The Pillowtracks can be inflated by the standard air compressor available in most off-road travelers' vehicle. It can also be inflated with a hand pump. In mobility cases, as trench crossing for example, it can even be inflated by mouth blowing just as you would inflate a balloon.
The Pillowtracks provide mobility and recovery with very low pressure. The inflation pressure is of about 1 PSI, increasing to about 5 PSI when holding a crossing vehicle.
The maximum working pressure allowed is 10 PSI.
This low operation pressure explains how the Pillowtrack can be inflated when placed under a vehicles' wheel using a hand pump.
Pillowtrack is a High End product. In order to provide the confidence, durability and performance required by off-road travelers and their robust vehicles quality must be a top measure. Pillowtrack are manufactured with high quality materials and profound quality assurance procedures. All this is to provide you with a quality, unique, functional and durable product.
No. Although the Pillowtrack has the ability to carry and lift the vehicles weight, it is not a jack replacement and should not be used as such. Safety measures should be taken as specified in the users' manual.
In what recovery situations could the Pillowtrack be used?
When used properly, the Pillowtrack will assist in all common recovery situations: Trench crossing, Step climbing, High center, Wheel articulation, Sand and Mud. Yet there are extreme conditions in which Pillowtrack should not be used or would not be of any use: side slopes as one example, deep ponds is another.
Thanks to durable exterior surface, Pillowtrack puncturing is a rare event. Nevertheless, in the unlikely event of puncturing, the Pillowtrack has a replaceable inner bladder, that could be easily replaced on site.
With reasonable usage according to instructions, the Pillowtracks could serve you for many years. Hence your Pillowtrack set would move along when you change your vehicle to a different model.
Off-road travelers are well known for their innovation and creativity, and keep surprising us with additional usage such as coffee break cushions, trunk spacers and more. All these innovative applications are welcome as long as safety precautions are well kept.
