With the adoption of Increased Flexion (IF) and Very High Flexion (VF) radial tires becoming more widespread, farmers are now able to set up equipment to carry greater loads at lower inflation pressures than in the past. 

This is good news. With equipment getting larger and heavier, it means no-tillers have a better chance of combating yield-robbing compaction by managing tire pressure.

Changing air pressure in a tire the conventional way might be too time-consuming or inconvenient and oftentimes just doesn’t get done in the rush to complete field work. But central tire inflation systems (CTIS) may be an innovation that will solve these problems.