Are Our Tires REALLY that sensitive?
I know I will roust the ire of many a tire aficionado, as well as those who will claim expert knowledge from years of traveling and RV'ing and quasi-engineering or actual engineering status/certificat...
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Well the pressure part is easily remedied by weighing your rig, airing up to the proper pressure, and installing one of the TSPMS products discussed ad infinitum on this and other forums.
Little is said about tire selection and most people are price conscious and tend to select a product merely by price.
I gotta say that I drove my new purchase home (empty) on a nearly flat tire on one of the duallies in back and I was on pins and needles all the way. I looked in the paperwork supplied with the coach and the service reports going back 2 years mentioned a problem with that tire. It was a leaking valve extender - an easily fixed problem. The 10 year old Goodyear on that axle held up for the 100 mile trip, so it wasn't all that fragile.
Little is said about tire selection and most people are price conscious and tend to select a product merely by price.
I gotta say that I drove my new purchase home (empty) on a nearly flat tire on one of the duallies in back and I was on pins and needles all the way. I looked in the paperwork supplied with the coach and the service reports going back 2 years mentioned a problem with that tire. It was a leaking valve extender - an easily fixed problem. The 10 year old Goodyear on that axle held up for the 100 mile trip, so it wasn't all that fragile.
