Should Truck or Pickup Tires Be Nitrogen Filled?JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Commercial vehicles such as trucks, pickups and buses are certainly used to get a lot of profit.Operational costs are also carefully calculated in order to be efficient.One of the components that is taken into account in commercial vehicles is tires.The use of tires as much as possible can be efficient so that they have a long service life and economical costs.One way to keep tires in good condition is to fill them with nitrogen instead of regular air.Nitrogen itself has several advantages when compared to ordinary air.Also read: Already Retired, How is Honda Jazz After-Sales Service?Kompas.com/Alsadad Rudi One outlet for filling nitrogen tires at one of Pertamina's gas stations on Jalan Margonda, Depok, Thursday (8/2/2018).It appears that the filling equipment consists of a generator engine and a compressor tube.Independent Tire Analyst and Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Truck Entrepreneurs Association (Aptrindo) Central Java and DI Yogyakarta, Bambang Widjanarko said filling tires with pure dry nitrogen has various benefits."Filling tires with nitrogen will obviously have an impact on inhibiting the weathering process on tire rubber and preventing the corrosion process on the rims," ​​said Bambang to Kompas.com, recently.Bambang explained, when filling tires with nitrogen, the only thing is that the tires will not rot.Because there are other factors such as ultraviolet rays from the sun that also play a role in the tire weathering process.Also read: Used SUV Menu Under Rp 100 Million, Can Get Rush to CR-V"Then nitrogen has a lower temperature, lighter, denser and larger molecular weight than oxygen," said Bambang.The larger molecular particles make it more difficult for nitrogen to seep through the rubber pores and valves of the tires, thus making the air pressure more stable.But if this nitrogen is mixed with ordinary air, its usefulness is lost.Considering that commercial vehicles can stop anywhere, who knows in that area there is no nitrogen so they must be filled with ordinary air.PT Isuzu Astra Motor Indonesia Logistics sector"For example, a vehicle must increase air pressure in the middle of a trip where there is no nitrogen seller, there will be no effect, only the efficacy of nitrogen is lost and changes like when using ordinary air," he said.That way, if you want to return to receiving the benefits of nitrogen, the tires must be refilled.Nitrogen mixed with air must be removed and re-filled with pure nitrogen.Write your comments with the hashtag #JernihBerkomentar and win e-vouchers for 90 winners!Get information and insight selected by Kompas.com editorsDouble check and complete your data.Your data will be used for account verification when you need assistance or when unusual activity is found on your account.Immediately complete your data to join the #JernihBerkomentar program.