:
It is claimed that tire pressure from Nitrogen is more stable, because it excludes moisture and the nitrogen molecules do not permeate through the rubber as does the Oxygen. If so then if the Oxygen leaks out and the Nitrogen remains then how long before you have a tire filled with pure Nitrogen just from repeated filling.

JIM

Gary, Didn't we settle all this on April Fool's Day??????