Air chuck push-on connect & quick disconnect - improving OEM

[lauren01]

Sharing a small change to my Trailhunter air compressor gear and want to hear what others suggest or have done.

In the OEM air compressor kit, the air hose has a screw-on connector that goes to the tire Schrader valve. It’s tedious to screw on/off…so after screwing around on Amazon, I’ve tried the following items to speed up the time to connect/disconnect from tires.

After adjusting air pressure in my truck, I did the same for our Subaru (pic attached).

https://a.co/d/0atbaaWw
Evoultes Brass Air Inflator Adapter, 1/4" NPT (M) to Standard Schrader Valve (M), Tire Inflator Connector for Auto Portable Air Compressor/Pump, Air Hose, Air Chuck (2 Packs)

JACO Lightning L2 Quick-Connect Tire Air Chuck - 1/4" F-NPT (Closed Flow)
https://a.co/d/03Wa2h8l

This is working well so far but I’m a greenhorn when it comes to air compressor fittings. Anyone have other setups to improve OEM, please post away.

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[gofastdan]

The JACO chucks actually look like a pretty nice, albeit expensive, product.

There are quite a few products out there for inflating multiple tires at once and it's very nice to be able to fill all four tires at the same time. This assumes you're overlanding or off-roading where you want/need to air down and then air back up. I have the Speedflate basic system and it is great! A side benefit of inflating all the tires at once is that you're guaranteed to have them all at the same pressure.

They also sell just the chuck for attaching to a hose that you already have. I probably wouldn't replace the JACO you already purchased but if you didn't have anything yet these chucks work great and are way cheaper.

If you're airing down then tire deflators like this are great. You preset them to whatever pressure you want. Just screw them on and wait a couple of minutes. You can do the same with the speedflate hose but it takes longer to connect the hose around the truck than to screw on the tire deflators and with the hose you have to open and close the valve until you get the right pressure (although there are higher end products that will go to a preset pressure). IMHO the cheap tire deflators are still quicker and easier...

This all assumes the compressor can inflate all four tires w/o overheating. I don't know the specs on the Trailhunter's compressor but I've heard it's not impressive. ARB is kind of the gold standard but there's no match for volume and big dual piston compressors like this are game changers. I can inflate all four tires from 20psi to 34psi in less than three minutes.

 

[lauren01]

@gofastdan pretty nice setup you have. Only reason I haven’t gravitated to the 4-line hose is that it will take up space and add weight…we overland about every 6-8 weeks at this point, but we’ll revisit the 4-liner if we start hitting the bumpy roads frequently. The Viair 400C might be the Toyota OEM compressor (not sure). I was online chatting with an actual Viair rep a few days ago and he did not know.

You’ve reminded me, wife has a set of cheapie deflators that we ought to set up via trial and error. They have no psi markings on them. That would make things easier too. Thanks Dan.

 

[lpsoldia311]

Another vote for the JACO quick connect versions, I've got several versions of them on my home garage air lines (for pumping up tires on my mower, cars, log splitter, etc), and have them on my portable handheld battery air pumps as well. So much easier, and I like the integrated digital gauge version as well. They are a little pricier than most but seem to hold up well.

 

[lauren01]

Another vote for the JACO quick connect versions, I've got several versions of them on my home garage air lines (for pumping up tires on my mower, cars, log splitter, etc), and have them on my portable handheld battery air pumps as well. So much easier, and I like the integrated digital gauge version as well. They are a little pricier than most but seem to hold up well.

Glad to hear your JACO stuff is working well…yeah pricey but less than Lock n Flate. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[VBFD Taco]

Another vote for the JACO quick connect versions, I've got several versions of them on my home garage air lines (for pumping up tires on my mower, cars, log splitter, etc), and have them on my portable handheld battery air pumps as well. So much easier, and I like the integrated digital gauge version as well. They are a little pricier than most but seem to hold up well.

Don't want to hijack this thread but how did you hook up the quick connect to your portable handheld battery air pump? I have the Milwaukee M12 infiltrator and the screw on connector is crimped on the hose. No threaded end to screw the quick connector onto.

 

[lauren01]

Don't want to hijack this thread but how did you hook up the quick connect to your portable handheld battery air pump? I have the Milwaukee M12 infiltrator and the screw on connector is crimped on the hose. No threaded end to screw the quick connector onto.

Not a hijack, plenty of us have Milwaukee pumps and could benefit.
My guess is, the end was cut off and a new fitting crimped on (something I’m too chickened out on trying).

 

[lpsoldia311]

Don't want to hijack this thread but how did you hook up the quick connect to your portable handheld battery air pump? I have the Milwaukee M12 infiltrator and the screw on connector is crimped on the hose. No threaded end to screw the quick connector onto.

My inflator has the same female thread to uncouple the hose with it, but JACO has a version of that quick connect chuck that's crimped into a short 4" hose with the other end that's a male version (same as any Shrader tire valve), so it can thread into any existing normal female Shrader thread like you have. Worst case I'd think you have to use your existing hose and threaded connector and use that as an extension with the QC Shrader. Think it was this one.

https://jacosuperiorproducts.com/co...re-inflator-air-hose-extension-nozzle-locking

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