Truck Art continues to offer a broad variety of fatigue management and repair services to the Australian heavy vehicle industry. To complement these services, Truck Art has recently entered the caravan and large trailer market with their in-vehicle automatic tyre inflation/deflation system.
Like heavy vehicles, caravans and large trailers require ongoing monitoring of tyre pressures, significantly adding to driver fatigue and overall tiredness on long trips.
Truck Art’s solution to this issue, the Vigia NM464 automatic tyre inflate/deflate system, takes the stress out of this vital aspect of driving, creating a far safer and more enjoyable driving/holiday experience.
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The Vigia automatic tyre inflate/deflate system allows in-vehicle tyre management (pressure monitoring, inflation, and deflation to suit terrain) without the need to leave the vehicle. As many coastal beaches require vehicles to have lower tyre pressure while driving on the beach front, the NM464 system can achieve this and re-inflation to highway pressures at the push of a button.
The system provides for three separate pressure settings tailored to the conditions/operator’s needs. The three pressure settings for push button inflate/deflate can be set to suit mud, sand, corrugated roads, and other driving conditions – all controlled from the driver’s seat.
In addition to on-the-go tyre monitoring, the Vigia system will maintain tyre pressures in a normal puncture situation until the driver can have the tyre repaired. Other than a catastrophic tyre failure, this tyre pressure monitoring system removes the stress associated with roadside tyre changes and dangerous exposure to other road users while changing a tyre.
The Vigia Automatic Tyre Inflation system clearly enhances the overall safety of many heavy vehicles currently travelling hundreds of thousands of kilometres on Australian roads each year. This proven track record of tyre pressure monitoring, providing inflation pressure flexibility, removing shock loads to vehicle components and significantly reducing vehicle damage and driver fatigue is an asset to anyone using Australian roads.
Whether it be a heavy vehicle, caravan, trailer, or animal transportation (dog or horse) vehicle, the Vigia NM464 Automatic Tyre Inflation system will consistently maintain tyre pressures at a level preset by the driver.
Truck Art expects the system development and trials (caravans and trailers) to be completed early in 2025. Current successful usage/trials indicate a very positive outcome for caravan, trailer and animal transportation users, providing a safer alternative for tyre management in the future.
For more information, visit truckart.com.au.