Air pressure with the tire off

msmith1199 wrote:

PursuitInsight wrote:
Thanks for the replies.

I check the pressures once a year, before a longer trip. I will do it this evening. it allows me to check the disk and brakes pads at the same time.

From year to year, I can say that it does not change much. i have to add air every 2 years

I am thinking about extenders, maybe next year. I am getting older

You should be checking your tire pressure every few days when on the road and before every trip. I usually never have to add air either. But one time while camping at Vegas and getting ready to hit the road for the 500 mile drive home, I checked the tire pressure and found one of my inside dual tires with 30 psi. Only way I found that was by checking the pressure, the other tire was holding the weight up and you couldn't tell the inside was low. Put air in the tire and took it to a nearby tire shop and there was a nail in the tire. Had I not checked the pressure I would have driven 500 miles like that. Or more likely, I would have drive 100 miles like that then had a blow out in the middle of the Mojave desert.

Truck drivers check their tires every day.

Maintaining pressure in your tires is the best thing you can do for them. Stuff does happen on the road, so knowing things are as good as you can make them, helps maintain peace of mind, and the tires last much longer. Maintaining tire pressure is much easier than changing a tire, or waiting for road service to come and help.