Multi Custom CO2 Trail Tire Kit.

[joeymt33]

Might could find a SCBA tank they are 4500psi but I wouldn't just get an old one a FD isn't using because you couldn't get it filled it prob won't pass inspection.

A 300 psi a CO2 tank will inflate those tires pretty damn quick! I'm not so sure I would want to be around when you inflate one with 3000 PSI. But I guess you would have a regulator on it correct?

 

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[ohanacreek]

Just be careful.

I was filling a HP steel and it failed (it was in a water vessel so I got SOAKED when it burst). It had just passed VIS and Hydro(I think that's WHY it failed)

 

[JTW]

A 300 psi a CO2 tank will inflate those tires pretty damn quick! I'm not so sure I would want to be around when you inflate one with 3000 PSI. But I guess you would have a regulator on it correct?

Wouldn't have to fill it to 3000.. lol

 

[JTW]

Just be careful.

I was filling a HP steel and it failed (it was in a water vessel so I got SOAKED when it burst). It had just passed VIS and Hydro(I think that's WHY it failed)

Lol...
Bet that was an oh s*** moment!!

 

[ohanacreek]

Lol...
Bet that was an oh s*** moment!!

It was said there were numerous obscenities uttered and I was soaking wet so I actually had to check my pants I couldn't tell.

 

[JTW]

It was said there were numerous obscenities uttered and I was soaking wet so I actually had to check my pants I couldn't tell.

Yeah... I would imagine that was quite loud too!

 

[ohanacreek]

Yeah... I would imagine that was quite loud too!

Wasn't an explosion no shrapnel it just split and let all the air out at once...almost 100cf ... water had to go somewhere.

 

[Tramguage1]

Checkout this thread @Dp5hunter

 

[Tramguage1]

@Dp5hunter

 

[nitzo]

Are people still using this for fixing tires on the trail. I searched and only found this older thread.
Is this still the way to do it or is there some later greater way.

 

[ohanacreek]

Are people still using this for fixing tires on the trail. I searched and only found this older thread.
Is this still the way to do it or is there some later greater way.

yup it works

 

[Tramguage1]

Are people still using this for fixing tires on the trail. I searched and only found this older thread.
Is this still the way to do it or is there some later greater way.

If you need a list of parts needed, let me know and I think I have them on my phone.

 

[nitzo]

If you need a list of parts needed, let me know and I think I have them on my phone.

That would be awesome, I'm thinking I need to build one.

 

[Kilo427]

I would look into the high pressure paintball tanks, those were 3000 psi and 4500 psi fills, can get them pretty cheap I actually have a few if you would like to try them.

 

[JimmyA]

This past weekend I had a chance to use my Custom CO2 tire kit on the trail. Seeing it in use, I was asked about it by several members and figured I would build a topic on it to share.

During our Friday night ride, the line came to a stop. After waiting a bit, I learned a rider had busted a wheel off the bead. I had my kit with me and decide to head back to check on them. Within a few minutes, I had the tire back on the rim and everyone wanting to know what I had just done. The next day we were running hard and another rider hit a rut, busting their tire off the bead. Within no time, we were back on the trail!
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What I used was a custom CO2 tire kit. This kit has been a life savor for myself and many other riders alike stranded due to a busted bead. Now, most riders carry a standard 12v mini compressor. While those small pumps are good for adjusting pressure they just don't produce enough volume to set a bead. Ya, the ratchet strap method can help but more than not it too fails. Another fun and dangerous option is to use ETHER. While this does work, many riders are not able to call it a success. But for me, nothing compares to CO2!

CO2 offers tons of volume and all the pressure you need. I carry a 20oz tank and have done up to 6 tires on a single tank depending on the weather. Once empty take it to a sporting goods store that refills paintball tanks to have it refilled.
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Building your own is fairly easy. It requires the following parts:
CO2 tank. 12oz shown, I have upgraded to a 20 oz!
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ASA adaptor or fill adaptor.
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3000 PSI line. 1/8 inch MIP ends.
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Adapter, 1/8 inch MIP to 1/4 inch FIP
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Air Chuck.
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I also carry plugs.
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Good info, Thanks!

 

[Bigshow]

Never thought of this. I fill Co2 tanks for paintball and have 6000# compressed air tank to fill the those also and a ton of remote lines. Have everything already to build a kit.

 

[Tramguage1]

Never thought of this. I fill Co2 tanks for paintball and have 6000# compressed air tank to fill the those also and a ton of remote lines. Have everything already to build a kit.

I'm seeing that a few places are going to the compressed air systems. Can you explain the differences? Are they interchangeable?

 

[TripleB]

I'm seeing that a few places are going to the compressed air systems. Can you explain the differences? Are they interchangeable?

I bought all this stuff a couple of months ago and have never gotten my tank filled with CO2. Paintball apparently has dried up around here and nobody refills them. Not even the sporting goods stores in Knoxville. I'm still carrying around a can of ether for now.

 

[Neohio]

I bought all this stuff a couple of months ago and have never gotten my tank filled with CO2. Paintball apparently has dried up around here and nobody refills them. Not even the sporting goods stores in Knoxville. I'm still carrying around a can of ether for now.

If you can stomach it, most Dicks sporting goods still offer co2 filling.
Also, any welding supplier should be able to fill them. I wouldn't expect right then and there service, but most will hold it a day or 2 and fill when they are doing others.

 

[TripleB]

If you can stomach it, most Dicks sporting goods still offer co2 filling.
Also, any welding supplier should be able to fill them. I wouldn't expect right then and there service, but most will hold it a day or 2 and fill when they are doing others.

Went to Dicks and academy sports in knoxvile and they dont do it anymore. I've only went to holston gas in the town I live in and they said they dont fill them either. I've not put alot of leg work into it. I just figured it would be a simple thing to get a tank filled, like when I played paintball 15 years ago.