Old 07-09-20, 09:22 PM
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Using bike pumps for big jobs usually kills my lower back before the goal is achieved. Once used a big Zefal to pump up the four LR70-15 radials on my old Chevy panel that had been parked in my parents' yard while I was off on a long tour. Unlike most pumps, that one with its two chambers had resistance on the upstroke as well as the downstroke since it was pumping both ways. As opined above, not recommended.




That said, I do keep my old Zefal Husky in our VW camper, just in case. I have tire plug kits in every vehicle and some means of inflation in each, as well.

Anything with greater volume than a car tire, get a compressor or hire some chucklehead to do it.
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