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Wanderwagon3

Today I went to local "BP" garage. Paid an enormous sum to brim my tank and moved to the AIR machine . It was a newly installed "BP" machine and air cost 40 pence(previous machine was 20p) HOWEVER>>>>the machine would not deliver more than 60 psi and my rears need 65.psi.

There must be many more in the Motorhome Facts Group who also need more than 60 psi,

Check or bypass BP......the manager refused to refund my 40 p... a friend who works there went to ask for it .

Fortunately a nearby garage supplies air free to well over 60psi.

Hope this of use to some.
Ken.........with Wanderwagon 3

Grizzly

It's worth noting that UK is not the only place where you can't always blow up van tyres to the pressure you want.

We fed several euros into a French machine last trip and we only wanted it to produce 55 psi. It would do a maximum of 45 psi

Be aware of this too if you are buying a tyre inflator to take with you. It's very hard to get a manufacturer to guarantee that it will reach these higher pressures. The blurb usually tells you what it will measure, not what it will inflate to. Most are designed for cars.

G

Rapide561

Hi

Well at 40p that is cheap compared to Road Chef/Maidstone services on the M20. It cost me a pound a go - and it took several goes.

Read about it here.

http://www.motorhomefacts.com/ftopic-42948.html

Top marks though to ATS in Oswestry who checked my tyres free of charge last week.

Russell

bandaid

My truck runs 95 psi at the rear and 100 psi in front. No idea where I can check them in the Uk, but I seem to remember the " gonflage" stations on autoroutes go up to 6 bar.

Now, the only problem is, I dont live in France, and I have no idea what bars are in real money. Embarassed

mickyc

1 Bar is about 15psi Wink

bandaid

Thanks for that

2 bars at the back, and 2 and a bit in the front.

sounds like a pub...... Wink

teensvan

Hi

All garages we have been to only have the air pumps that go up to 60psi. We have now got a compressor set up at our sons house so when we see them two or three times a year we do the tyre pressures. The tyres do not seem to loose a lot of pressure over this amount of time.

steve & ann. ------------- teensvan.

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Grath