Friday, December 26, 2025

PSA: Spare Tire Air Pressure Check

26 Dec 25:

Here's a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to check your spare tire air pressure. We had to use our 2020 Ford Edge ST spare a few weeks ago and it had 10 whole psi of air in it.. Fortunately we have a 20V DeWALT air pump on hand and got the spare pumped up. I took this photo a few days ago when I was ready to put the spare back in its compartment, after I figured out how to stow the jack and jack handle. Everything stows under the cargo compartment, and my tip is to stow the tire so that the valve stem is near the back of the vehicle, easy to reach and check air pressure more than every 6 years.


The recommended pressure is 60 psi max.


Here's another tip, keep the travel first aid kit (blue bag) in or near the travel tool kit. Injuries most likely are going to happen while using the tools...or maybe that's just me...


One bag is the travel tool bags, and the other red bag has the trailer hitch and associated hitch tools.

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