I was curious to know if most people carry a small air compressor or tire pump when trail riding. Or what do you do if you have a flat or low tire back in the boonies. I guess some use slime in their tires.

 

I carry the tire plugs, and have one of the inflaters that use CO2 cartridges. It takes about 2 carts to get a 25 inch tire to 3 lbs of pressure. A easier and cheaper alternative would be a bicycle tire pump.

 

When I first started I carried a Second Wind CO2/pump, but I didn't like it. On one flat it took me a couple cartridges to inflate it enough to find the puncture, and a couple more to inflate it after patching.

Now I run a foot pump from mini foot pump. It is light and compact and will air up an ATV tire pretty quickly and easily.

While we are on the subject, those rope type patches work a lot better on the jagged punctures ATV tires tend to get, as opposed to the little cone looking patches that work OK on road bikes that usually get a nail puncture or some other smaller more uniform hole.

 

i custom made my air tank. i made a rear bumper on my sp 700 out of 4 inch pipe, welded a nipple on it so that i can air it up and put a small gusge on it, it will hold 110lbs of air and will fill one back tire and one front tire. i carry just enough hose to reach to the front and i keep the hose in the tool box under the seat. if anyone out there is a welder these are very simple to make, and they are life savers on the trail. thanks....................shea.................... ..

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: shea_davis1214

i custom made my air tank. i made a rear bumper on my sp 700 out of 4 inch pipe, welded a nipple on it so that i can air it up and put a small gusge on it, it will hold 110lbs of air and will fill one back tire and one front tire. i carry just enough hose to reach to the front and i keep the hose in the tool box under the seat. if anyone out there is a welder these are very simple to make, and they are life savers on the trail. thanks....................shea.................... ..</end quote></div>

Sounds like a good idea. I seen a small air comp. at Wal-Mart that sells for $10. I'll probably get one of them.

 

I carry the small compressor and rope repair kit. This is a result of last year when I watched a person in our party messing around for a long time trying to fill up a tire with CO2 cartriges on a tire that seperated a bead.

 

use a bike pump ,light and not limited to quanity of air .

 

I'm a keep it light and simple kind of guy! CO2 cartridges have worked out excellently for me for many many years.

I do have to say that I run high quality tires, and Fix-a-Flat in them all the time. Never ever had to fix a flat out on the trail on any of my own machines....had to rescue lots of other stranded riders over the years however.....

 

have put tires back on the rim with my bike pump ,so it's a matter of choice ,

 

Although I use C02 with the mtn and road bicycles with good results, I didn't have very good luck with it with a stick puncture on a quad, and felt I'd have to pack too many of the things (or a backup hand pump) to make sure I'd get back off the trail if I got a jagged hole that took a couple trys to get to seal or whatever... It just seemed simpler for me to carry the pump.

I really like that mini-foot pump brand one. It is very compact and light weight, can pump up a tire fast, and its been caked in dust and rolling around in the glove box for a lot of miles and still works perfectly. I bought a 2nd one when I got the Rincon.

That Innovations Second Wind that I use bicycling is really slick. It's super compact and takes threaded C02 or the cheap non-threaded (BB Gun) type, and it functions as a hand pump, so it is it's own backup in one small device. Too bad there isn't something similar designed with a pump volume that would be practical for ATV's.