Tennis Ball Airbags

Must the onset of silly season

Go for it Rosco!!!....hahahahahahaha

Cheers

Never had to! Have had three sets of Polyairs - in an '88 Jackaroo where they lasted about 90 k (including Cape York, Kimberley, Tanami etc), 80 series with lifted suspension about 200 k, (including around the block, Kimberley, Pilbara, Canning, Corner Country), now a set on lowered suspension but only done maybe 30 k and towing caravan.

Tennis balls might be the go if one pops, but have never met anyone let down by them.

Max

Tennis elbow hurts enough..... but Tennis balls !!!

Hmmm!!!


Grrr!!!

Stop the racquet immediately.

Iwould not have thought that the max. ratings on Pollyair air bags was only 30psi.In that case Iwould only be using Firestone which can be used up to 100 psi.

Emergency response theory, well I would give the tennis balls a go ,, but just to get home so I can replace them.

I have heard of them going bang, but its usually the drivers fault.

Our Poly Air Bags are brilliant, been on almost 2 years, max air I need to put in them is 18 psi, carrying soil and broken bricks. Normally I run just over 5 psi. Never an issue.
Adjustment is made with a bike pump.

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Bucky

My Polyairs are going fine after 5 years of use. I have never had to pump them up past 25 psi - that is a fully loaded vehicle towing a camper trailer.

I can't imagine why you would want to be able to pump them up to 100 psi - what sort of load would you be carrying to need to do this???

I can see the tennis balls working as a quick fix in an emergency - assuming that you are carrying them in the first place (along with all your other spares).

Karl

Rosco,
Spoke to a prospector out from Laverton in WA a few years ago he swore by them "Tennis balls that is" and if you wanted to increase the height just add another ball. More than half his travel was on dirt roads. Howver I don't think he was using the Tballs from big W at $10 for a dozen.

Based on what he said I think anyone critical of this method has not tried it. However I would be wary of one of the Tballs blowing out, affecting your steering causing an accident and you maybe stuck with an Insurance claim whereas if the same thing happened with an airbag you would probably be in the clear.

Peter

Matt is correct and sorry for the confusion as Iwas referring to the bellows type which is a different configuration to the air bags inside the coils.The firestone bellows have a max. pressure rating of 100psi but I use 40-50psi fully loaded with the camper trailer.Sorry for the mix up but the bellows are frequently referred to as air bags.

Hey, guys, you are laughing for nothing. While I do not believe that tennis balls good enough for big 4WD, they surely good for small sedans. In Russia in 70-s – 80-s plenty of people been using them with great success in Ladas to carry bigger loads. In those times in Russia was impossible to get stiffer springs or polyairs or something.
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Serg.

Hey, guys, you are laughing for nothing. While I do not believe that tennis balls good enough for big 4WD, they surely good for small sedans. In Russia in 70-s – 80-s plenty of people been using them with great success in Ladas to carry bigger loads. In those times in Russia was impossible to get stiffer springs or polyairs or something.
Cheers
Serg.

Hey, guys, you are laughing for nothing. While I do not believe that tennis balls good enough for big 4WD, they surely good for small sedans. In Russia in 70-s – 80-s plenty of people been using them with great success in Ladas to carry bigger loads. In those times in Russia was impossible to get stiffer springs or polyairs or something.
Cheers
Serg.