danshan432

After reading the replies and some other online information I am getting a little more confused. So far dry air is suppose to be as good as nitrogen, you can use air in nitrogen and neither cause problems. One thing not brought up is a recent article I read is you should not put nitrogen in an older tire. The article did not indicate what an older tire was or the problems that might result. From my experience working in auto shops that did both mechanical work and painting I know one thing is a regular compressor does not dry out the air. It may take some dampness out but on a high humidity day you can see vapor coming out of the air hose if you are using air tools. The paint shop used an air dryer and had less of a problem. I do not know if the new compressors have air dryers on them or not but when I worked with them they did not. Since I have a few years on me it was a couple of decades ago. I did read one article that by what was said came from a trucking company. It stated that they averaged 2 million miles a month and with air had 35 tire problems but when they went to nitrogen it went to 5 of which 3 were road hazard problems. I guess my question is will nitrogen stop tires from having problems and is it worth it cost wise? The other would be are the majority of tire problems caused by road hazards vs air/nitrogen? From experience with only air in tires I know the material the rim is made of also makes a difference in the regions where the temp goes between 90 to -20 degrees. Will the rim material make a difference with nitrogen under the same temp?

When we were looking to buy we had a salesman tell to rent first before we thought of buying and make sure RVing was for us. We rented and I started researching. I looked at every FRED I could find and the floor plans is what turned us against them. I still think manufactures should make a FRED option on their gas A's. We put a list of what we wanted and then searched the floor plans. Out of all the plans we decided on the Vista 35F because of the layout. It also came with a bath and a half. Because the smaller units did not come with a stacked washer dryer we chose the Vista and were lucky the dealer had an extremely good carpenter. They removed the 1/2 bath interior and installed the stacked unit plus put in shelving to take up the rest of the room. I still wish they would make the smaller RV's they have with a gas engine and put the FRED in them. We had to make take some of our want list off to get what we felt was necessary. Our gas has done good in the rocky's and Mojavie. If manufactures start to understand the FRED is the better choice for the smaller A maybe we will be able to go to the VIsta floor plan with a FRED.